Price: 0.60 USD
Pages: 164
On-sale Date: 1977-05-10
Editing:
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page

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Samm Schwartz (Jughead figure)
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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Meet you at the checkout counter, Ronnie! I found what I wanted!
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Beazly; Moose Mason

Indexer Notes

Redrawn from the cover of Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #94

Issue Data

  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: ?
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?
  • Barcode: 0271000699707

Indexer Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #143.

Rule One
(Table of Contents: 1)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Veronica says that Betty should stop playing by the rules all the time.
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Fred! I've got to get rid of this mole!
  • Keywords:moles
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Clothes Horse
(Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis:
Reggie and Archie are offered a chance to model a new line of clothes for a teen clothing store. They are too successful when Mr. Weatherbee decides to get the same suit.
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Blow Hot - Blow Cool
(Table of Contents: 4)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Synopsis:
Jughead tries to teach Archie to control his temper and keep his uncivilized animal instincts in check.
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True Love
(Table of Contents: 5)

Shrimpy / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children; romance
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You're the girl of my dreams...
Characters:
Shrimpy; Pierre
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Up Tight Dynamite
(Table of Contents: 6)

Reggie / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What do you mean, "Reggie's Theme?" Why name a song, "Reggie's Theme?"
Characters:
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy [Geraldine Grundy]; Mr. Weatherbee [Waldo Weatherbee]; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
When Reggie gets the inspiration to write a song, he does so on the school wall, on Mr. Weatherbee's desk, or on whatever is handy.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Pop! Can I try out the new car?

The Cat Woman
(Table of Contents: 8)

Josie / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Josie; Melody; Valerie Smith; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Sebastian
Synopsis:
When Sebastian starts spending a lot of time at Josie's house, Alexandra decides that Alan M. must be a "cat lover" and Josie is trying to use Sebastian to get in good with him.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Script identifiable as Doyle by his distinctive, banter-filled writing style and fourth wall breaking (Alex comments on an unusual sound effect at one point).

Right of Way
(Table of Contents: 9)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hi, Li'l Jinx! What's going on?
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Synopsis:
Jinx goes on strike to protest her living conditions.
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Archie Puzzles
(Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / activity / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Word find puzzle with a sports and activity theme.
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 11)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie, this drivel you wrote, and the paper printed for some unknown reason…
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Going Steady
(Table of Contents: 12)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
When Veronica's grades are much lower than expected, her father grounds her from dating all boys except one until they improve. His choice for her steady: Jughead.
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School Daze
(Table of Contents: 13)

Pat the Brat / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Pat the Brat
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That Ol' Black Magic
(Table of Contents: 14)

Sabrina / comic story / 12 pages

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  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
Characters:
Sabrina Spellman; Salem; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Hot Dog Jr.; Chili Dog; Aunt Hilda; Harvey Kinkle; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Ophelia; Spencer; Pop Tate; Head Witch Della
Synopsis:
Every time Sabrina uses her magic to help her friends, something bad happens, which makes the other witches proud of her.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Sabrina the Teenage Witch Complete Collection (Archie, 2017 series) #1, no credits listed in this digest.

Painful Lesson
(Table of Contents: 15)

That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Willie Wilkin; Samson Smythe; Rebel
Synopsis:
Mr. Wilkin tries to get Mr. Smythe to stop calling him "Wilkins" instead of "Wilkin."
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 16)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I don't want anyone to jump the gun!
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Take a Chance
(Table of Contents: 17)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Look, everybody! See what I won in the community raffle!
Characters:
Synopsis:
Archie is depressed because he's never won anything, so his friends try to rig a raffle for him to win.
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There's Always Tamale
(Table of Contents: 18)

Super Duck / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 19)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Vit der new school ... Do I still have my yob?
Characters:
Synopsis:
Weatherbee explains to Svenson why his job is important.
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One for All and All for Nothing!
(Table of Contents: 20)

Moose / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Big Moose
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:How does it look for the championship, Archie?
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Coach Kleats; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Miss Grundy won't allow Moose to play in the baseball team unless he passes his history test so the rest of the team stay up late every night helping him study.
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Who's Guilty
(Table of Contents: 21)

Little Archie / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty
Synopsis:
After watching "Lovely Louella Leech, Lady Lawyer," Little Archie tries to eat the last piece of chocolate cake, but is called to the phone. While he's gone, all his family members contemplate eating the cake, but their consciences won't let them. Yet when Little Archie comes back, the cake is gone.
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Drat That Hat
(Table of Contents: 22)

Sammy the Whammy, Boy Magician / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Sammy the Boy Magician; unnamed girl
Synopsis:
Sammy finds a magician's hat that seems to be just an ordinary hat.....he thinks!
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Indexer Notes

Art and lettering credits by Craig Delich.

Two for Teenese
(Table of Contents: 23)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages

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Synopsis:
Archie tells Betty about Mr. Weatherbee's "teenese," the method of getting people to do what you want without directly ordering them to do it.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

This and "Too Much Love" are early examples of how stories in this title began shifting toward portraying a more romantic relationship between Archie and Betty, a response to readers who wanted to see her get Archie more often.

Fats and Figures
(Table of Contents: 24)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 3 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'd love to have a soda, but I don't have any money!
Characters:
Li'l Jinx; Gigi; Charley Hawse
Synopsis:
To make money for sodas, Li'l Jinx and Gigi set up a reducing gym.
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Parade Grounded
(Table of Contents: 25)

Super Duck / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 26)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Mom!! Where’s all my pants?!

Split
(Table of Contents: 27)

That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:drama; teen
Characters:
Doctor; Nurse
Synopsis:
Bingo decides to drop out of school and go out on the road on his own. Rebel follows him and is hit by a car.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Bingo takes Rebel to "Doyle's Animal Hospital," named for Archie head writer Frank Doyle.

Mr. Weatherbee Puzzle
(Table of Contents: 28)

activity / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Where will you find the center of gravity?
Characters:
Mr. Weatherbee
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Indexer Notes

Fill in the dotted letters

Modern Artist
(Table of Contents: 29)

Pat the Brat / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Pat The Brat; Pat's Mom
Synopsis:
Pat draws a picture, then asks his mother to tell him what he drew.
Reprints (1)

Games People Play
(Table of Contents: 30)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis:
Jughead uses psychology to get past Ethel's ambushes on the way to school, so Ethel tries using a different tact.
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 31)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie tries to help Jughead with a history test.
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Evelyn Evernever
(Table of Contents: 32)

Evelyn Evernever / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Evelyn Evernever; Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Ambrose Pipps; Teddy; Evelyn's friend
Synopsis:
The kids decide to hold a pet show, with the winner's owner getting a ticket to the circus. Evelyn, who desperately wants to see the "lovely ladies" at the circus but doesn't have a pet, tries to attract a cat with a fish skeleton.
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Seeing Is not Believing
(Table of Contents: 33)

Super Duck / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters:
Super Duck
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Archie's Gym Puzzle
(Table of Contents: 34)

Archie / activity / 1 page

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Characters:
Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats
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Indexer Notes

A maze.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 35)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Gag Bag
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie, did you finish your sociology essay?
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  • from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX

Bad Spelling
(Table of Contents: 36)

Josie / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
Characters:
Josie; Alexandra Cabot; Alexander Cabot III; Alan M.; Sheldon
Synopsis:
Alexandra tries to put magic spells on Alan M. to get him to take her to a dance.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

The scripts in this issue are identifiable as Malmgren by his distinctive writing style.

Litter Bugged
(Table of Contents: 37)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, Juggie! I forgot to tell you...
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Synopsis:
Jughead panics when he learns that Big Moose is looking for him.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 38)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie, the mosquitoes out here are eating me alive!

Star Gazers
(Table of Contents: 39)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I've got it! I've got it! This time I can't miss!
Characters:
Synopsis:
Astrology is the way for Archie to win Mr. Lodge's approval.
Reprints (1)

Motor Madness
(Table of Contents: 40)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Gaston the chef; unidentified maid
Synopsis:
Veronica has a new scooter and sees no problem with riding it in and out of traffic, in and out of the mansion, and in and out of trouble.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 41)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Keep the doll I won, Jughead!
  • Keywords:kissing booths
Characters:
Reprints (1)
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Meet you at the checkout counter, Ronnie! I found what I wanted!"]
  2. Rule One
    Betty and Veronica
  3. ["Fred! I've got to get rid of this mole!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  4. Clothes Horse
    Archie
  5. Blow Hot - Blow Cool
    Jughead
  6. True Love
    Shrimpy
  7. Up Tight Dynamite
    Reggie
  8. ["Pop! Can I try out the new car?"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  9. The Cat Woman
    Josie
  10. Right of Way
    Li'l Jinx
  11. Archie Puzzles
    Archie
  12. ["Archie, this drivel you wrote, and the paper printed for some unknown reason…"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  13. Going Steady
    Veronica
  14. School Daze
    Pat the Brat
  15. That Ol' Black Magic
    Sabrina
  16. Painful Lesson
    That Wilkin Boy
  17. ["I don't want anyone to jump the gun!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  18. Take a Chance
    Archie
  19. There's Always Tamale
    Super Duck
  20. ["Vit der new school ... Do I still have my yob?"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  21. One for All and All for Nothing!
    Moose
  22. Who's Guilty
    Little Archie
  23. Drat That Hat
    Sammy the Whammy, Boy Magician
  24. Two for Teenese
    Betty
  25. Fats and Figures
    Li'l Jinx
  26. Parade Grounded
    Super Duck
  27. ["Mom!! Where’s all my pants?!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  28. Split
    That Wilkin Boy
  29. Mr. Weatherbee Puzzle
  30. Modern Artist
    Pat the Brat
  31. Games People Play
    Jughead
  32. ["Do you want me to flunk this history, Arch?"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  33. Evelyn Evernever
    Evelyn Evernever
  34. Seeing Is not Believing
    Super Duck
  35. Archie's Gym Puzzle
    Archie
  36. ["Archie, did you finish your sociology essay?"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  37. Bad Spelling
    Josie
  38. Litter Bugged
    Jughead
  39. ["Archie, the mosquitoes out here are eating me alive!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  40. Star Gazers
    Archie
  41. Motor Madness
    Betty and Veronica
  42. ["Keep the doll I won, Jughead!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
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