• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Look! Isn't that lovely?...Footprints in the sands of time!

Synopsis:

When Veronica accuses him of lacking poetry and romance, Archie brushes up on poetry and starts talking in flowery language all the time.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #177 (November 1967)

Poems referred to in the story include Longfellow's "A Psalm of Life" ("Footprints on the sands of time"), Kipling's "The Female of The Species" and Kipling's "The Vampire" ("A rag and a bone and a hank of hair").

• Genre:teen

Synopsis:

Betty makes a dress for Ethel using Jughead as the model.

Reprints (1)

• from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #200 (January 1972)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:I’m your student teacher while Miss Anthrope is out!

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hello there, you pretty little bird! Come fly with me! Come fly with me!

Synopsis:

Veronica is jealous of Betty's skill with a needle and thread.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #181 (January 1971)

• Genre:adventure; humor; children

Synopsis:

Little Archie wants to get some rare stamps from Chic Cooper's collection, while Chic wants to get an introduction to a beautiful new girl in town. They both get their chance after they see two punks trying to steal the hubcaps from the girl's car.

Reprints (1)

• from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #33 (Winter 1964-1965)

The first story to feature Chester without Mad Doctor Doom. He would appear this way several times more; apparently when he's not hanging out with Doom, he's working as a petty thief.

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm all for wearing seat belts...

Reprints (1)

• in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #67 (July 2002)
• from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Quick, Mr. Weatherbee! Do you know where I can get a couple of boxes of bandages?
• Keywords:mummy

Synopsis:

Archie borrows the schools bandages so he and Jughead can make a mummy for the school's ancient history exhibit.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #43 (August 1971)

Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #57, no credits listed in this digest.

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:I hate waking up to this darned alarm!

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie, our regular coach is sick! Would you like to coach us today?
• Keywords:baseball

Synopsis:

Archie coaches the girl's baseball team.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #38 (Fall 1966)

Credits from the reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #261, no credits listed in this digest.

• Genre:humor; children

• Keywords:dolls

• Hap Holliday
• Li'l Jinx

Synopsis:

Li'l Jinx gets a new "Janie" doll and spends all her money buying clothes for it.

Reprints (1)

• from Laugh Comics / Laugh (Archie, 1946 series) #158 (May 1964)

Janie is a takeoff on Barbie, who had been introduced by Mattel in 1959. "Ben," Janie's boyfriend, is a takeoff on Ken, introduced in 1961.

• Genre:teen

Synopsis:

Fill in the letters that correspond to the numbers in the code key to discover the definitions of various phobias.

Reprints (1)

• from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #270 (November 1977)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie, can’t you pass anything!?

• Genre:teen

• Keywords:depression; gum machine; school newspaper

• Archie Andrews
• Alice Cooper
• Betty Cooper
• Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Betty is depressed because of her ongoing streak of losing Archie to Veronica in any situation.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #108 (December 1964)

Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #222, no credits listed in this digest.

• Genre:humor; teen

Reprints (1)

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #94 (November 1965)

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hey! Remember we said we'd pull a gag on Reggie today?..

Reprints (1)

• in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #144 (November 1998)

• Genre:drama; humor; teen

• Keywords:yearbook

Synopsis:

It's yearbook time, and though he's not in the graduating class, Archie ponders the things that he will miss when he eventually leaves Riverdale High, starting with the loyalty of his best friend, Jughead.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #2 (September 1972)

• Genre:drama; humor; teen

Synopsis:

Archie talks to Dilton about another thing he'll miss when he graduates: Mr. Weatherbee. He recalls the time Mr. Weatherbee helped Moose pass a test so he could play in the big game.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #2 (September 1972)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Yes, Archie! In my business I sign my name a lot!
• Keywords:report card

Reprints (2)

• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #160 (June 2005)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #227 (May 2012)

• Genre:drama; humor; teen

Synopsis:

Still looking through the yearbook, Archie recalls his feelings about Betty, Veronica and Reggie.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #2 (September 1972)

The last panel of this story is a huge drawing of Archie's head, with most of the regular Archie characters (plus a few from Sabrina and Josie) spinning around it.

• Genre:drama; humor; teen

Synopsis:

After remembering what a great teacher Miss Grundy is, Archie teaches us the words of the Riverdale High School song ("Blue and Gold," sung to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne").

Reprints (1)

• from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #2 (September 1972)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Is your dog's hair still falling out?

• Archie Andrews
• Fred Andrews
• Jughead Jones

Synopsis:

Jughead asks Archie about his dog.

Reprints (1)

• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #287 (May 2018)

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Aha! I caught you, Reggie! Trying to make time with my girl behind my back, huh?

• Archie Andrews
• Midge Klump
• Reggie Mantle
• Pop Tate

Synopsis:

Reggie wishes Moose would break his leg, and he does.

Reprints (1)

• from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #56 (July 1972)

Credits from the reprint in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #19, no credits listed in this digest.

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Atta boy, Hot Dog! You learn fast!

Synopsis:

Jughead has been training Hot Dog through imitation and Hot Dog takes to the training too well.

Reprints (1)

• from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #174 (November 1969)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:I knew the principal was chaperon, but I didn’t know he danced!

• Genre:adventure; humor; children

Synopsis:

Mad Doctor Doom and Chester plan to finance their world domination schemes with pirate treasure buried on Idle Island. To be able to search without interference, they saw the island off at its foundation and set it adrift in the sea. But fate has decreed that there should be one other person on that island when they steal it: that "meddlesome brat," Little Archie.

Reprints (1)

• from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #33 (Winter 1964-1965)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie, don't you understand this formula?

Synopsis:

Archie's mind is on TV not class.

Reprints (2)

• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #166 (February 2006)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #316 (February 2021)

• Genre:drama; humor; teen

Synopsis:

Over Archie's objections, Veronica goes for a ride with the fast-living, fast-driving Nick Barker, but Archie decides against telling Mr. Lodge about what kind of company his daughter is keeping.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #9 (August 1973)

The truck on page 4 is from "DeCarlo's Landscaping," a reference to Lucey's fellow Archie artist Dan DeCarlo.

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Road hog! Why didn't you drive around me?

Synopsis:

A collection of two-panel gags starring Jughead. First gag, a large man asks Jughead why he didn't drive around him. Gag two: Jughead want pizza and quiet. Gag three: Jughead can't pay his bill. Gag four: Jughead can only afford a taxi for his suitcase. Gag five: Jughead comments on Miss Grundy's looks. Gag six: Jughead and Archie go to a drive-in movie. Gag seven: Jughead frets about Ethel. Gag eight: Jughead cracks a barber joke.

Reprints (1)

• from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #190 (March 1971)

• Genre:non-fiction; nature; animal; math & science

Reprints (1)

• from Little Archie Giant Comics (Archie, 1957 series) #9 (Winter 1958)

• Genre:teen

Reprints (1)

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #236 (September 1977)

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Now, class, we're going to learn all about checking accounts!

Reprints (1)

• in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #144 (November 1998)

• Genre:humor; children

• Greg
• Hap Holliday
• Li'l Jinx

Synopsis:

Frustrated when their parents won't buy them sting ray style bikes, Jinx and the other kids decide to form a rock band like The Beatles in order to make money like The Beatles do.

Reprints (1)

• from Laugh Comics / Laugh (Archie, 1946 series) #178 (January 1966)

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Mr. Weatherbee, where do I put the math books?

Synopsis:

It's the last day of school and Mr. Weatherbee doesn't have time for Archie's problem.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #43 (August 1971)

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wanderlust: the urge to wander or travel!

Synopsis:

Various words that start with W that have something to do with Mr. Weatherbee's day.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #43 (August 1971)

Credits from reprint in World of Archie Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #61.

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Don’t you love to hear Archie picking his banjo?

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie's on vacation, hurray, hurray...

Synopsis:

Mr. Lodge and Smithers celebrate the fact that Archie is away on vacation, until they become gripped by the fear that he could return any minute and break everything.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #177 (November 1967)

When reprinted in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #69, lettering is credited to Mario Acquaviva.

• Genre:humor; teen

Synopsis:

Archie tells us the story of how he chose to stand Veronica up for a date in order to protect Jughead from being beaten up by a bully.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #223 (December 1972)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:I told you I’d pay the bill if you’d replace the brakes in your jalopy!

Reprints (1)

• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #103 (November 1998)