Price: 1.00 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1990-02-27
Editing: Scott Fulop (editor); Victor Gorelick (managing editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
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[no title indexed]
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Archie 3000 / cover / 1 page

Script:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen; science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Man! I hate it when I punch up a wrong number!
This issue has 2 variants

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: Archie Series
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: 7 times a year in Jan., Mar., May, July, Aug., Oct. and Nov.
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Jughead's Double Digest #3.

The Taste of Adventure Part I
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Archie and his Friends; Capri Sun 100% Natural / comics-form advertising / 1 page

The Party Crasher
(Table of Contents: 2)

Archie 3000 / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Rex Lindsey (credited)
Inks:
Pat Kennedy (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:science fiction; teen; humor
Characters:
Synopsis:
When Veronica invites Reggie instead of Archie to her dinner party, Archie disguises himself in an armored suit to pretend to be a serving robot. Unfortunately he choses a combat robot outfit and causes his usual chaos.
Reprints (3)

Drugs Are Uncool!
(Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / public service announcement / 1 page

Script:
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Pencils:
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks:
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Synopsis:
Large single panel of Archie giving the thumbs-down sign with a brick wall background.

Indexer Notes

Part of Archie anti-drug campaign.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page

Script:
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Pencils:
Ellen Leonforte (signed as EL)
Inks:
Ellen Leonforte (signed as EL)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

First prize of $10.00 to Elizabeth Fenzel (Ithaca, N.Y.) for article about solar homes. Second prize of $5.00 to Michelle Ritterbusch (Bethel, Conn.) for article on color.

Room Without a Viewer
(Table of Contents: 5)

Archie 3000 / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Kathleen Webb (credited)
Pencils:
Dan Parent (credited)
Inks:
Scott McRae (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; science fiction; teen
Characters:
Dexter 3000 (Archie's cousin)
Synopsis:
Veronica is upset because her videophone shows her when she doesn't look her best. Her father suggests using an old-fashioned audio-only telephone to solve the problem.
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

The antique telephone is a rotary-dial model. Characters do Tex Avery-ish eye-stretching "takes" in several panels.

Dream Date
(Table of Contents: 6)

Archie 3000 / activity / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Hy Eisman (credited)
Inks:
Hy Eisman (credited)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; science fiction; teen
Characters:
Synopsis:
Find six words in a letter grid that describe activities on a date.
Reprints (3)

Are You Out of Your Mind?
(Table of Contents: 7)

Archie 3000 / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Rich Margopoulos (credited)
Pencils:
Rex Lindsey (credited)
Inks:
Rex Lindsey (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; science fiction; teen
Characters:
Synopsis:
An accident with a personality-analyzing machine scrambles the gang's personalities, so that Dilton acts like Archie and Betty acts like Veronica, etc.
Reprints (1)

Archie's Looks for 3000!
(Table of Contents: 8)

Archie 3000 / illustration / 1 page

Script:
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Inks:
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Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:fashion; science fiction; teen; humor
Characters:
Synopsis:
Futuristic fashions modeled by Archie 3000.
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Fashions by Miranda Larson (Edmonton, Calif.), Deborah Solnik (Plainview, N.Y.), April Nefferdorf (Berlin, Md.), Annaly Babb, and Shira Koffman (Lincolnwood, Ill.)

Every Dog Has His Day!
(Table of Contents: 9)

Archie 3000 / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Dan Parent (credited)
Pencils:
Dan Parent (credited)
Inks:
Dan Parent (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; science fiction; teen
Characters:
Denise de la Taboret; Monique St. Bouffant
Synopsis:
Two rival art teachers try to make art stars of Reggie and Jughead, when in reality Hot Dog is doing the art.
Reprints (2)
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Man! I hate it when I punch up a wrong number!"]
    Archie 3000
  2. The Taste of Adventure Part I
    Archie and his Friends; Capri Sun 100% Natural
  3. The Party Crasher
    Archie 3000
  4. Drugs Are Uncool!
    Archie
  5. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  6. Room Without a Viewer
    Archie 3000
  7. Dream Date
    Archie 3000
  8. Are You Out of Your Mind?
    Archie 3000
  9. Archie's Looks for 3000!
    Archie 3000
  10. Every Dog Has His Day!
    Archie 3000
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