(October 1975)
Archie,
1973 Series
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 164
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Moose, what are you doing to my jalopy?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Keywords
- car wash
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Pep #222
Patch Work
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's with the king-size slingshot, Arch?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie needs to fix an inner tube from his car in order to run an errand for his mom, provided he doesn't kill himself in the process.
- Reprints
-
from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #122 (May 1961)
-
- Keywords
- fire hydrant; gas station; inner tube; telephone booth
Disaster Design
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Robinson Crusoe Lives!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge is frustrated by Veronica's new "ghetto garb" fashion trend.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #17 (October 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #271, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now, Archie don't you breathe a word.... because you're the only one I've told......
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty tells Archie a secret over the phone that's just for him but he has all the fellas listening in.
- Reprints
- from Archie newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate, 9/28/1960)
The Final Test!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Congratulate me, dear! Your daddy has a new line!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge takes Veronica and Archie on a tour of the toy factory he's just acquired. Archie manages to break everything he comes in contact with.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #122 (May 1961)
-
- Keywords
- factory; toys; welding
[no title indexed]
Archie's Fun Page / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What kind of dates did these girls have?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #12 (Spring 1960)
-
A Weighty Problem
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 3.33 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Daddy!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Hap has to stick to a diet while Jinx eats lots of treats.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #115 (October 1960)
-
Bag Gag
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Echh! This show is terrible!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead sells Reggie a device that eliminates watching bad TV programs.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #32 (November 1968)
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Row Woe
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- The girls watch Jughead participate in a team rowing race.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #80 (August 1962)
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- Keywords
- rowing
Checkmate
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll punch him right in the nose!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mervin
- Synopsis
- Another guy is making time with Veronica and Jughead convinces Archie to challenge the guy to a chess match for Veronica, rather than hit him.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #124 (July 1961)
-
Hissing Cousins
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fellows!... I want you to meet Orville!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Orville P. Weatherbright; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge [Hiram Lodge]
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #32 (November 1968)
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Troubles with Bubbles
Little Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bob Bolling
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Everybody in favor?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Bubbles McBounce; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Evelyn Evernever
- Synopsis
- The girls' club decides to try and get Little Archie interested in girls by treating him to a movie with one of their members. Bubbles McBounce is chosen draw names from a bowl to see who will get the date with Little Archie. Bubbles decides to cheat: she pretends that her hand is stuck in the bowl, and gets the date by default. But after the girls force Little Archie to go to the movie, Betty tags along to make sure that Bubbles' hand is really stuck.
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #19 (Summer 1961)
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[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Reach! I've got you covered for this dance!
- Genre
- humor; teen
Keep Cool
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What a scorcher!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- When Fred decides to invest in a room air conditioner, Archie convinces him to get a second-hand unit so they can use the left-over money to buy a color TV.
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #17 (1965-1966)
-
- Keywords
- air-conditioner; color television; junkyard
Hi-Jinks and Deep Divers!
Life with Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I am Neptune, King of the Seas.
- Genre
- adventure; humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie go scuba-diving and are sucked down a tube into the secret underwater kingdom of Neptunia, where visitors from the outside world are fed to a giant clam. The boys have to find a way back to the surface before they become clam food.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #16 (September 1962)
-
- Keywords
- giant clam; scuba diving
Welcome to Neptunia!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oof! This door's rusted tight!
- Genre
- adventure; humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Oceania; Venusia
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie find themselves in the secret underwater kingdom of Neptunia, where they discover they will be fed to a giant clam.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #16 (September 1962)
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The Runaways!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Attention all Neptunians!
- Genre
- adventure; humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- On the run from the Neptunians, Archie and Reggie must find a way to escape their fate with the giant clam.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #16 (September 1962)
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Back to Reality!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This looks like the end for us, Reggie!
- Genre
- adventure; humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie escape Neptunia after defeating the giant clam.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #16 (September 1962)
-
[no title indexed]
Dilton's Poetry Corner / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No matter how grouchy you're feeling...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- A set of humorous limericks
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #41 (July 1959)
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Betty and Veronica's Coloring Page
Betty and Veronica / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty in slacks, sitting on a short brick wall. Veronica in sweater and skirt.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #120 (March 1961)
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Indexer Notes
Page to color. The flesh tones have already been added.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But I invited Jughead over... to cool off!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead is unaware that Archie has been careless with where he tied the water hose for cooling off.
Write and Wrong!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Waaaa!... I lost my favorite book somewhere in the street!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Hap teaches Jinx how to write her name.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #122 (May 1961)
-
- Keywords
- writing
[no title indexed]
Archie Puzzle Fun / activity / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Amazing color wheel
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Puzzle with Amazing Color Wheel and Crow's Word Crossword Puzzle
Never Count on a Dame!
Archie / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #1 (1952)
-
Reel Anglers
Archie / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Attention Kids!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- In a fishing competition, Archie uses heavy fishing equipment, while Reggie uses scuba gear to dive in after the fish.
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #93 (July 1958)
-
- Keywords
- contest; fishing; scuba diving
Flaw Plan
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- R-A-G-G-M-O-P-P.. Raggmoppp
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Uncle Herman; John Jones; Mary Jones
- Synopsis
- Uncle Herman helps Jughead install a rolling kitchen floor to reduce the need for mopping. However, as they test the device, it keeps tossing Jughead's father out of the house!
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #12 (Spring 1960)
-
Spell of Trouble!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- --Death mask of a voodoo chieftan!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie tries to use the threat of voodoo to keep Archie away from Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #119 (February 1961)
-
Room with a View
Betty and Me / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Drifting and dreaming on a summer's day.
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Behind a waterfall Archie and Betty find cave drawings that they think are by real cavemen but it turns out to just be Jughead doodling.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #17 (October 1968)
-
- Keywords
- cave; cave paintings
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #263.
[no title indexed]
Archie Puzzle Page / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why not try coloring this bird with your crayons?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- Bird-themed puzzles: Penguin, stork, pelican.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Have you got a fire extinguisher?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- The coast guard has to tow Archie and Jughead when their boat is stranded.
The Fresh Kid!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 'Morning, Dad!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie insults his mother's cooking and stalks out of the house. Furious, his father goes after him, only to find that it was a ploy for Archie to be able to remind him of his wedding anniversary.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #117 (December 1960)
-
- Keywords
- flowers; pancakes; shaving; wedding anniversary
Beach or Bust
Betty and Me / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Go get your swimsuit Betty, and I'll drive you to the beach!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie offers to help Betty with her chores so she can go to the beach with the gang. However, his help leads to several disasters causing a frustrated Betty to kick him out of her house.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #17 (October 1968)
-
The Strange Case of Crawford Crab
Little Archie presents / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bob Bolling ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, Ronnie, it was sure nice of your folks to invite me to your sea-side home!
- Genre
- humor; children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Crawford Crab; Buster Crab; Taxi Crab; Pearl; un-named shellfish
- Synopsis
- The story of Crawford, a crab who is shunned by the crab community for having a dull, unattractive shell. When Crawford leaves the sea and tries to seek his fortune on the shore, he is taken in by two giant "monsters," Little Archie and Ronnie. But when they have to put him back in the ocean, Ronnie decides to paint a message on his shell.
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #20 (Fall 1961)
-
Take Me to Your Meter!
Reggie and Me / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are you all set, Jughead?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Jughead uses his new miniature walkie-talkie to trick Reggie into conversing with a parking meter.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #27 (January 1968)
-
The Optimist
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hee, hee, ho, ha! Oh, Archie, that's funny!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Nobody else shares Betty's anticipation for the fall start of school.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #129 (December 1961)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We needed this rain!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Since it's raining, Mary wants Fred to help her clean out the attic, but Fred convinces her he is going to play golf, even in the downpour.
Tumbling Tumble Deeds
Jughead / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- See those two fellows that just passed?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- When Archie points out two circus tumblers walking down the street, Jughead says he can show Archie three tumblers right there in Riverdale.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #104 (September 1959)
-
- Keywords
- acrobats; bananas; glassware; locks
Knight Must Fall
Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Have at ye, varlet!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- While examining Mr. Lodge's ancient medieval weapons, Archie and Jughead cause a series of near-fatal accidents for Mr. Lodge.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #121 (April 1961)
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Moose, what are you doing to my jalopy?"]
Archie -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Patch Work
Archie -
3.
Disaster Design
Betty and Veronica -
4.
["Now, Archie don't you breathe a word.... because you're the only one I've told......"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
5.
The Final Test!
Archie -
6.
["What kind of dates did these girls have?"]
Archie's Fun Page -
7.
A Weighty Problem
Li'l Jinx -
8.
Bag Gag
Reggie -
9.
Row Woe
Betty and Veronica -
10.
Checkmate
Archie -
11.
Hissing Cousins
Reggie -
12.
Troubles with Bubbles
Little Archie -
13.
[no title indexed]
Fun Page -
14.
["Reach! I've got you covered for this dance!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
15.
Keep Cool
Archie -
16.
Hi-Jinks and Deep Divers!
Life with Archie -
17.
Welcome to Neptunia!
Archie -
18.
The Runaways!
Archie -
19.
Back to Reality!
Archie -
20.
["No matter how grouchy you're feeling..."]
Dilton's Poetry Corner -
21.
Betty and Veronica's Coloring Page
Betty and Veronica -
22.
["But I invited Jughead over... to cool off!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
23.
Write and Wrong!
Li'l Jinx -
24.
["Amazing color wheel"]
Archie Puzzle Fun -
25.
Never Count on a Dame!
Archie -
26.
Reel Anglers
Archie -
27.
Flaw Plan
Jughead -
28.
Spell of Trouble!
Archie -
29.
Room with a View
Betty and Me -
30.
["Why not try coloring this bird with your crayons?"]
Archie Puzzle Page -
31.
["Have you got a fire extinguisher?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
32.
The Fresh Kid!
Archie -
33.
Beach or Bust
Betty and Me -
34.
The Strange Case of Crawford Crab
Little Archie presents -
35.
Take Me to Your Meter!
Reggie and Me -
36.
The Optimist
Betty and Veronica -
37.
["We needed this rain!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
38.
Tumbling Tumble Deeds
Jughead -
39.
Knight Must Fall
Archie -
40.
["It's a brand new Archie Annual jam packed with 160 pages in full color"]
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41.
[no title indexed]
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42.
["Hey, Archie fans!"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Jeff Butler
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
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