Issue Details

Issue	#48
Published	June 1976
Cover Price	$0.30
Pages	36
Editing	?

Cover Details - "Hmm! Where is the best place for Reggie in our school orchestra?"

Characters	Professor Flutesnoot; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doily; Chuck Clayton
Genre	teen

6 page Archie story "Vacuum Packed"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; unnamed couple
Synopsis	Quarrelling lovers force Archie to sell them vacuum cleaners that he's borrowed to help Jughead's mother.
Genre	teen

1 page Josie advertisement "Special Date"

Characters	Josie McCoy; Alan M. Mayberry; Alexandra Cabot
Synopsis	Ad for Hostess Fruit Pies.

Half page Li'l Jinx filler "Ask Task!"

Characters	Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday [Li'l jinx's father]
Genre	gags
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Letters	Joe Edwards

Half page Archie's Gag Bag filler "Get this!. . . A memo from the desk of the principal to the English department. . ."

Characters	Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
Genre	gags

Half page Archie's Gag Bag filler "I told Archie it was ungentlemanly to honk his horn for a lady!"

Characters	Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Genre	gags

5 page Archie story "Sticky Problem"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Professor Flutesnoot; Dilton Doily; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	Professor Flutesnoot tells Archie and Jughead to get rid of the glue that they accidentally created in chemistry class.
Genre	teen

1 page Archie story "Prize Present"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis	Archie tells Betty that he'll buy her a compact.
Genre	gags

5 page Archie story "The Soft Sell"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Reggi Mantle; Pop Tate
Synopsis	Pop tries to sell ice cream to Archie and Reggie.
Genre	teen
Reprinted	From Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #252 (April 1971).

1 page Archie Club News letters page "Archie Club News"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Submissions from Walter Hankins and Linda Boyd with information on how to join the Archie Club.

4 page Archie story "Brain Power"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis	Archie smells burning rubber every time he tries to think.
Genre	teen

1 page Archie Pin Up filler "Wasn't that dance great, Archie?"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Genre	gags