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Issue Details

Issue #79
Published September 1980
Cover Price 0.50 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Josie and The Pussycats, Sabrina, and Reggie Mantle appear as vignettes at the top of the page. Issue copyright by Archie Music Corp.

Cover Details - "Sand Shark"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Josie and The Pussycats; Sabrina; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Archie makes a sand sculpture at the beach that is too realistic for Jughead.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Stan Goldberg [as Stan G] (signed)
Inks Stan Goldberg [as Stan G] (signed)
Notes Josie and The Pussycats, Sabrina, and Reggie Mantle appear as vignettes at the top of the page. Issue copyright by Archie Music Corp.

1 page Josie; Hostess advertisement "Getting Noticed"

Characters Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown; Alan M. Mayberry
Synopsis Josie hopes to get Alan to notice her during a ten mile jog, but she can't finish and has Hostess Fruit pies for a snack, which finally gets all the boys to notice.
Genre teen; humor
Notes Ad for Hostess Fruit Pies. On inside front cover.

6 page The Archies story "Words And Music"

Characters Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; owner of Plush Pony club
Synopsis Reggie's lyrics fail to impress a club owner but Betty's lyrics secure them a contract.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

Half page Li'l Jinx filler "Fell Tell!"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday (Li'l Jinx's father)
Synopsis Her father is perplexed at Li'l Jinx's description of where she fell.
Genre humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

Half page Archie's Gag Bag filler "untitled"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis 1 - Archie laments that he can't afford to impress Veronica. 2 - Archie buys a new-fangled cut of steak.
Genre teen; humor
Notes Two 4-panel gags.

1 page Mr. Lodge activity "That's Business"

Characters Hiram Lodge
Notes A word puzzle; all hand lettered.

6 page Josie story "Cook's Tour"

Characters Josie McCoy; Alexander Cabot III; Valerie Brown; Alan M. Mayberry; the Cabots' chef
Synopsis Alan tries to prove he is a gourmet chef, but ruins the food and the kitchen, so Alan takes everyone back to the pizza parlor where he works and impresses the chef with his pizzas.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Stan Goldberg
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Little Archie story "The Mower...The Merrier"

Characters Little Archie; Mr. Andrews; Little Jughead; Nellie (a goat)
Synopsis The Andrews' lawn mower breaks down so Mr. Andrews calls Jughead to bring over his goat. The goat nibbles the lawn bare and butts Mr. Andrews a few times.
Genre children; humor
Script Dexter Taylor
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Archie letters page "Archie Club News"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Script Daniel De Sousa; Maritza Candelario
Letters typeset
Notes Two news articles submitted by readers, noting the prizes they won, and a solicitation for the Archie Club.

5 page Sabrina story "Curses, Foiled Again!"

Characters Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Harvey; Sabrina
Synopsis Aunt Zelda finds an old idol and claims it has a curse if you touch it, but Harvey doesn't believe it so he touches it. Aunt Hilda teaches him a lesson by manifesting a curse for him.
Genre teen; humor