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Issue Details

Issue #83
Published November 1992
Cover Price $1.50
Pages 100
Editing Nanci Tsetsekas; Victor Gorelick; Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Notes ISSN 07472668

Cover Details - "untitled"

Characters Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Notes ISSN 07472668

5 page Archie story "Pass It On"

Characters Archie Andrews; Tony; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; two unamed acquiantances of Jughead's
Synopsis Several people have had bad experiences with Jughead and they pass on messages physically to Archie for his friend.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan Parent
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman; Nanci Tsetsekas; Caryn Antoniuk
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Archie story "Tricky Triumph"

Characters Archie Andrews; magician
Synopsis A magician get Archie to volunteer for a disappearing act, and makes Archie's clothes disappear.
Genre teen; humor

1 page Big Moose story "Tool Fool"

Characters Moose Mason; Dilton Doily; Archie Andrews (cameo)
Synopsis Moose fixes a broken toy for someone using Dilton's new book.
Genre teen; humor

Half page Sabrina The Teenage Witch story "Sky High"

Characters Sabrina; Aunt Hilda
Synopsis Aunt Hilda takes Sabrina to a witches-only diner.
Genre teen; humor

Half page Josie and The Pussycats story "Limelight Lament"

Characters Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown
Synopsis Josie laments that The Pussycats are not as successful as The Go-Go's.
Genre teen; humor

5 page Jughead story "Kidded Kidders"

Characters Jughead Jones; Sophie Himmeldimmel; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis Reggie and Archie try to play a practical joke on Jughead but he turns the tables.
Genre teen; humor

5 page Betty story "A Gymnastic Twist"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Sylvia; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Moose Mason
Synopsis Betty aces out Veronica for the last spot on the football cheerleading squad, so Veronica talks her into joining the gymnastic squad instead, to get her out of Archie's sight. But Archie injures himself and has to substitute gymnastic squad scorekeeping instead of playing football, so he still ends up spending time with Betty.
Genre teen; humor

1 page Archie and The Gang advertisement "This Year...Take Home a Club Med Vacation!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Zach
Notes Ad for Club Med as a family vacation destination.

6 page Archie story "The Perfect Fool"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason
Synopsis Reggie claims to be perfect, but Archie and Jughead find ways to show him the error of his ways.
Genre teen; humor

1 page Archie story "Duck Luck"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Archie and Reggie get positions on the girls hockey team...as mascots.
Genre teen; humor
Notes Bottom of page has 2-line text ad for Archie Digest books at Waldenbooks and other locations.

6 page Jughead story "In Trance Form"

Characters Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Pop Tate
Synopsis Reggie and Archie try to convince Jughead that he can actually hypnotize people, but lose a bet to Jughead when he turns the tables.
Genre teen; humor

1 page Archie Presents filler "Joke Of The Month Club"

Characters Archie Andrews
Genre gags
Notes Twelve gags.

5 page Archie story "Twister: Part I"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis Archie and friends are cought in a tornado, which hurls the car containing Jughead into the air.
Genre fact
Notes Continued in Part II.

5 page Archie story "Twister: Part II"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; radio announcer
Synopsis Archie and friends are left OK by the tornado, and survey the cleanup work to be done.
Genre fact
Notes Concluded from Part I.

1 page Archie promo (ad from the publisher) "Have You Seen The New & Improved Archie Newspaper Comic Strip?"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Script Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Pencils Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Notes Ad for the Archie newspaper comic strip with instructions on how to ask your local paper's editor to carry it.

6 page Archie story "Dancing Boy"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; female gym instructor; female gym students
Synopsis Archie joins the dance class on a dare and so many girls swoon over his dancing that the whole football team joins to better meet the girls.
Genre teen; humor

5 page Sabrina The Teenage Witch story "Outgoing"

Characters Aunt Hilda; Sabrina; Harvey (cameo); nephew of Aunt Hilda's; Wanda; purse-snatcher
Synopsis Aunt Hilda is lonely when everyone else appears to be out on a date, so she zaps up a man but he is a bust. She then captures a purse-snatcher and keeps him for awhile to enjoy the afternoon with.
Genre teen; humor

5 page Josie story "Just A Simple Melody"

Characters Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown; Alexandra Cabot; Mr. Cabot; thieves; Bruno (a dog); police officer
Synopsis The Cabots are lured away from home by a scam, but the rest of the Pussycats are house-sitting, and Melody captures the thieves using Bruno.
Genre teen; humor

2 page Reggie Presents story "Picture Road Signs For Teens"

Characters Reggie Mantle
Genre humor
Notes Phony highway-type signs with gag messages.

1 page Editor's Notebook text article "Editor's Notebook"

Synopsis Promos for various Archie Publications comic books.
Genre editorial
Script Victor Gorelick
Notes Includes small illustrations.

6 page Jughead story "Sweet Tooth"

Characters Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dr. Wilson; Dr. Wilson's nurse
Synopsis Jughead get a toothache eating hard candy, so Archie rushes him to a dentist. Instead of getting the tooth repaired Jughead merely wants novocaine so he can continue eating, but the novocaine makes everything tast like cardboard.
Genre teen; humor

5 page Archie story "Go For It"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Coach Cleats; student trying out for football team
Synopsis A new student tries out for kicking on the football team and does better than Reggie, though small in stature.
Genre teen; humor

1 page Li'l Jinx story "Laugh-In"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Hap holliday (Li'l Jinx's father)
Synopsis Li'l Jinx is watching the weather and laughing at the inaccurate forecast.
Genre children; humor; gags
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards
Notes Credits from interview with Jim Amash.

1 page Archie illustration "Pin-Up Page"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Veronica is testing lipstick and Archie is enjoying the kissing.
Genre teen; humor

1 page Veronica public service announcement "Recycling With Veronica"

Characters Veronica Lodge; Pre-Consumer Recycling Fairy; Post-Consumer Recycling Fairy; Archie Andrews (cameo on cover of comic only)
Synopsis Veronica gets a lesson in recycling after noticing that Archie comics use recycled paper.
Genre fact

6 page Archie story "Cooking Up A Story"

Characters Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews; Chef Gratin (on TV); Betty Cooper
Synopsis Fred is confused when Archie takes up cooking and Betty fixes his car, reversing the roles Fred has been used to.
Genre teen; humor