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Archie Comics #78

Archie · Series began 1942 · January-February 1956

Dates

Cover date
January-February 1956
On sale
November 18, 1955
Pages
36

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: George Frese, Bill Vigoda, Samm Schwartz, Al Capp, Dan DeCarlo, Red Holmdale, Joe Edwardsinks: Al Capp, Joe Edwards

Stories

  • Grin and Hare It! · 2 pages

    Jughead gives Archie a lucky rabbit's foot and Archie has bad luck.

  • Writhe and Shine · 2.75 pages

    Veronica is upset that Archie can't dance the mambo. Jughead dresses up like a famous mambo champion to convince Veronica that she's actually the bad dancer.

  • Untitled · 0.25 pages

    Reggie says what he'd do if he spent too much time with Jughead.

  • Method in His Gladness! · 1 pages

    Archie comes over to Betty's and Betty thinks it's to spend time with her.

  • Mask Me No Questions · 2 pages

    Archie intentionally misdirects a man looking for the school to the wrong end of town, and the man turns out to be the new district school supervisor.

  • Zoo's Who? · 3 pages

    When Mr. Lodge hears Archie is coming over he has the staff move all the breakable items so Archie won't cause a disaster.

  • Our Obligation to Parents · 0.25 pages
  • Head Man · 2.75 pages

    When Archie and Reggie get a box of wigs, Reggie suggests a way for Archie to make Veronica jealous.

  • Untitled · 0.25 pages

    Jughead has to explain what electrolysis means.

  • Drum Sum · 0.5 pages

    Pat gets a quarter for his drum playing - specifically, to stop.

  • Grub Flub · 0.5 pages

    Pat's mom gives Pat a list to take to the store for the store keeper to fill out.

  • Tricks of the Trade! · 2 pages
  • The Mad Hatter · 0.5 pages

    Betty borrows Jughead's hat to avoid being hit by Archie and Reggie's snowballs.

  • Seat-u-ation · 0.5 pages

    Archie seats Reggie between the school's two most popular girls.

  • Counter Jerk! · 0.5 pages

    Archie gets his first customer as a soda jerk.

  • Four O'Clock Shadow! · 0.5 pages

    After hearing that beards grow faster in hot, Archie hops under the sun lamp.

  • Night Work! · 0.5 pages

    Mary takes a break from ironing for a nap and dreams about ironing.

  • Labor Days! · 0.5 pages

    Mary gives Fred a lot of work to do on the weekend.

  • Sugar Cured · 0.5 pages

    Moose gave sugar to his sick pet pig.

  • Imported Whine · 0.5 pages

    Jughead has an uncle who makes wines in his basement.

  • Plenty of Action · 1 pages

    Archie sends out Reggie to snap pictures of the football game for the front page of the school newspaper.

  • Edition and Subtraction · 2 pages

    Mr. Weatherbee administers a psychology test to help Archie select an assistant for the school newspaper.

  • Alway Kicking! · 1 pages

    Archie kicks the football out of the stadium.

Characters

Archie AndrewsVeronica LodgeBetty CooperJughead JonesReggie MantleMr. WeatherbeeMoose MasonHiram LodgeMiss GrundyFred AndrewsMidge KlumpMary AndrewsSmithersCoach KleatsHal CooperPat the BratMiss HagglyAlice SmithSuperintendent HassleBlinky

Reprinted in

Archie (1955), Archie's Joke Book Magazine (1953), Archie Giant Series Magazine (1954), Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (1992), Archie Showcase Digest (2020)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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