Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #8

Dates

Cover date

Spring 1959

Pages

84

Editions and covers

• Original edition

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Creators

Stories

• Fatal Fascination · Archie · 10 pages

  The superintendent of schools visits to identify trouble magnets.

• Once in a Whirl · Archie · 6 pages

  Archie tries to get a record number of spins on the hula-hoop because Reggie suggests there might be a prize for whoever can do the most.

• Collector's Item · 6 pages

  Reggie is president of the student council and it's his job to raise money for the school dance refreshments but he doesn't like collecting money from people so Jughead demonstrates how easy it is.

• Music Maestro Please! · 1 pages

  Shrimpy tries to play the violin.

• Right Cross · Betty and Veronica · 4 pages

  Archie and Reggie says there's no point arguing with females because they always think they're right.

• Two Seconds to Go · Archie · 5 pages

  Archie and Reggie box each other in the ring.

• Tommy Sands · Betty and Veronica Presents the Recording Star of the Month! · 1 pages
• Chirp Skate · Archie's Pal Jughead · 6 pages

  Archie and Reggie try to believe they have a bird that uses Morse code to predict the winning scores of ball games.

• Risky Business · Archie · 6 pages

  Archie's father tries to sell insurance to Mr. Lodge.

• Speech Deficiency · Mr. Weatherbee · 3 pages

  Mr. Weatherbee is practicing a speech and gets locked in a clothes closet while trying to hide from Miss Grundy.

• Making the Headlines · 1 pages

  Li'l Jinx and Roz check the newspaper to see if Jinx is in there.

• Rubber Ribber · Reggie · 3 pages

  Reggie tries to play a trick on Arch by putting rubber cheese in his sandwich but Archie gives hi sandwich to Moose.

• For Debt or for Worse · Archie · 4 pages

  Fred can't resist purchasing items from door-to-door salesmen.

• Heavy Date · Archie · 4 pages

  Archie is broke and has a date with Veronica who wants to go to a fancy restaurant.

• Alaska · American Heritage · 2 pages
• Handy Man · Archie · 6 pages

  Archie gets a black eye from opening his locker and tries to hide out at home while it heals. Reggie tries to take advantage of the situation by making it look like Archie is being a coward and is hiding from someone who threatened him.

• Snowed In · Archie · 6 pages

  Betty and Veronica try to butter up Archie's parents.

Characters

Reprinted in

Archie Annual (1951), Archie Comics Digest (1973), Jughead with Archie Digest (1974), Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (1987), Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (2014), Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (2019)