Dates
- Cover date
- [January] 1960
- On sale
- January 19, 1960
- Pages
- 84
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #8 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition25¢ coverSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Pressure Cooker · 6 pages
Jughead tries to help Archie get Veronica back, but Veronica finds out how Jughead pressured Betty and Reggie with money they owed him and Moose with homework help.
- Mars-Taken Identity · 5 pages
Jughead's idea for the school play is an invasion from Mars, so he dresses up in a Martian costume at school to convince the faculty.
- Swell Guy · 3 pages
Jughead helps Reggie look more muscular with sponges under his sweater. When it rains and Reggie "flexes," he squeezes the water out in Veronica's face.
- Troubled Times · 6 pages
Archie isn't getting in trouble in school. Jughead explains that it's because Reggie isn't chasing Veronica, so Archie thinks he's up to something. Reggie explains that it's because Betty quit chasing Archie, so he can't get near Veronica. Betty explains that it's because of Mr. Weatherbee's speech about being satisfied with what you have. Mr. Weatherbee gives a speech to the school about ambition and everyone goes back to normal, with Archie in the principal's office again.
- A Medal For Jughead · 6 pages
The gang feels bad because they've all won medals, but Jughead hasn't. They find reasons to offer him their medals, but he refuses them all. He wins a trophy for having the most loyal friends.
- Guess Who? · 1 pages
Li'l Jinx exits an ice cream parlor and Greg comes behind her, puts his hands over her eyes and says, "Guess who?" She guess six different names before he says she is correct, but now her ice cream has been eaten while she guessed.
- Money Hungry · 6 pages
Jughead is the only one spending money at the Choklit Shoppe. The rest of the gang threatens to boycott if Pop Tate serves him. He doesn't want to lose their business, so he offers them all ice cream, for free. They all pay Jughead their allowances, because he had bet them he could get Pop Tate to give away free ice cream.
- Late Lamented · 6 pages
Mr. Weatherbee complains that Archie and Jughead are always late, so they arrive very early the next day. This confuses the other students, who think it's time for the second class already. Soon, everyone in the school is confused about the schedule. Mr. Weatherbee tells them not to arrive before ten a.m. from then on.
- Dick Clark · Betty and Veronica presents the Star of the Month · 2 pages
Biography of Dick Clark.
- Nothing But The Truth! · 1 pages
Li'l Jinx's father slips on a banana peel and asks if she knows where he found it. She guesses he found it on a banana.
- Snow Fakes · 6 pages
Jughead shovels snow from the sidewalk and throws half a bucket of ashes on the ice, to prevent slipping. He throws the other half of the ashes over the fence and it lands on a policeman. To prevent the problem recurring, Uncle Herman puts an awning over the sidewalk. The awning breaks and drops snow on the head of the same policeman. The policeman says he'll forgive if the sidewalk is clean of snow by the time he runs around the block. They spray it with hot water and the policeman slides on it when he comes in running. Herman puts himself in jail.
- Who’s Zoo? · 7.67 pages
Coach Kleats makes Jughead box with Reggie and Reggie punches Jughead out. Jughead's Uncle Herman offers his Jekyll and Hyde formula to give Jughead a fighting chance. Jughead refuses and pretends to be hypnotized while Uncle Herman gets the formula. He returns to the room to find a gorilla and thinks it's Jughead. The gorilla beats up Uncle Herman, who insists to the police that it's Jughead. The gorilla ends up back in the zoo and Uncle Herman ends up in the sanitarium.
- Plane And Fancied · 6 pages
Reggie pranks Miss Grundy by tying a tiny paper airplane to a fly. Miss Grundy thinks Martians are invading. Mr. Weatherbee sees it too and smashes it with a book, discovering the prank. Jughead passes a note by making a paper airplane of it and it flies out the classroom window, into Mr. Weatherbee's window. Mr. Weatherbee plans to intercept the meeting by the birdbath. He ends up being at the site of an actual plane crash.
- Flight and Wrong · 5 pages
Jughead encourages Betty to be a tom-boy to attract Archie's attention. They build a giant box kite and it flies away in the wind with Jughead holding on. Jughead finally lands in the city reservoir and makes his way back wrapped in the sheets from the kite.
- Book Friends · 5 pages
Jughead gets in trouble for writing his western novel in class. Mr. Weatherbee finds the novel so interesting he makes Jughead finish it.
Characters
Reprinted in
Jughead's Double Digest (1989), Jughead with Archie Digest (1974), Archie's Double Digest Magazine (1984), Archie Comics Digest (1973), The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (1977), Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (2016)