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Issue: Archie #274

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Publication Date: September 1978

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Issues: #274 of 565 Issues (998 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Archie Publications, Inc.

Brand: Archie Series

Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.

On Sale Date: 1978

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0271000696509

Price: $0.35 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 11 (6 stories, 1 cover)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.; then standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Format Notes:

Reprinted In3

2 Content Items
- Can You Top This? [Story on Interior Page(s)]1
- Speed Demon [Story on Interior Page(s)]2

reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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Cover, Front

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (11 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

First Line: Archie, are you lining up a putt or a date?

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Later redrawn for the cover of Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine #8.

Concrete Evidence

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Synopsis: Archie and Jughead cause chaos when they are given the job of fixing a cement step.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: Mr. Andrews is seen smoking on page 1. Art previously credited to Dan DeCarlo, but DeCarlo Jr. was the artist for this title at the time.

It Leaves Me Cold

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: childrens, humorous

Synopsis: Li'l Jinx is upset over what is in the refrigerator.

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Pages: 0.5

[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen

First Line: What do you mean, “is my long underwear too tight?”

Reprinting

Reprint Notes: from Archie newspaper strip from unknown date

Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.5

Notes: Two comic strips from the Archie newspaper strip are reprinted.

Running Out of Gas Puzzle

Activity on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: humorous, teen

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Pages: 1

Notes: Secret code activity.

Forgotten Man

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): unnamed World Adventurers Club president; Miss Sloan

Synopsis: Archie seeks an anniversary present for Mr. Lodge when the World Adventurers Club fails to honor his twentieth year since he founded it.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Notes: Art previously credited to Dan DeCarlo.

[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: childrens, humorous

First Line: 192 pages of super adventure!

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Advertisement for Little Archie Comics Digest Annual (Archie, 1977 series) #3.

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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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First Line: Here's your Archie 3 for $1.00 checklist!

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Promotion for three of the month's Archie comics for $1.00.

Can You Top This?

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): "Brag" Bostwick

Synopsis: "Brag" Bostwick comes to town and brags that his town has everything Riverdale has, only better.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Jughead and Archie Double Digest #2 [Direct Edition] published July 2014
as Can You Top This? [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Notes: Writer, Penciller and Inker credits from the reprint in Jughead and Archie (Archie, 2014 series) #2.

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Announcement of a Space Vacation essay contest and information on how to join the club.

Speed Demon

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Merlin

Synopsis: Archie tries to impress everybody with magic shoes that a magician gave him. These shoes make him very fast, but everyone he talks to tells him to slow down and see the good things in life.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Archie Comics Digest #181 published August 2001
as Speed Demon [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Archie's Funhouse Double Digest #4 [Direct Edition] published June 2014
as Speed Demon [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Notes: Writer and inker credit from the credits listed in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #4. Art previously credited to Dan DeCarlo.