| Issue | #51 |
| Published | October 1979 |
| Cover Price | 0.40 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | ? |
| Notes | No credits given for the cover. Moose is seen just to the left of the "J" in the title, pounding Reggie. Reggie is seen standing between the "s" in "Reggie's" and the "e" in "Jokes", kicking a football with a picture of Archie on it. |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason (logo); Archie Andrews (Football) |
| Synopsis | Reggie and Veronica are in a canoe on a moonlit lake. Reggie tells Veronica that he has an inferiority complex. When Veronica asks him about it, he states that he didn't realize how magificent he really was. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor |
| Notes | No credits given for the cover. Moose is seen just to the left of the "J" in the title, pounding Reggie. Reggie is seen standing between the "s" in "Reggie's" and the "e" in "Jokes", kicking a football with a picture of Archie on it. |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones |
| Synopsis | Reggie and Veronica are seen on a frisbee golf course, with Reggie tossing the frisbee into the basket. Reggie comments to Veronica that he has to do well on the next hole to beat Jughead. Reggie tosses the frisbee again, and as he's wondering where it landed, Jughead tells him he got a hole in one. In the last panel, Jughead points to Reggie's frisbee, which has landed in a trash can, and confirms that Reggie got a hole in one - only that it was in the wrong hole. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | If you're unfamiliar with the game of frisbee golf, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisbee_golf. |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews |
| Synopsis | Veronica and Reggie are on the tennis court, and Veronica mentions that she's trying to drop 10 pounds. Reggie then tells her how she can drop 150 pounds - stop dating Archie. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | Half-page, 3-panel gag strip. Bottom half of the page is occupied by "Chicken Licken" story. |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews |
| Synopsis | Jughead tells Betty that he has to do a biology report on Chickens. He asks Reggie how fast a chicken runs. Reggie says he doesn't know, and then asks Archie how fast he can run the 100 (meter dash). |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | Another half-page, 3-panel gag strip. Occupies the bottom half of the page. Top half is occupied by "Court Retort". |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason |
| Synopsis | Reggie is laying on the beach, when Moose storms up behind him saying that he's going to bop Reggie for kissing Midge last winter. Reggie points out that Moose already bopped him for that last winter. Moose says he knows. As he's chasing Reggie, Moose says that he now has summer reruns on boppings. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | Another typical 3-panel gag strip. |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge |
| Synopsis | Archie, Reggie and Veronica are seen standing near a lake. Reggie tells Archie to jump in the lake, pointing to the lake. Veronica scolds him for this, but Archie says that it's ok, because Reggie is lending him his diving equipment to jump in the lake with. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | This strip occupies the bottom half of the page. The top half is occupied by the "Mad Lad" story. |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley |
| Synopsis | Dilton, admiring a rose, tells Reggie that there's something about a rose that turns him on. Reggie agrees with Dilton, pointing out that he has three of them in his "l'il black book". |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | Another half-page, 3-panel gag strip. This strip occupies the top half of the page. |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews |
| Synopsis | When Jughead hits his croquet ball into a nearby blueberry patch, Reggie tells Archie that Jughead is dumb for continuously doing this. Archie points out that Jughead isn't so dumb, as Jughead is seen enjoying the blueberries. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | Occupies the bottom half of the page. Top half is occupied by "Flower Power". |
| Characters | Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews |
| Synopsis | When Archie tells Veronica that Reggie likes to see him crawl, Veronica tells him that it's only his imagination. Archie says it isn't, and points to what is assumed to be Reggie's house. Next to the main front door, there is a much smaller door, only a few inches high, with "Entrance for Archie" written on it. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | This strip occupies the top half of the page. |
| Characters | Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones |
| Synopsis | When Reggie says that only fools are always positive, Archie asks him if he's sure. When Reggie replies that he's positive, Archie walks off saying "It figures!", as Jughead laughs. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | This strip occupies the bottom half of the page. The top half is occupied by "Door Score". |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump |
| Synopsis | Reggie is playing checkers with Moose on the beach, and tells Jughead that playing checkers with Moose is boring because he always has to tell Moose to crown him. In the next panel, Reggie whistles as Midge walks by. Moose then crowns Reggie with the checkerboard, to which Jughead replies "Not that time!" |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | 5-panel strip (2 panels on top, one in the middle and 2 on the bottom). |
| Characters | Greg; Charley Hawse |
| Synopsis | In the midst of an argument with Greg, Charley asks if it's going to be a battle of wits. Greg replies by saying that Charely is brave to fight unarmed. When Charley angrily asks if Greg is calling him dumb, Greg says that he finally caught on. Charley then asks Greg if he would like to step outside and call him dumb, as he heads out the door. Greg says he would, and then promptly shuts and locks the door behind Charley. Greg then leans out the window and tells Charley that he (Greg) certainly isn't dumb, but he's definitely chicken. |
| Genre | Humor; Gag |
| Script | Joe Edwards |
| Pencils | Joe Edwards |
| Inks | Joe Edwards |
| Letters | Joe Edwards |
| Notes | Greg's last name is not known. Charley's last name based on information from Wikipedia and the info on Joe Edwards from the Who's Who Project. |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Two men with metal detectors, one of whom is named Hank |
| Synopsis | Reggie and Archie are playing a volleyball game on the beach, and Reggie keeps complaining about Archie's slow reaction times. Two men with metal detectors are walking by when one of the men's metal detectors starts buzzing. The man points this out to his friend, saying that there's some heavy metal nearby. Reggie tells the man to relax, saying that the heavy metal is only the lead in Archie's head. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge |
| Synopsis | As Reggie skates around the rink with Veronica and Betty, he tells them about his dream the previous night where he hit four home runs. Veronica calls him an ego-tripper and says he's always dreaming about himself. Reggie says this isn't true and that both Betty and Veronica were in the dream as well - cheering him on. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle |
| Synopsis | Readers must fill in the blanks with the letter corresponding to the number under the blank (using the legend at the bottom of the page) to see what Reggie put on a sign he hung up to help promote the school's planetarium. |
| Genre | Puzzle |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews |
| Synopsis | Reggie has just painted a portrait of Archie. Veronica asks Reggie why he painted a pane of glass on Archie's neck. Reggie replies that it's "deep symbolism" - Archie is a pain in the neck. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | This strip gets credit for being the worst joke in the book. This strip occupies the top half of a page. The bottom half is occupied by "Sad Lament". |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones |
| Synopsis | Reggie is sad because his neighbor is moving - not just because he hates to see an old friend move, but especially because his neighbor owed him 5 dollars. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | This strip occupies the bottom half of the page. The top half is occupied by "Pane Refrain". This is the only strip in the book so far (besides the Li'l Jinx one) that doesn't have a rhyming title. |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason |
| Synopsis | When Moose is unable to stuff the ball in the basket during basektball practice, Reggie laughs at him. Moose then tells Reggie that he can too stuff it - right down Reggie's throat! |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | Half-page strip occupying the top half of the page. Bottom half is occupied by "Reflection Affection" |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Marsha (Reggie's date) |
| Synopsis | Reggie and Marsha are out on a lake in a rowboat. Reggie asks Marsha to stop rowing, and she hopes he's going to put his arm around her. Reggie then comments that the rowing disturbs his reflection. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | Marsha does not have a last name. Occupies the bottom half of the page. Top half occupied by "Stuff Fluff" |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Debbie |
| Synopsis | Archie, Reggie and Jughead are out on the beach. Archie turns his head quickly to admire a girl named Debbie, and Jughead comments on how Archie's head really turns when he sees her. Reggie says that this is a coincidence - Debbie says her stomach turns green when she sees Archie. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | No credits given. Half-page strip. Bottom half occupied by a "3 for $1.00 Checklist" offer. |
| Characters | Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper |
| Synopsis | Readers can check off the titles on the list and get any three titles for $1.00, or individual titles for 40 cents each. |
| Genre | teen |
| Notes | Occupies the bottom half of the page. Top half is occupied by "Turn Burn". Issues available in this offer: Archie's Joke Book #261; Betty & Veronica #286; Laugh #343; Pep #354; Life With Archie #209; Jughead #293; Little Archie #147; Archie #285; Archie At Riverdale High #67; Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #136; Everything's Archie #79; Betty & Veronica Summer Fun #484. The last issue in the list is a Giant Series issue based on the number. This offer expired on December 31st, 1979. Postage and Handling included in the price. |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; un-named umpire; un-named catcher |
| Synopsis | Archie causes Reggie to strike out by throwing him a screwball. Betty comments that Archie throws the best screwballs in the league. Reggie says that it figures - it takes one to throw one. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | Like most of the stories in this comic, this is a half-page, three-panel gag strip. This story occupies the top half of the page. Bottom half occupied by "Bam Slam". This is one of the few stories in the comic without a rhyming title. |
| Characters | Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones |
| Synopsis | Reggie tells Moose he's "on the level". Moose doesn't believe him, and punches Reggie. As Reggie is laying flat on his back on the beach, Jughead says that NOW he's on the level. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | Another 3-panel, half-page gag strip. Top half of the page occupied by "The Pitcher". |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge |
| Synopsis | Reggie informs Veronica that the skate park has hired him and Archie as instructors. When Veronica asks why they need two instructors, Reggie says that he teaches kids how to do stunts, while Archie teaches them how NOT to do stunts. |
| Notes | Occupies the top half of the page. Bottom half occupied by "Quip Snip". |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason |
| Synopsis | Moose says that if he ever has a son, he hopes his son will grow up to be just like him. Reggie responds to this by saying "A chip off the ol' blockhead". The last panel shows Reggie running from a very angry Moose. Reggie is wondering aloud - when will he learn to keep his big fat mouth shut? |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | Occupies the bottom half of the page. Top half occupied by "Skate State". |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones |
| Synopsis | Reggie comments to Jughead that he'd like to date Midge. When Jughead says that there are easier ways to commit suicide, Reggie tells Jughead that he isn't afraid of Moose (and thinks "especially when he's not around"). Midge tells Reggie not to hang around because Moose is in the area. Reggie tells Midge to forget that big ox and let him take her out. Midge asks Reggie how he can take her out when he's going to be in the hospital for the next three weeks. When Reggie asks since when is he going to be in the hospital, Midge says "since the big ox heard you ask me out". |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | One of the few single-page gags in this book. |
| Characters | Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle |
| Synopsis | Reggie tosses a penny into a wishing well, saying that he'd like to score 50 points in the game against Central High. The penny is tossed out of the well, and a voice inside the well says that it doesn't grant wishes for a measly penny. As Reggie runs off screaming, Jughead is seen sticking halfway out of the well with water on the shoulder of his shirt saying "And that's the TRUTH!" |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Susan |
| Synopsis | In the first panel, Reggie is seen dishing out a cheesy line to his date Susan - saying that her eyes are "like limpid pools of azure" and that her "ruby red lips" cast a hypnotic spell over him. As the continue walking, Susan points to a poster for an upcoming rock concert by the Rolling Pebbles and asks Reggie to take her. Reggie tells her that she doesn't want to go to that concert because there will be a big line at the box office. Susan replies saying that she's used to big lines - she dates Reggie, doesn't she? |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | Susan doesn't have a last name. |
| Characters | Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason |
| Synopsis | Instead of the usual winning articles, this month's club news features a promo for their latest contest - a "Youth Day Contest". Club members are to write a letter (150 words or less) telling Archie why there should be a Youth Day (to go along with Mother's Day and Father's Day) and how they would celebrate it. |
| Notes | The most creative and original entries would be awarded cash prizes!! Judges decisions were final! All entries were to be post-marked no later than September 30th, 1979. This is a half-page article with the typical Archie Club offer occupying the bottom half. |
| Characters | Archie Andrews |
| Synopsis | An ad promoting the Archie Club and telling readers (specifically, teenagers) how they could join the Archie Club for only 50 cents and receive a "dressy, colorful Official ARCHIE CLUB BUTTON" and a "handsome, authentic ARCHIE REPORTER PRESS CARD" |
| Notes | This was a regular feature for 40+ years. The price did go up over the years, and by the mid to late 80s, so had the number of incentives (in addition to the button and card, you also got a 4-color Archie pen and an Archie notepad). Not sure whatever became of this. |
| Characters | Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Geraldine Grundy; Mr. Waldo Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle |
| Synopsis | A half-page ad for Joke Book Comics Digest Annual. For only 95 cents (plus 35 cents postage and handling), readers could get their copy of this digest. |
| Notes | Annual digests were apparently larger than the regular Comics Digests, so that's why this one cost more. |
| Characters | Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge |
| Synopsis | A half-page ad for Little Archie Comics Digest Annual #5. This ad occupied the bottom half of the page - the top half was an ad for Joke Book Comics Digest Annual. This comic also cost 95 cents + 30 cents postage. |
| Characters | Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle |
| Synopsis | Standing in front of a poster advertising a championship fight between "Jake Hurricane" and "Victor Gorilla", Reggie dances around and punches the air. He tells Jughead and Archie that one day he's going to fight Moose, and that Moose won't lay a hand on him. In the next panel, he says that this is because he's light on his feet. Moose walks up behind Reggie and says "Is that so?". Reggie runs off terrified, and Archie says that Reggie was right - he IS quick on his feet. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews (pictured on Betty's shirt and Reggie's football) |
| Synopsis | Reggie comments on Betty's shirt, which has a picture of Archie on it, saying that she isn't the only one who gets satisfaction from Archie's picture. When Betty asks if he has a picture of Archie on a shirt too, Reggie says no - just on his football, and kicks a football with a picture of Archie on it. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | Strip occupies the top half of the page. Bottom half occupied by "Vain Swain". |
| Characters | Betty Cooper; Gladys (girl who dated Reggie) |
| Synopsis | Betty asks Gladys how her date with Reggie was. Glady says that Reggie took her in his arm, held her tight - and then told her how wonderful he was. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | Occupies the bottom half of the page, with "Grid Kid" occupying the top half. Gladys doesn't have a last name. |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge |
| Synopsis | Archie is driving with Veronica, Betty and Reggie also in the car. Reggie, like usual, is busy bragging about himself, this time apparently talking about his performance at a football game. Archie stops in a service station and has apparently asked the attendant if they specialize in installing mufflers (an ad featuring a muffler called "The Silencer" is seen in the background). When the service station attendant says that they do specialize in installing mufflers, Archie asks if they have one that they can weld on Reggie. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | Another half-page gag. Occupies the top half of the page, with "Palm Balm" occupying the bottom half. |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews |
| Synopsis | Reggie is a palm reader at a charity bazaar. When Archie asks Reggie how much it will cost to have Reggie read his future, Reggie says it won't cost him anything - he doesn't HAVE a future. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | Occupies the bottom half of the page with "Noise Annoys" occupying the top half. Interesting trivia: In the second panel, a balloon that looks like Miss Grundy can be seen floating by in the background. |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones |
| Synopsis | Reggie is reading a book called "How to Improve Your Personality". Jughead tells Reggie that he's wasting his time with that book - after all, how can you improve on something that's already perfect? After hearing this, Reggie decides he will lend Jughead the $10 he asked to borrow after all. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Notes | This is the last story in the book. |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle |
| Synopsis | Readers must find their way through a maze shaped like the word "Disco" to help Reggie get from "In" (start) to "Out" (end). |
| Genre | Puzzle |
| Notes | Maze appears to be rather challenging. |