| Issue | #487 |
| Published | October 1979 |
| Cover Price | 0.40 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Richard H. Goldwater |
| Characters | Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hot Dog |
| Genre | Teen; Humor |
| Characters | Valerie Brown; Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Several un-named guys |
| Synopsis | An ad for Hostess Fruit Pies. Josie is going to the beach with Valerie and Melody, and has three things that she needs to compete with Melody - a new bikini, fancy sunglasses, and a bag full of Hostess Fruit Pies. |
| Notes | Ad appears on the inside front cover |
| Characters | Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; various un-named Riverdalians |
| Synopsis | As they're returning home after seenig a UFO movie, Archie and Jughead start discussing life in space, and keep mistaking various objects for UFOs - a pizza, a plate (thrown out the window by someone who's tired of a cat carrying on outside his window) and an iridescent frisbee. As they continue their walk home, a real UFO flies in front of them, but they refuse to believe that it is actually a UFO. Annoyed that the earthlings refuse acknowledge them, the aliens contact their base and say they're heading to a different planet where residents are more hospitable |
| Genre | Teen; Humor |
| Characters | Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; un-named Riverdalians |
| Synopsis | Archie walks by Jughead's back yard, where Jughead is lying in a hammock, making strange motions with his hand. When Archie asks him what he's doing, Jughead responds that he's practicing for that night's championship. Archie walks off, assuming Jughead was giving him a silly answer due to his silly question. In the last panel, we see Jughead at the Valley Pinball Championship, using the same motion he was practicing earlier to pull the plunger on the pinball machine. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Characters | Li'l Jinx; Roz |
| Synopsis | Roz is busy painting and comments that making the paintings has made her exhausted. The gag comes when the painting is revealed - consisting of one large green dot and a smaller red dot. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor; Gag |
| Script | Joe Edwards |
| Pencils | Joe Edwards |
| Inks | Joe Edwards |
| Letters | Joe Edwards |
| Characters | Jughead Jones |
| Synopsis | Readers must black out the letters A, B, C, F, G, I, J, K, M, P, Q, V, X and Z to find the answers to each of three different riddles. |
| Genre | Puzzle |
| Characters | Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; un-named guys at the beach |
| Synopsis | Jughead has a pet clam named Shelley, and is showing it off to Archie when Veronica and Betty arrive to go to the beach with Jughead and Archie. Betty doesn't really understand why he would want a pet clam. Veronica thinks it's extremely stupid and gets into an argument with him over it. Jughead ends up insulting Veronica, and she leaves, annoyed and angry. At the beach, Jughead is busy showing off his new pet, and sets it down on the shore so it can get some water, etc. Jughead turns his back, then the next thing he knows, there are TWO clams laying there. Betty and the rest of the gang convince Jughead not to mess with nature. Jughead is saddened by the loss of his pet, and two other guys on the beach think he's made a great sacrifice, and Veronica thinks that weirdness must be contagious. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor |
| Characters | Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Samm [Sam] Schwartz (Cameo; Holding "Vote For Sam" sign); Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason (Appears on tiny picture on Jughead's wall) |
| Synopsis | Jughead is balancing pies on his nose, and keeps "accidentally" hitting Veronica and Reggie with them after they criticize his act. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor |
| Pencils | Samm [Sam] Schwartz |
| Inks | Samm [Sam] Schwartz |
| Notes | Classic Samm [Sam] Schwartz gag in the first panel - in the background, he can be seen peaking over a hill, holding up a "Vote for Sam" sign with his picture on it. Art is identifiable as Samm's (especially with the gag). |
| Reprinted | from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #244 (September 1975) |
| Characters | Archie Andrews |
| 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 | A regular feature in most issues at the time. Bottom half of the page features an offer to join the Archie Club |
| Characters | Archie Andrews |
| Synopsis | Typical offer to join the Archie club. |
| Characters | Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge (all depicted in "Mount Rushmore" style next to Abe Lincoln). |
| Synopsis | An ad for Jughead with Archie Comics Digest #35. Readers could order the comic for 75 cents plus 25 cents postage by sending the money in along with the order form that could be cut out of the page. |
| Notes | Bottom half of the page is the standard "3 for $1.00 Checklist" offer. |
| Characters | Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper |
| Synopsis | Readers can check off their favorite titles and send in the form along with their payment to get 3 issues for $1, or single issues for 35 cents each. |
| Notes | This month's titles: Archie's Joke Book #262; Betty and Veronica #287; Laugh #344; Pep #355; Life With Archie #209; Jughead #294; Little Archie #148; Archie #286; Archie at Riverdale High #67; Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #136; Everything's Archie #79; Betty and Veronica Summer Fun #484. Last issue was part of the "Giant Series". Offer expired January 31st, 1980. Occupies the bottom half of the page. Top half is "Mountain of Laughs" offer. |
| Characters | Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews |
| Synopsis | Jughead sees Archie with a nice wad of cash, and tries to convince him to go bowling or play pool with it. Archie says he was supposed to meet Veronica there half an hour ago and that the cash is spoken for. Jughead tells Archie he's a fool for waiting for her and that Reggie wouldn't put up with that. After another 30 minutes goes by (while Jughead is talking to Archie), Jughead convinces Archie to teach Veronica a lesson by not being there when she arrives. He then drags Archie all over town - a hot dog stand, the video arcade, the bowling alley, the poll hall and the movie theater. After the movie is over, they decide to head to the Chocklit Shoppe for some sundaes. Archie says that this will wipe him out in the money department. When they get to the Chocklit Shoppe, they finally find Veronica. When Archie asks her what she has to say for herself, she says nothing more than to make sure that Archie has enough money to take her out tomorrow or she'll have to call Reggie. In the last panel, we see Jughead sitting in a tree, with Archie holding a large branch and shaking his fist. Jughead tells him to cool it and that it isn't his fault that Archie couldn't remember he was supposed to meet Veronica tomorrow and not today. |
| Genre | Teen; Humor |