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Issue Details

Issue #411
Published March 1987
Frequency Bi-monthly
Cover Price .75 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details

Characters Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Genre teen
Pencils Dan Decarlo

6 page Archie story "The Big Chase"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Big Ethel Muggs; Midge; Moose Mason; Eric Yodel; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis Archie and the gang are in a ski chalet watching a video of last years Sadie Hawkins race. They decide to run the race again. Archie finds himself in a no-win situation as Betty and Veronica both want to cath him. Jughead has his own problem with Big Ethel practicing to catch him. The following day the race starts and the boys get a head start. Jughead has worn a slick vinyl suit so when Ethel goes to grab him she misses and gets their ski instructer Eric Yodel instead. Archie evades both Betty and Veronica by jumping on the back of a snowmobile. Thinking it's a guy and he's safe, the divers helmet is romoved to reveal Midge,who wants to take Archie because he can dance and Moose can't. At the dance Jughead relizes he's out smarted himself as he see's a fantastic buffet but can't get in without a date. But he's not as bad of as Archie who's on the run again, this time from Moose.
Genre Teen
Script George Gladir
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Editing Victor Gorelick

1 page Moose activity "Futures Scramble"

Characters Moose Mason
Synopsis Six words to unscramble that are careers.
Genre teen

Half page Archie story "Best Test "

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr.Weatharbee;
Synopsis Archie breaks a date to study for a test that ends up getting canceled.
Genre teen
Script Mike Pellowski
Pencils Gene Colan
Inks Gene Colan
Notes This story appears on the same page as sequence #4.

Half page Veronica story "Roughing It"

Characters Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Veronica has to wait in line for concert tickets like everyone else but she does it in her own style.
Genre teen
Script Mike Pellowski
Pencils Gene Colan
Inks Gene Colan
Notes This story shares a page wth sequence #3.

5 page Sabrina the Teenage Witch story "Spell Spiel"

Characters Sabrina; Aunt Hilda
Synopsis Sabrina and her aunts arrive at a ski resort but there's no snow. Seeing a unhappy family leaving Sabrina wants to make snow but Aunt Hilda tells her not to fool with mother nature and that snow is on the way. Sabrina uses magic to flatten the family's car tire and the snow arrives to the family's amusement. Sabrina decides to go sking and see's an obnoxious snowmobiler heading twords the family, so she magically makes a huge snow ball fall of a cliff to stop him. She then uses magic to help a shy couple get acquainted by stopping the chairlift they're riding. After riding their skis like broomsticks to the top of the hill, Sabina's Aunt Hilda tells her she has only one thing to say about all the magic she's been using, she's proud.
Genre teen; occult
Script George Gladir
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz

5 page Miss Beazly story "The Cafateria Blues"

Characters Miss Beazly; Mr.Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Mrs. Grundy; Prof.Flutesnoot
Synopsis Miss Beazly starts to wonder if she's apprectiated. Mr.Weatherbee is angry with her in the mornings until after she's served him his breakfast. The stundents arrive in hordes, insult her food and then throw half of it away. Never seeming to know how much work goes into to making it. Just when Miss Beazly and her staff are completly fed up, Mr.Weatherbee summons her to the gym where she finds all the students and a cake wishing her a happy twentieth anniversary at Riverdale High School.
Genre teen
Script George Gladir
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz

1 page Archie story "Bag Gag"

Characters Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones
Synopsis As Dilton is admiring Archies school backpack, Archie starts telling him how much stuff it can hold. Portable radio, earphone, sneakers, Lunch. Dilton's bag just holds books. "Books?" says Aricie, "what a great idea!"
Genre teen
Script George Gladir
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz

1 page Archie story "Snow Snafu"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis Arichie complaines to Betty on Monday that where they're sking needs more snow. Tuesday still no snow. Wednesday, the chairlift they're riding breaks down and they get stuck on it. Just after Archie wonders aloud what could go wrong next, a snow storm starts.
Genre teen
Script George Gladir
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz

5 page Mr.Weatherbee story "The Cure"

Characters Mr.Weatherbee; Mrs.Grundy; Archie Andrews; Dr. Sy Koesis
Synopsis Mr.Weatherbee gets very upset every time he hears Archie's name. Mrs.Grundy suggests he see a hypnotist she heard about on the radio. Mr.Weatherbee makes an appointment and gets hypnotized. Under hypnosis he starts to realize that the accidents involving Archie always turn out for the best. He returns to school a new man and can face Archie without a problem. But now when he hears the name Jughead Jones, he explodes with rage.
Genre teen
Script Hy Eisman
Pencils Hy Eisman
Inks Rudy Lapick