Archie's Pal Jughead Annual #7

In "Prize Fright," Archie gears up for a boxing match against Reggie to win the chance to take Veronica to the Frosh Hop, but Jughead’s wild idea to spar with Moose backfires in the most unexpected way—thanks to a sensitive elbow that sends Moose crashing out cold at the slightest touch. When Archie accidentally knocks him out during practice, the whole plan unravels, leaving Archie to face Reggie alone, only to discover that the real challenge isn’t the fight, but the chaos it sets off.

In "Operation Nightmare," Jughead’s uncle Herman spins a wildly exaggerated tale of performing an appendectomy with a pocket knife, prompting Jughead to head to the hospital where Betty is interning. While waiting, he dreams he slips on the floor and ends up needing an emergency operation—performed by his uncle, of course. When Betty wakes him and he slips again, just as in the dream, her casual offer to get him to the examining room in two minutes sends him fleeing. Betty then steps into the elevator, only to find Uncle Herman behind the controls.

In "Don't Robot In," Jughead shows off his remote-controlled robot, sparking a prank that takes a silly turn when Reggie dresses up as a life-sized version and starts planting kisses on Betty and Veronica—until Moose steps in to shut down the robot chaos.

Jughead’s off-key singing is so bad it earns him a trip to gym class—only to cause even more chaos there. When Coach Kleats sends him back to choir, the principal steps in, but the verdict is the same: back to singing. It’s a tuneless roundabout, and Jughead’s still stuck with the chorus.

In "Jingle Belles," Jughead’s latest scheme involves selling a single, unique musical bracelet to everyone at school—leading to a flurry of confusion when the girls realize the guys all got the same gift. Once Jughead explains the proceeds are going to an orphanage, the mood shifts from annoyed to relieved, and friendships are mended with a jingle.

In "Plague Take It," Reggie spins a wild tale that Midge has a contagious condition called "sagacity," sending Moose into a panic over his supposed illness. Meanwhile, Reggie secretly dates Midge and enlists Jughead to help ease Moose’s mind by buying him a dictionary—only to encourage him to look up the word himself.

In "Around The Whirl," a travel agent stops by the Choklit Shop to discuss vacation packages with Pop, only to be overwhelmed by the usual chaos of the gang—Jo, Jughead, and the rest—making his pitch for exotic destinations seem utterly unnecessary. The sheer spectacle of small-town antics proves the most entertaining journey of all.

When Archie accidentally loses Veronica’s new puppy, he panics—until he finds a replacement at a pet store, relieved that Veronica won’t notice the difference. But when the puppy mysteriously returns to the store, Archie realizes he’s just bought the same pup twice.

In "Peg O' My Heart," Archie’s attempt to pass a psychology test takes a wild turn when he uses the school psychiatrist’s inkblots to analyze Jughead’s dreams and devises a block-sorting challenge for Moose. When Moose struggles, Archie suggests he give Midge the silent treatment—only for her to misinterpret the gesture as a romantic overture, leading to a surprise kiss that triggers a chaotic reaction from Moose.

In "Oh, Say Can You Ski?", Coach Kleats enlists his students to prepare a hill for skiing, turning a snowy slope into a makeshift ski run. While Jughead naps in a bulldozer’s seat, his curiosity leads him to accidentally set the machine in motion—sending it careening down the hill and scraping all the snow and ice into a single pile at the bottom.

In "Food For Naught," Jughead’s insatiable appetite leads him down a delightfully absurd path when he asks Pop Tate if chocolate sprinkles cost extra on ice cream—only to order the sprinkles alone, convinced he’s found the ultimate deal. The story captures Jughead’s signature logic with a perfectly timed punchline that’s as simple as it is delicious.

In "Market Madness!", Jughead’s wild idea to sell stock in himself spirals into chaos when he tries to manage the trades himself—only to panic and flip his decisions mid-call. With Mr. Lodge’s reluctant guidance and a series of frantic phone calls, the whole school ends up caught in a financial frenzy no one saw coming.