Everything's Archie #117
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Mutton Madness," Archie finds himself in a sticky situation when Mr. Weatherbee catches him with a boombox—only to be surprised when Archie uses it not for mischief, but to help out in ways that earn praise from the entire teaching staff. Written by George Gladir and illustrated by Hy Eisman, with colors by Barry Grossman and letters by Bill Yoshida, this 1985 classic captures the charm of Riverdale’s most mischievous student turning a simple gadget into a classroom hero. The cover, by Dan DeCarlo, perfectly captures the lighthearted chaos of the moment.
In "The Box," Archie’s trusty boombox becomes an unlikely tool for turning classroom chaos into moments of unexpected kindness—much to Mr. Weatherbee’s surprise. As Archie uses it to help classmates and even assist teachers, his antics earn praise, proving even the most unlikely gadgets can do good.
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- Published May 1985 by Archie Publications (indicia publisher: Archie Music Corp.), bi-monthly format, cover-penciled by Dan DeCarlo.
- Contains four short stories: 'Mutton Madness' (script John Albano, pencils Stan Goldberg — a barbarian fantasy parody); 'Group Gripe' (script George Gladir, pencils Stan Goldberg — Reggie hires fake fans to appear most popular in The Archies); 'The Box' (script George Gladir, pencils Hy Eisman — Mr. Weatherbee tries to catch Archie misusing a boombox); and 'Trivia Travesty' (script George Gladir, pencils Hy Eisman — a Trivial Pursuit-style game exposes Archie's failings to Veronica).
- Features one of the most complete single-issue casts in the series, assembling Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, Reggie, Chuck Clayton, Pop Tate, Miss Grundy, Mr. Weatherbee, Professor Flutesnoot, and Superintendent Hassle.
- Superintendent Hassle (full name Herkimer Hassle), Mr. Weatherbee's district superior, appears in this issue; he is one of the regularly recurring Riverdale High authority figures alongside Weatherbee, Grundy, Flutesnoot, Coach Clayton, and others, defined by the running dynamic in which Hassle tends to be more impressed by the students than by Weatherbee's administration.
- At least two stories from this issue were later reprinted in Archie digest format: one appears in Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine #68 (June 1990) and another in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #13 (August 1995).
- A bound-in 'Archie's Club News' letters page (with a membership application for the Archie Club) was a standard feature of the series at this period, reflecting Archie Comics' direct fan-engagement strategy.
- Dan DeCarlo, the cover artist, had developed the definitive Archie house style beginning in the late 1950s and was the primary cover artist across multiple Archie titles through the 1980s; his visual language set the template that all interior artists on this issue worked within.
- The Everything's Archie series ran from 1969 to 1991, totaling 157 issues; #117 falls in the latter half of the run, published roughly sixteen years into the title's existence.
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Reprinted in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine #68 (1990), Jughead with Archie Digest #99 (1990), Reggie's Revenge! #3 (1995), Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #13 (1995), Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #54 (1995), Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #48 (2000), Archie Americana Series #5 (2001), Archie's Double Digest Magazine #183 (2007), World of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #92 (2019)
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