The Jughead Jones Comics Digest #73 for Sale - First Appearance of Reggie Long - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series)
Issue: #73
Publication date: January 1992
Key date: 1992-01-00
On-sale date: 1991
Indicia publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Price: $1.50
Pages: 132
Barcode: 07189646854073
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Reggie Long - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Alison Flood	Jughead Jones
1	Twin Beaks	comic story	6	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz; colors: Barry Grossman, Nanci Tsetsekas; letters: Bill Yoshida	Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Rodney; Reggie Mantle; Snidely; Betty Cooper
3	Prof. Jughead's Looney Laws II	comic story	2	script: Rich Margopoulos; pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz; letters: Samm Schwartz	Jughead Jones
4	Blow Hot - Blow Cool	comic story	5	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz; letters: Samm Schwartz	Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
5	Seeds of Doubt	comic story	5	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo Jr.; inks: Rudy Lapick; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
6	Read Speed	comic story	1	pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz	Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones
7	Wit Twit	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
8	Trash Bash	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Reggie Mantle
9	Macho Magic	comic story	6	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Samm Schwartz	Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
10	Fair Warning	comic story	1	script: John Albano; pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz
11	Wave Length	comic story	5		Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee [Waldo Weatherbee]; Miss Grundy [Geraldine Grundy]; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones]; Big Ethel Muggs
12	Vengeance Of The Ancients	comic story	11	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Stan Goldberg; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Mr. Delgado
13	Bam da Bam Bam	comic story	5	pencils: John Rosenberger	Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
14	The Contest	comic story	5	script: George Gladir; pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz; letters: Mario Acquaviva	Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
15	The Spirit is Willing	comic story	5		Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee
16	Have Couch Will Travel!	comic story	6	script: Hy Eisman; pencils: Hy Eisman; inks: Rudy Lapick; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Dilton Doiley, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Mr. Weatherbee, Ethel Muggs
17	Bake and Shake	comic story	6	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Samm Schwartz	Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
18	Mr. Generous	comic story	5	script: George Gladir; pencils: Stan Goldberg; inks: Rudy Lapick; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones
19	Jughead's Photo Album	comic story	3	script: George Gladir; pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz; letters: Samm Schwartz	Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mrs. Jones; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Ethel Muggs; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge
20	Trail's End!	comic story	6	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Vincent DeCarlo; letters: Vincent DeCarlo	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
21	Pucker Power	comic story	5		Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
22	Heat Treat	comic story	1
23	Slay Ride	comic story	6	pencils: Harry Lucey	Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle
24	Season in the Sun	comic story	6	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz; letters: Samm Schwartz
25	Describe Jibe	comic story	0.5		Reggie; Archie
26	Think Fink	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Long First
27	TV Spree	comic story	5	script: George Gladir; pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz; letters: Samm Schwartz
28	The Silent Giver	comic story	6	script: Kathleen Webb; pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Jim DeCarlo	Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle
29	Deep Freeze	comic story	1

Plus 2 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Direct	price 1.50 USD; 1.65 CAD; 1.25 GBP
Canadian	price 1.65 CAD; 1.25 GBP

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Jughead's Double Digest #41	1997	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #7273 of 100#74 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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