Life with Archie #127 for Sale - First Appearance of Underdog - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series)
Issue: #127
Publication date: November 1972
Key date: 1972-11-00
On-sale date: 1972
Indicia publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Price: $0.20
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Shoeshine Boy - 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	A Night to Howl	cover	1	pencils: Stan Goldberg; inks: Jon D'Agostino	Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Pop Tate
2	Voices	comic story	6	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Chic Stone; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle
4	Gig Gag	comic story	0.5	script: George Gladir; pencils: Bob Bolling; inks: Bob Bolling	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle
5	Ease Tease	comic story	0.5	script: George Gladir; pencils: Bob Bolling; inks: Bob Bolling; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Hiram Lodge, Veronica Lodge
8	Glove Above	comic story	1	script: George Gladir; pencils: Bill Vigoda; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Coach Kleats, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle, Moose Mason
9	Squeeze Play!	comic story	1	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards	Greg, Li'l Jinx
10	-	letters page	2	pencils: Samm Schwartz, Al Hartley; inks: Samm Schwartz, Al Hartley
12	A Night to Howl	comic story	12	script: Dick Malmgren; pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Chic Stone; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Pop Tate

Plus 11 pages of advertisements and other matter across 11 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Archie Comics Digest #31	1978	On eBay ›
Jokebook Comics Digest Annual #4	1979	On eBay ›
Archie Annual Digest #33	1978	On eBay ›
Archie's Double Digest Magazine #102	1998	On eBay ›
Archie's Double Digest Magazine #155	2004	On eBay ›
Jughead with Archie Digest #113	1992	On eBay ›
Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #243	2013	On eBay ›
Archie 1000 Page Comics Extravaganza #[nn] ISBN 978-1-936975-74-7	2013	On eBay ›
World of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #70	2017	On eBay ›
Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #303	2019	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

‹ #126127 of 286#128 ›

Sources

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

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