World of Archie Double Digest #24 [Direct]

(February 2013)

The Ultimate Musical Video Game (Table of Contents)

The Archies / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks:

Ken Selig (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Janice Chiang (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

The Archies [Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle]

Synopsis:

The Archies give their input on a musical video game that will feature them.

Footwear Folly (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks:

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis:

Veronica stubbornly refuses to admit her very fashionable boots aren't practical in the heavy snows of this year's Riverdale winter.

Reprints:

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #268 (April 1978)

A Model Project (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Hal Smith (credited)

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks:

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate

Synopsis:

When Mr. Lodge wants Archie out of his house, Jughead has Archie sign up for arts-and-crafts workshops at the town hall.

Brrrrr! (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks:

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Mr. Andrews keeps the house extremely cold, so Archie and Jughead go out to seek warmth.

Critics' Choice (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks:

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper

Synopsis:

Archie, Miss Grundy, and Mr. Weatherbee cheer up a depressed Betty, who has little confidence in her paintings.

Hostess With The Mostess (Table of Contents)

Miss Beazly / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils:

Harry Lucey (credited)

Inks:

Harry Lucey (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Miss Beazly; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis:

Miss Beazly tries to remake her image by being the cafeteria Maitre D' rather than head lunch lady.

Reprints:

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #95 (July 1975)

Where's My Mop? (Table of Contents)

Svenson / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Svenson

Synopsis:

Unscramble all of the letters with dots to find the location of Svenson's mop.

["How does it feel, Orbi..."] (Table of Contents)

Cosmo the Merry Martian / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob White (signed)

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction; humor

Characters:

Cosmo the Merry Martian; Orbi

Synopsis:

Introduction to the Cosmo the Merry Martian section. Features Issue 1 cover.

Reprints:

• from Cosmo the Merry Martian (Archie, 1958 series) #1 (September 1958)

The Great Gillywump Hunt! (Chapter 1) (Table of Contents)

Cosmo the Merry Martian / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sy Reit (credited)

Pencils:

Bob White (credited)

Inks:

Terry Szenics (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction; humor

Characters:

Cosmo; Orbi; Moonlings

Synopsis:

Cosmo and Orbi go to investigate the Gillywump, a creature that is feared by all Martians and lives on the dark side of the moon.

Reprints:

• from Cosmo the Merry Martian (Archie, 1958 series) #2 (November 1958)

Indexer Notes

Story features minor grammatical changes.

Sneezy Does It! (Chapter 2) (Table of Contents)

Cosmo the Merry Martian / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sy Reit (credited)

Pencils:

Bob White (credited)

Inks:

Terry Szenics (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction; humor

Characters:

Cosmo; Orbi; The Gillywump; Moonlings

Synopsis:

Cosmo and Orbi meet the Gillywump, a blue creature with a huge nose and a cold. After expressing his loneliness, he goes to live with the Moonlings. Later, everybody goes to Earth to get pills to cure the Gillywump's cold.

Reprints:

• from Cosmo the Merry Martian (Archie, 1958 series) #2 (November 1958)

Indexer Notes

Story features minor grammatical changes.

Down To Earth! (Chapter 3) (Table of Contents)

Cosmo the Merry Martian / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sy Reit (credited)

Pencils:

Bob White (credited)

Inks:

Terry Szenics (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction; humor

Characters:

Cosmo; Orbi; The Gillywump; Moonlings; Professor Thimk; Astra

Synopsis:

The trip to Earth proves more harmful than helpful, with drug stores not carrying pills anymore, the Gillywump getting lost, and Cosmo and Orbi ending up atop a high rise. When the Gillywump saves them, the fall knocks his cold out of him. Meanwhile, Professor Thimk and Astra board a rocket to the Moon.

Reprints:

• from Cosmo the Merry Martian (Archie, 1958 series) #2 (November 1958)

Indexer Notes

Story features minor grammatical changes.

Winter Work! (Table of Contents)

Mr. Weatherbee / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis:

Cross out every letter in a box containing an odd number to find out what "The Bee" would rather be doing.

Sheer Gratitude (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils:

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Inks:

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Svenson

Synopsis:

When Mr. Weatherbee turns 65 and is forced to retire, Archie starts a petition to keep him at the school.

The Fabulous Four (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks:

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Slade Thompson; Pop Tate; Coach Kleats

Synopsis:

When Central High's "chief spy, cheat, crook, con man, and all around bad guy" Slade Thompson is seen at Riverdale High, Archie enacts a plan to keep Slade away.

The Music Man (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al Hartley (credited)

Pencils:

Al Hartley (credited)

Inks:

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Smithers

Synopsis:

Archie plays guitar for Veronica and annoys Mr. Lodge.

Sub Flub (Table of Contents)

The Archies / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks:

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

The Archies [Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle]

Synopsis:

When Reggie and Veronica play hooky and go skiing rather than rehearsing, the remaining Archies end up playing a gig at Reggie and Veronica's resort.

Keywords:

skiing

The Old Touch (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils:

Chic Stone (credited)

Inks:

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Kleats; Mrs. Andrews

Synopsis:

Mr. Weatherbee decides to exercise with the basketball team and does exceptionally well, leading Archie and Jughead to try and avoid his bragging.

Keywords:

basketball

A Fair Fight (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils:

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks:

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy

Synopsis:

Archie tries to break up one of Betty and Veronica's fights.

Every Which Way But Jughead (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks:

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Professor Werner Von Ludwig; Serena; Eastwood (an ape)

Synopsis:

Archie, Reggie, and Jughead get a job helping out a scientist who is doing DNA testing. When Eastwood, an ape, is found wearing Jughead's crown, Archie and Reggie believe that the ape is Jughead and they try to change him back.

Keywords:

orangutan

Indexer Notes

Told in two parts: Part 1 (6 pages) and Part 2 (6 pages).

Extra Sensory Palaver (Table of Contents)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks:

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Archie and Jughead don't believe in extra-sensory perception until they notice that the girls can carry on a conversation while never completing a sentence.

Reprints:

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #255 (March 1977)

Indexer Notes

Feature changed from Betty and Veronica to Jughead and dialogue is edited on page 2.

Only Dreamin' (Table of Contents)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks:

John Lowe (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Jack Morelli

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis:

Betty imagines Archie more creatively than he is: as a vampire, a pirate, and a spy.

Reprints:

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #161 (February 2007)

Romantic Work-Out (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils:

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks:

Chic Stone (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Alice Cooper

Synopsis:

Archie bets Betty a dinner date that her aerobics workout isn't as strenuous as she makes it out to be.

Reprints:

• from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #182 (May 1990)

Keywords:

aerobic exercise

Super Sleuth (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks:

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones

Synopsis:

Archie and Jughead try to prove that Betty did not steal Veronica's emerald ring.

Reprints:

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #230 (March 1982)

Boy-Joy (Table of Contents)

Miss Grundy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Miss Grundy; Ethel Muggs

Synopsis:

Ethel lists boys as one of her extracurricular activities.

Game Aim (Table of Contents)

Betty / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews

Synopsis:

Betty and Archie play a board game created by Betty.

["My husband says we'll take it!"] (Table of Contents)

Tales Calculated To Drive You Bats / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Orlando Busino (signed)

Inks:

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Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult; humor

Synopsis:

Introduction to the Tales Calculated To Drive You Bats section. Features a cropped version of the cover to issue 1, with the text above "Bats" rewritten.

Reprints:

• from Tales Calculated to Drive You Bats (Archie, 1961 series) #1 (November, 1961)

The Life of Igor (Table of Contents)

Igor / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Gladir (signed)

Pencils:

Orlando Busino (signed)

Inks:

Orlando Busino ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Orlando Busino ?

Content Information

Genre:

occult; humor

Characters:

Igor; Freddie; Dr. Krankenstein; Dracula

Synopsis:

A peek into Igor's early adult life. We see Igor assist Dr. Krankenstein in making a monster, but Igor accidentally gives the monster "Madison Ave. brains" instead of "genius brains". Then, Igor awakes Dracula at the wrong time because South Transylvania is practicing Daylight Savings Time.

Reprints:

• from Tales Calculated to Drive You Bats (Archie, 1961 series) #3 (March 1962)

The 13th Marshal (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Edwards (signed)

Pencils:

Joe Edwards (signed)

Inks:

Joe Edwards (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Edwards (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Karl

Synopsis:

Bats presents the first "horror western", a story about a marshal who battles monsters.

Reprints:

• from Tales Calculated to Drive You Bats (Archie, 1961 series) #3 (March 1962)

The Puzzle of Planet Pluto (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Edwards (signed)

Pencils:

Joe Edwards (signed)

Inks:

Joe Edwards (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Edwards (signed)

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction; humor

Synopsis:

One rocket crew on Pluto tries to find another.

On The Menu Puzzle (Table of Contents)

Miss Beazly / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Miss Beazly; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis:

Unscramble today's lunch menu items.

["Finished, Archie?"] (Table of Contents)

Archie / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Craig Boldman

Pencils:

Henry Scarpelli

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones

Synopsis:

Archie accidentally hands a note in to Miss Grundy with his homework.

Wrong Song (Table of Contents)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Samm Schwartz

Inks:

Samm Schwartz

Colors:

?

Letters:

Samm Schwartz

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs

Synopsis:

Ethel complains that there is no song named for her, until Jughead points out the song "Hound Dog".

Goodbye Ol' Paint (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils:

Samm Schwartz (credited)

Inks:

Marty Epp (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Samm Schwartz

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Professor Flutesnoot; Jughead Jones

Synopsis:

Mr. Weatherbee assigns Archie to the task of carrying paint to the custodian's work shop.

Everything's Archie (Digest Version) (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Information on the month's comics, with special recognition given to Archie #639, Kevin Keller #6, and Life With Archie #25.