World of Archie Double Digest #23 [Direct Edition]

(January 2013)

The Visit (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks:

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors:

Digikore Studios (credited)

Letters:

John Workman (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Santa Claus; Mrs. Andrews

Synopsis:

Santa pays a visit to Archie and takes him to the North Pole.

Keywords:

reindeer; Santa Claus; Santa's workshop

Tree Trouble (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Gladir

Pencils:

Chic Stone

Inks:

Jon D'Agostino

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge

Synopsis:

When Hiram Lodge refuses to buy a Christmas tree, Archie and Hiram go into the forest to cut down a tree and end up getting chased by a bear.

Reprints:

• from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #14 (March 1990)

Keywords:

Christmas tree

The List Price (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 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

Synopsis:

Betty is astonished at how Veronica gets her Christmas gifts.

Keywords:

Christmas

One Last Gift (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks:

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews

Synopsis:

Mr. Andrews underestimates his son's gift-giving priorities.

Keywords:

Christmas

Wisecracker (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 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; Mrs. Andrews; Betty Cooper

Synopsis:

Archie accidentally throws Betty's Christmas gift in the trash when he sees a "good-looking chick".

Reprints:

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #478 (January 1979)

Keywords:

Christmas

Merry Merchant (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Rudy Lapick

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis:

Betty and Veronica convince Pop to dress up as Santa as a way to attract business to the Chok'lit Shoppe for the holidays.

Reprints:

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #453 (December 1976)

Music Hath Charms (Table of Contents)

Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Haggly; Professor Flutesnoot; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis:

Professor Flutesnoot's classical group plays for the Archies.

["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:

humor

Characters:

Cosmo; 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)

Destination: Earth! (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:

humor

Characters:

Cosmo; Orbi; Professor Thimk; Astra

Synopsis:

Cosmo and his cowardly pal Orbi are chosen to man the first Martian expedition to Earth, but the rocket crash-lands on the Earth's moon instead.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Story features minor grammatical changes from original. The "Cosmo the Merry Martian" logo is also inserted on page one and the story title is shrunk to fit.

Moon Merriment! (Chapter 2) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Sy Reit

Pencils:

Bob White

Inks:

Terry Szenics

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Cosmo; Orbi; Moonlings

Synopsis:

Cosmo and Orbi meet the creatures who live on the Earth's moon, all of whom are named "Oog." The Moonlings show the visitors their civilization, and explain that they are invisible to Earth people.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Changes include the removal of Chapter 2 above the story title. Features a full-page map of Moon City.

Planet Playmates! (Chapter 3) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Sy Reit

Pencils:

Bob White

Inks:

Terry Szenics

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Cosmo; Orbi; Moonlings

Synopsis:

After spraying Cosmo and Orbi with "comet dust" so they, too, will be invisible on Earthlings, the Moonlings take the Martians to Earth, where they observe the planet's most fascinating and complex activity: a baseball game.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Story includes grammatical changes from original and removal of the policemen's gloves and Chapter 3 above the story title. In the ball game sequence, one of the advertisements is for the comic series Pat the Brat. In the next issue tease, Cosmo the Merry Martian is replaced by World of Archie.

Gag Bag (Table of Contents)

Archie's Pop / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews

Scheme Theme (Table of Contents)

Betty / comic story / 6 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:

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Alice Cooper

Synopsis:

Jughead comes up with a plan to get Archie to stop taking Betty for granted.

Reprints:

• from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #152 (July 1986)

Goodbye, Old Paint! (Table of Contents)

Archie and the Gang / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks:

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Miss Beazly; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Ethel Muggs; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton; Mrs. Jones; Jellybean Jones; Mrs. Andrews; Mrs. Doiley; Mrs. Cooper; Mr. Cooper; Mr. Lodge; Professor Flutesnoot; Superintendent Hassle

Synopsis:

Mr. Weatherbee forces the kids to paint the cafeteria after a food fight and causes an uproar from their parents.

Double Talk (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks:

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

Archie talks to himself, which becomes contagious and spreads around the school.

Reprints:

• from Archie (Archie, 1962 series) #376 (April 1990)

Culture Shock (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / 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:

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

Synopsis:

The class tours the local art museum and Veronica is singularly unimpressed with the exhibits.

Reprints:

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #303 (March 1981)

Doggone Homework (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks:

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason

Synopsis:

Archie goes on a high-speed chase after the dog that took his homework.

Crystal Clear (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

Synopsis:

The guys fool Veronica into thinking she can see the future in her crystal ball.

Reprints:

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #258 (June 1977)

Keywords:

crystal ball; medium

Mapmaker Mapmaker (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils:

Samm Schwartz (credited)

Inks:

Samm Schwartz (credited)

Colors:

Carlos Antunes (credited)

Letters:

Samm Schwartz

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate

Synopsis:

Archie goes on a map drawing frenzy and gives the girls a route to drive to prove that they can't read a map.

Hickory Nut (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils:

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Inks:

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy

Synopsis:

Mr. Weatherbee helps Archie try to get rid of his hiccups.

Romance Throughout History! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils:

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks:

Jon D'Agostino (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; Ethel Muggs; Moose Mason; Midge; Mr. Lodge

Synopsis:

A look at romance throughout history.

The Father of Invention (Table of Contents)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks:

Ken Selig (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Mr. Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot; Mr. Andrews

Synopsis:

Inspired by the trouble Archie seems to cause, Jughead creates an Archie Survival Kit.

Fat Chance (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils:

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Inks:

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate

Synopsis:

Archie gets a lottery ticket and a chance to go see a hot new science fiction film, all on Betty's dime.

Reprints:

• from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #121 (July 1981)

Never Too Late (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks:

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge; Fred Andrews

Synopsis:

Archie waits until the last minute to buy Christmas presents and ends up without any presents to give, until he decides to donate the money to charity in everyone's name.

Reprints:

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #148 (February 2004)

Christmas Miss (Table of Contents)

Mr. Lodge / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks:

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Alice Cooper; Smithers

Synopsis:

Betty finds a sweater she wants to give Archie for Christmas, but she doesn't have enough money with her. Veronica has seen this and, when Betty leaves to get more funds, swoops in and buys up the remaining two sweaters. When Mr. Lodge finds out, he takes matters into his own hands.

Reprints:

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #453 (December 1976)

Carry Tarry (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Veronica buries Archie in gifts and ends up taking another man home.

Reprints:

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #148 (February 2004)

Santa's Cause! (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Edwards (signed)

Pencils:

Joe Edwards (signed)

Inks:

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Santa Claus

Synopsis:

If Mr. Weatherbee is stuck on his roof (Archie's fault of course), then who is the Santa that showed up at the orphanage?

Reprints:

• from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #14 (March 1990)

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

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Advertisement for the month's Archie comics. Special recognition is given to Archie Comics Super Special #1, Betty and Veronica #262, Archie's Giant Kids' Jokebook, Kevin Keller: Welcome To Riverdale, and Life With Archie #24.