Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #245 [Direct Edition]

(December 2013)

A Tree Grows in Riverdale: Part One (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; big Christmas tree; little Christmas tree

Synopsis

The gang decides to get two Christmas trees this year: a large one to be decorated with traditional decorations and a small one to decorate with organic decorations. Both happen to be able to communicate with each other via thought balloons. Meanwhile, Archie decides to become a department store Santa.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #630 (February 1992)

Keywords

Christmas; Christmas tree

A Tree Grows in Riverdale: Part Two (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; little Christmas tree

Synopsis

Archie fails during his first day as a department store Santa, but has a chance to redeem himself when the Lodge family inviters some orphans to the mansion.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #630 (February 1992)

Keywords

Christmas; Christmas tree

A Tree Grows in Riverdale: Part Three (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; little Christmas tree

Synopsis

The gang gets together to assemble toys for the children in the hospital and the big tree is upstaged when the little tree is taken to the hospital.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #630 (February 1992)

Keywords

Christmas; Christmas tree

A Tree Grows in Riverdale: Part Four (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; little Christmas tree; big Christmas tree; Smithers

Synopsis

The gang entertains the children in the hospital and later, the big Christmas tree is thrown out while the little one is planted for next year.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #630 (February 1992)

Keywords

Christmas; Christmas tree

Santa's Helper: Part One (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

John Lowe (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Santa Claus

Synopsis

When Archie fails as a mall Santa, he goes to seek advice from the Santa that works at Lacy's.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #517 (February 2002)

Keywords

Christmas

Indexer Notes

Archie # 517 (apparently the first publication) credits script to Greg Crosby, inks to Bob Smith.

Santa's Helper: Part Two (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

John Lowe (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Santa Claus

Synopsis

Archie's skills as a mall Santa improve rapidly and he is later shocked to learn that Lacy's hasn't hosted a Santa Claus in years.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #517 (February 2002)

Keywords

Christmas

Indexer Notes

Archie # 517 (apparently the first publication) credits script to Greg Crosby, inks to Bob Smith.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie Pin Up / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's tough to buy anything for the girl...

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie tries to decide what to get Veronica for Christmas.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #228 (December 1974)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Little Archie and Friends / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (signed)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Sabrina Spellman; Spotty

Synopsis

Introduction to the Little Archie section.

Spread the Cheer (Table of Contents: 9)

Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Bolling (credited)

Pencils

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; children

Characters

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

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee takes the gang to the orphanage to put on a Christmas play for the orphans.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #566 (January 1987)

Keywords

Christmas

The Santa Spirit (Table of Contents: 10)

Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Pencils

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Spotty; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Mr. Jones; Mr. Cooper; Mrs. Cooper; Mrs. Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers; Hot Dog

Synopsis

The gang decorates Spotty's doghouse in an attempt to win a decorating contest.

Reprints

• from Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #125 (February 1996)

Keywords

Christmas

Dish Wish (Table of Contents: 11)

Little Jughead / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Archie Andrews

Reprints

• from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #3 (June 1987)

Strictly Strategic (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards (credited)

Pencils

Joe Edwards (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason

Synopsis

When Coach Kleats gets a concussion, it's up to Mr. Weatherbee to coach the football team.

Reprints

• from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #81 (February 1976)

Keywords

football

Say It With Flowers (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited as Jimmy DeCarlo)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mrs. Andrews

Synopsis

Reggie sends Archie flowers using Betty's name in order to get Veronica jealous.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #346 (March 1987)

Cast Party (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis

In showing off his cast, Archie does more damage to Mr. Weatherbee than he did to his foot.

Reprints

• from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #131 (December 1981)

Bed Check (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Harry Lucey (credited)

Inks

Harry Lucey (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Archie argues over with his parents over his curfew.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #44 (December 1975)

Dancing Boy (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited as Jimmy DeCarlo)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Archie signs up for a co-ed gym class to meet some girls, only to find out that the class only does dance.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #305 (June 1981)

Keywords

ballet

Lounge Act! (Table of Contents: 17)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Al Nickerson (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Dilton Doiley; Chuck Clayton

Synopsis

Archie tries to keep the new student lounge clean.

Reprints

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #140 (March 2003)

Your Big Chance (Table of Contents: 18)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited as Jimmy DeCarlo)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Archie and Betty get a chance to prove their football skills to a semi-pro.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #269 (March 1978)

Keywords

football

A Hot Meal! (Table of Contents: 19)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

When Archie offers to make the girls a Mexican dinner, Reggie tries to upstage Archie in the kitchen.

Reprints

• from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #121 (June 1993)

Tiger (Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Harry Lucey (credited)

Inks

Marty Epp (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Marty Epp (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Moose Mason

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica convince Archie that he's like a tiger, a predatory beast. Midge witnesses him around Betty and Veronica and begs Big Moose to leave him alone, fearing the worst.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #146 (June 1964)

The Strange Case of Patient X! (Table of Contents: 21)

Archie / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle ? (credited)

Pencils

Bob White (credited)

Inks

Marty Epp (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Marty Epp (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The time: 3 a.m. - The place: Riverdale, U.S.A. Cloaked in its mantle of darkness, the city sleeps -

Genre

drama; humor; medical; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; "Patient X"; man with the red mustache; Dr. Ben Lacey; Nurse Burke

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica become nurse's aides at the hospital, where one of the new patients is a comatose man known only as "Patient X." Betty notices a mysterious man with a red mustache peeking into "Patient X"'s room. When "Patient X" starts to come out of his coma, his only words are "Must protect Carezzo." Archie and the gang take it upon themselves to solve the mystery of who "Patient X" is, what he's trying to protect, and what the man with the red mustache has to do with all this.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #27 (May 1964)

Indexer Notes

The digest credits the script to Frank Doyle. Previous indexer postulates the script is by Sy Reit from the style and by an in-joke in the story: a hospital P.A. announcer calls for "Dr. Reit" on p. 9. (On p. 7, the announcer calls for "Dr. White," referring to Bob White, the penciller.)

When reprinted in Life with Archie (Archie, 2018 series) #1, script is credited to George Gladir.

Dime On My Hands (Table of Contents: 22)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Harry Lucey (credited)

Inks

Harry Lucey (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Archie pretends to be "Diamond Jim" Andrews and becomes very generous with his money.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #244 (March 1976)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman (signed)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (signed)

Inks

Fernando Ruiz (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Archie! Jughead!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie asks Jughead to help wrap Betty's Christmas present.

Reprints

• in Archie 1000 Page Comics Jamboree (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
• from Archie Sunday (Creators Syndicate) ????.??.??

Keywords

Christmas

Top This! (Table of Contents: 24)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie and Veronica go driving.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #446 (April 1996)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Pat the Brat / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pat can't come to school today...

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Pat the Brat; Fleabite

Synopsis

Introduction to the Pat the Brat section.

Reprints

• from Pat the Brat (Archie, 1956 series) #20 (May 1957)

Dose of Magic (Table of Contents: 26)

Pat the Brat / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Bolling (signed)

Pencils

Bob Bolling (signed)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Pat the Brat; Susie; Half-Pint; Blinky

Synopsis

Pat and his friends make fun of Susie's magic water wand.

Reprints

• from Pat the Brat (Archie, 1956 series) #31 (March 1959)

Keywords

dowsing rod

The Build Up! (Table of Contents: 27)

Pat the Brat / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Pat the Brat; Pat's father; Pat's mother; Fleabite

Synopsis

Pat builds Fleabite a new doghouse.

Reprints

• from Pat the Brat (Archie, 1956 series) #32 (May 1959)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Pat the Brat / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I can't find my baseball glove anywhere!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Pat the Brat; Fleabite

Synopsis

Pat gets Fleabite to get off of his baseball glove.

Reprints

• from Pat the Brat (Archie, 1956 series) #33 (July 1959)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Pat the Brat / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Now remember, Pat!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Pat the Brat; Pat's mother; Susie

Synopsis

A collection of four-single panel gags featuring Pat the Brat.

Reprints

• from Pat the Brat (Archie, 1956 series) #27 (July 1958)

Christmas Spirit (Table of Contents: 30)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie tries to make it up to the Lodges after he ruins their Christmas decorating.

Reprints

• from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #18 (March 1991)

Keywords

Christmas; Christmas tree

Close Shave (Table of Contents: 31)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason

Synopsis

Archie accidentally uses super glue to attach his Santa beard.

Reprints

• from Archie's Christmas Stocking (Archie, 1993 series) #1 ([January] 1994)

Keywords

Christmas

Sing Fling (Table of Contents: 32)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Reggie answers the phone when Archie calls Veronica.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #205 (February 1975)

Carry Tarry (Table of Contents: 33)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #265 (February 1980)

Jingles All the Way (Table of Contents: 34)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jingles; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Mrs. Claus

Synopsis

Jingles gives more grief than joy to Riverdale's residents when he makes a visit.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #543 (February 2004)

Keywords

Christmas

Indexer Notes

Archie # 543 (apparently the original publication) credits George Gladir (script), Stan Goldberg (pencils), and Bob Smith (inks).

Everything's Archie (Table of Contents: 35)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Synopsis

Information on the month's Archie comics.