(February 2002)

Archie, 2000 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.99 USD; 2.39 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Seven times a year in February, April, June, August, September, October, and December
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Comics
Barcode
762816470438 01811
Editing
Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Victor Gorelick

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Fernando Ruiz (signed)
Inks
Rich Koslowski (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Archie; Veronica; Jack Frost; Old Man Winter

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Colors
? (photograph)
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Get caught up in the magic...
Characters
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (photo of Melissa Joan Hart)

Indexer Notes

Ad for text novels from Simon & Schuster

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul Castiglia ?
Pencils
Fernando Ruiz (signed)
Inks
Rich Koslowski ?
Colors
Stephanie Vozzo ?
Letters
Vickie Williams ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Brrrrr!
Characters
Archie; Jughead; Dilton; Betty; Veronica; Jack Frost
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Splash panels for the two main stories in this issue.

Food For Thought... Or Not! (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie's Weird Mysteries / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Castiglia (credited)
Pencils
Fernando Ruiz (credited)
Inks
Rich Koslowski (credited)
Colors
Stephanie Vozzo (credited)
Letters
Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre
adventure; humor; teen; fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
Characters
Veronica; Jughead; Archie; Dilton; moose; Mr. Weatherbee; Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge; TV reporters; mayor; B. L. Jarvie; Jarvie's assistant; cat; mouse
Synopsis
Jarvie Frozen Dinners are accidentally over-frozen before being shipped, numbing the brains of everyone who eats them. Since Veronica disdains such low-class food, she soon becomes the smartest person in Riverdale. She investigates and tracks to problem back to Jarvie, which quickly ships hot chocolate to restore the brains of Riverdale.
Reprints
Keywords
High school

Indexer Notes

Two-part story, complete in this issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Subscribe today!
Characters
Archie

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Never miss another issue!
Characters
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Indexer Notes

Subscription and back-issue promo

What to Do in an Emergency! (Table of Contents: 6)

Steel Sterling / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
Paul Castiglia (credited as Castiglia)
Pencils
Scott Rosema (credited as Rosema)
Inks
Andrew Pepoy (credited as Pepoy)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
advocacy; superhero
Characters
Steel Sterling; kids; police
Synopsis
Comic story in which Steel Sterling explains how to keep calm and use 911 in an emergency.

Indexer Notes

Credited, without further specification, to "Castiglia, Rosema, Pepoy, Ribeiro."

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

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

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Uncle Freddie says... check off the issues you need to complete your collection!
Characters
Uncle Freddie (advertising character or promotional character); Archie

Indexer Notes

Promo for back issues

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

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

Pencils
Rex Lindsey
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Subscribe today!
Characters
Jughead; Ethel; Nancy; Betty

Indexer Notes

Uses art from cover of Archie's Pal Jughead Comics # 139.

It's Season's Screaming at Beaumont's Curiosity Shop! (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Beaumont; werewolf; vampire; ghost; witch; alien
Synopsis
Spooky gifts, just in time for the horrordays.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie Americana Series, now including Best of the Eighties!
Characters
Archie; Jughead; Betty; Veronica; Reggie

Let It Snow! (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie's Weird Mysteries / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Castiglia
Pencils
Fernando Ruiz
Inks
Rich Koslowski
Colors
Stephanie Vozzo
Letters
Vickie Williams

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen; horror-suspense
Characters
Archie; Betty; triplets; Jack Frost; Wind Jill; Ashley Collins; Spring Thaw; Old Man Winter
Synopsis
Archie tells the triplets a story. Little Ashley Collins, who lived in a warm clime, longed to see snow for Christmas. Jack Frost would have provided snow, but Old Man Winter forbade using powers to change the rhythm of nature. Jack, Jill, and Spring stole a snow-making machine, played in the snow with Ashley through the night, convinced her it was all a happy dream, and melted the snow by morning.
Reprints
Keywords
Christmas; winter

Indexer Notes

Two-part story, complete in this issue. Creator credits from GCD record at Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine # 11.

Sightings From the Editor's Vault (Table of Contents: 12)

Sightings From the Editor's Vault / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Sightings / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now, on to some letters.

Indexer Notes

Letters from fans Rick Gonzalez, Cassandra Biswick, Domineck Dimaio, Susan Rogerstein, Janet Walston, and Jeff David.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sonic Checklist
Characters
Sonic the Hedgehog

Indexer Notes

Promo for back issues.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Fernando Ruiz (signed)
Inks
Rich Koslowski (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Valentine's Day will never be the same...
Characters
Archie; Jughead; Betty; Veronica; Moose

Indexer Notes

Promo for Archie's Weird Mysteries # 19, including cover image.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Colors
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Pikmin
Keywords
Game

Indexer Notes

Ad for Pikmin computer game from Nintendo.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
And what did you get for your birthday?
Characters
Girls

Indexer Notes

Ad from Bonne Bell.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. ["Get caught up in the magic..."]
  3. 2. ["Brrrrr!"]
  4. 3. Food For Thought... Or Not!
    Archie's Weird Mysteries
  5. 4. ["Subscribe today!"]
  6. 5. ["Never miss another issue!"]
  7. 6. What to Do in an Emergency!
    Steel Sterling
  8. 7. ["Uncle Freddie says... check off the issues you need to complete your collection!"]
  9. 8. ["Subscribe today!"]
  10. 9. It's Season's Screaming at Beaumont's Curiosity Shop!
  11. 10. ["Archie Americana Series, now including Best of the Eighties!"]
  12. 11. Let It Snow!
    Archie's Weird Mysteries
  13. 12. Sightings From the Editor's Vault
    Sightings From the Editor's Vault
  14. 13. ["Now, on to some letters."]
    Sightings
  15. 14. ["Sonic Checklist"]
  16. 15. ["Valentine's Day will never be the same..."]
  17. 16. ["Pikmin"]
  18. 17. ["And what did you get for your birthday?"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Kirk House
  • Mike Nielsen