Archie's Double Digest Magazine
#139
[Direct Edition]
(February 2003)
Archie,
1984 Series
- Price
- 3.59 USD
- Pages
- 196
- Indicia Frequency
- 8 times a year in Jan., Feb., Apr., June, July, Sept., Oct. and Nov.
- On-sale Date
- 2002
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library; Archie 60th Anniversary
- Barcode
- 762816469517 13911
- Editing
- Nelson Ribeiro (editor); Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Finally!... A show we both can agree on!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Keywords
- cooking show
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Bee Line
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Svenson
- Synopsis
- Archie, Jughead and Reggie are happy because this is the first Friday in a month they haven't had detention after school.
- Reprints
-
in Archie 1000 Page Comics-Palooza (Archie, 2014 series) ([February] 2014) - in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #248 (March 2014), #316 (February 2021)
-
Worry Flurry
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #242 (March 1978)
-
Channel Chump
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Chic Stone (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Fred is unhappy that Archie spends his days watching music videos.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #191 (September 1987)
-
Winter Warmth
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; J.R. Geltsen
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie are walking along the beach and find an old man beach-combing.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #292 (May 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #75.
Prize Pupil
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #132 (April 1973)
-
The Big Jump
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz (credited)
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie tries to goad Archie into trying a ski jump.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #23 (June 1992)
-
- Keywords
- ski jumping
Best Friends
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- When Jughead's phone is out, Archie asks Betty to visit Jughead and tell him he will be late to the roller rink grand opening. In the meantime, Jughead gets an offer to judge a pizza bake-off and gives the two tickets to Betty.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #305 (June 1981)
-
The Look of Love
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie asks Jughead if he believes in love at first sight.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #355 (March 1988)
-
A Sappy Tree
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Harold Smith (credited as Hal Smith)
- Pencils
- Rex Lindsey (credited)
- Inks
- Rex Lindsey (credited)
- Colors
- Rex Lindsey (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica pays to have Archie's family tree researched.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #95 (October 1997)
-
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Archie & Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #33, writing is credited to Craig Boldman. This digest credits the writing to Hal Smith.
Survival
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead are leaving on a winter camping trip but Archie's parents have mixed feelings about it.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #76 (April 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer, penciller and letterer credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #306, no credits listed in this digest.
Calling Collect
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie gets angry when Mr. Weatherbee informs him that the five dollars he paid towards the class ski trip was for insurance instead of lunch.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #99 (February 1978)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #306, no credits listed in this digest.
Planned Activity
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead doesn't work in the winter, but he ends up helping Archie shovel snow anyway.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #315 (April 1982)
-
Gimme Shelter
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey (credited)
- Inks
- Harry Lucey (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Gaston
- Synopsis
- When a busload of orphans are stranded in the cold, Archie brings them to the Lodge mansion.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #25 (April 1973)
-
- Keywords
- orphan
[no title indexed]
Archie Pin Up / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's tough to buy anything for the girl who has everything!
- 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)
-
A Tree Grows in Riverdale
Archie / comic story / 21 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #630 (February 1992)
-
Indexer Notes
Four-part story.
I'll Take the Wrap
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- At the gang's Christmas gift exchange, Betty and Veronica drive the boys nuts by insisting that they not tear the wrapping paper in order to get to the gift inside.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #168 (January 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #34, writing is credited to Al Hartley.
Cool Yule
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Three Christmas themed vignettes with Archie and his friends.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #359 (February 1981)
-
Spread the Cheer
Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- 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; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Moose Mason; Little Jughead Jones; Little Ambrose Pipps
- 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
Season's Greetings
illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Little Archie Digest Magazine (Archie, 1991 series) #5 (March 1992)
-
A Friend for Christmas
Little Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Little Sabrina Spellman; Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy; Pop Tate; Aunt Zelda; Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Little Sabrina invites the gang over to her house. Aunt Zelda provides hamburgers and tells a Christmas story about a lonely girl that builds a snowman and brings it to life.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #139 (February 1979)
-
It's Snow Fun
Little Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Dexter Taylor (credited)
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen; children
- Characters
- Jack Frost; Mother Winter; Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot; Geraldine Grundy; Little Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Little Archie has a plan to invite the teachers to go sledding with the kids, hoping to make them so tired and sore that school will be cancelled the next day.
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #52 (March 1969)
-
It's Snow Good
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dexter Taylor (credited)
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Ambrose Pipps; Fangs Fogerty
- Synopsis
- Little Archie, Little Reggie and Little Jughead crash Fangs Fogerty's new bobsled.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #275 (February 2017)
- in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #6 (February 2020)
-
Skate Fate
Little Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead tests out the new pond for ice skating.
- Keywords
- ice skating
One More Time
Little Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Coach Kleats
Rivals to the End
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie race while skiing.
- Reprints
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #36 (March 2014)
-
- Keywords
- skiing
Thingamajig!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bill Golliher (credited)
- Pencils
- Tim Kennedy (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie has an electronic pet, a thingamajig, that disrupts his school day.
- Reprints
- in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #10 (April 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Thingamajig is a parody of the Tamagotchi.
Winner's Lament
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty and Archie win a snow-mobile race.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #276 (May 1981)
-
Deep Freeze
The Archies / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge]; Hiram Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Chuck Clayton; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge flies The Archies to Alaska for a performance.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #134 (March 1988)
-
- Keywords
- Alaska
Stupid Cupid
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead start a business to help guys impress their girlfriends, but they turn out to be very bad at it.
- Reprints
- from Laugh (Archie, 1987 series) #6 (April 1988)
-
Racquet Racket
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie likes watching the girls play racquetball.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
-
Dollar Holler
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Moose doesn't think the bank grew his money like they promised.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
-
The Inspiration
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Melissa Harmon; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- When Betty is missing columns from some of the workers on the school paper, Archie goes out to find out what the delay has been.
- Reprints
Out of the Ordinary
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Tina; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to dress and act like a punk to impress a punk girl named Tina. Then, Tina tells him that she will date any man with a mohawk. So, Archie wears a mohawk wig to school. Not to be outdone, Reggie gets a real mohawk. Unfortunately, Tina moves away before she can see Reggie's mohawk.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #354 (January 1988)
-
- Keywords
- mohawk; punk
Secrets
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Henry Scarpelli (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Reggie looks for a secret drawer in Mr. Weatherbee's desk.
- Reprints
- from Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #114 (February 1993)
-
Turtle Stoop
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie are both fans of the same minor-league hockey team and try to prove who is the bigger fan.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #237 (March 2013)
- in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #14 (March 2019)
-
- Keywords
- hockey
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #14, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Archie Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How dare those kids skip my class to come and play in the snow!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- The kids skipped class to make a snow sculpture of Miss Grundy.
No Help Wanted
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Reprints
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #258 (March 2015)
-
Horn Corn
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie's car horn is stuck.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #217 (February 1976)
-
Race Ace
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead takes too many pit stops.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #217 (February 1976)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Finally!... A show we both can agree on!"]
Archie -
1.
Bee Line
Archie -
2.
Worry Flurry
Reggie -
3.
Channel Chump
Archie -
4.
Winter Warmth
Archie -
5.
Prize Pupil
Archie -
6.
The Big Jump
Archie -
7.
Best Friends
Archie -
8.
The Look of Love
Jughead -
9.
A Sappy Tree
Archie -
10.
Survival
Archie -
11.
Calling Collect
Archie -
12.
Planned Activity
Jughead -
13.
Gimme Shelter
Archie -
14.
["It's tough to buy anything for the girl who has everything!"]
Archie Pin Up -
15.
A Tree Grows in Riverdale
Archie -
16.
I'll Take the Wrap
Archie -
17.
Cool Yule
Archie and the Gang -
18.
Spread the Cheer
Little Archie -
19.
Season's Greetings
-
20.
A Friend for Christmas
Little Sabrina -
21.
It's Snow Fun
Little Archie -
22.
It's Snow Good
Little Archie -
23.
Skate Fate
Little Archie -
24.
One More Time
Little Archie -
25.
Rivals to the End
Reggie -
26.
Thingamajig!
Archie -
27.
Winner's Lament
Betty -
28.
Deep Freeze
The Archies -
29.
Stupid Cupid
Jughead -
30.
Racquet Racket
Archie -
31.
Dollar Holler
Moose -
32.
The Inspiration
Archie -
33.
Out of the Ordinary
Archie -
34.
Secrets
Archie and the Gang -
35.
Turtle Stoop
Archie -
36.
["How dare those kids skip my class to come and play in the snow!"]
Archie Pin Up -
37.
No Help Wanted
Archie -
38.
Horn Corn
Jughead -
39.
Race Ace
Jughead -
40.
Face It!
Archie
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