Archie Comics Digest #109

(August 1991)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Curtain Going Up (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils:

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks:

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors:

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Editing:

Victor Gorelick (credited); Nanci Tsetsekas (credited)

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Archie and Jughead practice their original one-act play while two younger kids heckle them.

["The Great Cap'n Crunch Caper"] (Table of Contents)

Cap'n Crunch / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Petal Patter or Up the Daisy River (Table of Contents)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis:

Everybody is picking petals off daisies but each has a different method.

Reprints:

• from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #9 (October 1969)

Silly Dilly (Table of Contents)

Betty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Gladir

Pencils:

Al Hartley

Inks:

Jon D'Agostino

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Genre:

humor; teen

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Ethel

Synopsis:

Ethel tells Betty some gossip then Betty realizes it's about her.

Reprints:

• from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #16 (December 1972)

["Archie Americana Series"] (Table of Contents)

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Indexer Notes

Order form for the Archie Americana series of books.

Lip Sunk (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as Ha Ha Smit] (credited)

Pencils:

Howard Bender (credited)

Inks:

Rudy Lapick (credited)

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Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Veronica has laryngitis before her big singing performance.

Reprints:

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["6-Issue Double Digest Subscription"] (Table of Contents)

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Indexer Notes

Order form for various Archie digests.

No Problems (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Svenson

Synopsis:

Svenson mis-understands and thinks that Mr. Weatherbee is cold so he turns up the heat in the office.

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["Hey Dude! It's New, It's Cool!"] (Table of Contents)

Capri Sun / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Super-Market Melodrama (Table of Contents)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Gladir

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo Jr.

Inks:

Jim DeCarlo

Colors:

Barry Grossman ?

Letters:

Bill Yoshida ?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

While waiting in the supermarket checkout line, Betty leafs through a tabloid and begins fantasizing about her and Archie in the stories she reads.

Reprints:

• from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #2 (June 1986)

Archie's 50th Anniversary Interview Contest! (Table of Contents)

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Indexer Notes

Announcement of a contest for Archie's 50th anniversary.

Partner Patter (Table of Contents)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Reggie hogs the ball while playing tennis with Archie but doesn't hog the check when they go out for a meal afterward.

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["Little Archie Digest Magazine"] (Table of Contents)

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House ad for Little Archie Digest magazine.

Tune In on Treachery (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

teen; adventure

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper

Synopsis:

Archie uses his CB radio to help rescue Mr. Lodge from burglars at his plant and to call for the police.

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Frame Game (Table of Contents)

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

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Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Both Betty and Veronica pretend to not know how to bowl so Archie will help them but the truth comes out that they are both very good bowlers.

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Indexer Notes

This is most likely the same story as the one in Betty's Digest (Archie, 1996 series) #2 but needs confirmation.

["Discount 32 page comic subscription"] (Table of Contents)

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Subscription form.

["Don't miss Archie's Riverdale High"] (Table of Contents)

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House ad for Archie's Riverdale High title.

Sheer Poetry (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley

Synopsis:

Mr. Weatherbee instructs Miss Grundy to put on a school performance of the poet Percy Shelley but Miss Grundy intentionally mis-understands and puts on a performance of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

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Helpless (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews

Synopsis:

Archie's mother wants him to help her paint his room but Archie doesn't manage to get any work done.

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[Jughead paints a baseball player] (Table of Contents)

Jughead Dipsy Doodles / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Jughead Jones

Synopsis:

Jughead paints a baseball player that comes to life.

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Indexer Notes

This also appears in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #[nn] but this is not the first printing.

["Over $80,000 in prizes"] (Table of Contents)

Art Instruction Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Modern Times (Table of Contents)

Sabrina / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Sabrina

Synopsis:

A vending machine fights back.

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[Polite Rite] (Table of Contents)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Jughead Jones; Ethel; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Jughead uses Ethel's coat to cover a puddle for her to walk over.

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["Archie Annual is number one!!!"] (Table of Contents)

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Indexer Notes

House ad for the Archie Annual Digest.

Carnival Capers (Table of Contents)

Sabrina the Teenage Witch / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Sabrina Spellman; Hilda Spellman; Zelda Spellman

Synopsis:

The three witches uses their powers to win prizes at a carnival and then donate them to an orphanage.

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National Defense (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Moose Mason

Synopsis:

Archie is hiding from Moose in his house but when Archie's mom tries to put him to work he decides he'd rather fight Moose.

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Follow the Leader (Table of Contents)

Josie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Alan M.; Melody; Valerie

Synopsis:

Melody keeps accidentally hurting Alan M.

Reprints:

• from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #71 (September 1973)

["Betty and Veronica Annual Digest"] (Table of Contents)

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Indexer Notes

House ad for Betty and Veronica Annual Digest.

Liberty Haven (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

teen; adventure

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

Miss Grundy takes the class on a tour of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

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Handy Dandy (Table of Contents)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Jughead Jones; Ethel; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper

Synopsis:

If Ethel treats him Jughead lets her hold his hand.

Reprints:

• in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #181 (July 2012)

Wag Gag (Table of Contents)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Jughead Jones; Ethel

Synopsis:

Ethel's dog won first prize in the dog show.

Reprints:

• in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #181 (July 2012)

["50th Anniversary Collector's Lithograph"] (Table of Contents)

The Entertainment Art Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Information to buy a limited edition lithograph honoring Archie's 50th anniversary.

Never Mind (Table of Contents)

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

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Miss Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot; Miss Beazly

Synopsis:

Professor Flutesnoot is very forgetful.

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Indexer Notes

This is probable a reprint of the story from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #53 but needs confirmation.

No-It-All (Table of Contents)

Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Archie can make any subject sound simple.

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Indexer Notes

This is probable a reprint of the story from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #53 but needs confirmation.

["It's Archie's 50th anniversary fan club offer!"] (Table of Contents)

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Indexer Notes

Information on the Archie Fan Club.

Golf Gaff (Table of Contents)

Reggie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Gladir

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg

Inks:

Jon D'Agostino

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Reggie and Archie play miniature golf to determine who gets to help with the party at Veronica's house.

Reprints:

• in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #18 (September 2012)

Keywords:

miniature golf

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprinting of this story in Archie & Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #18.

["Turtles Movie II comic book"] (Table of Contents)

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House ad for a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle comic.

Across the Plate (Table of Contents)

Li'l Jinx's Pal Charley / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Edwards

Pencils:

Joe Edwards

Inks:

Joe Edwards

Colors:

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Letters:

Joe Edwards

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Charley

Synopsis:

Charley improves pitching with a pair of long johns.

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Fight Blight (Table of Contents)

Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Archie and Reggie can't stop fighting.

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Editor's Notebook / text article / 1 page (report information)

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Topsy-Turvy (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Miss Beazly;

Synopsis:

Archie tries to be the model student for one day.

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie Presents Previews / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

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Mind Over Matter (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

George Gladir

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo Jr.

Inks:

Jim Decarlo

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Jenny

Synopsis:

Betty starts wearing a "Think Betty" shirt to subliminally influence Archie to take her to the dance. Naturally Veronica has to top her.

Reprints:

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #338 (October 1985)

["Archie's checklist"] (Table of Contents)

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Indexer Notes

Order form for Archie back issues.

The World of Jughead (Table of Contents)

Jughead / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews

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Indexer Notes

6 gags, each with 2 panels per gag.

Keep Out Beaches Clean (Table of Contents)

Archie's Environmental Tip 4 / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

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Two Little Words (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Harry Lucey

Inks:

Terry Szenics

Colors:

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Letters:

Terry Szenics

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

The story of Archie and Veronica's breakup, Betty and Reggie's attempt to move in on them, and their reconciliation, all told using only two words of dialogue: "Archie" and "Veronica."

Reprints:

• from Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #13 (1961-1962)

"Earn great prizes or cash" (Table of Contents)

Sales Leadership / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

["How do you build the most secret M:Tron Space Voyager in the galazy?"] (Table of Contents)

Lego / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Back cover.