Archie Comics Digest
#109
(August 1991)
Archie,
1973 Series
- Price
- 1.50 USD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- 6 times a year in Feb., Apr, June, Aug., Oct. and Dec.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library; Archie 50th Anniversary
- Barcode
- 071896468502 09
- Editing
- Nanci Tsetsekas (credited); Victor Gorelick (credited)
Issue Notes
Indicia and cover title: Archie Digest Magazine.
Has the Archie 50th Anniversary logo on the cover.
Has the Archie 50th Anniversary logo on the cover.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Alison Flood (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty, sometimes a cheap date can be a lot of fun!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Curtain Going Up
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- 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.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #95 (October 1997)
-
[no title indexed]
Cap'n Crunch / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Great Cap'n Crunch Caper
Petal Patter or Up the Daisy River
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- 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
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Ethel tells Betty some gossip then Betty realizes it's about her.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #144 (January 1970)
-
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie Americana Series
Indexer Notes
Order form for the Archie Americana series of books.
Lip Sunk
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Harold Smith (credited as Ha Ha Smit)
- Pencils
- Howard Bender (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica has laryngitis before her big singing performance.
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #215 (October 2013), #288 (December 2020)
-
- Keywords
- laryngitis; lip syncing
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #215, writing is credited to George Gladir and Pencils to Tim Kennedy. No inks are credited in that volume.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 6-Issue Double Digest Subscription
Indexer Notes
Order form for various Archie digests.
No Problems
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Phlips; Svenson
- Synopsis
- Svenson mis-understands and thinks that Mr. Weatherbee is cold so he turns up the heat in the office.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #157 (June 1986)
-
[no title indexed]
Capri Sun / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey Dude! It's New, It's Cool!
Super-Market Melodrama
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- 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!
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Announcement of a contest for Archie's 50th anniversary.
Partner Patter
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- 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.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #120 (January 1980)
-
- Keywords
- tennis
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Little Archie Digest Magazine
Indexer Notes
House ad for Little Archie Digest magazine.
Tune In on Treachery
Archie / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- adventure; teen
- 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.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #174 (October 1976)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprinting in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #242.
Frame Game
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- 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.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #14 (September 1972)
-
- Keywords
- bowling
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #262.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Discount 32 page comic subscription
Indexer Notes
Subscription form.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't miss Archie's Riverdale High
Indexer Notes
House ad for Archie's Riverdale High title.
Sheer Poetry
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine 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.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #75 (July 1975)
-
- Keywords
- school play
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #71, no credits listed in this digest.
Helpless
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie's mother wants him to help her paint his room but Archie doesn't manage to get any work done.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #346 (January 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[Jughead paints a baseball player]
Dipsy Doodles / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead paints a baseball player that comes to life.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #25 (September 1971)
-
- Keywords
- baseball
[no title indexed]
Art Instruction Schools / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Over $80,000 in prizes
Modern Times
Sabrina / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman
- Synopsis
- A vending machine fights back.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #48 (September 1978)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Polite Rite
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead uses Ethel's coat to cover a puddle for her to walk over.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #56 (October 1977)
-
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie Annual is number one!!!
Indexer Notes
House ad for the Archie Annual Digest.
Carnival Capers
Sabrina the Teenage Witch / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- 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.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #64 (December 1980)
-
- Keywords
- carnival
National Defense
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Mary Andrews
- 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.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #308 (December 1975)
-
Follow the Leader
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Alan M.; Melody; Valerie
- Synopsis
- Melody keeps accidentally hurting Alan M.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #71 (September 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #261, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty and Veronica Annual Digest
Indexer Notes
House ad for Betty and Veronica Annual Digest.
Liberty Haven
Archie / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- adventure; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Renata; Frederic Auguste Bartholdi; Alexandre Gustav Eiffel; Richard Morris Hunt; Shirley
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy takes the class on a tour of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #255 (July 1986)
-
- Keywords
- class trip; Ellis Island; immigration; National Park Service; Statue of Liberty
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #269, no credits listed in this digest.
Handy Dandy
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- If Ethel treats him Jughead lets her hold his hand.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #56 (October 1977)
-
Wag Gag
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Ethel's dog won first prize in the dog show.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #56 (October 1977)
-
[no title indexed]
The Entertainment Art Company / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 50th Anniversary Collector's Lithograph
Indexer Notes
Information to buy a limited edition lithograph honoring Archie's 50th anniversary.
Never Mind
Miss Grundy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot; Miss Beazly
- Synopsis
- Professor Flutesnoot is very forgetful.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #53 (April 1961)
-
No-It-All
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie can make any subject sound simple.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #53 (April 1961)
-
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's Archie's 50th anniversary fan club offer!
Indexer Notes
Information on the Archie Fan Club.
Golf Gaff
Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- 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
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #122 (April 1980)
-
- Keywords
- miniature golf
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprinting of this story in Archie & Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #18.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Turtles Movie II comic book
Indexer Notes
House ad for a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle comic.
Across the Plate
Charley / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Charley improves pitching with a pair of long johns.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #56 (October 1977)
-
Fight Blight
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie can't stop fighting.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #154 (November 1970)
-
Topsy-Turvy
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Miss Beazly
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to be the model student for one day.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #158 (August 1986)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #67, no credits listed in this digest.
Mind Over Matter
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- 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)
-
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie's checklist
Indexer Notes
Order form for Archie back issues.
The World of Jughead
Jughead / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #95 (October 1997)
-
Indexer Notes
6 gags, each with 2 panels per gag.
Two Little Words
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- 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)
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Editing
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Table of Contents
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0.
["Betty, sometimes a cheap date can be a lot of fun!"]
Archie -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Curtain Going Up
Archie -
3.
["The Great Cap'n Crunch Caper"]
Cap'n Crunch -
4.
Petal Patter or Up the Daisy River
Reggie -
5.
Silly Dilly
Betty -
6.
["Archie Americana Series"]
-
7.
Lip Sunk
Archie -
8.
["6-Issue Double Digest Subscription"]
-
9.
No Problems
Archie -
10.
["Hey Dude! It's New, It's Cool!"]
Capri Sun -
11.
Super-Market Melodrama
Betty -
12.
Archie's 50th Anniversary Interview Contest!
-
13.
Partner Patter
Reggie -
14.
["Little Archie Digest Magazine"]
-
15.
Tune In on Treachery
Archie -
16.
Frame Game
Betty and Veronica -
17.
["Discount 32 page comic subscription"]
-
18.
["Don't miss Archie's Riverdale High"]
-
19.
Sheer Poetry
Archie -
20.
Helpless
Archie -
21.
[Jughead paints a baseball player]
Dipsy Doodles -
22.
["Over $80,000 in prizes"]
Art Instruction Schools -
23.
Modern Times
Sabrina -
24.
Polite Rite
Jughead -
25.
["Archie Annual is number one!!!"]
-
26.
Carnival Capers
Sabrina the Teenage Witch -
27.
National Defense
Archie -
28.
Follow the Leader
Josie -
29.
["Betty and Veronica Annual Digest"]
-
30.
Liberty Haven
Archie -
31.
Handy Dandy
Jughead -
32.
Wag Gag
Jughead -
33.
["50th Anniversary Collector's Lithograph"]
The Entertainment Art Company -
34.
Never Mind
Miss Grundy -
35.
No-It-All
Reggie -
36.
["It's Archie's 50th anniversary fan club offer!"]
-
37.
Golf Gaff
Reggie -
38.
["Turtles Movie II comic book"]
-
39.
Across the Plate
Charley -
40.
Fight Blight
Veronica -
41.
[no title indexed]
Editor's Notebook -
42.
Topsy-Turvy
Archie -
43.
[no title indexed]
Archie Presents Previews -
44.
Mind Over Matter
Betty and Veronica -
45.
["Archie's checklist"]
-
46.
The World of Jughead
Jughead -
47.
Keep Our Beaches Clean
Archie's Environmental Tip 4 -
48.
Two Little Words
Archie -
49.
"Earn great prizes or cash"
Sales Leadership -
50.
[no title indexed]
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51.
["How do you build the most secret M:Tron Space Voyager in the galaxy?"]
Lego
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Edgar Loftin
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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