Archie Comics Digest
#139
(March 1996)
Archie,
1973 Series
- Price
- 1.75 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- 6 times a year in Jan., Mar., 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
- Barcode
- 009128468501 39
- Editing
- Nanci Dakesian (editor); Victor Gorelick (editor)
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Heh! Heh! You mean the idea's not to take these flags with you?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Wrong Number
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I just don't dig algebra!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- An inter-dimensional delivery service accidentally delivers to the Andrews house an answering machine from the future.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #122 (March 2001) - in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #277 (May 2017)
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[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's a pass to the 50-yard line---
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie pays more attention to the game on TV than he does to Veronica.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #122 (March 2001)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #227 (May 2012), #292 (November 2018)
- in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #4 (October 2019)
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A Cake Walk
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- Archie is carrying cakes for the school bake sale and it makes Mr. Weatherbee a nervous wreck as he keeps expecting Archie to drop them.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #385 (March 1991)
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Out of Sight
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dinner is on the table!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead's mother makes him wash his hand before dinner.
- Reprints
- from Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #104 (May 1991)
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A Fine Example
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Geraldine Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy teaches about ants.
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #11 (February 1970)
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Sculpture Schemer
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica and a professional sculptor enter a snow sculpture contest to prevent Betty and Archie from winning the five hundred dollar prize and spending it together.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #303 (March 1981)
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Feeling Low
Little Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Veronica Lodge; Little Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Little Archie isn't feeling well after eating the cookies Little Veronica made for him.
- Reprints
The Idea Man
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- When the guys and gals fight over what to do, Archie cleverly ditches Reggie for the girls.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #105 (May 1978)
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- Keywords
- ice skating; winter
Sale Tale
Sabrina / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We're in the market for a new house!
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Hilda Spellman
- Synopsis
- Sabrina and Aunt Hilda are looking for a new house.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #246 (January 1985)
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Fame Game
The Archies / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper]; Dobie Kay
- Synopsis
- Offered a chance at a solo singing career, Archie finds the demands of stardom to be harsh.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #154 (March 1991)
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On the Wrong Wavelength
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica has too many remote controls so Archie buys a master remote control for all of her devices.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #385 (March 1991)
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Indexer Notes
Credits reprinted in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (2011 series) #22.
Lap Flap
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Brrr! It's cold in this ski lodge!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- Veronica asks to sit on Reggie's lap.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #230 (March 1982)
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One Out!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx gets all dressed in her winter clothes to go to Greg's house but he doesn't want to come outside and play.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #70 (February 1968)
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Room Without a Viewer!
Archie 3000 / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Kathleen Webb (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan Parent (credited)
- Inks
- Scott McRae (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; science fiction; teen
- Characters
- Archie 3000; Veronica 3000; Betty 3000; Mr. Lodge 3000; Dexter 3000 (Archie's cousin)
- Synopsis
- Veronica is upset because her videophone shows her when she doesn't look her best. Her father suggests using an old-fashioned audio-only telephone to solve the problem.
- Reprints
- from Archie 3000 (Archie, 1989 series) #8 (May 1990)
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- Keywords
- flu; telephone; viewphone
Indexer Notes
The antique telephone is a rotary-dial model. Characters do Tex Avery-ish eye-stretching "takes" in several panels.
The Great Haunt Hunt
Svenson / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Harold Smith
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Svenson; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Svenson thinks his new apartment is haunted.
- Reprints
- from Laugh (Archie, 1987 series) #27 (April 1991)
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Meow Row
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- The eternal Riverdale love triangle is presented with the principal characters cast as anthropomorphic cats, a la the Broadway musical.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #154 (November 1986)
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Prime Time
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Rich Koslowski
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie, Jughead and Veronica paint Archie's living room and decide to have some fun with the paint before the final coat goes on.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #385 (March 1991)
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The Stunt Star
Little Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie; Little Reggie
- Synopsis
- Little Archie does amazing tricks on his sled.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #55 (March 2001)
- in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #11 (February 2015)
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A Perfect Match
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle; Alice Cooper
- Synopsis
- When Archie breaks Betty's heart again, Moose decides to intercede physically.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #154 (November 1986)
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Odd Order
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty visits Archie at his soda jerk job.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #45 (March 1960)
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Miss-Direction
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Moose rides the bus with a little old lady.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #45 (March 1960)
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Silence!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Fat Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx and Charley maintain their silence in a library, even after Charley drops a book on Jinx's head.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #81 (February 1977)
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Cartooned Out!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Chuck Clayton; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Chuck creates a comic character based on Archie's mishaps but Archie thinks it's too unrealistic.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #385 (March 1991)
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[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica's Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's no fun telling you a secret anymore!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica discuss telling secrets.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #170 (May 1964)
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Potion Notion
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Watch me play a gag on Miss Grundy!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to scare Miss Grundy with a rubber monster mask.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #216 (April 1968)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #67.
Frostbite
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to convince Veronica that winter is better than summer but after she has to help him get his car out of a snowbank she decides she likes summer better.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #341 (May 1986)
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Heh! Heh! You mean the idea's not to take these flags with you?"]
Archie -
1.
Wrong Number
Archie -
2.
Toe Stop Twist!
Betty and Veronica; Seneca Sports Inc. -
3.
["It's a pass to the 50-yard line---"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
4.
A Cake Walk
Archie -
5.
Out of Sight
Jughead -
6.
A Fine Example
Reggie -
7.
Sculpture Schemer
Betty and Veronica -
8.
Food for Thought
Archie -
9.
Feeling Low
Little Archie -
10.
The Idea Man
Reggie -
11.
Sale Tale
Sabrina -
12.
Fame Game
The Archies -
13.
On the Wrong Wavelength
Archie -
14.
Lap Flap
Archie -
15.
One Out!
Li'l Jinx -
16.
[no title indexed]
Editor's Notebook -
17.
Room Without a Viewer!
Archie 3000 -
18.
The Great Haunt Hunt
Svenson -
19.
Meow Row
Betty -
20.
Prime Time
Archie -
21.
The Stunt Star
Little Archie -
22.
A Perfect Match
Betty -
23.
Odd Order
Archie -
24.
Miss-Direction
Moose -
25.
Silence!
Li'l Jinx -
26.
Cartooned Out!
Archie -
27.
["It's no fun telling you a secret anymore!"]
Betty and Veronica's Pin Up -
28.
Potion Notion
Archie -
29.
Frostbite
Archie
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