Archie Comics Digest
#188
(May 2002)
Archie,
1973 Series
- Price
- 2.19 USD; 2.69 CAD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- 9 times a year in Jan., Mar., Apr., May. July, Aug. Sept., Nov, 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 60th Anniversary
- Barcode
- 009128468501 88
- Editing
- Nelson Ribeiro; Victor Gorelick
Issue Notes
Indicia and cover title are Archie Digest Magazine.
Ruff Day
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Tim Kennedy
- Inks
- Ken Selig
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Vickie Williams
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- On his way to Pop Tate's, Archie is scared by a stray dog, causing a case of the hiccups.
- Reprints
Snow Fun
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie tests out a pair of boots that let him slide down the mountain without skis.
- Reprints
-
from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #459 (May 1997)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #66, no credits listed in this digest.
Ggggggrrrrrrl of My Dreams
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- When Betty gets a job as a spokesmodel at a comic book convention, Veronica jealously demands to be hired as well.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #107 (January 1997)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing.
The Big Splash
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Janet
- Synopsis
- Reggie tries to steal a kiss from Janet before her father gets home.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #68 (February 1963)
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First Class Fool
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- As a favor to his father, Archie stops at the post office on his way to Veronica's house.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #459 (May 1997)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #249, no credits listed in this digest.
Now Weight a Minute
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- When Betty reveals that she's been been weight-training, Veronica shows her that strength comes with the proper motivation.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #111 (May 1997)
-
Indexer Notes
Credit from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Groan!" "Archie, what's wrong with your father?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie's father appears ill around April 15th.
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #38 (1981) which is reprinted
- From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.
-
Weird Encounters of a Strange Kind
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie and the gang encounter two aliens on their way to a band gig.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #247 (March 1985)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #250, no credits printed in this digest.
Weird Encounters of a Strange Kind Part II
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to free his friends from the aliens, only to find that they are not what they seem to be.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #247 (March 1985)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #250, no credits printed in this digest.
Good Clean Fun!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Mr. Svenson; Ms. Grundy; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- When Archie and the gang decide to hold a "foam dance" at the school gym, the soap bubbles needed for the dance get out of control.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #459 (May 1997)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #249, no credits listed in this digest.
The Origin of Mr. Justice
Know Your Heroes! / public service announcement / 2 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mr. Justice [Prince James]; Richard
- Synopsis
- The ghost of dethroned Prince James is propelled into the future where he regains material form and becomes the hero known as Mr. Justice.
Baby, I'm Stuck on You!
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- The gang discusses where they'd want to be if they got stuck in a hurricane.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #185 (January 1987)
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Spite an Image
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Betty is running for student council president against Reggie. Someone is defacing Reggie's campaign posters and Reggie accuses Betty.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #49 (May 1997)
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Dial a Date
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie gets a phone message that he's to meet his date 30 minutes later than scheduled, however Archie doesn't recall who he's supposed to be seeing.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #41 (July 1976)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint of this story in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #244.
Very Important Package
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie takes Mr. Lodge's very important package to the bank.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #459 (May 1997)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #49, no credits listed in this digest.
Where the Teachers Are!! Part I
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Rich Margopoulos
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Geraldine Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Fred Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Ms. McCook; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones (cameo); Midge Klump (cameo); Chuck Clayton (cameo); Hermione Lodge (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Archie and the gang take a class trip over spring break to Florida.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Spring Break (Archie, 1996 series) #1 (1996)
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Indexer Notes
Title has the words "Boys" and "Girls" each crossed out before the word "Teachers".
Credits from the reprinting in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #38.
Where the Teachers Are!! Part II
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Rich Margopoulos
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Geraldine Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Ms. McCook; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Vapid (TV host)
- Synopsis
- While Archie and the gang are off at Funland, the teachers get caught up in spring break.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Spring Break (Archie, 1996 series) #1 (1996)
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Indexer Notes
Title has the words "Boys" and "Girls" each crossed out before the word "Teachers".
Credits from the reprinting in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #38.
Hey, Big Spender!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Dan
- Synopsis
- Archie manages to raise the money to take Veronica to a big ball, but doesn't have anything left over. He arranges a scheme with Jughead to prevent him from having to spend any more money without looking cheap.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #181 (April 1968)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["The good news, Archie! Your horn, headlights and radio work!"]
Archie -
1.
Ruff Day
Archie -
2.
Snow Fun
Archie -
3.
Ggggggrrrrrrl of My Dreams
Archie and the Gang -
4.
The Big Splash
Reggie -
5.
First Class Fool
Archie -
6.
Now Weight a Minute
Archie and the Gang -
7.
["Groan!" "Archie, what's wrong with your father?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
8.
Weird Encounters of a Strange Kind
Archie -
9.
Weird Encounters of a Strange Kind Part II
Archie -
10.
Good Clean Fun!
Archie -
11.
The Origin of Mr. Justice
Know Your Heroes! -
12.
Baby, I'm Stuck on You!
Archie and the Gang -
13.
Spite an Image
Betty -
14.
[Editor's Notebook]
Editor's Notebook -
15.
Dial a Date
Archie -
16.
Very Important Package
Archie -
17.
Where the Teachers Are!! Part I
Archie -
18.
Where the Teachers Are!! Part II
Archie -
19.
Hey, Big Spender!
Archie
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- Katy Hayhurst
- Adam Knights
- Lou Mazzella
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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