Archie Comics Digest #249

(January 2009)

[Get Ready to Bolt!] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Bolt / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Dream Scene (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Randy Elliott (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Archie is daydreaming in class about beaches, surfing, and girls in bikinis.

Reprints

• in Archie 1000 Page Mega Comics Digest (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #46 (February 2015)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #326 (February 2022)

Keywords

daydream

National Geographic Panda (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Archie and Betty Travel on Their Fashion Time Machine (Table of Contents: 4)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (signed)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #539 (October 2003)

Indexer Notes

Fashion suggestions from fans McKinny Cupp, Natalia Rosculet, Tayler Novick, Bethany Daniels, Elliana Bisgaard, Susan Cupp, and Inez Vara.

A Tale of Two Coats (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Greg Crosby

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Bob Smith

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie's coat is tattered so his mother tells him to buy a new one.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #530 (February 2003)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

The Good Old Days (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee

Synopsis

After cleaning up the attic Fred and Mary think back to when they were young.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #527 (November 2002)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Cleaning Agent (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Bob Smith

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Gladys Jones

Synopsis

Jughead coaches Archie on how to avoid cleaning his room, but their mothers know all the tricks.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #542 (January 2004)

Keywords

Mother

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Buying Shoes! (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Veronica takes Archie shoe shopping.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #532 (April 2003)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the printing in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #246, no credits listed in this digest.

Matter Over Mind (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Bob Smith

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Archie is stumped by Miss Grundy's question, until inspired by the sight of some girls.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #542 (January 2004)

Keywords

High school

[Archie One Year Subscriptions] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Archie Freshman Year] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Little Archie and Friends / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (signed)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (signed)

Colors

?

Genre

humor; children

Indexer Notes

Illustration used as the title page for the next section featuring Little Archie reprints.

Imagine That! (Table of Contents: 13)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Bolling

Pencils

Bob Bolling

Inks

Bob Bolling ?

Colors

?

Letters

Bob Bolling

Genre

children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Sue Stringly; Little Dilton Doily; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Mr. Flutesnoot

Synopsis

Sue Stringly gets laughed at when she claims that the stars are giant pearls, but when she's walking home with Little Archie, a huge white pearl falls out of the sky.

Reprints

• from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #154 (May 1980)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

The Weak Spot (Table of Contents: 14)

Little Reggie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

children

Characters

Little Archie; Little Reggie; Little Jughead; Fangs Fogerty; Little Betty; Little Veronica

Synopsis

Reggie figures out that Fangs is scared of mice and uses it to his advantage.

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie's Funhouse (Archie, 2014 series) #1, no credits listed in this digest.

[The Adventures of Little Archie] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Archie Comics and Digests 2007 Collector Sets] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Hi There, Archie, Ol' Pal! (Table of Contents: 17)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle

Reprints

• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #34 (January 2014), #96 (March 2020)

Indexer Notes

Unscramble the thoughts Archie has about what Reggie just told him.

The Other Side! (Table of Contents: 18)

Archie and Chuck / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is where it all began! This was the starting point...

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Professor Esrever; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason

Synopsis

After travelling thru a strange mist, Chuck and Archie come to Eladrevir, a backwards version of Riverdale.

Reprints

• from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #24 (April 1975)

Keywords

mirror universe

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

[Sonic Graphic Novel Checklist] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Sonic Checklist] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Fireball (Table of Contents: 21)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica's carelessness causes the Lodge Mansion to catch on fire but luckily Archie is there to save Veronica.

Reprints

• from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #36 (June 1976)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

My Pal Reggie (Table of Contents: 22)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Greg Crosby

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Bob Smith

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Victor Gorelick

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Reggie is being nice... why?

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #531 (March 2003)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

[Archie Comics Shop] (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Fan Art / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

various

Inks

various

Colors

?

Indexer Notes

Fan submitted artwork.

The Singing Fool (Table of Contents: 25)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie plays guitar and sings. He takes requests until Veronica asks "do you know you're in trouble?" as Mr. Lodge enters with a bat.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #122 (July 1965)

Path of Wrath (Table of Contents: 26)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica asks Archie a hypothetical question.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #168 (January 1972)

The Big Hurt (Table of Contents: 27)

Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Geraldine Grundy; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

A math question injures Moose's brain.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #168 (January 1972)

Bad Day at Riverdale (Table of Contents: 28)

Archie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

? [as Kennedy]

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Archie's late for school, then learns that it's closed because of snow. He thinks he must be dreaming, then suddenly finds that he is.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #77 (January 2004)

Keywords

Dream; high school

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Stopwatch (Table of Contents: 29)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Mr. Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Chuck Clayton

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee waits for the first accident of the school year.

[Archie One Year Subscriptions] (Table of Contents: 30) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Next Issue #250] (Table of Contents: 31) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Dragonball Origins] (Table of Contents: 32) (Expand) /

Nintendo DS / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Go Full Force!] (Table of Contents: 33) (Expand) /

Ben 10 Alien Force the Game / advertisement / 1 page (report information)