Archie Annual Digest
#61
[Newsstand]
(October 1992)
Archie,
1975 Series
- Price
- 1.50 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- twice a year
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 071896468588 61
- Editing
- Nanci Tsetsekas; Victor Gorelick
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #61 [Direct].
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Golliher (signed)
- Inks
- Dan Parent (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jughead! I'm trapped! I can't find the door to my room!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge (picture)
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Be Careful What You Wish For
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Harold Smith (credited as Hal Smith)
- Pencils
- Chic Stone (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited); Nanci Tsetsekas (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look what I found yesterday: an old menu from 1958!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Pop Tate; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie gets what he wishes for but not in the way he wanted.
- Reprints
-
in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #86 (August 2002) - in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #9 (September 2018)
-
- Keywords
- swimming pool; tennis
Pro Show
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie puts on band-aids before he goes skateboarding.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #239 (December 1977)
-
- Keywords
- skateboard
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
The Adventures of Apple and Cinnaman Defenders of the Sprinkles #3
Cheerios / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Comic style advertisement.
[no title indexed]
Open the Door, Dilton / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Power Plant; Sand Blasting; Screen Tests
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Dilton opens doors titled Power Plant, Sand Blasting and Screen Test.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #239 (December 1977)
-
He Calls It As He Sees It!
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica can't sit still while on the phone.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #192 (October 1987)
-
- Keywords
- telephone
[no title indexed]
Super Nintendo / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Player's Choice
Carrier Pigeon
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Veronica asks Archie to put all her cosmetics in his suit jacket.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #269 (March 1978)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits listed here from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #240.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie's Club News
Indexer Notes
House ad for the Archie fan club.
[no title indexed]
Sweetarts / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The best way to end any comic book.
At a Loss for Words
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- Hot Dog chews up Jughead's dictionary.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #14 (September 1969)
-
Raving Beauties
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica enter a beauty contest to determine Miss Teenager 1992.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #575 (October 1987) [When this story is reprinted, the date of the contest is altered to reflect the reprint year.]
-
- Keywords
- beauty contest
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #255, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Club Med / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This year... take home a Club Med vacation!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
[no title indexed]
Natsume / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look! These are the games we've been waiting for!
Indexer Notes
Ad for Spanky's Quest video game on Super NES and Gameboy.
Pie A La Mountain
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie treks across country on foot, twice, to get Veronica a pizza.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #192 (October 1987)
-
- Keywords
- pizza; summer camp
Indexer Notes
Credits from the original printing of this story.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- TMNT 64 Page Comic Book Offer
Indexer Notes
House ad for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventure Special.
Beautiful Day
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie continues to accidentally bother Mr. Lodge while he's trying to clean the pool.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #234 (October 1969)
-
- Keywords
- swimming pool
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What a Deal!
Indexer Notes
Subscription information.
Eat Treat
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead is tired of eating fish at the Lodge's cabin.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #16 (January 1970)
-
- Keywords
- fishing
Heat Rave
Chuck / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Chuck says it's too hot to take a walk with Nancy but he's ready to go when Archie wants to play baseball.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #343 (October 1979)
-
- Keywords
- baseball
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie & Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #28.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- TMNT Meet the Conservation Corps
Indexer Notes
House ad for the TMNT Meet the Conservation Corps one-shot.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We've been waiting here ten minutes so far!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead stop at a service station with an attractive station attendant.
The Wandering Brave
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Terrible Tessie; Ms. Stonewall; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica are new camp counselors but they have a hard time dealing with Terrible Tessie, one of the campers.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #575 (October 1987)
-
Indexer Notes
Two part story.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 2 great grab bag offers!
Indexer Notes
House ad for assorted digest sets.
Blame Game
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica has been on the phone for over an hour.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #239 (December 1977)
-
Stretch Wretch
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie has been watching TV all day.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #239 (December 1977)
-
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Zen Intergalactic Ninja
Indexer Notes
House ad for the new Zen Intergalactic Ninja series.
Pert Expert
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge is looking for an expert Skipper.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #239 (December 1977)
-
Clean Scene
Betty / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty is cleaning her room.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #239 (December 1977)
-
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie back to school lunchbox/cooler offer
Indexer Notes
House ad for an Archie lunchbox.
Fan Club
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie has a camera that is secretly a fan for hot days.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #352 (October 1987)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #253.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie's discount subscription offer!
Indexer Notes
Subscription information.
Drive Me Crazy
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie double date Betty and Veronica in Reggie's car.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #576 (October 1987)
-
- Keywords
- Drive-in theater
Indexer Notes
A tale set in the 1950's.
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #78, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
Editor's Notebook / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Victor Gorelick
- Letters
- typeset
Anger Cliffhanger
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica told Archie to not speak to her again but is waiting for him to call.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #575 (October 1987)
-
Camp Code
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Gladys Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead is fed up with the other camp counselors borrowing his things.
- Reprints
- from The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #46 (August 1987)
-
- Keywords
- summer camp
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #80, no credits listed in this digest.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie's Checklist
Indexer Notes
Order form for three issue lots of Archie Comics titles.
Forget N' Regret
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie thinks he's taken Veronica to this beach before but he has it confused with another girl.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #236 (September 1977)
-
Razzle Dazzle
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Archie uses Dilton's telescope to check out the new car hops at the drive in.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #236 (September 1977)
-
- Keywords
- telescope
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty! It's been a glorious day...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica have a perfect day on the beach.
- Reprints
Archie's Recycling Facts!
Archie / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Explanation of how Archie Comics is using recycled paper to help save the environment.
Sail Tale
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie tries out for Mr. Lodge's sailboarding team.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #352 (October 1987)
-
- Keywords
- sailboarding
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #262, no credits listed in this digest.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Jughead! I'm trapped! I can't find the door to my room!"]
Archie -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Be Careful What You Wish For
Archie -
3.
Pro Show
Archie -
4.
The Adventures of Apple and Cinnaman Defenders of the Sprinkles #3
Cheerios -
5.
["Power Plant; Sand Blasting; Screen Tests"]
Open the Door, Dilton -
6.
He Calls It As He Sees It!
Veronica -
7.
["Player's Choice"]
Super Nintendo -
8.
Carrier Pigeon
Archie -
9.
["Archie's Club News"]
-
10.
["The best way to end any comic book."]
Sweetarts -
11.
At a Loss for Words
Jughead -
12.
Raving Beauties
Betty and Veronica -
13.
["This year... take home a Club Med vacation!"]
Club Med -
14.
["Look! These are the games we've been waiting for!"]
Natsume -
15.
Pie A La Mountain
Archie -
16.
["TMNT 64 Page Comic Book Offer"]
-
17.
Beautiful Day
Archie -
18.
["What a Deal!"]
-
19.
Eat Treat
Jughead -
20.
Heat Rave
Chuck -
21.
["TMNT Meet the Conservation Corps"]
-
22.
["We've been waiting here ten minutes so far!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
23.
The Wandering Brave
Betty and Veronica -
24.
["2 great grab bag offers!"]
-
25.
Blame Game
Veronica -
26.
Stretch Wretch
Archie -
27.
["Zen Intergalactic Ninja"]
-
28.
Pert Expert
Mr. Lodge -
29.
Clean Scene
Betty -
30.
["Archie back to school lunchbox/cooler offer"]
-
31.
Fan Club
Archie -
32.
["Archie's discount subscription offer!"]
-
33.
Drive Me Crazy
Archie -
34.
[no title indexed]
Editor's Notebook -
35.
Anger Cliffhanger
Veronica -
36.
[Raiden]
Nintendo -
37.
Camp Code
Jughead -
38.
["Archie's Checklist"]
-
39.
Forget N' Regret
Archie -
40.
Razzle Dazzle
Archie -
41.
["Betty! It's been a glorious day..."]
Betty and Veronica Gag Bag -
42.
Archie's Recycling Facts!
Archie -
43.
Sail Tale
Archie -
44.
["Cash and Prizes"]
Sales Leadership Club -
45.
[no title indexed]
-
46.
["Dancing Dreams"]
Lisa Frank
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- Peter Croome
- Mike Nielsen
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