Archie Double Digest #227

(May 2012)

A Bad Wrap (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Craig Boldman

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg

Inks:

Bob Smith

Colors:

Digikore Studios

Letters:

Patrick Owsley

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge

Synopsis:

Archie paints his car to advertise Veronica's favorite shoe store, not knowing that Veronica had a fight with the owners and now hates the store.

Reprints:

• in Archie's Super Comics Digest (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2012 series) #[nn] (2012)

The Resolute Resolution (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Gladir

Pencils:

Bob Bolling

Inks:

Jim Amash

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Teresa Davidson

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy; Dilton Doiley

Synopsis:

Archie resolves to do nothing but study for his exam the next day.

Reprints:

• in Archie's Super Comics Digest (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2012 series) #[nn] (2012)

A Clean Sweep (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mike Pellowski

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg

Inks:

Bob Smith

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Jack Morelli

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews

Synopsis:

Archie tries to use a new robotic vacuum cleaner.

Reprints:

• from Archie (Archie, 1962 series) #573 (April 2007)
• in Archie's Super Comics Digest (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2012 series) #[nn] (2012)

The Pajama Game (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mike Pellowski

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg

Inks:

Bob Smith

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Philips; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton

Synopsis:

Archie accidentally wears pajama bottoms to school and starts a fashion trend.

Reprints:

• in Archie's Super Comics Digest (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2012 series) #[nn] (2012)

Archie's Gag Bag (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews

Synopsis:

Mr. Andrews tells Archie that teens think every performer is a star.

Reprints:

• in Archie's Super Comics Digest (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2012 series) #[nn] (2012)
• from Archie newspaper strip from unknown date

Indexer Notes

Possible pipe removal from Mr. Andrews's hand and line change from MTV to YouTube.

Changed Man (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mike Pellowski

Pencils:

Rex Lindsey

Inks:

Rich Koslowski

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis:

Archie drops his lucky coin from the third floor of the mall and then tries to find it.

Plane Facts (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

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Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis:

Archie gets detention for flying a paper airplane in school.

Reprints:

• from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #138 (February 1983)

Chairman Of The Board (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Gladir

Pencils:

Dick Malmgren

Inks:

Jon D'Agostino

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; unnamed PTA members

Synopsis:

Mr. Weatherbee gets stuck in a swivel chair.

The Spoiler (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Gladir

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg

Inks:

Bob Smith

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Jinx Malloy; Miss Grundy; Mrs. Andrews; Fred Andrews

Synopsis:

Archie and Jughead have a great dream until Jinx Malloy shows up to wake them up.

Reprints:

• from Archie (Archie, 1962 series) #571 (February 2007)

["Archie!"] (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Scarpelli; Craig Boldman

Pencils:

Henry Scarpelli; Craig Boldman

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers

Reprints:

• from Archie newspaper strip from unknown date

Career Daze (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Golliher

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg

Inks:

Bob Smith

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods

Synopsis:

Archie becomes a butler for career week so he can spend time at Veronica's house.

Reprints:

• from Archie (Archie, 1962 series) #573 (April 2007)

Lesson In Ecology (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Gladir

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg

Inks:

Henry Scarpelli

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Archie teaches his parents about ecology, only to find out that he is the one who wastes the most.

Little Archie and Friends! (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Fernando Ruiz

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Sabrina Spellman

Synopsis:

Introduction to the Little Archie reprint section.

A Quick Bite! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Dexter Taylor

Pencils:

Dexter Taylor

Inks:

Rudy Lapick

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Fangs Fogarty

Synopsis:

When Little Archie leaves his lunch in Veronica's limo, Little Betty bakes him a walnut cake. The problem is, Little Betty didn't take the walnuts out of the shells.

Salem's Night Out (Table of Contents)

Little Sabrina / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dexter Taylor

Pencils:

Dexter Taylor

Inks:

Jon D'Agostino

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Characters:

Little Sabrina Spellman; Salem; Aunt Zelda; Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Aunt Hilda

Synopsis:

Little Archie and Little Jughead encounter Aunt Hilda and Aunt Zilda using their magic powers to get Salem off the roof.

Foreign Exchange (Table of Contents)

Little Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dexter Taylor

Pencils:

Dexter Taylor

Inks:

Jon D'Agostino

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Characters:

Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Fangs Fogarty; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Archie Andrews; Fifi; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis:

The boys go gaga over the new foreign exchange student.

Working Man's Blues (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Dexter Taylor

Pencils:

Dexter Taylor

Inks:

Jon D'Agostino

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Little Reggie Mantle; Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Spotty; Little Jughead Jones; Pop Tate

Synopsis:

Little Reggie is jealous of the girls Little Jughead attracts with his job at Pop Tate's. So, Little Reggie makes Little Jughead sleepy and then shows up for Little Jughead's job.

Funtime (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dexter Taylor

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Spotty; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones

Synopsis:

Three gag cartoons.

Sloppy Game (Table of Contents)

Little Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dexter Taylor ?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Spotty

Synopsis:

Little Archie and Little Veronica play fetch with Spotty.

Crying Foul! (Table of Contents)

Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Word search for food items that make your breath smell bad.

Archie's Gag Bag (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Montana

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Miss Grundy

Synopsis:

Archie tricks his father into signing his report card.

Reprints:

• from Archie newspaper strip from unknown date

["Here we find the red-crested Andrews in his natural habitat."] (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Scarpelli; Craig Boldman

Pencils:

Henry Scarpelli; Craig Boldman

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis:

Archie and Reggie try to fix Archie's car.

Reprints:

• from Archie newspaper strip from unknown date

The Fast Track To Success! (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mike Pellowski

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg

Inks:

Bob Smith

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Jack Morelli

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton; Dilton Doiley; C. C. Carp; Sammy Steavens [Spinout]; Dale Jonas

Synopsis:

Two months before the Riverdale 500, top racer Dale Jonas and his pit crew leave Hiram Lodge's racing team to join Hiram's arch rival C.C. Carp's race team. Betty offers to drive Hiram's race car in the 500, as she's being taught by "Spinout" Stevens, a former race car driver. Hiram then hires "Spinout" as the new pit boss and "Spinout" suggests a new pit crew: Archie, Moose, Reggie, Dilton, Jughead and Chuck. The new pit crew and the new driver then come together in a short time and are ready for the big race.

Reprints:

• from Archie (Archie, 1962 series) #572 (March 2007)

Indexer Notes

This story is told in four parts: Part 1 (6 pages), Part 2 (5 pages), Part 3 (5 pages) and Part 4 (5 pages).

Hair Scare (Table of Contents)

Archie's Dad / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews

Synopsis:

Archie tries to convince his father to let him grow his hair longer.

Footloose (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Gladir

Pencils:

Bob Bolling

Inks:

Rudy Lapick

Colors:

Barry Grossman

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis:

Reggie shows off his talent show act.

Archie's Helpful Hints For Your Viewing Pleasure! (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper

Synopsis:

Archie gives us tips for watching TV and movies.

["Can you name anything that we get from chemistry that we'd be better off without?"] (Table of Contents)

Wilbur / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

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Pencils:

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Inks:

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Colors:

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Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore

Synopsis:

Introduction to the Wilbur reprint section. Features a cover reprint of Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) #89.

Reprints:

• from Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) #89 (October 1964)

Shadow Boxed (Table of Contents)

Wilbur / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Rudy Lapick

Colors:

?

Letters:

Vincent DeCarlo

Content Information

Characters:

Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Alec; Linda Moore; Mert

Synopsis:

Linda follows Laurie and Wilbur because she feels they are acting suspicious. She follows them to an unknown house where Laurie brings her inside and introduces her to a blind date named Mert.

Reprints:

• from Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) #90 (October 1965)

Smart As An Ox! (Table of Contents)

Linda and Laurie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Rudy Lapick

Colors:

?

Letters:

Vincent DeCarlo

Content Information

Characters:

Linda Moore; Laurie Lake; Dodo; Wilbur Wilkin; Bolo Brown; Mr. Bumble; unnamed teachers

Synopsis:

Linda, not to be beaten by Laurie, goes to great lengths to receive a most helpful student award. It turns out that Laurie was only helping to raise her grades.

Reprints:

• from Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) #90 (October 1965)

Indexer Notes

Line changed from "Hmph! White squaw speak with spilt tongue" to 'Hmph! She speaks with a split tongue!".

A Few Arrangements (Table of Contents)

Laurie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Edwards

Pencils:

Joe Edwards

Inks:

Joe Edwards

Colors:

?

Letters:

Joe Edwards

Content Information

Characters:

Laurie Lake; Mr. Lake

Synopsis:

Laurie prepares for Wilbur's visit.

Archie's Gag Bag (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Veronica tries to drag Archie away from the TV for their date.

Reprints:

• from Archie newspaper strip from unknown date

The Big Count! (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Stan Goldberg ?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis:

Archie counts girls instead of sheep to fall asleep.

Diet Riot (Table of Contents)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Pet Fret (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Gladir

Pencils:

Tim Kennedy

Inks:

Mark McKenna

Colors:

Glenn Whitmore

Letters:

Janice Chiang

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Caramel; Veronica Lodge; Edgar; Ms. Burple

Synopsis:

Archie takes pictures of Betty and Vetonica's pets.

Everything's Archie (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Alex Segura

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Information on the month's Archie titles.