World of Archie Double Digest #20 [Newsstand]

(September 2012)

Belle Ringer! (Table of Contents: 1)

World of Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Mike DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

Digikore Studios (credited)

Letters

Janice Chiang (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Judy; Sandy; Nancy Woods; Chuck Clayton; Dilton Doiley; Ethel Muggs

Synopsis

At a carnival, Archie gives Betty a ring toss ring she dropped. Reggie sees this and spreads the rumor that Archie and Betty are engaged.

All Wet (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee goes kayaking and proves to be better at it than Archie and Reggie. His secret? His weight puts a hole in the kayak which allows his feet to walk down the river.

Reprints

• from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #105 (October 1978)

Quick Change Artist (Table of Contents: 3)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mrs. Dunlop; Mr. Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Veronica is outraged when mall guards falsely accuse her of shoplifting.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #67 (September 1993)

Everyday Monsters (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones; Smithers; Chuck Clayton; Juanita

Synopsis

Veronica has an everyday monsters party. For example, Archie comes dressed as the Homework Monster, Ethel comes dressed as the Gossip Monster, etc.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #524 (August 2002)

Cool It (Table of Contents: 5)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Alison Flood (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Betty Cooper; Mrs. Cooper; Mr. Cooper; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Disturbed by all the reminders of Archie that Betty has put up around the house -- including a life-size waterproof Archie in the shower, a recording of Archie's voice saying romantic things, and Archie photographs on her ceiling -- her dad tries to convince her to play hard to get.

Reprints

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #166 (October 1969)

Indexer Notes

Kathleen Webb is credited with this story in this digest. The original printing of this story is from October 1969, Kathleen Webb would have been 13 at that time, so this credit is wrong.

The Challenge (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie and the Gang / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Howard Bender (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; unnamed Central High students

Synopsis

Jughead wins an eating contest against a Central High student.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #201 (October 1988)

She's Josie (Table of Contents: 7)

She's Josie / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (signed)

Inks

Bob Smith (signed)

Colors

Rosario Pena [as R Pena] (signed)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Josie; Pepper; Melody

Synopsis

Introduction to the She's Josie (Archie, 1963 series) section.

Tennis Anyone? (Table of Contents: 8)

Josie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot

Synopsis

Josie, Melody and Pepper want a fourth for tennis, but every person runs away in terror when asked to step out on the courts with them. When Alexandra manages to trick her brother into becoming their fourth, we find out why everyone avoids them: they cause massive injury to any tennis partner.

Reprints

• from Josie (Archie, 1965 series) #29 (September 1967)

Wild Thing (Table of Contents: 9)

Josie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert

Synopsis

After Josie complains about Albert's slovenly appearance, Pepper and Melody take him in for a makeover, and he gets attired and coiffed according to the latest Carnaby Street style: "If you're not London, you're lost!"

Reprints

• from Josie (Archie, 1965 series) #29 (September 1967)

War Is Heck (Table of Contents: 10)

Josie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot

Synopsis

Alex borrows a remote-controlled army of toy soldiers and rockets from his father's factory, and uses them to wage total war on Albert. To protect Albert and defeat her brother, Alexandra retaliates with a simpler weapon: a gorilla. Unfortunately, the gorilla falls in love with Josie and knocks out Albert.

Reprints

• from Josie (Archie, 1965 series) #29 (September 1967)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Josie Pin-Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Why don't you like my outfit, Mr. Jones?

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Josie; Albert; Mr. Jones

Synopsis

Albert asks why Mr. Jones doesn't like his outfit.

Reprints

• from Josie (Archie, 1965 series) #29 (September 1967)

Pop Tate's Secret Ingredients (Table of Contents: 12)

Pop Tate / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Pop Tate

Synopsis

Unscramble the words below to discover the secret ingredients in some of Pop's recipes.

Reprints

• from Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #85 (June 2002)
which is reprinted
• from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #2 (February 1987)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Scarpelli; Craig Boldman

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli; Craig Boldman

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Careful where you play...

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead play ball while Mr. Andrews is gardening.

Reprints

• from Archie newspaper strip from unknown date

Clueless (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Betty is angry because Archie forgot her birthday.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #512 (September 2001)

Decibel Destiny (Table of Contents: 15)

Mr. Lodge / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge is tired of hearing Archie's car horn, so he goes boating.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #22 (October 1972)

Un-suit-able (Table of Contents: 16)

Mr. Lodge / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

?

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Mr. Lodge; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie helps Mr. Lodge by preventing him from investing in a bogus company.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #64 (June 1997)

Poetic License (Table of Contents: 17)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Harry Lucey (credited)

Inks

?

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

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

Synopsis

When Veronica accuses him of lacking poetry and romance, Archie brushes up on poetry and starts talking in flowery language all the time.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #177 (November 1967)

Indexer Notes

Poems referred to in the story include Longfellow's "A Psalm of Life" ("Footprints on the sands of time"), Kipling's "The Female of The Species" and Kipling's "The Vampire" ("A rag and a bone and a hank of hair").

Diet Riot (Table of Contents: 18)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis

Archie helps Mr. Weatherbee exercise so he can lose weight.

Reprints

• from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #122 (September 1980)

Keywords

jogging; skateboarding

Robin Hood Winked (Table of Contents: 19)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper [as herself and as Marion]; Veronica Lodge [as herself and as Princess Veronica]; Archie Andrews [as himself and as Archie Hood]; Jughead Jones [as Friar Juk]; Moose Mason [as Little Johnny]; Dilton Doiley [as Dil Scarlet]; Reggie Mantle [as The Sheriff Of Nuttyham]

Synopsis

Bored with watching Veronica and Archie attempt archery, Betty has a daydream that she is in the middle of the Robin Hood legend.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #175 (July 2002)

Keywords

archery

Appreciation Day (Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Al Hartley (credited)

Pencils

Al Hartley (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie gets his mom flowers.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #118 (July 1985)

A Work of Art! (Table of Contents: 21)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Dan Parent (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jack Swift; Brenda

Synopsis

Archie watches a caricature booth while the artist buys some food, and a girl demands a drawing from Archie.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #48 (May 2000)

Tropical Heat Rave (Table of Contents: 22)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Bill Vigoda (credited)

Inks

Terry Szenics

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

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

Synopsis

On a hot day, Reggie annoys Archie by asking "hot enough for you?" and then gets the other kids to say the same tired old phrase to the sweltering Archie.

Reprints

• from Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #13 (1961-1962)

Indexer Notes

Feature changed from Reggie to Archie. Line changed on page 6 from "Beggars can't be choosy!" to "Beggars can't be choosers!". The colors have also been changed from the original story.

A Date For All Seasons (Table of Contents: 23)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Jughead helps a broke Archie set up a romantic birthday date with Betty.

Reprints

• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #91 (September 2019)
• in Archie Giant Comics Hop (Archie, 2019 series) (2019)

Topside Trauma (Table of Contents: 24)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews

Synopsis

Archie's frisbee gets stuck on the garage roof. When he tries to retrieve it, Mr. Andrews yells at him. Later, Mr. Andrews gets stuck on the garage roof retrieving his frisbee.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #372 (November 1989)

Pre-School Jitters (Table of Contents: 25)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Rex Lindsey (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot; Jughead Jones; Svenson; Coach Clayton

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee hires Archie to prepare the school for September, but Archie only causes chaos.

Reprints

• from World of Archie (Archie, 1992 series) #12 (November 1994)

Lingering Summer (Table of Contents: 26)

Archie and his Pals / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Miss Grundy tries to teach her class, but the class is still daydreaming about summer.

Reprints

• from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #17 (December 1990)

Svenson Cleans Up (Table of Contents: 27)

Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Svenson; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot

Synopsis

Svenson wins the lottery and donates the money to the school.

Reprints

• from Riverdale High (Archie, 1990 series) #1 (August 1990)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Coach Clayton / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Whew!

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Coach Clayton

Synopsis

Circle every other letter to discover what Coach Clayton found in Jughead's locker.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Archie's Madhouse / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I...I can't hold them back any longer!

Characters

Archie Andrews; Clyde Didit; Captain Sprocket; Mighty Chick; Super Snail; Captain Pumpernik

Synopsis

Introduction to the Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) reprint section.

Man's Pest Friend (Table of Contents: 30)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Dick Malmgren

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Doctor Fink-Stein; Egad

Synopsis

Egad wants a girlfriend, so Doctor Fink-Stein brings a wooden mannequin to life for him.

Reprints

• from Mad House (Archie, 1974 series) #114

Count Congo (Table of Contents: 31)

Mad House / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Samm Schwartz (credited)

Inks

Samm Schwartz (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Samm Schwartz

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Count Congo; unnamed kid

Synopsis

A kid and his giant gorilla look for work in New York City.

Reprints

• from Tales Calculated to Drive You Bats (Archie, 1961 series) #2 (January 1962)

It Blowed Up Real Good! (Table of Contents: 32)

Professor Flutesnoot / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Professor Flutesnoot

Synopsis

Cross out the letters in the odd-numbered boxes to discover the first law of chemistry.

Reprints

• from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #12 (September 1989)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Scarpelli; Craig Boldman

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli; Craig Boldman

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Archie, I think we're lost!

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Archie won't stop for directions.

Reprints

• from Archie newspaper strip from unknown date

It's A Gas (Table of Contents: 34)

Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Reggie Mantle; Ms. Beazly; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Reggie asks for a bicarbonate of soda.

Reprints

• from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #47 (March 1977)

Being Flip (Table of Contents: 35)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

?

Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Ms. Beazly; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie has a fly in his soup.

Reprints

• from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #47 (March 1977)

Torpedo The Sub! (Table of Contents: 36)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Ms. Wilson; Jughead Jones; Nancy Woods; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton; unnamed children

Synopsis

Reggie has a great time giving substitutes a hard time-that is, until the tables are turned.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #395 (January 1992)

Everything's Archie (Table of Contents: 37) (Expand) /

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