World of Archie Double Digest
#20
[Newsstand]
(September 2012)
Archie,
2010 Series
- Price
- 3.99 USD
- Pages
- 164
- Indicia Frequency
- Published ten times a year (monthly except March and November)
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Library
- Barcode
- 071896468502 20
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #20 [Direct Edition].
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Rosario Peña (signed as R Pena)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, I'm getting an upset stomach!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy (as balloon only); Svenson
- Synopsis
- Archie and Betty visit a carnival.
- Reprints
-
from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #112 (July 1980)
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Belle Ringer!
World of Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- 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
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- 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
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- 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
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Smith (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- 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
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (credited)
- Inks
- Alison Flood (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- 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
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 4 pages
- 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
She's Josie / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Smith (signed)
- Colors
- Rosario Peña (signed as R Pena)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Pepper; Melody
- Synopsis
- Introduction to the She's Josie (Archie, 1963 series) section.
Tennis Anyone?
Josie / comic story / 7 pages
- 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
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- 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
Josie / comic story / 10 pages
- 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]
Josie Pin-Up / cartoon / 1 page
- 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
Pop Tate / activity / 1 page
- 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]
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- 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
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- 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
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 1 page
- 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
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- 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
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- 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
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- 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
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- 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
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- 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!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- 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
Tropical Heat Rave
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- 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
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- 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
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- 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
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- 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
Archie and His Pals / comic story / 5 pages
- 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
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages
- 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]
Coach Clayton / activity / 1 page
- 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]
Archie's Madhouse / illustration / 1 page
- 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
comic story / 6 pages
- 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
Count Congo
Mad House / comic story / 5 pages
- 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 Mad House (Archie, 1974 series) #106 (February 1977)
-
It Blowed Up Real Good!
Professor Flutesnoot / activity / 1 page
- 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]
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- 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
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- 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
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- 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!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- 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)
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Archie, I'm getting an upset stomach!"]
Archie -
1.
Belle Ringer!
World of Archie -
2.
All Wet
Archie -
3.
Quick Change Artist
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Everyday Monsters
Archie -
5.
Cool It
Betty -
6.
The Challenge
Archie and the Gang -
7.
She's Josie
She's Josie -
8.
Tennis Anyone?
Josie -
9.
Wild Thing
Josie -
10.
War Is Heck
Josie -
11.
["Why don't you like my outfit, Mr. Jones?"]
Josie Pin-Up -
12.
Pop Tate's Secret Ingredients
Pop Tate -
13.
["Careful where you play..."]
Archie -
14.
Clueless
Archie -
15.
Decibel Destiny
Mr. Lodge -
16.
Un-suit-able
Mr. Lodge -
17.
Poetic License
Archie -
18.
Diet Riot
Archie -
19.
Robin Hood Winked
Betty and Veronica -
20.
Appreciation Day
Archie -
21.
A Work of Art!
Archie -
22.
Tropical Heat Rave
Archie -
23.
A Date For All Seasons
Archie -
24.
Topside Trauma
Archie -
25.
Pre-School Jitters
Archie -
26.
Lingering Summer
Archie and His Pals -
27.
Svenson Cleans Up
Archie and the Gang -
28.
["Whew!"]
Coach Clayton -
29.
["I...I can't hold them back any longer!"]
Archie's Madhouse -
30.
Man's Pest Friend
-
31.
Count Congo
Mad House -
32.
It Blowed Up Real Good!
Professor Flutesnoot -
33.
["Archie, I think we're lost!"]
Archie -
34.
It's A Gas
Reggie -
35.
Being Flip
Archie -
36.
Torpedo The Sub!
Archie -
37.
Everything's Archie
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