Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine #23 [Newsstand]

(March 2013)

[Double the Double] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Monster Musings (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Pat Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Mr. Harris; Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton

Synopsis

Nancy shows her boss at the monster museum some of Chuck's monster cartoons.

Reprints

• in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #274 (November 2019)

Point of View (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Professor Flutesnoot; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley

Synopsis

Professor Flutesnoot accidentally gives Archie Dilton's test.

Lonely Lobo (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Bolling (credited)

Pencils

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

adventure; humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Billy Grumbelly; Kanyook (wolf); un-named zookeeper

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee tells us how Archie came to have a strange attachment to an old, mean wolf at the zoo. In flashback, Archie goes up to Mr. Lodge's North Woods retreat to do a report on wolves, and goes flying over the forest with Mr. Lodge. When the plane crash-lands and Archie is knocked out, Mr. Lodge goes to get help, but while he's alone in the stranded plane, Archie is almost trampled by a stampede of caribou. And after he manages to out of the plane, he faces an even worse problem: Kanyook, a starving outcast wolf who used to be the leader of his pack.

Reprints

• from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #149 (February 1985)

Keywords

caribou; wolves

Indexer Notes

As Bolling explains in a footnote, Mr. Lodge's lodge in the North Woods and his angry caretaker, Billy Grumbelly, originally appeared in a story (also by Bolling) in Little Archie #155.

Ski Scholar (Table of Contents: 5)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Reggie offers to teach Betty about skiing.

Reprints

• from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #6 (June 1969)

Keywords

skiing

New View (Table of Contents: 6)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Jughead looks at Ethel thru the wrong end of a pair of binoculars.

Reprints

• from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #23 (April 1971)

Work Quirk (Table of Contents: 7)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre

humor

Characters

Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

After watching a mural painter, Jughead knows what he wants to be when he grows up.

Reprints

• from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #23 (April 1971)

[Prom Princesses] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

Nice Ice (Table of Contents: 9)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

humor

Characters

Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Reggie writes his name in the ice with his skates.

Reprints

• from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #11 (February 1970)

Keywords

ice skating

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Explorers of the Unknown / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

adventure

Indexer Notes

Illustration used as the title page for the next section featuring Explorers of the Unknown reprints.

The Amazing Super Secret Origin Of The Explorers Of The Unknown! (Table of Contents: 11)

Explorers of the Unknown / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

Rich Margopoulos (credited)

Pencils

Rex Lindsey (credited as Rex W. Lindsey)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Mindy Eisman (credited)

Genre

adventure; teen

Characters

Explorers of the Unknown [Red [Archie Andrews] (a soldier of fortune); Angel [Veronica Lodge] (a martial artist); Nitro [Reggie Mantle] (an explosives expert); Squint [Jughead Jones] (a daredevil escape artist); Wheels [Betty Cooper] (a mechanic and pilot); Gizmo [Dilton Doiley] (a genius inventor); Spike [Moose Mason] (a Hollywood stuntman)]; Blaze [Cheryl Blossom] (The Explorers' CIA contact); Myron Pepperdinkle; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Archie is reading a book called the Explorers of the Unknown, whose characters remind him of his friends in Riverdale. In the book, while working on a movie about his life, Red fights a giant robot that goes on a rampage. He is aided by 6 other experts in their fields, and they form The Explorers of the Unknown. Their first mission: stop Myron Pepperdinkle and his destructive robots.

Reprints

• from Explorers of the Unknown (Archie, 1990 series) #1 (June 1990)

Indexer Notes

This Story is told in 4 chapters: Chapter 1 (6 pages), Chapter 2 (5 pages), Chapter 3 (5 pages), and Chapter 4 (5 pages)

[Double Digest Sample Pack] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

The Winner (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Archie loses an ice skating race because Reggie tied Archie's skates together.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #253 (March 1986)

Keywords

ice skating

[Archie's Giant Kids' Joke Book] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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

Chemistry Quiz (Table of Contents: 15)

Dilton / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Dilton Doiley

Reprints

• from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #21 (December 1991)

Indexer Notes

Chemistry themed unscramble the words puzzle.

Wooden It Be Nice (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Angelo De Cesare (credited as Angelo DeCesare)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Mr. Jordan; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Archie makes a bird house in shop class but his father accidentally destroys it.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #450 (August 1996)

Avalanche (Table of Contents: 17)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Jughead and Veronica get trapped in a cave during an avalanche.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #235 (January 1983)

Keywords

avalanche; mountain climbing

Test Run (Table of Contents: 18)

Big Moose / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

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Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Moose carries Midge through large snow drifts but when Archie tries the same trick with Veronica he drops her in the snow.

Reprints

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #312 (April 1976)

A Wrap Session (Table of Contents: 19)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley

Synopsis

Jughead refuses to ski down suicide hill.

Reprints

• from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #313 (April 1977)

Keywords

skiing

The Golden Ghost of Gusty Gap! (Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Rex Lindsey (credited)

Inks

Rex Lindsey (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Greta Grayson (ghost)

Synopsis

When Archie tries to go down an unused ski slope he is aided by the ghost of a skier that was killed years before in an avalanche.

Reprints

• from World of Archie (Archie, 1992 series) #14 (March 1995)

Keywords

avalanche; skiing

Bookworm (Table of Contents: 21)

Reggie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Harry Lucey (credited)

Inks

Harry Lucey (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Reggie discusses his place in the yearbook and tries to schmooze Mr. Weatherbee and Miss Grundy.

Reprints

• from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #8 (July 1973)

Keywords

yearbook

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman (signed)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (signed)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

I think I'll go say hi to your dad!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie scares Mr. Lodge every time he says hello.

The Frigid Flash! (Table of Contents: 23)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Bolling (credited)

Pencils

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks

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Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

The cold in the school causes Archie to move at super-speed.

Reprints

• from The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #75 (May 1992)

Cutting Edge (Table of Contents: 24)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Samm Schwartz (credited)

Inks

Samm Schwartz (credited)

Colors

Carlos Antunes (credited)

Letters

Samm Schwartz

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doily

Synopsis

On Jughead's advice, Reggie asks Dilton to use one of his self-made gadgets to sharpen his skates.

Reprints

• from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #202 (March 1972)

Keywords

ice skating

What Hoppened? (Table of Contents: 25)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Inks

? [as DeCarlo] (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Svenson; Jughead Jones (cameo)

Synopsis

Archie and Reggie use a pogo stick in the school's hallways.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #72 (February 1979)

Keywords

pogo stick

Catch a Wave (Table of Contents: 26)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Archie talks Dilton into tinkering with the wave machine in the Lodge Mansion's indoor pool.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #40 (April 2000)

Keywords

swimming

As Easy as 12-26-83 (Table of Contents: 27)

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

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Alison Flood

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Fed up with the boys eavesdropping on their conversations, Betty and Veronica develop a code to converse in.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #39 (May 1991)

Keywords

code; mall; secret language; shopping

Indexer Notes

The only credits listed are "Decarlo/Yoshida". The rest of the credits here come from the index of the original printing.

A Yelp for Help (Table of Contents: 28)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie can't afford supper at a fancy restaurant.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #132 (December 2002)

Scavenger Hunt (Table of Contents: 29)

Reggie / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Characters

Reggie Mantle

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #117 (February 2008)

Indexer Notes

Unscramble the words puzzle.

Favorite Lamps of Archie and the Gang (Table of Contents: 30)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Samm Schwartz ?

Inks

Samm Schwartz ?

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor

Characters

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

Synopsis

Each member has a specific type of lamp.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #242 (March 1978)

[Comic Book Fair] (Table of Contents: 31) (Expand) /

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Scratch Match (Table of Contents: 32)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Jughead finds a creative way to scratch his back at a museum.

Reprints

• from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #37 (January 1974)

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

The New Archies / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (signed)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (signed)

Colors

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Genre

children

Indexer Notes

Illustration used as the title page for the next section featuring New Archies reprints.

Snow Business (Table of Contents: 34)

The New Archies / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Amani; Eugene; Fangs

Synopsis

The gang face a rival hockey team at the local pond.

Reprints

• from The New Archies (Archie, 1987 series) #12 (February 1989)

Keywords

ice hockey

Lunch Time! (Table of Contents: 35)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards (credited)

Pencils

Joe Edwards (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy

Synopsis

Jughead tells time with his stomach.

Reprints

• from The New Archies (Archie, 1987 series) #12 (February 1989)

Babysitting Blues (Table of Contents: 36)

The New Archies / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Li'l Teddy Turner

Synopsis

Archie gets a job babysitting Li'l Teddy Turner, who is so naughty no other babysitter will take the job.

Reprints

• from The New Archies (Archie, 1987 series) #4 (April 1988)

[Archie Comics Subscriptions] (Table of Contents: 37) (Expand) /

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

Snow Job (Table of Contents: 38)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Gladys Jones

Synopsis

Jughead makes a snowman but doesn't clean the sidewalk.

Reprints

• from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #11 (May 1969)

Keywords

snowman

Heap Deep (Table of Contents: 39)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Moose Mason

Synopsis

Jughead and Moose walk through waist-deep snow.

Reprints

• from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #11 (May 1969)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman (signed)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (signed)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm going to walk by the gym...

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats; Coach Clayton

Synopsis

Veronica goes to the gym to watch the boys out-brag each other.

Reprints

• From Archie daily (Creators Syndicate) ????.??.??

Star Student (Table of Contents: 41)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Jughead watches Archie try to ski jump.

Reprints

• from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #5 (May 1968)

Keywords

ski jumping

'Toon Turnoff (Table of Contents: 42)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Mike DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Phil Felix (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Carol Norita

Synopsis

Carol works on her cartoon ideas but Chuck's suggestions keep getting in the way.

[Prom Princesses] (Table of Contents: 43) (Expand) /

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

Prom Princesses (Table of Contents: 44)

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

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Inks

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones; Maria; Frankie Ruiz; Reggie Mantle

Indexer Notes

5-page excerpt from the Betty and Veronica Prom Princesses collection.

[Prom Princesses] (Table of Contents: 45) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46) (Expand) /

Everything's Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Battle Beasts] (Table of Contents: 47) (Expand) /

Battle Beasts / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Download the Archie Comics App for free!] (Table of Contents: 48) (Expand) /

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