Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #246 [Newsstand]

(January 2014)

The Tiny Tree Trimmer (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Jingles; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Jingles, Santa's problem elf, is back to help the gang trim the Christmas Tree.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #567 (January 1987)

Keywords

Christmas; Christmas tree

The Holiday Spirit (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Betty has cooked Archie a meal for Christmas. But where Archie is, so is Jughead.

Reprints

• from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #287 (February 1975)

Here We Come A-Caroling (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Greg Crosby (credited)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica are singing Christmas Carols across town.

Reprints

• from Archie's Holiday Fun Digest (Archie, 1997 series) #8 (December 2003)

Keywords

Christmas carols

The Poor Tycoon (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited as Jimmy DeCarlo)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Smithers; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

The gang decides they should do something nice for Mr. Lodge for Christmas.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #535 (January 1984)

The Greatest Gift (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Butler

Synopsis

Archie and the girls think everybody is happy at Christmastime until they meet an angry, bitter old shopkeeper who hates Christmas. Archie realizes that the real test of whether they enjoy Christmas or just live it is whether they're willing to do something nice for this mean old man.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #154 (February 1975)

Keywords

Christmas

Talk Balk (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Synopsis

Archie has a sore throat.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #235 (August 1977)

Dream Drama (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Archie tells Betty about a dream where he dreamed he was 35 years old.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #233 (June 1977)

Home Sweet Home (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Pencils

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Inks

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Dexter Taylor

Genre

children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty; Santa Claus; Mortimer Mouse

Synopsis

The story of Mortimer, a homeless mouse in search of a warmer climate. After a stint working for Santa Claus at the North Pole, he is delivered to the Andrews home, where Little Archie's parents won't let him stay.

Reprints

• from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #25 (Winter 1962-1963)

Keywords

mouse; North Pole

Indexer Notes

A story told entirely in rhyme (both in the captions and dialogue).

A Special Christmas Present (Table of Contents: 9)

Little Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Bolling (credited)

Pencils

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks

Bob Bolling

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty

Synopsis

When Little Archie says there's no Santa Claus, Fred decides to rekindle his son's belief by dressing up as Santa.

Reprints

• from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #21 (Winter 1961-1962)

Keywords

Christmas

Indexer Notes

Credits in the reprints lists Dexter Taylor as contributing art to this story. Several experts including Little Archie historian Gary Brown believe that this is in error.

Gone Today, Hair Tomorrow! (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Mr. Weatherbee; Svenson; Mr. Flutesnoot; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge (cameo)

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee hears there is a new hair growing product that could grow hair on a billiard ball.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #468 (February 1998)

Just Plain Wrong (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Boswick (a client of Mr. Lodge's); Chris Boswick; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Veronica cancels a date with Archie when her father asks her to entertain a client's son. When Archie goes to Veronica's to dispute the matter, everyone finds out that Chris is actually a lovely girl. So Archie ends up going out with her -- all paid for by Mr. Lodge -- and Veronica stays home.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #581 (March 2008)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the original. This digest credits Mike Esposito as inker, and Bill Yoshida as letterer.

Fireball (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica's carelessness causes the Lodge Mansion to catch on fire but luckily Archie is there to save Veronica.

Reprints

• from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #36 (June 1976)

Mother's Little Helper (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Harry Lucey (credited)

Inks

?

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

If Archie makes life easier for his mother, his father will give him ten dollars.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #74 (June 1968)

Time Bomb (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Riverdale is going to plant a time capsule to be opened up in 2113, and Mr. Lodge offers some old papers of historical interest to go into the capsule.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #105 (March 1983)

Keywords

time capsule

The Big Stall (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited as Jimmy DeCarlo)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo); Reggie Mantle (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo)

Synopsis

Archie is doing other things instead of his homework.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #348 (June 1987)

Buying Shoes! (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Veronica takes Archie shoe shopping.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #532 (April 2003)

Indexer Notes

Story with same title and number of pages is in Archie #532, credited there to Greg Crosby (w) and Bob Smith (i).

Shop Worn (Table of Contents: 17)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited as Jimmy DeCarlo)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews (cameo)

Synopsis

Archie is forced to hold his mother's purse.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #292 (May 1980)

The Big Switch (Table of Contents: 18)

Archie / comic story / 5 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

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews

Synopsis

Archie's TV remote starts talking to him.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #479 (January 1999)

Car Trouble (Table of Contents: 19)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

John Lowe (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Betty is having trouble car shopping, but Archie agrees to help her out.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #93 (January 2001)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Obviously ... Archie is terrified of something!!!

Reprints

• from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #18 (March 1991)

Indexer Notes

Puzzle

A Tale of Two Coats (Table of Contents: 21)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie needs a new coat.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #530 (February 2003)

Archie's Jazzy Jackets (Table of Contents: 22)

Archie / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

?

Colors

Barry Grossman ?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #252 (January 1986)

Indexer Notes

Fashion illustrations

Brain Storm (Table of Contents: 23)

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

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge forbids Archie from coming in the house, but thinks Reggie has a brain in his head.

Reprints

• from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #98 (August 1977)

The Fencing Lesson (Table of Contents: 24)

Life with Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)

Inks

?

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited as Bill Y.)

Genre

drama; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

A kid tries to fence a radio to Archie and Betty.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #223 (June 1981)

Keywords

shop lifting

Safe at Home (Table of Contents: 25)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

The Andrews are thinking about getting a home security systerm.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #445 (March 1996)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman (signed)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (signed)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Where's the remote?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead can't find the tv remote.

Reprints

• from Archie Sunday (Creators Syndicate) ????.??.??

The Singing Fool (Table of Contents: 27)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle ?

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Archie is singing requests.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #122 (July 1965)

Archie Classics (Table of Contents: 28)

Pat the Brat / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo ?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

children

Reprints

• from Pat the Brat (Archie, 1956 series) #20 (May 1957) [Bottom cropped, cover data removed]

The Impatient Patient (Table of Contents: 29)

Pat the Brat / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob White (signed)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Pat Smith; Oswald Smith; Mrs. Smith

Synopsis

Pat is acting as a doctor, first with the cat, and then with dad.

Reprints

• from Pat the Brat (Archie, 1956 series) #21 (July 1957)

Indexer Notes

Signature added to reprint.

Pat's Pen Pals (Table of Contents: 30)

Pat the Brat / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Pat Smith; Mrs. Smith

Synopsis

Pat has a new pen pal.

Reprints

• from Pat the Brat (Archie, 1956 series) #22 (September 1957)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Pat's Gag Bag / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

(Puff) (Puff) Lady!

Genre

humor; children

Reprints

• from Pat the Brat (Archie, 1956 series) #21 (July 1957)

Ba Ba Black Sheep (Table of Contents: 32)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; children; teen

Characters

Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie and Veronica exchange Christmas presents.

Reprints

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #298 (February 1975)

Keywords

Christmas

The Big Party (Table of Contents: 33)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate (cameo); Dilton Doily (cameo); Chuck Clayton (cameo); Nancy Woods (cameo); Ethel Muggs (cameo); Hot Dog

Synopsis

Veronica promises Archie the first kiss of the New Years, and Jughead the first piece of cake of the New Year.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #432 (February 1995)

Keywords

Mustang (car); New Year's Eve

Holiday Heroes (Table of Contents: 34)

Archie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Alex Simmons (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Digikore Studios (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Kevin Keller; Pop Tate (cameo)

Synopsis

Archie's friends are collecting toys for the charity "Toys for Tots".

Keywords

Christmas; Mustang (cars); Toys for Tots