Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #257

(February 2015)

Snow Problem! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

J. Torres

Pencils

Bob Bolling

Inks

Jim Amash

Colors

Digikore Studios

Letters

Jack Morelli

Genre

humor; teen; children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Little Archie offers to help Little Betty and Little Veronica build a snowman, but they decline his offer because they thinks he's a klutz.

Reprints

• in Archie 1000 Page Mega Comics Digest (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
which is reprinted
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #317 (April 2021)

Snow Show (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr.

Inks

Jim DeCarlo

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Archie's job driving a snowmobile for advertisement purposes gets him a lot of girls.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #303 (April 1981)

Easel Weasel (Table of Contents: 3)

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; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Archie and Reggie attend a local art gallery and meet a famous artist.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #391 (September 1991)

Heads I Win (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Rex Lindsey

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text

C'mon, Jug, before you buy the whole store...

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley

Synopsis

Archie gets a rare coin in his change that's worth $5,000 but he loses it in the arcades.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #128 (March 1987)

The American Way (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr.

Inks

Jim DeCarlo

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie has trouble getting his car to start after leaving it out on a cold winter night, so he and Jughead come up with a way to keep it warm.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #291 (April 1980)

Cold Hard Truth (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Bob Smith

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Archie and the gang make a video of themselves at the beach at the end of summer so they can watch it during the cold, dreary months of winter.

Reprints

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

Slow Go (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Samm Schwartz

Inks

Samm Schwartz

Colors

?

Letters

Samm Schwartz

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews

Reprints

• from Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #54 (February 1988)

[Life With Archie #62] (Table of Contents: 8)

Life with Archie / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob White

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

?

Letters

Jon D'Agostino

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #62 (June 1967)

Indexer Notes

Cover reprint used as the title page for the next section featuring The Archies reprints.

The Song Is Ended (Table of Contents: 9)

The Archies / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Bob White

Inks

Bob White

Colors

?

Letters

Bob White

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Bobby Baron; unnamed musicians; unnamed people; Sinister Sid

Synopsis

Sinister Sid, a villain with an all-consuming hatred of music ("It's all-consuming, you know!"), creates a special smog that has the power to destroy music. Soon no one can sing or play or even remember what music sounds like. The Archies set off on a magic carpet ride to find this "music-napper" and end his anti-melodic reign of terror.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #64 (August 1967)

Indexer Notes

Script identifiable as Doyle by his style as well as his love of references to old songs.

Songs referred to in this story include "Birth of the Blues," "What's New," "That Old Black Magic," "Bill," "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing," "Blues In the Night," "Ol' Man River," "Without a Song," "Bye Bye Birdie," "The Sound of Music," "The Star-Spangled Banner," "Stranger In Paradise," "I Don't Want To Set the World On Fire," and "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever."

Part of a series of surreal "Archies" stories influenced by The Monkees and the Beatles' "Help!"

Breadfruit Bonanza! (Table of Contents: 10)

The Archies / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Bob White

Inks

Mario Acquaviva

Colors

?

Letters

Mario Acquaviva

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh, we're lucky 'cause we're plucky and when everything gets mucky...

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Captain Yech

Synopsis

The Archies win a luxurious vacation on tropical Breadfruit Island, where it turns out that contest winners are pressed into service picking breadfruit for the rest of their lives.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #66 (October 1967)

Indexer Notes

In this early "Archies" story, the group is just Archie, Reggie, and Jughead.

Archie Rhymes (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Archie Andrews

Reprints

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #106 (March 1999)

Indexer Notes

Figure out the rhymes.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hi, Archie! I'm selling cookies for the Riverdale Girls' Club!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper

Reprints

• from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #58 (February 1983)

Mall Check (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Samm Schwartz

Inks

Samm Schwartz

Colors

?

Letters

Samm Schwartz

Genre

teen

Wheel Spiel (Table of Contents: 14)

The Archies / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr.

Inks

Jim DeCarlo

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Rod Ollerenshaw

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

The Archies [Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle]

Synopsis

Archie's horoscope tells him that "wheels will be his undoing", so he forces The Archies to travel to their gig via balloon, dogsled, and snowshoes. The band gets to the gig late, and finds that their act has been replaced by a band called The Wheels.

Reprints

• from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #99 (February 1985)

The Giving Game (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Chic Stone

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Archie is angry at Reggie for buying him a cheap Christmas gift. Betty encourages him to pretend she's Reggie and take out his hostility on her.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #232 (February 1974)

Snowball Effect (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Dan Nakrosis

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Archie finds himself in trouble with two guys when he accidentally drops his ice cream on them at the mall.

Reprints

• from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #204 (March 2004)

My Pal Reggie (Table of Contents: 17)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Greg Crosby

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Bob Smith

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Reggie is being usually nice to Archie to drive him crazy.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #531 (March 2003)

Dancing Lesson (Table of Contents: 18)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Bob Smith

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Moose Mason; Midge Klump

Synopsis

Archie's parents and Betty's parents chaperone the school dance and show the kids they types of dance moves they used when they were young.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #593 (March 2009)

Hall of Fame (Table of Contents: 19)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Chic Stone

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead trick a freshman into running in the halls right past Mr. Weatherbee's office.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #250 (February 1976)

A Sense of Rumor (Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Angelo De Cesare (as Angelo DeCesare)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

John Lowe

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Midge Klump; Pop Tate; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods

Synopsis

Archie overhears Mr. Weatherbee suggest a Major Jack Bullard to take his place for a week and tells everyone that Bullard will turn the place into a military school.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #469 (March 1998)

Remember Me? (Table of Contents: 21)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Look at this, Arch!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Archie plans to reach out to a TV executive that he knows about appearing in a safety commercial.

Reprints

• from Archie 1000 Page Mega Comics Digest (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)

The Same Game! (Table of Contents: 22)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Archie makes a fool of himself at the ice rink, showing off for Veronica.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #543 (February 2004)

Keywords

Ice skating; winter

The Iceman Cometh (Table of Contents: 23)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Stan Goldberg

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate; Mr. Finley

Synopsis

Mr. Finley has created a pill that instantly freezes any liquid.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #222 (April 1981)

Down Memory Lane (Table of Contents: 24)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Bob Bolling

Inks

Jim Amash

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis

Archie reminisces about how Betty and Veronica fought over him when they were kids.

Reprints

• from Archie 1000 Page Mega Comics Digest (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
which is reprinted
• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #205 (March 2010)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Wilbur / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Can you name anything that we get from chemistry that we'd be better off without?

Genre

humor; teen

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)

Troubadour Trouble (Table of Contents: 26)

Wilbur / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Vincent DeCarlo (as Vince DeCarlo)

Colors

?

Letters

Vincent DeCarlo (as Vince DeCarlo)

Genre

teen

To the Point (Table of Contents: 27)

Wilbur / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Edwards ?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Slats

Synopsis

Slats hurts his head, slamming it into the roof of his new foreign car after sitting on Laurie's knitting needles.

Reprints

• from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #120 (March 1957)

Keywords

knitting needles; nurse; sports car

Check Up! (Table of Contents: 28)

Linda and Laurie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Wilbur; Linda; Laurie

Synopsis

Laurie, who is feeling out-of-sorts, suggests that Linda go to the dance with Wilbur in her stead. Linda, thinking some sort of trickery is in play, is suspicious of Laurie's motives.

Reprints

• from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #118 (November 1956)

Going the Distance (Table of Contents: 29)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Golliher

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis

Archie throws a paper airplane and ends up in detention.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #533 (May 2003)

Archie's Winter Rhyme (Table of Contents: 30)

Archie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Rex Lindsey

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #222 (May 1991)

Hat Trick (Table of Contents: 31)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Splat!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Archie doesn't know where the snowball that hit him came from.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #159 (April 1971)

Indexer Notes

Pantomime gag.

Droll Soul (Table of Contents: 32)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Poor Archie crashed into the tree!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Crashing into a tree while skiing is just one of Archie's problems.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #68 (February 1972)

Trunk Line to Treachery (Table of Contents: 33)

Archie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

adventure; humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie uncovers a plot by Mr. Lodge's right-hand man to take over his company. Archie and Mr. Lodge have to use a trunk lid as a toboggan and slide down a hill to stop the hostile takeover in time.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #167 (March 1976)