World of Archie Double Digest #58

(June 2016)

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Thrills & Chills! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

James Gartler (credited)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Glenn Whitmore (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews; Connie; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica take Mary to an amusement park.

Reprints

• in Archie 1000 Page Comics 75th Anniversary Bash (Archie, 2016 series) (2016)

Keywords

amusement park; roller coaster

Idiotic Epidemic (Table of Contents: 3)

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

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Miss Beazly; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats; Coach Clayton; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Svenson

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee imagines what it would be like if Archie's clumsiness was contagious.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #409 (March 1993)

Gourmet Cafeteria (Table of Contents: 4)

Mr. Weatherbee / 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

teen

Characters

Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Beazly; Miss Phlips; Professor Flutesnoot; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

When Miss Beazly's cousin takes over the cafeteria temporarily, everyone is sorry to see her leave and Miss Beazly return.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #205 (April 1989)

Isn't It Obvious? (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper: Mr. Perennial

Synopsis

Veronica wonders why Betty is gardening, instead of a gardener.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #165 (October 2001)

Failure to Communicate (Table of Contents: 6)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie talks Jughead into asking out the new girl in school. Unknown to Jughead she has a twin and Jughead ends up making dates with both girls.

Reprints

• from Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #66 (April 2000)

Keywords

twins

Safety First (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Rich Margopoulos (credited)

Pencils

Doug Crane (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Kathy Hackney; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; Mr. Svenson; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee tours the school with Kathy Hackney, a safety expert, but she turns the heads of every boy in school, causing accident after accident.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #207 (July 1989)

[We're getting the team back together] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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Co-Ed Game (Table of Contents: 9)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Midge Klump

Synopsis

Jughead throws a touchdown pass to Ethel in a co-ed football game.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pal Jughead Comics (Archie, 1993 series) #91 (April 1997)

Keywords

football; touchdown

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Garden of Evil (Table of Contents: 11)

Life with Archie / comic story / 11 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

adventure; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Mr. Blackson

Synopsis

Archie figures out that it was Mr. Blackson who killed Mr. Lodge's plants before they could be entered into the flower show, and he manages to fix the situation.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #170 (June 1976)

Claim to Fame (Table of Contents: 12)

Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Doug Crane (credited)

Inks

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Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Sir William the Stouthearted; Jonathan Weatherbee; "Pie" Weatherbee; Paul Revere

Synopsis

Archie helps Mr. Weatherbee get an exhibit of Weatherbee's ancestors history ready for a local library and Mr. Weatherbee discovers that every ancestor had somebody like Archie around.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #591 (November 1988)

Keywords

American Revolution; baseball; Boston Tea Party; genealogy; knight

Soda Jerky (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Fernando Ruiz ?

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge takes Archie to a baseball game.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #486 (August 1999)

Keywords

baseball

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Professor Flutesnoot / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Find the names of the science words...

Characters

Professor Flutesnoot

Reprints

• from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #24 (September 1992)

Indexer Notes

Find the words puzzle.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Mr. Svenson Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sir, Mr. Svenson had an accident...

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Svenson

Synopsis

Svenson breaks a leg of a desk.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #41 (June 1999)
which is reprinted
• from Archie daily (King Feature Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX

[Archie #7] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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Smirk Jerks (Table of Contents: 17)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

?

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot; Coach Kleats

Synopsis

With summer vacation just around the corner, Mr. Weatherbee can't get anyone to concentrate on school.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #30 (August 1998)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

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Getting away from It All (Table of Contents: 19)

Pop Tate / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harold Smith

Pencils

Al Bigley

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Pop Tate; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Pop closes the shop to take a short vacation.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #63 (December 2002)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Running in the Fast Lane (Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Hal Lifson (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Coach Kleats; Victor Gorelick (cameo)

Synopsis

Betty helps Archie train for the Riverdale High Mini Marathon, but everyone else has their own advice to give.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #594 (April 2009)

Keywords

marathons; track

Canoe Believe This? (Table of Contents: 21)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Fred, Mary and Archie reminisce about the fun times they had in the family canoe.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #83 (May 2004)

Keywords

canoe

The Case of the Missing Dolls (Table of Contents: 22)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mr. Baker; Doyle; Alvin Calvin; Mr. Moriarty; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Archie and Betty discover who has been stealing the dolls from a Suzy's doll exhibit.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #267 (July 1988)

Water Boy (Table of Contents: 23)

Miss Grundy / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

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Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Miss Grundy talks to her plants and Reggie tries to play a trick on her.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #196 (May 1988)

Stamp Out Archie (Table of Contents: 24)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Harry Lucey (credited)

Inks

Marty Epp (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

When Archie gets Veronica a stamp for a letter, he grabs a rare stamp valued at a $1000. The stamp was part of Mr. Lodge's collection and was sitting on his desk.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #193 (August 1969)

Keywords

stamp collecting

Indexer Notes

The first and last line of this story, "What we have here is a failure to communicate," is a quote from the then-recent movie "Cool Hand Luke."

Let's Have a Blast! (Table of Contents: 25)

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

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot; Dilton Doiley; Professor Pike; Professor Szafran; Professor Singh; Veronica Lodge; Ms. Crouton

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee and Professor Flutesnoot implement a new chemistry setup in hopes of keeping Archie from blowing up the lab daily.

Reprints

• from Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #119 (April 1994)

How to Control Your Dreams (Table of Contents: 26)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman (credited)

Pencils

Rex Lindsey (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hot Dog; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Jughead explains to the reader how to control their dreams.

Reprints

• from Jughead (Archie, 1987 series) #26 (October 1991)

Keywords

alligator; dream; nightmare

Empress Veronica (Table of Contents: 27)

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

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica compare the dreams they had the previous night.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #123 (May 1998)

Keywords

dream

A Prom to Remember (Table of Contents: 28)

The Archies / 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

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods

Synopsis

When the prom band cancels, The Archies are asked to play the Riverdale prom.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #144 (August 1989)

Keywords

prom

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Bag of Tricks (Table of Contents: 30)

Archie 1 / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Archie 1; Betty 1; Veronica 1; Moose 1; Jughead 1

Synopsis

Archie 1 tries to learn to fight.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #139 (November 1988)

The Thing Maker (Table of Contents: 31)

Archie 1 / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead 1; Archie 1; Betty 1; Veronica 1; Reggie 1; Moose 1

Synopsis

Nobody knows what Jughead's invention is.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #97 (October 1981)

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Test Zest (Table of Contents: 33)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Samm Schwartz

Inks

Samm Schwartz

Colors

?

Letters

Samm Schwartz

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Miss Jenkins; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Jughead isn't worried about Miss Jenkins test.

Reprints

• from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #44 (July 1975)

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Pride Chide (Table of Contents: 35)

Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre

teen

Characters

Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Reggie expects to play major league baseball.

Reprints

• from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #42 (August 1977)

Keywords

baseball

Tragic Magic (Table of Contents: 36)

Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre

teen

Characters

Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

The boys attend a magic show.

Reprints

• from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #42 (August 1977)

[Welcome to the New Riverdale] (Table of Contents: 37) (Expand) /

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Mow Woe (Table of Contents: 38)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Samm Schwartz

Inks

Samm Schwartz

Colors

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Letters

Samm Schwartz

Genre

teen

Characters

Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Jughead is offered a job mowing a lawn.

Reprints

• from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #56 (October 1977)

Home Insecurity (Table of Contents: 39)

Archie / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Arie Kaplan (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Smithers

Synopsis

When the Lodge's new security system goes haywire Archie saves the day with his trusty "swerve" ball.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #595 (May 2009)

Keywords

baseball

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