World of Archie Double Digest #64

(January 2017)

[The New Riverdale] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Spinner Winner! (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Tom DeFalco (credited)

Pencils

Pat Kennedy (credited); Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Glenn Whitmore (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Reggie gives Archie an early Christmas present, a spinner sled.

Keywords

sledding

Fresh Idea! (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie wants a fresh cut Christmas tree. They venture out into the country to a Christmas tree farm.

Reprints

• from Archie's Christmas Stocking (Archie, 1993 series) #1 ([January] 1994)

Keywords

Christmas tree

Clean Sweep (Table of Contents: 4)

Mr. Svenson / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski

Pencils

Al Hartley (see notes)

Inks

? (see notes)

Colors

?

Letters

Al Hartley (see notes)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Mr. Svenson; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy

Synopsis

Svenson is tired of all the cleaning Christmas entails. The gang helps him out and reminds him of the Christmas spirit.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #218 (January 1974)

Keywords

Christmas

Indexer Notes

Pencils are credited to Mike Pellowski and Stan Goldberg. It is unusual to see that combination. Inks are credited to Henry Scarpelli and letters are credited to Bill Yoshida.

The pencils appear to be Al Hartley, not those who are credited. See Betty's hairstyle and Jughead's hat, which is small for his head.

Lettering also appears to be Al Hartley, which would be normal for a story he drew.

Henry Scarpelli would be an unusual choice to ink Al Hartley, and with the other credits being listed incorrectly, the inker credit is suspect.

Engage the Enemy (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Vincent DeCarlo (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler

Synopsis

Veronica goes on the war path when she mistakenly assumes Archie is giving Betty an engagement ring for Christmas.

Reprints

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #202 (February 1967)

Season of Magic (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Bob White (credited)

Inks

Bob White (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jingles; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Jingles, the brownie from Santa's Workshop, returns to make mischief in Riverdale, but he's scared into leaving when he encounters multiple Santas.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #158 (January 1969)

Keywords

Christmas; Santa Claus

The Presents (Table of Contents: 7)

Miss Grundy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

Carlos Antunes (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Chuck Clayton; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Nancy Woods; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Miss Grundy reflects back on the presents she has been given by Archie and the gang when they were in third grade.

Reprints

• from World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010)

[Batphone Vinyl Bank] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Diamond Select / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Mr. Weatherbee Pin-Up / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm deeply touched Miss Grundy!

Genre

humor

Characters

Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy

Reprints

• from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #72 (February 1975)

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

Josie / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (signed)

Inks

Bob Smith (signed)

Colors

?

Indexer Notes

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

The Rescue! (Table of Contents: 11)

Josie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Vincent DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Josie; Melody; Pepper

Synopsis

Melody tries to protect Pepper from the advances of a nerdy boy by seducing him away from Pepper.

Reprints

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #168 (January 1964)

Dream Stuff (Table of Contents: 12)

Josie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Marty Epp (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert

Synopsis

The others gently mock Melody for her absolute faith that all the predictions in her dream-interpretation book will come true. Then they start coming true.

Reprints

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #169 (March 1964)

Keywords

billboard; dreams; wet cement

Fiddle Faddle (Table of Contents: 13)

Josie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Victor Gorelick (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Josie; Mr. Jones; Pepper; Albert

Synopsis

On her way to a violin lesson, an increasingly absent-minded Josie realizes that she forgot her violin at home, and sends Albert to get it.

Reprints

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #171 (June 1964)

Keywords

bullies; memory; violin

All Unstrung (Table of Contents: 14)

Josie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Vincent DeCarlo (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Josie Jones; Melody; Albert; Mr. Jones (Josie's father); Alexander Cabot III

Synopsis

Albert's obsession with his guitar puts an even bigger crimp in Josie's love life when Josie's dad gets his old banjo and joins Albert in a duet.

Reprints

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #173 (September 1964)

Keywords

banjo; baseball; folk music; guitar; zither

Indexer Notes

In most stories Josie's last name is McCoy. In a few, like this one, it is Jones.

[Josie and the Pussycats #2] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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Work Quirk (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead are painting the guest room.

Reprints

• from Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #52 (September 1982)
which is reprinted
• from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #8 (August 1971)

[Archie #14] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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Gym Whim (Table of Contents: 18)

Coach Kleats / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead set the school record for pull-ups.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #131 (December 1968)

Keywords

gym class

[Jughead #11] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

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Heart Art (Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica is making a birthday card for Archie.

Prize Problem (Table of Contents: 21)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Gladys Jones

Synopsis

Archie and Reggie work on a story problem.

[Reggie and Me #1] (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

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

Gimmick Gadget (Table of Contents: 23)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper (cameo)

Synopsis

Jughead carries a clipboard so he'll look busy.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #187 (August 1973)

Keywords

clipboard

Defeat From Within (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Coach Clayton; Coach Kleats; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Veronica and Nancy argue who is the better basketball player, Archie or Chuck. Their argument affects the play of the whole Riverdale team.

Reprints

• from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #55 (July 1978)

Keywords

basketball; teamwork

A Little Light Comedy (Table of Contents: 25)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Professor Flutesnoot; Svenson; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead try to transport a fluorescent light bulb from the basement to Mr. Flutesnoot's lab without breaking it.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #384 (February 1991)

Pilot Program (Table of Contents: 26)

Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Phil Felix (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Mr. Weatherbee; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Professor Flutesnoot

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee tracks down who is flying a remote control helicopter in the school hallways.

Reprints

• from World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #4 [Direct Edition] (April 2011)

Cool Rule! (Table of Contents: 27)

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

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

When Veronica sees slow sales at the mall she arranges for the Archies to play there to help drive up teen sales.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #168 (April 2009)

Indexer Notes

Could be from Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #168 but needs confirmation.

Food Fright (Table of Contents: 28)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie offers to make a gourmet meal for Betty and Veronica, who both don't believe he can cook.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #419 (January 1994)

Indexer Notes

Archie # 419 (apparently the first publication of this story) credits Frank Doyle with the script.

You Are What You Eat (Table of Contents: 29)

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 (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate

Synopsis

After Reggie makes fun of Jughead for putting pineapple on his hamburger, Jughead offers a lecture on the importance of getting proper nutrition.

Reprints

• from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #188 (January 1971)

Keywords

nutrition

Locker Lore (Table of Contents: 30)

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

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Frank Gagliardo (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Travis; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

School lockers are where the action is.

Reprints

• in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #1 (April 2019)

What's For Breakfast? (Table of Contents: 31)

Ms. Beazly / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Golliher (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Miss Beazly; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee decides that the students should have a hot breakfast each morning and wants Miss Beazly to serve it.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #51 (October 2001)

Like It Is, Baby (Table of Contents: 32)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Bill Vigoda (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Carlos Antunes (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Jughead spends the morning confounding the school faculty by carrying odd objects through the halls.

Reprints

• from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #177 (February 1970)

A Touch of Glass (Table of Contents: 33)

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

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Archie is inspired to write a new song by seeing a window washer at work.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #230 (March 1982)

Keywords

window washer

The Bear Truth (Table of Contents: 34)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Mr. Andrews is convinced there is a bear in his kitchen but it is only Jughead in a fur coat.

Reprints

• from Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #168 (May 2011)

[Betty & Veronica #2] (Table of Contents: 35) (Expand) /

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Aid Parade (Table of Contents: 36)

Mr. Lodge / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Santa Claus

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge needs a Christmas miracle from Santa to save his business.

Reprints

• from Archie's Holiday Fun Digest (Archie, 1997 series) #6 (December 2001)

Keywords

Christmas; wish list

[Betty and Veronica by Rachel Antonoff] (Table of Contents: 37) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Someone to Watch Over Me (Table of Contents: 38)

Archie 3000 / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Pat Kennedy

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Pat Brosseau

Genre

science fiction; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee places Archie in Super Detention, a pre-programmed detention room with a robot version of Mr. Weatherbee.

Reprints

• from Archie 3000 (Archie, 1989 series) #13 (December 1990)

Indexer Notes

Jon D'Agostino credits in this reprint do not match the original credits on this story.

Writers of the Lost Art! (Table of Contents: 39)

Archie 3000 / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Rex Lindsey (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

science fiction; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Miss Grundy; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis

Fearing that writing has become a lost art, Miss Grundy assigns the students to teams to write a four line poem.

Reprints

• from Archie 3000 (Archie, 1989 series) #7 (March 1990)

Keywords

poetry

[20% off all Archie Comics] (Table of Contents: 40) (Expand) /

Midtown Comics / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Santa Claws (Table of Contents: 41)

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

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Miss Grundy and Mr. Weatherbee agree to let the girls be in charge of the school's Christmas decorations. Betty and Veronica decide to start with boxes of Christmas decorations in the old storeroom in the basement. As they're unloading, they come across some mistletoe, so they hang some above the door to Study Hall, and pounce on Archie with smooches when he walks under it. A little while later, Veronica finds a Santa suit and puts it on, only to have Betty show up in an identical suit.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #477 (December 1978)

Keywords

Christmas; mistletoe

[Graphic Novel Library Sale] (Table of Contents: 42) (Expand) /

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Wrap Flap (Table of Contents: 43)

Betty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hot Dog

Synopsis

Hot Dog uses ribbon to tie up Archie and Betty.

Reprints

• from Archie Comics Super Special (Archie, 2012 series) #7 (January 2017)

Keywords

bow; gift; present; ribbon; tie

[Welcome to the New Riverdale] (Table of Contents: 44) (Expand) /

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 45)

Mr. Lodge Pinup / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What did you get Ronnie for Christmas, Mr. Lodge?

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

What did Mr. Lodge get Veronica for Christmas.

Reprints

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #274 (February 1973)

Keywords

Christmas

Holiday Prone (Table of Contents: 46)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Mr. Flutesnoot; Dilton Doiley; Coach Kleets; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Beazly

Synopsis

Archie is helping Miss Grundy decorate the school for Christmas and wrecks havoc.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #502 (January 1981)

Keywords

Christmas decorations; eggnog; garland; Santa Claus

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[The Best of Archie Comics Deluxe Edition] (Table of Contents: 49) (Expand) /

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[Riverdale] (Table of Contents: 50) (Expand) /

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