Archie Double Digest #280

(August 2017)

[Read it all on the Archie App] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Beachwatch! (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

Glenn Whitmore (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Kristi Whitecaps

Synopsis

Archie is an extra in a movie called Beachwatch.

Reprints

• in Archie Giant Comics Treat (Archie, 2017 series) (2017)
• in Archie and Friends Beach Party (Archie, 2019 series) #1 (2) (August 2019)

Keywords

sunburn

Indexer Notes

Beachwatch is a spoof of Baywatch.

Witchcraft (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Max

Synopsis

Archie thinks Veronica is driving Mr. Lodge's new racing boat.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #331 (September 1984)

Imagination (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 6 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; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Miss Rogers; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Inspired by Reggie telling him to "go fly a kite", Archie thinks up new ideas and sells them to a toy company.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #525 (September 2002)

That Suits Me (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Alison Flood (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Archie spends the afternoon watching Betty and Veronica try on bikinis.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #79 (September 1994)

Boys Will Be Boys! (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper

Synopsis

When Archie goes on vacation with the Coopers he ends up spending all his time with Betty's dad instead of Betty.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #66 (October 1998)

Windy Ways (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Al Hartley (credited)

Pencils

Al Hartley (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

A gale force wind almost ruins Archie's date with Veronica.

Reprints

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #210 (October 1967)

[Your Pal Archie #1] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

Heavy Levy (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead discover a toll booth for surfers.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #28 (September 1973)

Keywords

surfing

[Archie #633] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Pencils

Dan Parent (signed)

Inks

Dan Parent (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Valerie Brown; Star Andrews

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #633 (July 2012)

Keywords

guitars

Archie Marries Valerie!! Part 3 of 4! A Star Is Born (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

Digikore Studios (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Characters

Josie And The Pussycats; The Archies; Melody; Valerie Smith; Archie Andrews; Josie; Jughead Jones; Alex Cabot; Alexandra Cabot; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Trev Smith; Mr. Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Mr. Smith; Mrs. Smith; Star Andrews

Synopsis

Valerie's family moved to Riverdale, and Valerie walked down Memory Lane to a possible future. That future included marriage, a child, and new members in both rock groups: The Archies and Josie And the Pussycats.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #633 (July 2012)

[Over the Edge] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

[Marvel Comics Digest #1] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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Shout Bout (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Jughead tries to warn Archie about a hole.

Reprints

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #162 (August 2005)

A Cause for Pause (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Archie and Reggie pause their fight when two pretty girls walk bye.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #120 (November 1985)

Jest Jogging (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Archie jogging on the beach.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #554 (October 1985)

Indexer Notes

Wordless story

[Archie's Coloring Book] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

Homesick Camper (Table of Contents: 18)

Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews

Reprints

• from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #4 (September 1987)

Indexer Notes

Unscramble the message puzzle.

[The Muppets] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Diamond Select; Muppets / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Beach Speach (Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie thinks he's in charge until Veronica shows up.

Reprints

• from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #200 (October 2003)

Picture Perfect (Table of Contents: 21)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Danny Dee (photographer); Clarissa (Danny's assistant); Sly Sludge (rival photographer); Pop Tate (cameo)

Synopsis

Archie gets invited for a summer internship with a swimsuit photographer Danny Dee. They fly to Naruba for a swimsuit shoot and run into Sly Sludge, rival photographer. The film gets destroyed and Archie saves the day by bringing Betty and Veronica in as replacement models.

Reprints

• from Archie's Vacation Special (Archie, 1994 series) #4 (Summer 1996)

The Big Burn (Table of Contents: 22)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Chic Stone (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

When Archie and Mr. Weatherbee collide in the water at the beach, Mr. Weatherbee foolishly agrees to go for a ride with Archie on his jet-ski. When the jet-ski breaks down near a deserted beach, Archie volunteers to go looking for help. Naturally, he ends up distracted by girls and Mr. Weatherbee ends up with a severe sunburn.

Reprints

• from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #87 (October 1976)

Lost Cause (Table of Contents: 23)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Hal Smith (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

When Archie borrows Veronica's car he gives its GPS system a nervous breakdown.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #485 (July 1999)

Keywords

GPS

Inside-Out! (Table of Contents: 24)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Al Nickerson (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews

Synopsis

Archie moves his bed into the back yard and tries to sleep outside.

Truck 32 (Table of Contents: 25)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Harry Lucey (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Mantle; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

While working for the local newspaper, Archie uncovers a case of graft involving someone on the city council.

Reprints

• from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #20 (October 1974)

Keywords

graft

Wiener Wars (Table of Contents: 26)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited); Bill Golliher (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (layouts; credited); Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Alison Flood (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle; Gaston the chef; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs

Synopsis

Betty and Archie agree to staff Pop Tate's Hot Dog Cart at the local beach. When Veronica catches wind of Betty drumming up business by selling in her bikini, she brings her own pushcart and designer swimsuit. Pretty soon it's hot dog wars on the beach.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #5 (October 1993)

Tangled Web (Table of Contents: 27)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

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Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews

Synopsis

Archie tries to help his parents with yardwork but ends up getting tangled up in various ropes.

Reprints

• from Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #128 (September 1996)

Motor Mouth (Table of Contents: 28)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge tells Archie he always wanted to be a race car driver so Archie shows him how realistic modern racing video games have become.

Reprints

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #201 (October 2009)

Keywords

auto racing; video game

The Egg Beater (Table of Contents: 29)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

When Veronica is offended by a new student in school, Archie offers to teach him a lesson until he learns that the new student is much bigger than he is.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #80 (December 1979)

Caddy Shock (Table of Contents: 30)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge gets Archie as a caddy at a golf course and has the best game of golf in his life.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #428 (October 1994)

Keywords

golf

Dog Daze (Table of Contents: 31)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Golliher (credited)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

The gang has a cook out in the park but Veronica's prize steaks soon become food for the dogs that have escaped the local dog show.

Hooked Again (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

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie just wants to watch the ball game on TV but Betty and Veronica have other plans for him.

Reprints

• from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #293 (August 1975)

Repair Flair (Table of Contents: 33)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Micky Martin

Synopsis

Veronica gets Betty a summer job as a jet ski mechanic.

Reprints

• from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #181 (August 2001)

Keywords

jet ski

Indexer Notes

In the original printing the credits are hidden in a sign in panel two but that has been removed in this reprint.

Splash Downer (Table of Contents: 34)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

The kids at camp pull pranks on Archie, causing him to get wet several times.

Reprints

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #211 (October 2010)

Keywords

summer camp

Scooter Trouble Shooter (Table of Contents: 35)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks

John Costanza (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Archie has a motorized scooter but there is one problem.

Reprints

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #126 (August 2001)

Keywords

scooter

Don't Weight Up (Table of Contents: 36)

Archie / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Veronica weighs herself on an old-fashioned weight and fortune scale.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #109 (October 1976)

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

Rachel Antonoff / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Gone with the Wind (Table of Contents: 38)

Little Archie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Bolling (credited)

Pencils

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks

Bob Bolling (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

children

Characters

Little Archie; Little Betty; Sue Stringly

Synopsis

On the way to Sue Stringley's birthday party Little Archie and Little Betty save a baby owl and return it to its mother.

Reprints

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #135 (September 2002)

Keywords

cactus; hawk; Hockomock Swamp; jokes; owl

How To Train Your Dog! (Table of Contents: 39)

Little Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Spotty (Archie's dog)

Synopsis

Spotty is a very obedient dog - - when he wants to be.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #551 (August 1985)

Birthday Presents Puzzle (Table of Contents: 40)

Little Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Characters

Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Veronica; Little Reggie; Spotty

Reprints

• from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #4 (September 1987)

Indexer Notes

Unscramble the words to find out what Little Archie got for his birthday.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

Little Archie Gag Bag / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Dexter Taylor

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

All I said was that I thought I was good at paperwork!

Genre

children

Characters

Little Archie; Little Veronica; Little Jughead; Little Betty; Little Reggie

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #545 (January 1985)

Keywords

scuba diving

Indexer Notes

Three one-panel gags.

[20% off all Archie Comics] (Table of Contents: 42) (Expand) /

Midtown Comics / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Net Nut (Table of Contents: 43)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica wants Archie to play badminton, Betty wants him to help with the barbecue.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #247 (August 1976)
which is reprinted
• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #161 (June 1971)

Keywords

badminton; barbecue

[Graphic Novel Super Store] (Table of Contents: 44) (Expand) /

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

Distress Call (Table of Contents: 45)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead hear cries of distress and look for the lifeguard.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #118 (November 1967)

Keywords

lifeguard

[Double Digest Bundle Pack] (Table of Contents: 46) (Expand) /

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The ABC's of Arch (Table of Contents: 47)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Rex Lindsey ?

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

What each letter in A-R-C-H means.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #476 (October 1998)

[Welcome to the new Archie Comics] (Table of Contents: 48) (Expand) /

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

Barbecue Blunder! (Table of Contents: 49)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews; Little Archie; Little Jughead; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

During a picnic Fred, Mary and Archie reminisce about their past picnics.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #558 (August 2005)

Keywords

picnic

Sandman (Table of Contents: 50)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Harry Lucey (credited)

Inks

Chic Stone (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews

Synopsis

The pain of walking on a hot beach with bare feet leads Archie into even worse disasters as he tries to get some relief for his aching tootsies.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #239 (November 1974)

[Subscribe to all your favorite comics double digests...] (Table of Contents: 51) (Expand) /

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[Try these new Archie comics digests!] (Table of Contents: 52) (Expand) /

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[Riverdale] (Table of Contents: 53) (Expand) /

CW / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Squirrel Attack!] (Table of Contents: 54) (Expand) /

Hamstersaurus Rex / advertisement / 1 page (report information)