Archie's Double Digest Magazine
#136
[Newsstand]
(October 2002)
Archie,
1984 Series
- Price
- 3.29 USD; 3.99 CAD
- Pages
- 196
- Indicia Frequency
- 8 times a year in Jan., Feb., Apr., June, July, Sept., Oct. and Nov.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library; Archie 60th Anniversary
- Barcode
- 071896469516 36
- Editing
- Nelson Ribeiro; Victor Gorelick; Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #136 [Direct Edition].
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, are you catching a lot of waves on your cool, new surfboard?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doily; Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Later redrawn for the cover of Jughead and Archie Double Digest #4.
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Shore Things
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton
- Synopsis
- Archie and Chuck are at the beach discussing what to do for the day.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- jet ski; parasailing; surfing; volleyball; water skiing
The Perfect Fool
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Harry Lucey
- Inks
- Mario Acquaviva
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Victor Gorelick
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Big Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- When Reggie claims he's perfect, Archie and the gang put him to the test.
- Reprints
-
from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #166 (August 1966)
-
- Keywords
- conceit; football; jealousy
Fun Daze Together
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Doug Crane
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty and Archie try to spend a Saturday afternoon together, but events conspire against them.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #195 (November 1991)
-
Treasure Pleasure
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Samm Schwartz
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie convinces Jughead to go treasure-hunting with him.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #304 (September 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
Feature changed from "Jughead" to "Archie & The Gang" for this reprint.
Credits from Jughead #304.
Sail Tale
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie tries out for Mr. Lodge's sailboarding team.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #352 (October 1987)
-
- Keywords
- sailboarding
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #262, no credits listed in this digest.
The Beach Boss
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Chuck Clayton; Hank
- Synopsis
- Archie lets authority go to his head when he agrees to step in for his friend Hank the lifeguard.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #404 (October 1992)
-
- Keywords
- beach; lifeguards
Bad Breaks on Bongo Beach
Archie / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- adventure; humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Spotty; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Mr. McJitters
- Synopsis
- Archie, Mr. Weatherbee and Archie's dog Spotty are out on Bongo Beach fishing at night, while Mr. Lodge is out on his fishing boat with Veronica and an important client. Dilton arrives to show Archie a special rocket that will enable his fishing lure to reach farther out, and the rocket winds up taking Archie into the air and, eventually, into Mr. Lodge's boat.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #151 (June 1985)
-
- Keywords
- dune buggy; fishing
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Golf Gaff
Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie and Archie play miniature golf to determine who gets to help with the party at Veronica's house.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #122 (April 1980)
-
- Keywords
- miniature golf
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprinting of this story in Archie & Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #18.
Brave New World
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Rod Ollerenshaw (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie goes to the beach by himself.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #352 (October 1987)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #252, no credits listed in this digest.
Board Discord
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Surfboards make a good dance floor on the beach.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #116 (September 1967)
-
Archie One
Archie / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob White (credited)
- Inks
- Bob White (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie 1; Veronica 1; Jughead 1; Betty 1; Reggie 1; Weatherbee 1; Grundy 1; Pop Tate 1; Hiram Lodge 1
- Synopsis
- Reggie 1 outsmarts Archie 1 again and takes Veronica 1 on a date.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #71 (March 1968)
-
- Keywords
- dinosaurs
Indexer Notes
Unlike most Archie 1 stories this one includes some of the adult characters.
The Backward Advance
Archie 1 / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Prehistoric Reggie invents the bow and arrow (which he calls a "vine and stick"), but it only works when it's used backwards. Reggie stubbornly insists on using it the way he invented it.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #210 (July 1971)
-
Shark Lark
Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz (credited)
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Samm Schwartz (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie tries hunting a shark.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #91 (October 1976)
-
- Keywords
- dolphin; shark
Cool It!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Pencils
- Chic Stone (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie suggests some ways for Mr. Weatherbee to cool off at the beach, but he rejects them all as too dangerous.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #152 (August 1985)
-
- Keywords
- surfing; wind surfing
Go West, Young Dudes
The Archies / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Doug Crane (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge]
- Synopsis
- The Archies travel to California and play a beach prom.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #157 (September 1991)
-
The Car Pool
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Howard Bender (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- The girls all like riding in Archie's convertible until it starts to rain.
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #149 (August 1997)
-
Picture That
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Dilton's uncle
- Reprints
- from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #36 (September 1996)
-
[no title indexed]
Veronica Pin Up Page / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, look at all the fun you're missing by not being able to surf!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #186 (October 1965)
-
- Keywords
- surfing
Luck-Key Me
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Geraldine Grundy; Veronica Lodge (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo)
- Synopsis
- On a school camping trip, Mr. Weatherbee entrusts Archie with the key to their vehicle, but Archie gets distracted and later can't find the key.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #115 (December 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #70, no credits listed in this digest.
Skate Date!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie decide to meet girls while rollerblading. Reggie is the better skater but Archie is better with the girls.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #404 (October 1992)
-
- Keywords
- rollerblading
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #253, writing is credited to George Gladir and inks are credited to Rudy Lapick.
The Real World
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Chuck Clayton; Williams
- Synopsis
- Archie finally gets his friends to go outside for some summer activities but they are still tied to their electronic gadgets.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #404 (October 1992)
-
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #79.
It's a Mess
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Rich Margopoulos (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (credited)
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo (credited as James DeCarlo)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie's father tells him to clean up his room before he can go on his date with Veronica. He results to the old trick of filling his closet to the bursting point, but then gets distracted by old photos and a video game.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #343 (September 1986)
-
- Keywords
- closet; guitar; photographs; video games
Indexer Notes
Archie has a box of comic books in his room. In the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest #25, the script is mis-credited to George Gladir.
Vacation Vexation
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Joe Edwards (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee tries to keep his vacation secret so he won't run into Archie. He travels to an island in the Caribbean but then he sees that the Archies are playing at his hotel so returns home.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #86 (September 1976)
-
- Keywords
- space shuttle; vacation
A Sno' Saver
Little Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Little Betty has a bag of snowballs she saved in the freezer.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #38 (August 1997)
-
Boat Goat
Little Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Dexter Taylor (credited)
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor (credited)
- Inks
- Dexter Taylor (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Dexter Taylor (credited)
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- The Andrews family goes out in a boat that capsizes, and they wind up on a desert island.
- Reprints
- from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #20 (Fall 1961)
-
Net Fret
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie and Archie play ping pong.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #135 (May 1988)
-
- Keywords
- ping pong; table tennis
Handy Dandy
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Can Archie close a beach umbrella?
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #615 (November 1990)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've finally decided who I'm taking to the summer beach party!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #16 (September 1990)
-
Indexer Notes
Unscramble the phrase to find out who Archie is taking to the party.
Safety First
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie gets injured by his surfboard on dry land.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead Comics (Archie, 1993 series) #60 (September 1994)
-
- Keywords
- surfing
Dirty Car Pool
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie washes his car but it gets dirty again when he goes to pick up Betty.
- Reprints
Here Lies Love
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty has rented two videotapes that Archie wants to see. But Veronica's mother has scheduled a cultural home party and Veronica has told Archie he has to attend. Betty tricks Reggie into taking Archie's place with Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #153 (September 1986)
-
- Keywords
- chamber music; videotapes
Summer Simmer
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Chic Stone
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Nanci Dakesian; Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Dilton thinks Archie spends too much time focusing on girls.
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #53 (1988)
-
Rank Prank
Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie sabotages Archie's jalopy but his plan backfires when the two cars become stuck together by their bumpers.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #109 (October 1978)
-
Fool's House
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Fernando Ruiz (credited)
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Vickie Williams (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Gordon Hardsell; Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- A realtor finds it impossible to sell the house next door to the Andrews because of Archie's clumsiness.
- Reprints
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Explosion (Archie, 2014 series) ([July] 2014)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #252 (August 2014), #310 (July 2020)
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Table of Contents
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0.
["Archie, are you catching a lot of waves on your cool, new surfboard?"]
Archie -
1.
Shore Things
Archie -
2.
The Perfect Fool
Archie -
3.
Fun Daze Together
Betty -
4.
Treasure Pleasure
Archie and the Gang -
5.
Sail Tale
Archie -
6.
The Beach Boss
Archie -
7.
Bad Breaks on Bongo Beach
Archie -
8.
Golf Gaff
Reggie -
9.
Brave New World
Archie -
10.
Board Discord
Betty and Veronica -
11.
Archie One
Archie -
12.
The Backward Advance
Archie 1 -
13.
Shark Lark
Reggie -
14.
Cool It!
Archie -
15.
Go West, Young Dudes
The Archies -
16.
The Car Pool
Archie -
17.
Picture That
Archie -
18.
["Archie, look at all the fun you're missing by not being able to surf!"]
Veronica Pin Up Page -
19.
Luck-Key Me
Archie -
20.
Skate Date!
Archie -
21.
The Real World
Archie -
22.
It's a Mess
Archie -
23.
Vacation Vexation
Mr. Weatherbee -
24.
A Sno' Saver
Little Archie -
25.
Boat Goat
Little Archie -
26.
Net Fret
Archie -
27.
Handy Dandy
Archie -
28.
["I've finally decided who I'm taking to the summer beach party!"]
Archie -
29.
Safety First
Jughead -
30.
Dirty Car Pool
Archie -
31.
Here Lies Love
Archie -
32.
Summer Simmer
Archie -
33.
Rank Prank
Reggie -
34.
Fool's House
Archie
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