Jughead's Pal Hot Dog #4 [Newsstand]

(August 1990)

[I'm On My Way] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Dick Tracy (1990 film) / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Mutts to You! Part 1 (Table of Contents: 2)

Hot Dog / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Nate Butler (credited)

Pencils

Doug Crane (credited)

Inks

Nate Butler (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Editing

Regina Curro

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Out! Out! I've told you hair-brained hounds a hundred times: You can't come into my Chok'lit Shoppe!!

Genre

humor; children; teen

Characters

Hot Dog; Pablito; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Hot Dog and Pablito use a transmogrifier to make themselves into humans, but unknown to them it also turns Archie and Reggie into dogs.

Reprints

• in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #107 (December 2004), #172 (September 2011)

Keywords

Transmogrifier

Indexer Notes

Indices at bottom of page 3.
Brief advertisement at the bottom of page 5 for Explorers of the Unknown #2 on sale May 22, 1990.
Brief advertisement at the bottom of page 8 for Archie Comics and Digests at B. Dalton Stores, Waldenbooks, Comic Shops and most supermarkets.
Part 2 continues on page 12.

[The Ultimate Game Club] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[To Riverdale and Back Again] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

?

Job Number

?

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; K-Bay

Indexer Notes

Two letters printed in contest, cash prize, format, 1st prize and 2nd prize.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Mutts to You! Part 2 (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Nate Butler

Pencils

Doug Crane

Inks

?

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Editing

Regina Curro

First Line of Dialogue or Text

By the way, my name is Hot Dog!...Er...I mean "Hart Doug"...Umm...Doug Hartley, that is!!...Heh.Heh...!!

Genre

humor; children; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hot Dog [Doug Hartley]; Pablito [Paul Leetle]; Pop Tate; Hot Dog; Pablito

Synopsis

As Betty and Veronica begin to fall for the two transformed dogs, Hot Dog and Pablito manage to make it back to the Transmogrifier and hit the restore button.

Reprints

• in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #107 (December 2004), #172 (September 2011)

Keywords

Transmogrifier

Indexer Notes

On the bottom of page 13 is a brief advertisement for Jughead's Time Police #2 on sale June 26, 1990 and Jughead's Double Digest #4 on sale May 8, 1990.
On the bottom of page 17 is a brief advertisement for Little Archie #609 on sale May 29, 1990 and Josie #610 on sale June 6, 1990.

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Rockets and Wrestling Part 1 (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Nate Butler

Pencils

Doug Crane

Inks

Pat Kennedy

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Hot Dog [Bark-Man]; Bertie; the A.S.P.C.A.; Croaker; Hunk Hairball; Flatcat; W.C. Fleas; Edgar Allen Pow

Synopsis

Hot Dog responds to an urgent call for help but is fooled by the A.S.P.C.A. who blasts him with a missile and sends him hurling into a wrestling match landing on and crushing the champion. In the process he looses his memory and a large chunk of Bruto's moon is blown off which turns into a meteor as it is pulled by Bruto's gravity.

Reprints

• in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #172 (September 2011)

Keywords

Bruto's moon; Planet Bruto

Indexer Notes

Rockets and Wrestling is a continuation from issue #3.
Part 2 of Rockets and Wrestling continues on page page 29.
The bottom of page 20 has a brief advertisement for Jughead's Diner #3 on sale June 12, 1990.
The bottom of page 23 has a brief advertisement for The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #12 on sale May 29, 1990.
The bottom of page 24 has a brief advertisement for Archie's R/C Racers on sale May 8, 1990.

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

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

Hot Dog's "Cut It Out" Fashions (Table of Contents: 15)

activity / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

Regina Curro

Characters

Hot Dog

Synopsis

A cutout paper doll style activity. Outfits include official Astro-Mutts uniform, the casual look, big date, beddy bye, and gnarly.

Indexer Notes

The bottom of page 27 has a brief advertisement for an all new Riverdale High #1 on sale June 6, 1990.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

Rockets and Wrestling Part 2 (Table of Contents: 17)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Nate Butler

Pencils

Doug Crane

Inks

Pat Kennedy

Colors

?

Letters

?

Editing

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

So, you say I'm Sgt. Slobber, the leading contender for the overweight wrestling championship of the world?

Genre

humor; children; teen

Characters

Hot Dog [Bark-Man, Sgt. Slobber]; Edgar Allen Pow; W.C Fleas; Bertie

Synopsis

W.C. Fleas quickly tells Bark-Man he is Sgt. Slobber and introduces him as Edgar Allen Pow's new opponent for the overweight wrestling championship of the world. One blow from Edgar Allen Pow and Bark-Man's memory returns. Bark-Man quickly defeats Edgar and flies off to stop the meteor redirecting it to A.S.P.C.A. headquarters thereby saving Planet Bruto. As wrestling fans boo Bark-Man for cheating by using superpowers, Bertie beams him back to the moon.

Reprints

• in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #172 (September 2011)

Indexer Notes

Continued from part 1, same issue.
Bottom of page 29 is a brief advertisement for the Archie Fan Club.
Bottom of page 33 is a brief advertisement for Archie 3000 #10 on sale June 5, 1990 and Veronica #10 on sale July 3, 1990.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Taste of Adventure Part 1 (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Capri Sun; Archie and his friends / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Cool Rules (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Chester Cheetah; Cheetos / advertisement / 1 page (report information)