Archie and Me Comics Digest #4

(March 2018)

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Red-Head Alert! (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie and Me / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Angelo De Cesare (credited as Angelo DeCesare)

Pencils

Bill Golliher (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Glenn Whitmore (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie ruins a demonstration of Mr. Lodge's new security system.

Reprints

• in Archie Modern Classics (Archie, 2019 series) #1 ([February] 2019)
• in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #17

Keywords

drone; security system

The Dilemma (Table of Contents: 3)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Donald; Miss Beazly; Ethel Muggs; Dilton Doiley; Yvette; Hot Dog; Dave

Synopsis

Jughead needs several boxes of chocolate to give to the women in his life, hoping that they shower him with food in return.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pal Jughead Comics (Archie, 1993 series) #79 (April 1996)

Keywords

Valentine's Day

Star Time (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Floyd Clayton

Synopsis

News of a college scout being in the audience has the boys' basketball team trying to impress him during a game with individual hot-dogging.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #213 (March 1990)

Keywords

basketball

Painter’s Helper (Table of Contents: 5)

Reggie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Inks

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Reggie doesn't want to help paint the student lounge.

Reprints

• from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #95 (April 1977)

On Thin Ice (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Chic Stone (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Archie offers to teach Midge how to ice skate, but Moose is less than happy with the idea.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #252 (April 1976)

Keywords

ice skating

Picture Perfect! (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Al Nickerson (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica is offended when Archie says an abstract painting reminds him of her.

Reprints

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #159 (May 2005)

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Mystery Message (Table of Contents: 9)

Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Gus Lemoine

Inks

Gus Lemoine

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Moose gives Midge a message for Reggie.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #170 (March 1972)

Indexer Notes

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

Rocky Romance (Table of Contents: 10)

Betty / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Gus Lemoine

Inks

Gus Lemoine

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper

Synopsis

Betty will take any attention from Archie that she can get.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #170 (March 1972)

Indexer Notes

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

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

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

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Genre

children

Reprints

• from The Archie Babies (Archie, 2011 series)

Rainy Day Play (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie Babies / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Kunkel (credited)

Pencils

Art Mawhinney (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

Matt Herms (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

children

Recess Time (Table of Contents: 13)

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

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

children

Indexer Notes

Four one-panel gags and a connect the dot puzzle.

More Recess Time (Table of Contents: 14)

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

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Genre

children

Indexer Notes

Three one-panel gags, a crossword puzzle and a maze puzzle.

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

Archie Babies / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Rain, rain go away

Indexer Notes

A poem.

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Reggie Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

---and in conclusion, we must conserve energy in our classrooms, in our homes, wherever we are --- and furthermore---

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Reggie Mantle; Professor Flutesnoot; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Reggie gives a student seminar on energy conservation.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #267 (April 1980)

Keywords

energy conservation

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[Fruit Bowl; 12 Inch Ruler; Baseball Bat] (Table of Contents: 20)

Open the Door, Dilton! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor

Characters

Dilton Doiley

Synopsis

Dilton discovers a fruit bowl, a 12 inch ruler and a baseball bat.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #227 (December 1976)

Indexer Notes

Three two-panel gag strips.

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Yolk Joke (Table of Contents: 22)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

The egg drill is very important in developing stickhandling!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Coach Kleats wants the team to work on their stick handling by using an egg to force the players to develop a light tough.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #92 (May 1981)

Keywords

hockey

Will the Real Archie Please Stand Up (Table of Contents: 23)

Life with Archie / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Rich Margopoulos (credited)

Pencils

Gene Colan (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Prince Kafoufi; Reggie Mantle; Floyd; Mr. Weatherbee; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

A foreign prince, Kafoufi, is kidnapped in Riverdale. Archie looks exactly like the kidnapped prince and poses as him, hoping the kidnappers would release the Prince.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #273 (July 1989)

Keywords

kinapping

Work Quirk (Table of Contents: 24)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Holly Golightly (credited as Holly G!)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason; Hot Dog; Gladys Jones

Synopsis

Jughead describes the many ways of doing homework.

Reprints

• from Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #100 (March 2004)

Oh, No! (Table of Contents: 25)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Ken Selig (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Cody

Synopsis

Veronica refuses to go on a double date with Betty and Cody.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #107 (January 2007)

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Highs and Lows (Table of Contents: 27)

Dilton / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards (credited)

Pencils

Joe Edwards (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dilton, you got a 99 on your science test!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Dilton Doily; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Professor Flutesnoot; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Dilton becomes the weatherman on the high school's new TV channel.

Reprints

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #403 (November 1985)

A Menu for Writing (Table of Contents: 28)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Jughead shouldn't write when he is hungry.

Reprints

• from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #133 (April 1995)

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Changed Man (Table of Contents: 30)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Rex Lindsey (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie drops his lucky coin from the third floor of the mall and then tries to find it.

Reprints

• from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #141 (June 1996)

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Riverdale's Got Talent! (Table of Contents: 32)

Archie and His Pals / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

John Workman (credited)

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Archie and His Friends

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Ginger Lopez (cameo); Reggie Mantle; Regent Fillpot (the host); The Judges [Morgan Pierce; Chardonnay; Hassle Davidoff]; Geraldine Grundy; Debbie Foster; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason; Nancy Woods (cameo); Chuck Clayton (cameo)

Synopsis

A reality-based talent show comes to Riverdale.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #107 (April 2007)

Indexer Notes

This story is a parody of the TV show "America's Got Talent" with host Regis Philbin [Regent Fillpot] and judges Piers Morgan [Morgan Pierce], Brandy [Chardonnay] and David Hasselhoff [Hassle Davidoff].

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