Archie and Me Comics Digest #16

(May 2019)

[How to get your free comic] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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Vet Regret (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Bill Golliher (credited)

Pencils

Bill Golliher (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

Glenn Whitmore (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Vegas

Synopsis

Vegas and Hot Dog don't want to go to the vet and try to hide in the zoo.

Keywords

dog catcher; vet

The Beat Goes On! (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Golliher (credited)

Pencils

Rex Lindsey (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Pop is forced to replace his juke box because no one in the city knows how to repair the antique.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #46 (March 2001)

That's the Ticket (Table of Contents: 4)

Chuck & Moose / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Bill Golliher (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods

Synopsis

Chuck and Moose put their foot down when Midge and Nancy plan all of their dates without consulting them.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #8 (May 1994)

Keywords

date; dating; movie theatre

Family Tree Trials (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Elaine

Synopsis

Archie finds that researching his family tree can be a painful undertaking.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #332 (November 1984)

Keywords

family tree; genealogy; graveyard; library

Indexer Notes

Archie finds that he is distantly related to Midge. Veronica has a new "Michael Jaxon" album called "Thrille", a reference to Michael Jackson's "Thriller."

Sure Lure (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Girls, I don't know how to break it to you but I have terrible news for the Archies!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Karen; Sue; Melissa; Ricky Mantle; Vicky Mantle

Synopsis

Reggie's uncle invites him on a trip to Hawaii and Archie interviews some people to replace Reggie in the band while he is gone.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #128 (March 1987)

Shoe Biz! (Table of Contents: 7)

Dilton / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Bill Golliher (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy

Synopsis

Archie agrees to test Dilton's latest invention, shoes that give the wearer an extra bounce in their step.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #65 (May 2002)

[Chilling Adventures of Sabrina] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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Reggie's Fashion Flair (Table of Contents: 9)

Reggie / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr.

Inks

Dan DeCarlo Jr.

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

fashion

Characters

Reggie Mantle

Reprints

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #391 (November 1983)

Indexer Notes

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

[Read it all on the Archie App.] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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Treasure Quest (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Al Nickerson (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Archie and Reggie think they have found a pirate's treasure map in the back of an old painting.

Reprints

• from Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #9 (April 2006)

Keywords

pirate treasure; treasure map

Chick Kick (Table of Contents: 12)

Moose / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump

Synopsis

Archie tells Moose that he should have his picture taken with lots of "chicks" to make Midge jealous. Unfortunately Moose mis-understands.

Reprints

• from Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #51 (1987)
which is reprinted
• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #210 (July 1975)

Pop’s Last Stand (Table of Contents: 13)

Jughead / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman (credited)

Pencils

Rex Lindsey (credited)

Inks

Rex Lindsey (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Pop Tate; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Dave Krocker

Synopsis

A fast food chain named "Pop's" comes to town and sues Pop Tate for infringing on their trademark.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pal Jughead Comics (Archie, 1993 series) #104 (May 1998)

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[Tomorrow, Everything Changes] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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A Really Tough Question (Table of Contents: 16)

Moose / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harold Smith (credited as Hal Smith)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Moose volunteers to be an investigative reporter.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #472 (June 1998)

Indexer Notes

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

[Archie Meets Batman '66] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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Fan Elan (Table of Contents: 18)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton

Synopsis

Archie and his friends practice their music in a garage.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #484 (June 1999)

[The Man From R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E.] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

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Cluck Clique (Table of Contents: 20)

Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Hartley

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

D-uh! I thought teachers were meant to be smart!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Moose Mason; Archie Andrews

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #161 (June 1971)

Grade Charade (Table of Contents: 21)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Al Hartley

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Archie, you had the worst mark in our algebra exam!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #161 (June 1971)

The Hero (Table of Contents: 22)

Archie and Me / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Bob Bolling

Inks

Marty Epp

Colors

?

Letters

Marty Epp

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy

Synopsis

After Mr. Weatherbee breaks Archie's fall from a flagpole, Archie decides to devote himself to serving the man who saved his life, and his gratitude makes things miserable for Mr. Weatherbee. Miss Grundy suggests that the only way to stop this is to arrange for Archie to save the principal's life.

Reprints

• from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #9 (August 1966)

Indexer Notes

Mr. Weatherbee goes to see the movie "Wonderball," a take-off on the most recent James Bond film at the time, "Thunderball."

Think or Swim (Table of Contents: 23)

Archie and Me / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Edwards (signed)

Inks

Joe Edwards (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee puts Archie in an empty classroom so he can concentrate and write his composition for Miss Grundy.

Reprints

• from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #26 (February 1969)

Practice Makes Perfect (Table of Contents: 24)

Moose / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Moose tries to become more popular by telling jokes.

Reprints

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #339 (July 1978)

The Archie Awards (Table of Contents: 25)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Harold Smith (credited as Hal Smith)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Victor Gorelick; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats

Synopsis

Victor Gorelick hands out awards to the Archie characters.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #285 (July 1991)

Indexer Notes

Editor Vic Gorelick appears in the story as master of ceremonies.

Gasser (or "He Got His Lumps by the Pumps") (Table of Contents: 26)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Bolling (credited)

Pencils

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Feely Pincher

Synopsis

Archie goes to pick up the object of Mr. Lodge's latest merger attempt, the wealthy miser Feely Pincher. Meanwhile, Mr. Lodge has to take Archie's place as an attendant at a Dreggs gas station.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #47 (August 1968)

Keywords

gas station

Indexer Notes

First appearance of "Dreggs," the chain of "low-quality gas stations" owned by Mr. Lodge. They would recur in many subsequent Bob Bolling stories.

To Dye For (Table of Contents: 27)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman (credited)

Pencils

Rex Lindsey (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Coach Clayton; Coach Kleats; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Jughead shows up for gym class in a tie-dye shirt.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pal Jughead Comics (Archie, 1993 series) #118 (July 1999)

Memories Are Made of This (Table of Contents: 28)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Al Bigley (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Mr. Weatherbee; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Ethel Muggs; Miss Beazly; Chuck Clayton; Veronica Lodge; Coach Kleats; Professor Flutesnoot; Miss Grundy; Mrs. Sanchez; Svenson

Synopsis

Riverdale High creates a time capsule and each student places something inside.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #69 (June 2003)

Keywords

time capsule

Book Banter (Table of Contents: 29)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Mario Acquaviva

Colors

?

Letters

Mario Acquaviva

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Pop Tate; Midge Klump

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead find a book of magic spells in the library, and unknown to them, all the spells affect Reggie.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #160 (December 1965)

Keywords

library; magic spells; super-strength

Bite Plight! (Table of Contents: 30)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Pencils

Pat Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Mark McKenna (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Phil Felix (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Tooth Faery; Bing; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Jughead looses a tooth and meets the local Riverdale Tooth Faery.

Reprints

• from Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #37 (April 2010)

Mixed-Up Media! (Table of Contents: 31)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Al Nickerson (credited)

Colors

Josh Ray (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Mr. Dee

Synopsis

The gang puts on a TV news show but everything is a disaster, causing their teacher to think they are actually doing a parody of a news show, which he thinks is brilliant.

Reprints

• from Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #8 (March 2006)

I Feel Your Pain! (Table of Contents: 32)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman (credited)

Pencils

Rex Lindsey (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Ethel Muggs

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead have developed a psychic link. Jughead feels Archie's pain every time he has an accident, and every time Jughead eats Archie has pains in his stomach.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pal Jughead Comics (Archie, 1993 series) #150 (June 2003)

The Hardest Part (Table of Contents: 33)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Ruth (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Today's the big bowling championship, right boys?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doily

Synopsis

Dilton tries to help the guys in a bowling tournament.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #255 (July 1986)

Keywords

bowling

The Brushoff (Table of Contents: 34)

Dilton / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Harry Lucey (credited)

Inks

Mario Acquaviva (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Mario Acquaviva (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy

Synopsis

Reggie causes all sorts of havoc with some invisible paint that Dilton developed.

Reprints

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #215 (March 1968)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

Moose's Oddball Sports Reports / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A high school basketball player...

Genre

humor; sports

Characters

Moose Mason; Bronco Nagurski

Synopsis

Moose "reports" on various oddball happenings in sports.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #5 (July 2011)

Keywords

basketball; football; golf; marathon; ping pong; soccer; tennis

Indexer Notes

All the stories here appear to be factual.

Candy Dandy (Table of Contents: 36)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Jughead convinces Reggie to throw his candy away.

Reprints

• from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #53 (May 1980)

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The Banning of Bingo! (Table of Contents: 38)

That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe

Synopsis

When Samantha's grades go down, Mr. Smythe assumes it's because she's been seeing too much of Bingo, and forbids them to see each other until her grades improve.

Reprints

• from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #23 (July 1973)

Perfectly Clear (Table of Contents: 39)

That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Uncle Herman; Rebel

Synopsis

When Bingo can't hit any of Samantha's pitches, former pro ballplayer Uncle Herman tries to give him some pointers.

Reprints

• from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #28 (July 1974)

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

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Betty scoffs at Veronica's new de-aging mud cream. However Mr. Lodge overhears and decides to try some.

Reprints

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #104 (August 1964)

[Archie Milestones] (Table of Contents: 42) (Expand) /

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Vengeance (Table of Contents: 43)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Chuck! That's filthy old crankcase oil! Who'd be rotten enough to pull a miserable trick like that?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Coach Clayton; Slim Caulfield

Synopsis

After Coach Clayton removes Slim Caulfield from the team he and his father try to get revenge on him and Chuck.

Reprints

• from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #44 (May 1977)

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