Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest #5

(December 2019)

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

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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Indexer Notes

Introduction to the next section featuring Halloween stories.

Touch and Go (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Sy Reit (credited)

Pencils

George Frese (credited)

Inks

George Frese (credited)

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie and Veronica go to a scary movie but it's not Veronica that gets scared.

Reprints

• from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #63 (July-August 1953)

The Escort (Table of Contents: 4)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

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Letters

Vincent DeCarlo (credited)

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Betty and Veronica

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; an unnamed monster

Synopsis

Veronica thinks that a monster roaming the halls of Riverdale High is really Archie in disguise. She even gets him to take her to a dance on Saturday night where all the students have to dress up like monsters.

Reprints

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #113 (May 1965)

Keywords

costumes; dance; monster; vampire

The Snack Monster (Table of Contents: 5)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Inks

Dick Malmgren (credited)

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

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Jughead

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

After consuming a large quantity of food, Jughead has a nightmare about a monster in the bathroom.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #53 (December 1976)

Keywords

nightmare

Happy Haunting (Table of Contents: 6)

Little Archie and the Good Ol' Gang / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Bolling (credited)

Pencils

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

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Little Archie and the Good Ol' Gang

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Little Ambrose; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper

Synopsis

To become a member of the Good Ol' Gang, Ambrose must enter a haunted house.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #609 (September 1990)

Keywords

ghost; haunted house

Rare Scare (Table of Contents: 7)

Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited as Jimmy DeCarlo)

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

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Sabrina

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; teen

Characters

Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Don

Synopsis

Sabrina's date brings a scary movie for them to watch, but he's the one that ends up scared by a night at Sabrina's house.

Reprints

• from Laugh (Archie, 1987 series) #6 (April 1988)

A Monstrous Halloween (Table of Contents: 8)

Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Golliher (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

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Sabrina [two sparkles in logo]

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen

Characters

Sabrina; Hilda; Zelda; Salem; Harvey; Gina; Amy Gordon

Synopsis

Sabrina does not want to go to the Other Realm for Halloween.

Reprints

• from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1997 series) #20 (December 1998)

Keywords

Halloween

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Monsters A La Mode (Table of Contents: 10)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Samm Schwartz

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Samm Schwartz

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Samm Schwartz

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Jughead

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Jughead claims his paintings of monsters are based on real life.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #93 (February 1963)

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The Haunted House on Halloween Hill (Table of Contents: 12)

Little Archie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Pencils

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

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Little Archie

Genre

children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews; Dexter; Miss Beazly

Synopsis

A mad scientist named Dexter creates a monster that looks exactly like the costume Mr. Weatherbee is wearing for Halloween.

Reprints

• from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #113 (December 1976)

Keywords

Halloween; haunted house; mad scientist; trick or treat

Indexer Notes

Dexter has no last name in the story but his henchman makes a few cracks about him being a former cartoonist so presumably Dexter Taylor put himself into the story.

[Chilling Adventures of Sabrina] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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The House on Oak Street (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Rich Margopoulos (credited)

Pencils

Gene Colan (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Tinker; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie gets a riddle to solve from Mr. Tinker and investigates an old house based on the riddle. He ends up staying overnight in the house when a door jams shut.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #278 (May 1990), #278 (May 1990)

Keywords

haunted house

[World of Archie] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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[Archie Comics Presents] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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A Party for Ghosts (Table of Contents: 17)

Little Betty and Veronica / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Pencils

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

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Little Betty and Veronica

Genre

children

Characters

Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Ambrose; Evelyn Evernever

Synopsis

Little Veronica throws a Halloween party and Little Reggie decides to scare the girls by dressing up as a monster.

Reprints

• from Little Archie Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1985 series) #33 (November 1988)

Keywords

Halloween

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

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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The Mystery of Dr. Klaws (Table of Contents: 19)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Chic Stone (credited)

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Bill Yoshida (credited)

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Archie

Genre

adventure; drama; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Dr. Klaws

Synopsis

At a cat show Veronica and Archie meet the strange Dr. Klaws. Later Dr. Klaws tricks Veronica into drinking a potion that turns her into a cat.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #248 (May 1985)

Keywords

cat; cat show

Indexer Notes

Listed on cover.

Scaredy Cat (Table of Contents: 20)

Betty [Archie feature] / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Angelo De Cesare (credited as Angelo DeCesare)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Archie, if you're that thirsty, I'll get you a glass of water!

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Betty

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Betty and Archie go into a deserted house looking for Betty's new kitten.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #69 (January 1999)

Monster Pin Up Page (Table of Contents: 21)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Rudy Lapick

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Vincent DeCarlo

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Archie, how clever of you

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; unnamed werewolf; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Veronica doesn't realize that the werewolf she's dancing with isn't Archie.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #26 (June 1964)

Keywords

werewolf

The Legend of King Koala (Table of Contents: 22)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Rich Margopoulos (credited as Margopoulos)

Pencils

Gene Colan (credited as Colan)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited as Lapick)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited as Yoshida)

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Archie

Genre

adventure; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Reggie Mantle; King Koala; Jughead Jones (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo); Chuck Clayton (cameo); Dilton Doiley (cameo); Moose Mason (cameo); Pop Tate (cameo); Clark Kent (cameo)

Synopsis

Archie and the Lodges travel to a remote island to find King Koala, a giant koala bear. They bring the creature back to Riverdale, where it escapes and goes on a rampage, grabbing Veronica and climbing Lodge Towers, the tallest building in town.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #286 (September 1991)

Keywords

King Kong; koala bears

Indexer Notes

Parody of the movie King Kong, including the battle between King Koala and a dinosaur and also the koala taking Veronica and climbing a skyscraper.
Clark Kent is seen walking away from a phone booth as Archie approaches.

Picturesque Picnic (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Orlando Busino (signed as Busino)

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Genre

humor

Characters

Igor; Zenobia

Synopsis

Igor and Zenobia attend a picnic being held by giant ants.

Reprints

• from Tales Calculated to Drive You Bats (Archie, 1961 series) #3 (March 1962)

That Bugs Me! (Table of Contents: 24)

Moose [Archie feature] / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Golliher (credited as B. Golliher)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited as T. Kennedy)

Inks

Ken Selig (credited as K. Selig)

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Moose

Genre

teen

Characters

Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Reggie learns that Moose is afraid of spiders.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #95 (September 2005)

Museum Mayhem (Table of Contents: 25)

Sabrina & Esmeralda / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Golliher (credited as Golliher)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited as Goldberg)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited as Lapick)

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited as Yoshida)

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Sabrina & Esmeralda

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; teen; humor

Characters

Sabrina; Esmeralda

Synopsis

To relieve her boredom at a natural history museum, Esmeralda brings all of the stuffed animal exhibits to life.

Reprints

• from Laugh (Archie, 1987 series) #8 (July 1988)

Keywords

elephant; museum

Secrets of the Deep (Table of Contents: 26)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Chic Stone (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

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Archie

Genre

adventure; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

The Riverdale Gang go to Florida to study marine animals and discover a chest of gold coins while scuba diving.

Reprints

• from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #101 (February 1985)

Keywords

coral reef; electric eel; scuba diving; sunken treasure

Dr. Grisley's Experiment (Table of Contents: 27)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards (signed)

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Joe Edwards (signed)

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Joe Edwards (signed)

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Genre

humor

Characters

Dr. Grisley; Mr. Frown

Synopsis

Mr. Frown attempts to destroy Dr. Grisley's chemical experiments.

Reprints

• from Tales Calculated to Drive You Bats (Archie, 1961 series) #3 (March 1962)

Rabid Robot (Table of Contents: 28)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Archie

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge has purchased a seeing-eye robot to keep an eye on Archie.

Reprints

• from Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #250 (June 2014)

Keywords

robot

Tangled Web! (Table of Contents: 29)

Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

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Veronica

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Veronica is terrorized by a spider in her bedroom.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #135 (March 2003)

Keywords

spider

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

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That Far Out Feeling Part One (Table of Contents: 31)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited as Doyle)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited as Goldberg)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited as D'Agostino)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited as Yoshida)

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Supro

Synopsis

An alien comes to Riverdale from the planet Astromid in an attempt to enslave the world.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #157 (May 1975), #157 (May 1975)

Keywords

alien invasion

Spaced Out (Table of Contents: 32)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

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Archie

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Archie finds a tiny spaceship.

Reprints

• from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #342 (September 1979)

The Rat Race For Space! (Table of Contents: 33)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Bob White (credited)

Inks

Bob White (credited)

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Genre

humor; science fiction

Characters

Pink Martian Man; Johnny; unnamed girl; Archie Andrews (cameo, on future television); Veronica Lodge (cameo, on future television)

Synopsis

A young boy and girl ask the Pink Martian Man to take them to 3019 because 2019 is too boring. The kids imagine the advantages of the future, but the Martian reminds them that school will be much harder. The kids decide to stay home.

Reprints

• from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #20 (July 1962)

Keywords

fish bowl; future; homework; robots; space helmet; wrist telephones

Indexer Notes

Dates changed from 1962 to 2019 in this printing.

The Visit (Table of Contents: 34)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited as Doyle)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited as Goldberg)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited as D'Agostino)

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Bill Yoshida (credited as Yoshida)

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Archie & Friends

Genre

adventure; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Bjourdu (an alien); Bjourdu's sister (another alien)

Synopsis

After an evening of unnatural meteor showers, Archie, Betty, and Veronica are captured by aliens who want to collect earth specimens.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #197 (September 1978)

Indexer Notes

This story appears in 2 parts: Part I (6 pages) and Part II (5 pages).

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Spaced Out (Table of Contents: 36)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Samm Schwartz (credited)

Inks

Samm Schwartz (credited)

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Letters

Samm Schwartz (credited)

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Jughead

Genre

teen

Characters

Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Aliens land on Earth, looking to study a typical Earth creature. They pick Jughead.

Reprints

• from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #242 (July 1975)

Keywords

aliens

[Graphic Novel Super Store] (Table of Contents: 37) (Expand) /

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The Wrong Impression (Table of Contents: 38)

Reggie [Archie] / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Harold Smith (credited as Hal Smith)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

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Reggie

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Hot Dog; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason

Synopsis

Two aliens come to conquer Earth and one takes the shape of Reggie Mantle, but when everybody abuses Reggie the aliens decide it isn't worth the hassle and leave.

Reprints

• from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #126 (March 1994)

Keywords

alien; alien invasion; UFO

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Alien (Table of Contents: 40)

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

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Alison Flood (credited)

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

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Betty and Veronica

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cousin Mimsy (Lodge?); Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

After viewing a horror film with Betty and Veronica, Veronica's cousin Mimsy thinks she's seen an alien land by the back gardening shed of the estate.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #74 (April 1994)

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The Perilous Past (Table of Contents: 42)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

science fiction; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; unnamed man from Altera

Synopsis

Archie, Betty, and Veronica land on the planet Altera to find out who snatched Jughead while spacewalking. They notice that while Altera is more advanced technologically than Earth, all their decor is from the Victorian era. It turns out that one day a 1910 Saws and Rearbuck mail-order catalog fell from the sky (apparently from a time capsule launched from Earth), and Alterans treated it as sort of a bible. And because a picture of Mr. Rearbuck on the title page of the catalog looked similar to Jughead, Altera decided he was the "great spirit" Rearbuck, and treated him like royalty.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #185 (September 1977), #185 (September 1977)

Indexer Notes

"Saws and Rearbuck" is an obvious parody of Sears and Roebuck. An early 20th-century car on the planet looked remarkably similar to Archie's jalopy, but in green.

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