Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #240 [Canadian]

(July 2013)

[Archie: Betty or Veronica?] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Shore Things (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #136 (October 2002)

Keywords

jet ski; parasailing; surfing; volleyball; water skiing

The Bye Bye Blues (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Harry Lucey (credited)

Inks

Harry Lucey (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Midge Klump; Moose Mason

Synopsis

Archie explains his outlook on life to his friends and they take his advice to live each day as if it was the last.

Reprints

• from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #276 (March 1974)

Faint Hearted (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Alison Flood (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica gets an engagement ring stuck on her finger and everyone thinks that she and Archie are engaged.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #101 (July 2000)

Welcome Wagon Master (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Marty Matthews; Judy Matthews

Synopsis

Archie meets a new young boy in town and helps him make friends, which impresses his teen sister, who asks Archie out even though Reggie has been trying to impress her.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #371 (October 1989)

The Archie Andrews Museum (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Doug Crane (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Svenson; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead imagine the things that might be displayed in a museum dedicated to Archie.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #155 (May 1991)

Lucklorn (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Betty and Jughead try to convince Archie that luck doesn't exist.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #585 (July 2008)

[Seymour, My Son #1] (Table of Contents: 8)

Seymour / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (signed)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Seymour; Seymour's Poppa; Seymour's girlfriend

Reprints

• from Seymour, My Son (Archie, 1963 series) #1 (September 1963)

My Son the Teenager (Table of Contents: 9)

Seymour / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Seymour; Seymour's Poppa; Seymour's mother; Seymour's girlfriend; un-named students; un-named teachers

Synopsis

In a series of captions, some of which rhyme and some of which don't, Seymour's "proud poppa" tells us the story of a typical day in the life of his klutzy, girl-crazy teenaged son.

Reprints

• from Seymour, My Son (Archie, 1963 series) #1 (September 1963)

[Star Trek Minimates] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Minimates / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Trouble In Store (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Angelo De Cesare (credited as Angelo DeCesare)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

Carlos Antunes (credited)

Letters

John Workman (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Archie puts the wrong code in the store's security system and locks himself and his friends in the store for the night, along with two smaller kids who had been hiding in the store.

Reprints

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #178 (June 2007)

Patio Panic (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie and his father go shopping for new patio furniture.

Minding a Star (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Zappy The Chimp

Synopsis

Archie has to baby-sit a celebrity chimp.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #264 (August 1977)

Keywords

chimpanzee

Carrier Pigeon (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers

Synopsis

Veronica asks Archie to put all her cosmetics in his suit jacket.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #269 (March 1978)

Video Bore (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Frank Andrews; Caroline Andrews; Ted

Synopsis

Archie videotapes the Andrews Family Reunion.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #536 (July 2003)

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

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman (signed)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (signed)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Archie, my boy!

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie has a dream that Mr. Lodge makes him vice president of his company.

Reprints

• From Archie Sunday (Creators Syndicate) ??.??.????

Final Daze (Table of Contents: 17)

Archie / 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

Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Superintendent Hassle; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle; Svenson

Synopsis

When Archie drops a cake on Superintendent Hassle, Mr. Weatherbee is forced to give him detention on the last day of school.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #498 (August 2000)

Summer Musings (Table of Contents: 18)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mr. Baxter (the city editor of the Riverdale Bugle)

Synopsis

As Archie is heading to the beach, he gets a letter accepting him as an intern to the Riverdale Bugle, the local newspaper, but he has to start that same day. He begrudgingly accepts and gets sent on a bad assignment at the beach. But, as luck would have it, he ends up as a judge for a beauty pageant at that same beach.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #575 (July 2007)

Bosom Buddies? (Table of Contents: 19)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Veronica tells her father that he has to be nice to Archie during her pool party. Mr. Lodge tries but Archie burns the food and drives Mr. Lodge's sports-car into the pool. When burglars crash the party, they take Archie and Mr. Lodge hostage.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #244 (September 1984)

Card Sharks (Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

? [as Kennedy] (credited)

Inks

Ken Selig (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Nelda Nosykind; Agnes Nosykind

Synopsis

Two nosy neighbors think Archie and Jughead are teaching younger children how to play poker.

Be... Quiet! (Table of Contents: 21)

Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Rod Ollerenshaw

Inks

Rod Ollerenshaw

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews

Reprints

• from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #14 (March 1990)

Indexer Notes

Unscramble the letters puzzle.

Original printing was signed "RGO" but that has been removed in this printing.

Bath Wrath (Table of Contents: 22)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Dan Parent

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Archie has a hard time answering the phone but forgets his troubles once he answers it.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #358 (July 1988)

Indexer Notes

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

[Archie Comics Super Special Magazine] (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

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

The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same (Table of Contents: 24)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Athena Hartbraker; Diana; Venus; Freya; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Archie decides he's through with Betty and Veronica and attracts a group of four women at the beach but he soon learns that four is more than he can handle.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #511 (August 2001)

Lib Rib (Table of Contents: 25)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

There are a record number of female lifeguards this beach season.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #81 (November 1973)

Keywords

lifeguard

Miscue Rescue (Table of Contents: 26)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie wishes he could make the same mistake the lifeguard did.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #81 (November 1973)

Keywords

lifeguard

[Archie #645] (Table of Contents: 27) (Expand) /

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

Rare Flair (Table of Contents: 28)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead have a business taking pictures of fisherman with their catches.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #52 (October 1976)

[New Crusaders] (Table of Contents: 29) (Expand) /

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

It's Not Easy (Table of Contents: 30)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks

John Costanza (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Reggie works hard trying to get on Mr. Lodge's good side so that he will have an advantage with Veronica. but she always makes up her own mind.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #132 (November 1987)

[Archie Comics Subscriptions] (Table of Contents: 31) (Expand) /

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

Deary Query (Table of Contents: 32)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Reggie wonders what the new girl sees in Archie.

Reprints

• from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #35 (October 1975)

Fin Din (Table of Contents: 33)

Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Reggie is going to get punched by a girl's boyfriend.

Reprints

• from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #35 (October 1975)

The Professional (Table of Contents: 34)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

? [as Kennedy] (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Leroy; Fred Andrews

Synopsis

Archie tries a succession of summer jobs but all are disasters.

Reprints

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #162 (August 2005)

[Sabrina: The Magic Within] (Table of Contents: 35) (Expand) /

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[Sabrina: The Magic Within #2] (Table of Contents: 36)

Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; teen

Reprints

• from Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Magic Within (Archie, 2013 series) #2 (2013)
which is reprinted
• from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 2003 series) #68 (September 2005)

Indexer Notes

Preview of the second volume of Sabrina: The Magic Within collections.

[Sabrina: The Magic Within] (Table of Contents: 37) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 38) (Expand) /

Everything's Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[The First Biggest Digest!] (Table of Contents: 39) (Expand) /

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

[Download the Archie App for free!] (Table of Contents: 40) (Expand) /

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