Archie Comics Digest
#89
[Canadian]
Archie,
1973 Series
- Price
- ?
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #89.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Veronica! I promise I'll only go out with the guys while you're away!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Archie Comics #83
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Luck Is Where You Find It
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Doug Crane (credited)
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman; Nanci Dakesian; Ginny Sykora (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Sharon; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie's lucky charm saves the day for him but is more of a curse for Reggie.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- skiing
Cheer Sphere
Betty / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty's mom wants her to clean her room.
- Reprints
-
from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
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Biz Tiz
Betty / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Betty tries to run a student council meeting.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
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Kick Trick
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead decides against having the TV on while studying.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #53 (April 1977)
-
Golf Gaff
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Superintendent Hassle
- Synopsis
- Archie angers Mr. Weatherbee right before a visit from the superintendent.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
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Billion Dollar Taste
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Gladys Jones; Pop Tate; Smithers the butler; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Everyone is so impressed with Jughead's new soup that they envision it has mass-market potential.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #263 (July 1977)
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Feather Tether
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Reggie is throwing a costume party, but Archie has to make deliveries and can't attend.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #383 (April 1982)
-
Cool Tool
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- The girls prepare to play the boys in broom hockey.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
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Rube Boob
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Midge asks Moose to play country music on his guitar.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
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Heap Deep
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead discuss last night's snowstorm.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
-
Jump Thump
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie jumps eight barrels on ice skates.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
-
Video Volley
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica both try to lure Archie to their house for a date. When Archie chooses Veronica, he ends up regretting it.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #100 (April 1982)
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Racquet Racket
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie likes watching the girls play racquetball.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
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Dollar Holler
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Moose doesn't think the bank grew his money like they promised.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
-
Loon Tune
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge is not impressed with Archie's singing.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
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Girl Whirl
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie promises Veronica he will not go out with other girls while she is away.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
-
Noise Counterpoise
Miss Grundy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Miss Haggly
- Synopsis
- Airplane noise drowns out the students.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
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Bright Sprite
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead doesn't want Archie to repair his snow shovel.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #53 (April 1977)
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Nifty Lifty
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- On the ski slope, the gang discusses their favorite lifts.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #53 (April 1977)
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Sleigh Belles
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Alexander Cabot III
- Synopsis
- Alex makes a buffoon of himself bragging about his snowmobile.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #383 (April 1982)
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Sub Flub
The Archies / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Reggie and Veronica call in sick on the night the band has a gig, just so they can go skiing.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #100 (April 1982)
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Dig That Snow
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Tough Teddy
- Synopsis
- Teddy gets a snow plow and uses it to ruin Bingo's attempts to shovel the walk.
- Reprints
- from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #36 (May 1976)
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Teach Me Tonight
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie has trouble with foreign languages, so Veronica makes him tapes of herself to help him learn French.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #370 (February 1981)
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Board Reward
Archie's Dad / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews (cameo)
- Synopsis
- When he learns that his car hasn't been repaired yet, Fred finds an alternate way to get to work.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
-
- Keywords
- skateboard
Money Honey
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica admits that money isn't everything...sort of.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
-
Work Quirk
Betty / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie asks Betty to do his French homework for him.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
-
You're So Right
Reggie / comic story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie can't shake the feeling he's not alone with his date.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #57 (September 1960)
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Banner Manner
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Dilton Doiley; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie has Dilton, Ethel and Jughead carry banners professing his love for Veronica but Mr. Weatherbee changes the last banner.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
-
Scoop Dupe
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Reggie surreptitiously switches assignments so he can cover a female rock band and not Archie.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #381 (January 1982)
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Sub Snub
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Phlips; Svenson
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee asks Miss Phlips to get faculty to fill in for him.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
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[no title indexed]
Jughead Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead goes down the suicide slope.
Donation Hesitation
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge wants to donate Archie to charity.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
-
Divine Dine
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Miss Beazly
- Synopsis
- Archie and Betty wonder why the cafeteria food has been yucky.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
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Strategy Strain
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Dilton convinces Betty to introduce Archie to chess in hopes of spending more time with him.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #66 (June 1975)
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Color Coded
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman
- Synopsis
- Sabrina magically materializes a fur coat from a store window just to try it on, then gets arrested for shoplifting.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #39 (June 1977)
-
The Umpire Strikes Back
Archie 1 / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie 1; Reggie 1; Jughead 1; Veronica 1; Betty 1; Moose 1
- Synopsis
- Space aliens visit the cave teens.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #100 (April 1982)
-
Scare Flair
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Gladys Jones; Forsythe P. Jones II
- Synopsis
- Jughead's dad knows how to motivate him.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #53 (April 1977)
-
Bump Thump
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie has built his own snowmobile.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
-
- Keywords
- snowmobile
File Style
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee has a file cabinet on Archie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
-
Advice Sacrifice
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead gives Archie advice on asking for a raise of his allowance.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #53 (April 1977)
-
Worry Bird
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy asks Dilton to tell Reggie the meaning of fastidiousness.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
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Absurd Bird
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie's mom wants him to run an errand in a snowstorm.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
-
Team Theme
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Gladys Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead's mom won't let him go play basketball.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #53 (April 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from reprint appearance.
Brood Mood
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead knows there's only one thing that will get rid of his Monday morning blues.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #53 (April 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from reprint appearance.
Weather or Not
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- The weather is wet and messy so Jughead offers to have a cookout in his garage.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #370 (February 1981)
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Hobby Lobby
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Dilton tries to get Jughead's mind off of food.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #53 (April 1977)
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Split Bit
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead think Betty is inviting them over for banana splits, but instead she wants them to split wood.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
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Way to Go!
Charley and Li'l Jinx / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Synopsis
- Charley is continually late to school, so the teacher asks Li'l Jinx to get Charley to school on time.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #381 (January 1982)
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Charm Chatter
Dilton / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie convinces a skeptical Dilton that a series of fortunate events are due to his lucky rabbit's foot.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #382 (February 1982)
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Decoy Ploy
Big Ethel / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Ethel offers Jughead multiple hamburgers.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #244 (May 1978)
-
Jughead Presents Double Takes
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Three unrelated two-panel gags, involving a pair of stilts, basketball practice, and a scary movie.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #53 (April 1977)
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Something in the Air
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie's allergies have him sneezing all the time until Moose finds the cure.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #270 (April 1978)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Veronica! I promise I'll only go out with the guys while you're away!"]
Archie -
1.
Luck Is Where You Find It
Archie -
2.
Cheer Sphere
Betty -
3.
Biz Tiz
Betty -
4.
Kick Trick
Jughead -
5.
Golf Gaff
Mr. Weatherbee -
6.
Billion Dollar Taste
Jughead -
7.
Feather Tether
Archie and the Gang -
8.
Cool Tool
Betty and Veronica -
9.
Rube Boob
Moose -
10.
Heap Deep
Archie -
11.
Jump Thump
Reggie -
12.
Video Volley
Betty and Veronica -
13.
Racquet Racket
Archie -
14.
Dollar Holler
Moose -
15.
Loon Tune
Mr. Lodge -
16.
Girl Whirl
Archie -
17.
Noise Counterpoise
Miss Grundy -
18.
Bright Sprite
Jughead -
19.
Nifty Lifty
Jughead -
20.
Sleigh Belles
Josie -
21.
Sub Flub
The Archies -
22.
Dig That Snow
That Wilkin Boy -
23.
Teach Me Tonight
Archie -
24.
Board Reward
Archie's Dad -
25.
Money Honey
Betty and Veronica -
26.
Work Quirk
Betty -
27.
You're So Right
Reggie -
28.
Banner Manner
Archie -
29.
Scoop Dupe
Archie and the Gang -
30.
Sub Snub
Mr. Weatherbee -
31.
[no title indexed]
Jughead Pin Up -
32.
Donation Hesitation
Archie -
33.
Divine Dine
Archie -
34.
Strategy Strain
Betty and Veronica -
35.
Color Coded
Sabrina -
36.
The Umpire Strikes Back
Archie 1 -
37.
Scare Flair
Jughead -
38.
Bump Thump
Archie -
39.
File Style
Archie -
40.
Advice Sacrifice
Jughead -
41.
Worry Bird
Reggie -
42.
Absurd Bird
Archie -
43.
Team Theme
Jughead -
44.
Brood Mood
Jughead -
45.
Weather or Not
Archie and the Gang -
46.
Hobby Lobby
Jughead -
47.
Split Bit
Betty -
48.
Way to Go!
Charley and Li'l Jinx -
49.
Charm Chatter
Dilton -
50.
Decoy Ploy
Big Ethel -
51.
Jughead Presents Double Takes
Jughead -
52.
Something in the Air
Archie
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