Archie & Friends
#63
[Direct Edition]
(December 2002)
Archie,
1992 Series
- Price
- 1.99 USD (both versions); 2.39 CAD (variant only)
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- every four weeks, twice in October
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Comics
- Barcode
- 762816469654 06311
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
The Archies / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Smith (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I just told daddy the Archies are going to rehearse!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper]; Hiram Lodge
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The Teenage Bulk
Archie & Friends / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Rex Lindsey (credited as Rex W. Lindsey)
- Inks
- Rich Koslowski
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- A freak lightning strike causes Dilton to spill an experimental muscle growth steroid onto his skin. From that point, whenever he gets angry, he changes into a purple-skinned, muscle-bound raging brute.
- Reprints
-
in Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #24 (December 2007) - in Archie 1000 Page Comics Jamboree (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #33 (January 2014)
-
When Dilton and Jughead Put Their Heads Together
Dilton; Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Tim Kennedy
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Dilton proposes food-based inventions that Jughead proposes to happily consume.
- Reprints
- in Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #24 (December 2007)
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #21 (December 2012)
-
Getting Away from It All
Pop Tate / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Harold Smith (credited as Hal Smith)
- Pencils
- Al Bigley
- Inks
- Bob Smith
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Pop Tate; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Pop closes the shop to take a short vacation.
- Reprints
- in Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #24 (December 2007)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #58 (June 2016)
-
A Singular Idea
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Holly Golightly (credited as Holly G.)
- Pencils
- Rex Lindsey (credited as Rex W. Lindsey)
- Inks
- Rich Koslowski
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Feature Logo
- Josie and the Pussycats
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie and the Pussycats [Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown]; Alexander Cabot III
- Synopsis
- Follow Alexander as he puts together a new Josie and the Pussycats CD from concept to promotion of the finished product.
- Reprints
- in Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #26 (March 2008)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #233 (June 2013)
- in The Best of Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 2017 series) (2017)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #281 (July 2020)
-
An Old Fashioned Evening at Home
Archie & Friends / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Greg Crosby
- Pencils
- Rex Lindsey (credited as Rex W. Lindsey)
- Inks
- Rich Koslowski
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Hermione Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge decides Veronica and her friends have grown too impersonal by interacting through cyberspace and arranges for an old fashioned evening together at the mansion.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I just told daddy the Archies are going to rehearse!"]
The Archies -
1.
The Teenage Bulk
Archie & Friends -
2.
When Dilton and Jughead Put Their Heads Together
Dilton; Jughead -
3.
Getting Away from It All
Pop Tate -
4.
A Singular Idea
Josie -
5.
An Old Fashioned Evening at Home
Archie & Friends
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