(September 2005)
Archie,
2005 Series
- Price
- 2.39 USD
- Pages
- 80
- Indicia Frequency
- 9 times a year
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- Nelson Ribiero; Victor Gorelick
Renaissance Mantle
Reggie / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Fernando Ruiz
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (credited)
- Inks
- Al Nickerson (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Vickie Williams
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Chuck Clayton; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Reggie pranks his friends at the renaissance fair.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #144 (October 2010) - in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #27 (September 2017)
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- Keywords
- practical joke; renaissance fair
The Challenge
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #152 (October 2000)
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Eye, Yi, Yi...
Archie & Friends / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dan Parent (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan Parent (credited)
- Inks
- John Lowe (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Reggie gets his eyes dilated and mistakes two strangers for Betty and Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #43 (October 2000)
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Bad Hair Day
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- No matter what she does, Betty's hair keeps getting hit with dirt, debris or other contaminants.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #90 (October 2000)
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In Your Dreams
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Sugar; Marie, Cheryl's maid
- Synopsis
- Cheryl has recurring dreams where she is kissing Jughead.
- Reprints
- from Cheryl Blossom (Archie, 1997 series) #31 (May 2000)
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- Keywords
- dancing; dream; jungle; kiss; nightmare; rollerblading; tropical island
Indexer Notes
Spoofs Indiana Jones and Star Wars.
Sand Dollar$
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Angelo Decesare (credited)
- Pencils
- Dave Manak (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Vickie Williams (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Harvey; Gem Stone; Hilda; Zelda; Salem; Pablo Paloma
- Synopsis
- Sabrina and Gem both enter a sand castle building contest.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina (Archie, 2000 series) #9 (September 2000)
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I Squid You Not
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sabrina; Salem
- Synopsis
- Salem goes fishing and helps an old sea captain save his boat.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina (Archie, 2000 series) #8 (August 2000)
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Now Being Served
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Smithers the butler; Fifi the maid; Gaston the chef; Celeste the maid
- Synopsis
- House-sitting the Lodge Mansion while the Lodges are vacationing in Paris, Betty throws a pool party for all the mansion servants.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #90 (October 2000)
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The Umpire Strikes Back
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Joe Edwards ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. ?
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- science fiction
- Synopsis
- Satirical science fiction story about the inhabitants of the planet "Bazeball".
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #397 (November 1984)
-
The Romances of Marcia the Mermaid
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Marcia Mermaid; Mark the Shark; Father Neptune; Max the Lifeguard; Scuba Dooba
- Synopsis
- The tale of Marcia, a mermaid who constantly falls in love with human teenage boys.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #22 (October 1962)
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Got Your Goat
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jason Blossom; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Cheryl Blossom; Clifford Blossom
- Synopsis
- Betty calls Jason immature because of the pranks he pulls. Jason gets a goatee to appear more mature like his dad.
- Reprints
- from Cheryl Blossom (Archie, 1997 series) #35 (October 2000)
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- Keywords
- goat; goatee; pet farm; prank
Indexer Notes
Cheryl's outfit idea from: Bernadette Green (Quincy, FL).
Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #254.
Fashions out to Pasture
Ginger Lopez / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Ginger Lopez; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mrs. Lopez; Don (Ginger's uncle); Anna (Ginger's aunt); Jake; Sophie
- Synopsis
- Ginger spends time on the farm.
- Reprints
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Digest (Archie, 2013 series) (2013), (2013)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #232 (May 2013)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #265 (September 2018)
- in Archie Giant Comics Bash (Archie, 2018 series) (2018)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Renaissance Mantle
Tales from Riverdale -
1.
Renaissance Mantle
Reggie -
2.
The Challenge
Betty and Veronica -
3.
Eye, Yi, Yi...
Archie & Friends -
4.
Bad Hair Day
Betty -
5.
In Your Dreams
Cheryl Blossom -
6.
Sand Dollar$
Sabrina -
7.
I Squid You Not
Sabrina -
8.
Now Being Served
Betty -
9.
The Umpire Strikes Back
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10.
The Romances of Marcia the Mermaid
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11.
Got Your Goat
Cheryl Blossom -
12.
Fashions out to Pasture
Ginger Lopez
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