Archie's Double Digest Magazine
#153
[Direct Edition]
(September 2004)
Archie,
1984 Series
- Price
- 3.59 USD
- Pages
- 196
- Indicia Frequency
- 9 times a year in Jan., Feb., Mar., May, June, Aug., Sept., Oct. and Nov.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 762816469517 15311
- Editing
- Nelson Ribeiro; Victor Gorelick; Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So who'll be the big winner?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews
- Keywords
- beauty contest
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It's a Guy Thing!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Dan Parent (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Vickie Williams
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Archie tells Betty that roller coasters and scary rides are for guys but he ends up being more scared than Betty is when they are finished.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #200 (September 2009) - in Archie Comics Spectacular: Summer Daze (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #40 (July 2014)
-
- Keywords
- roller coaster
Double Trouble
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #76 (November 1982)
-
Garden Fools
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie and his dad attempt to make a garden.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #427 (September 1994)
-
- Keywords
- garden
Rare Flair
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- None of the fisherman are interested in having their pictures taken!
- Genre
- humor; 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)
-
Watch the Birdie Brain
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Bernadette; Jughead Jones; Albert
- Synopsis
- Archie has a job taking pictures of children in the mall.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #426 (August 1994)
-
A Day to Forget
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Harold Smith (credited as Hal Smith)
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Frank Gagliardo (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie is supposed to spend the day with Betty but he keeps forgetting various things.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #151 (August 1999)
-
Snap Decision
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, how come you're not signing up for summer football practice?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Coach Clayton; Professor Flutesnoot; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie decides to take it easy this summer by taking a photography course instead of playing summer football.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #586 (October 1988)
-
- Keywords
- football; photography
Swift Rift
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Veronica reunite after an absence.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #15 (October 1972)
-
The Skeeter Beaters
Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doily; Veronica Lodge (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo)
- Reprints
- from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #110 (September 1999)
-
Wet Fret
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #226 (November 1976)
-
Garden of Despair
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- The guys have to weed their gardens.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #285 (October 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits printed in this digest.
Soar Point
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Smithers; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- The gang shoots darts at one of the balloons containing a $1,000 bill.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #427 (September 1994)
-
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #253, writing is credited to George Gladir.
Score Sore
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie takes Veronica to a professional baseball game.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #287 (September 1982)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Rod Ollerenshaw ?
- Pencils
- Rod Ollerenshaw (signed)
- Inks
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Rod Ollerenshaw ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Golly!! Which date should I pick for tonight?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #601 (October 1989)
-
Indexer Notes
word puzzle
Chore Galore
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Mr. Lodge! I got word you were coming!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- The gang works at Lodge Dairy Products for two weeks to prove to Mr. Lodge that teens can be good workers.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #30 (December 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from reprint.
Double Takes
Archie & the Gang / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie is too nervous to box.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- boxing
Indexer Notes
Two-panel cartoon
The Lonely One
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- At the beach, Archie tries in vain to get some solitude.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #151 (November 1974)
-
Summer Fun with Little Archie
Little Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #200 (September 2009)
- in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #16 (September 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Three gags, one featuring Little Reggie carrying books, another with Little Archie trying to surf and the last with Little Reggie spreading a coat for the girls to walk upon.
Summer Camp
The Little Archies / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; The Little Archies [Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Archie Andrews]; Professor Flutesnoot
- Reprints
Summer Scenes with Little Archie
Little Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie; Little Reggie; Little Veronica; Little Betty
- Reprints
- from Little Archie Digest Magazine (Archie, 1991 series) #10 (September 1993)
-
Mythical Mile
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Little Ambrose Pipps; Little Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Little Archie is forced to run a race barefooted when the South Side Serpents swipe his running shoes.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #262 (August 2015)
-
A Race For Life
Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #67 (September 1971)
-
Lib Rib
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- 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
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- 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
To the Rescue
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Randy McDandy; Pop Tate (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Archie's job as a lifeguard only lasts a day when he spends most of his time getting into the middle of fights.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #360 (September 1988)
-
- Keywords
- lifeguard
Archie's Underwater Maze
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #65 (August 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
Maze puzzle.
Perfect Order
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Jim Ruth (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo (credited as James DeCarlo)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie is tutoring small children and leaves an envelope of test questions on the hall table. His father has been called in for a tax audit and, of course, takes the wrong envelope.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #343 (September 1986)
-
- Keywords
- apples; tax audit; tutoring
Indexer Notes
Lettering credit from the reprint in Archie Double Digest #241. In that reprint the script is mis-credited to Frank Doyle.
And the Winner Is...
Archie & Friends / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Everybody has won some kind of award except Archie.
- Reprints
- from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #10 (August 1994)
-
Save Our Trees
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot
- Synopsis
- When the gang learns that Lodge Industries plans to build an industrial complex on Riverdale's last remaining forest, they fight for the cancellation of the project.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #286 (September 1991)
-
Fast Company
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge is chasing Archie, who's chasing Reggie, who's pulling Veronica with him. And all of them run over Jughead.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #139 (August 1963)
-
- Keywords
- flowers; gardening; running
Tricky Triumph
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- A magician gets Archie to volunteer for a disappearing act, and makes Archie's clothes disappear.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #239 (December 1977)
-
Dino-Mite
Archie 1 / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Doug Crane (credited)
- Inks
- Tom Moore (credited)
- Colors
- Nanci Dakesian
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is that all you have to do? Sit around all day on a rock?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Prehistoric version of Jughead hatches a dinosaur egg.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #144 (August 1989)
-
- Keywords
- caveman; dinosaur
It's My Turn
Archie 1 / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Doug Crane (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie 1; Reggie 1; Betty 1; Veronica 1; Jughead 1
- Synopsis
- Betty 1 and Veronica 1 invent the sport of jumping rope but the boys can't seem to master the ability.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #143 (July 1989)
-
A Crowd of One
Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee goes to the beach but can't enjoy himself like he used to when he was younger.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #68 (September 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from reprint.
Beach Umbrellas
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie looks at some of the uses for a beach umbrella.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #81 (September 1964)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie’s Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It’s Jughead! He says…
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Power Play
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- After Betty and Veronica tease him about his skinny build, Archie tries to prove he's the equal of the muscle-bound jocks on the beach.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #30 (October 1964)
-
Little Squirt
Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Reggie tries to get a young boy at the beach to shoot Archie with a water pistol.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #126 (September 1980)
-
Mallet Heads
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie play croquet and make a bet for the winner to teach Veronica to surf.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #426 (August 1994)
-
Bushed!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Fernando Ruiz (credited)
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Smith (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie helps his mother plant some bushes.
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #165 (September 1999)
-
Cutie Booty
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge asks Archie for his thoughts on the swimsuits his company is marketing for the next year.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #319 (August 1982)
-
Zero Hero
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to rescue a cat from a tree.
- Reprints
Wet Set
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie and Betty picnic on the beach in the rain.
- Reprints
All Archie's Girls
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bill Golliher (credited)
- Pencils
- Pat Kennedy (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Helen; Carrie
- Synopsis
- When Veronica and Betty stumble on Archie's address book they think he has lots of girlfriends all over town, but they learn that he is simply helping with elderly shut-ins.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #209 (August 2010)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Spree (Archie, 2016 series) (2016)
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Table of Contents
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0.
["So who'll be the big winner?"]
Archie -
1.
It's a Guy Thing!
Archie -
2.
Double Trouble
Archie -
3.
Garden Fools
Archie -
4.
Rare Flair
Archie -
5.
Watch the Birdie Brain
Archie -
6.
A Day to Forget
Archie -
7.
Snap Decision
Archie -
8.
Swift Rift
Archie -
9.
The Skeeter Beaters
Archie -
10.
Wet Fret
Veronica -
11.
Garden of Despair
Archie -
12.
Soar Point
Archie -
13.
Score Sore
Archie -
14.
["Golly!! Which date should I pick for tonight?"]
Archie -
15.
Chore Galore
Archie -
16.
Double Takes
Archie & the Gang -
17.
The Lonely One
Archie -
18.
Summer Fun with Little Archie
Little Archie -
19.
Summer Camp
The Little Archies -
20.
Summer Scenes with Little Archie
Little Archie -
21.
Mythical Mile
Little Archie -
22.
A Race For Life
Little Archie -
23.
Lib Rib
Archie -
24.
Miscue Rescue
Archie -
25.
To the Rescue
Archie -
26.
Archie's Underwater Maze
Archie -
27.
Perfect Order
Archie -
28.
And the Winner Is...
Archie & Friends -
29.
Save Our Trees
Archie -
30.
Fast Company
Archie -
31.
Tricky Triumph
Archie -
32.
Dino-Mite
Archie 1 -
33.
It's My Turn
Archie 1 -
34.
A Crowd of One
Archie -
35.
Beach Umbrellas
Archie -
36.
["It’s Jughead! He says…"]
Archie’s Gag Bag -
37.
Power Play
Archie -
38.
Little Squirt
Reggie -
39.
Mallet Heads
Archie -
40.
Bushed!
Archie -
41.
Cutie Booty
Archie -
42.
Zero Hero
Archie -
43.
Wet Set
Archie -
44.
All Archie's Girls
Archie
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