Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine
#15
[Direct Edition]
(December 1995)
Archie,
1992 Series
- Price
- 2.75 USD; 2.95 CAD
- Pages
- 196
- Indicia Frequency
- 6 times a year in Jan., Feb., April, June and Dec.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 762816469531 01511
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia states 6 times per year publication schedule but only lists 5 months.
This issue has variants:
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[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I prefer the look and sound of pants!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
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Chill Out
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Kelly Fleming; Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
Hurry Flurry
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
- Reprints
-
from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #59 (July 1978)
-
Emote Control
Reggie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee is diagnosed with high blood pressure and advised to curtail bursts of anger.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #77 (March 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
The story ends without the traditional "the end" notation in the last panel. It's possible that there was a fifth page to the story originally and it was discarded at the last minute.
The Mop Up Squad
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Jughead and Archie make nuisances of themselves while mopping up the school floors.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #301 (June 1980)
-
Week-End Worker
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie has a week-end job as a bellboy at a hotel Veronica is staying at. Reggie tries to tie up all his time, but Veronica checks out, Archie quits, and Reggie is left to pay for an expensive room.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #53 (November 1977)
-
Rich Little Poor Girl
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Smithers; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty can't afford the dresses that Veronica can, but she orders it anyway.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #46 (June 1968)
-
The Wind Bag
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica has to cancel a date with Archie so she can help her father at the office, but Archie, expecting to be bored on his own, soon finds his car filled with girls.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #154 (February 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
The Space Race
Jughead / comic story / 10 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now that school is out, Ron, why don't you and I take in that mystery movie playing at the local itch!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Annoyed that Veronica and Archie will be setting up their space project for the exhibition, Reggie gets a short-wave radio and pretends to be Captain Othaw from Pluto.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #59 (November 1972)
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Color-Full!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- To stop her from making noise, Daddy tells Li'l Jinx to color with crayons.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #164 (November 1964)
-
- Keywords
- coloring; crayons; felt tip markers; noise; spanking
Posture Imposter
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee gets after Jughead about his posture.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #37 (January 1974)
-
Booming Business
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie gets a job at a mobile canteen and an orangutan gets into the back of his van when he isn't looking.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #160 (September 1982)
-
Un-Can-ny
Veronica / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Home so soon, Daddy?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica wants to star in a commercial her father's company is putting together.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #169 (January 1970)
-
Top Level
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, I have a top level assignment for you!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee gives Archie a top level assignment - fetching a sandwich.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #65 (May 1978)
-
Tangled Web
Archie / comic story / 21 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (credited)
- Inks
- Chic Stone (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- adventure; humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Malcolm Meeks
- Synopsis
- There's been a rash of robberies in Riverdale committed by someone known as the "Roly-Poly Robber," a corpulent man with thick black hair and a mustache, who makes his getaway in a foreign compact car. Archie doesn't think much of it until he looks inside the trunk of Mr. Weatherbee's Yakasaki Pigeon and discovers that the principal owns a black wig and a mustache to match. Is Mr. Weatherbee the Roly-Poly Robber? Archie and his friends will find out the truth about Mr. Weatherbee when they go to a Dixieland jazz concert at the local college.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #150 (April 1985)
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Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #249, inks are credited to Rudy Lapick.
I.O.U.
Li'l Jinx's Chum Charley / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #149 (December 1979)
-
Come Clean
Miss Grundy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #279 (August 1981)
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Tackle Tickle
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir ?
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg ?
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Fred
- Synopsis
- Dilton invents a football practice robot that looks like a real person. Reggie names it "Fred" and gets Moose to tackle it, which breaks off its leg. Moose is upset until he learns about the trick and chases down Reggie.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #103 (March 1978)
-
- Keywords
- football; robot
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Wild Blue Yonder
Sabrina the Teenage Witch / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited) [as Stan G]
- Inks
- Stan Goldberg (credited) [as Stan G]
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #62 (September 1980)
-
Fishing Tripped Up
Archie and his Pals / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Mike Pellowski
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman; Nanci Dakesian
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
Mind Over Matter
Dilton / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida [as Bill Y.]
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doily; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Dilton attempts to use E.S.P. to find Veronica's missing watch.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #147 (January 1981)
-
Sound Off
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Veronica gets Archie sent to detention to get him away from Betty.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #144 (December 1967)
-
Indexer Notes
Wordless story
A Supper Guess!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Charley desires a choice of menu items while dining at Li’l Jinx's house.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #70 (October 1981)
-
The New Breed
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Joe; Samm
- Synopsis
- Jughead is mistaken for a great kicker after he kicks a football that he inflated with helium. Meanwhile, the football is mistaken for a duck and shot down by two hunters.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #190 (March 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
The hunters, Joe and Samm, are caricatures of Jughead artist Samm Schwartz and his friend, Li'l Jinx creator Joe Edwards.
See Sick
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir ?
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Woodrow "Bingo" Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Samson Smythe; Teddy Tambourine; Rebel
- Synopsis
- After Samson forbids Bingo from seeing Samantha, Bingo starts dating her blindfolded.
- Reprints
- from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #39 (October 1976)
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[no title indexed]
Archie Presents: Joke of the Month / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In these troubled times the only things you can count on are your fingers!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #52 (January 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
Twelve gags.
[no title indexed]
Jughead Dipsy Doodles / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Jug, please paint a picture of Veronica for me.
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #14 (September 1969)
-
Monkey Business
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews [as Maxwell V. Brooks]; Jughead Jones [as Tyron X. Weller VIII]; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- When Archie hears his father is worried about being replaced at work, he and Jughead masquerade as two eccentric tycoons to bluff Fred's boss into thinking they want to hire Fred away.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #66 (October 1971)
-
Mind Boggling
Archie 2001 / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; science fiction; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- In the Riverdale High of 2001, even with futuristic inventions like the Mind Programmer, it's a struggle to get the students to learn anything.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #329 (August 1978)
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Candid Caricature!
Li'l Jinx's Chum Russ / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Russ; Miss Tayke; Mort the worry wart; Li'l Jinx; Greg; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Russ's ability to caricature gets him in all sorts of trouble.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #363 (July 1980)
-
Appe-Tight
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boy! This pie is terrific, Li'l Jinx!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinks; Charley
- Synopsis
- Charley likes the pie and wants more.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #164 (December 1975)
-
Group Plan
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Daddy! Why do you bring home work from the office every night?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Daddy
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx has a suggestion for her dad to get his work done.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #164 (December 1975)
-
Obstacle Course Crisis
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie were supposed to run an obstacle course to see who will represent Riverdale at a track meet. In addition, the winner gets to take Veronica to a dance. However, rain causes the race to be postponed, so the two decide to run an indoor obstacle course instead.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #50 (August 1976)
-
- Keywords
- obstacle course; rain; track meet
Testing
Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #178 (November 1985)
-
The Wrench Connection
Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What the heck is that?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Mr. Svenson; Coach Kleats
- Synopsis
- Archie convinces Mr. Weatherbee to allow him and Jughead to install the school's new water heater.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #112 (August 1979)
-
Great Plate
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- Jughead eats a plate Veronica put in the oven.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #6 (July 1968)
-
Tell Them Juggie Boy Was Here
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Jughead explains why he's stuck up in a tree: it's all because of his buddy Archie, who becomes a crazy idiot whenever girls are around.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #206 (July 1972)
-
Promises Promises..
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee tells Archie that when Betty asks him if he should "climb the highest mountain and swim the deepest river," he should say yes.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #174 (June 1970)
-
I Love Jughead T-Shirts
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir; Samm Schwartz
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Samm Schwartz
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #73 (July 1981)
-
Psycho-Logic
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dr. M.T. Braynpan; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee brings in a psychiatrist to perform psychological evaluations of some of the students.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #324 (July 1983)
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Table of Contents
-
0.
["I prefer the look and sound of pants!"]
-
1.
Chill Out
Archie -
2.
Hurry Flurry
Jughead -
3.
Emote Control
Reggie -
4.
The Mop Up Squad
Jughead -
5.
Week-End Worker
Archie -
6.
Rich Little Poor Girl
Betty and Veronica -
7.
The Wind Bag
Archie -
8.
The Space Race
Jughead -
9.
Color-Full!
Li'l Jinx -
10.
Animal Quiz
-
11.
Posture Imposter
Jughead -
12.
Booming Business
Archie -
13.
Un-Can-ny
Veronica -
14.
Top Level
Archie -
15.
Tangled Web
Archie -
16.
I.O.U.
Li'l Jinx's Chum Charley -
17.
Come Clean
Miss Grundy -
18.
Tackle Tickle
Reggie -
19.
Wild Blue Yonder
Sabrina the Teenage Witch -
20.
Fishing Tripped Up
Archie and his Pals -
21.
Mind Over Matter
Dilton -
22.
Sound Off
Betty and Veronica -
23.
A Supper Guess!
Li'l Jinx -
24.
The New Breed
Jughead -
25.
See Sick
That Wilkin Boy -
26.
["In these troubled times the only things you can count on are your fingers!"]
Archie Presents: Joke of the Month -
27.
["Dear Jug, please paint a picture of Veronica for me."]
Jughead Dipsy Doodles -
28.
Monkey Business
Archie -
29.
Mind Boggling
Archie 2001 -
30.
Candid Caricature!
Li'l Jinx's Chum Russ -
31.
Appe-Tight
Li'l Jinx -
32.
Group Plan
Li'l Jinx -
33.
Obstacle Course Crisis
Archie -
34.
Testing
Reggie -
35.
The Wrench Connection
Mr. Weatherbee -
36.
Great Plate
Jughead -
37.
Tell Them Juggie Boy Was Here
Jughead -
38.
Promises Promises..
Betty and Veronica -
39.
I Love Jughead T-Shirts
-
40.
[no title indexed]
Editor's Notebook -
41.
Psycho-Logic
Archie
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- Chris Boyko
- Peter Croome
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
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