Archie Comics Digest
#136
[Direct Edition]
(September 1995)
Archie,
1973 Series
- Price
- 1.75 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- 6 times a year in Feb., May, June, Aug., Sept. 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
- 762816468503 13611
- Editing
- Nanci Dakesian (credited) (editor); Victor Gorelick (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The bigger it is... the more of a challenge!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
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Sitting Duck
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie is depressed because his summer vacation is coming to an end.
- Reprints
-
in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #70 (October 2000) - in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #28 (August 2013)
-
Indexer Notes
Reprints credit script to Fernando Ruiz.
Drink Kink
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #13 (August 1969)
-
Stuck Up
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx and Greg discuss the stars in the sky.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #96 (April 1970)
-
Tale of Wail
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- Jughead tries to get money from the tooth fairy.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #14 (September 1969)
-
Fun in the Sun
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; the Baxter Twins; Reggie's mother; Reggie's father
- Synopsis
- Archie spends the day picking up cans and bottles at the beach while Reggie is busy playing volleyball to impress the Baxter twins. Things don't work out the way Reggie planned.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #381 (October 1990)
-
- Keywords
- beach; recycling; sunburn; twins; volleyball
Game Time
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Hap Halliday; Greg; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx and Greg spend two hours reading the rules of a new board game.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #90 (October 1969)
-
Noise Annoys
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Betty convinces Archie to join her in a crusade against noise pollution.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #186 (September 1990)
-
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #41, writing is credited to George Gladir.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mom! Did you wash the shirt I asked you to?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie asks his mom if she washed his shirt.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #44 (September 1990)
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX
-
Sure Lure
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #18 (May 1970)
-
Detective Story
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- adventure; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Hiram Lodge; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie finds a miniature painting that Mr. Lodge thought was stolen.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #226 (September 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
formerly a Life With Archie story.
Once Is Enough
Charley / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Psst, Li'lJinx!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Charley is only going to tell Jinx a secret once.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #208 (September 1979)
-
Model Muddle
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead has been selected for a modeling school.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #13 (August 1969)
-
The Return of the Amazing Archibald
Archie / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Sam Kujava (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Uncle Archibald
- Synopsis
- Archie uses his Great Uncle Archibald's costume and props to put on a magic show for Veronica's party.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #554 (October 1985)
-
- Keywords
- ghost; magic; stage magician
A Kitchen Trap!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Merry Holliday
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #61 (May 1967)
-
Dynamite
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #14 (September 1969)
-
This Clown for Hire
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead get a job as clowns.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #402 (September 1985)
-
Forest Feast
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie takes his campers on a hike in the woods. After falling in a stream and ruining the food, he has to call Jughead on a walkie-talkie for an emergency pizza order.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #381 (October 1990)
-
- Keywords
- hike; pizza; walkie-talkie
All that Glitters
Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Kathleen Webb (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Veronica misplaces her grandmother's diamond ring.
- Reprints
- from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #25 (June 1989)
-
The Moose Is Loose
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Reggie tells Moose not to lose his cool.
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #8 (September 1969)
-
Jog Clog
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Dilton Doily
- Synopsis
- Archie goes jogging alone for some solitude and and gets joined by Betty, Veronica, Reggie, Dilton and Moose.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #380 (September 1990)
-
The Race
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie challenges Reggie to a race to Pop Tate's.
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #8 (September 1969)
-
Suddenly It's Summer!
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Tim Kennedy (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty and Archie go for a walk and enjoy summer by engaging in childish activities.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #185 (August 1990)
-
- Keywords
- dogs; playground; skateboard; teeter-totter
Indexer Notes
In a panel on page one, Betty sings some modified lyrics to the 1947 song "It's a Good Day." ("Great day" instead of "good day", but the lyrics are obvious to anyone who's heard the song.)
Almost Never
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #18 (August 1971)
-
Shrewd Dude
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Reggie and Jughead play Follow the Leader.
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #8 (September 1969)
-
Write Stuff
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; George Gladir
- Synopsis
- Comics features writer George Gladir trying to come up with an idea for an Archie story.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #380 (September 1990)
-
Nifty Lifty
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- Veronica has a private lift to Lookout Point.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #251 (February 1972)
-
[no title indexed]
Betty Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can you imagine, Betty? --- A penny punctured a hole in my tire!!!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie and Betty are stranded when Archie's car has a flat.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #272 (September 1980)
-
Kidding Around
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton
- Synopsis
- Archie is babysitting a kid named Hector at the beach while Reggie and Chuck go looking for girls.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #380 (September 1990)
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["The bigger it is... the more of a challenge!"]
Archie -
1.
Sitting Duck
Archie -
2.
Drink Kink
Jughead -
3.
Stuck Up
Li'l Jinx -
4.
Tale of Wail
Jughead -
5.
Fun in the Sun
Archie -
6.
Game Time
Li'l Jinx -
7.
Noise Annoys
Betty -
8.
["Mom! Did you wash the shirt I asked you to?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
9.
Sure Lure
Jughead -
10.
Detective Story
Veronica -
11.
Once Is Enough
Charley -
12.
Model Muddle
Jughead -
13.
The Return of the Amazing Archibald
Archie -
14.
A Kitchen Trap!
Li'l Jinx -
15.
Dynamite
Archie -
16.
This Clown for Hire
Archie -
17.
Forest Feast
Archie -
18.
All that Glitters
Betty's Diary -
19.
The Moose Is Loose
Reggie -
20.
Jog Clog
Archie -
21.
The Race
Archie -
22.
Suddenly It's Summer!
Betty -
23.
Almost Never
Veronica -
24.
Shrewd Dude
Jughead -
25.
Write Stuff
Archie and the Gang -
26.
Nifty Lifty
Veronica -
27.
["Can you imagine, Betty? --- A penny punctured a hole in my tire!!!"]
Betty Pin Up -
28.
Kidding Around
Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Thomas Johnson
- Scott Marshall
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
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