Archie Comics Digest
#196
(April 2003)
Archie,
1973 Series
- Price
- 2.39 USD; 2.89 CAD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- On-sale Date
- 2003-02-18
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 071896468502 96
Match Game
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Tim Kennedy (credited)
- Inks
- Ken Selig (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews; Melanie Morgan; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie wants to meet Melanie, the new student at school, but they don't seem to have anything in common.
- Reprints
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in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #239 (June 2013) - in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #98 (June 2020)
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Association Situation
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow! Look at all the huge heads in Mr. Lodge's den!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead look at the animal heads in Mr. Lodge's den.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #93 (June 1981)
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Thrift Gift
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Most of our gifts start at one hundred dollars!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie visits an expensive shop.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #93 (June 1981)
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Change Exchange
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead gets Archie to stand on his head hoping to collect the change that falls from his pockets.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #59 (July 1978)
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Locker Shocker
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Ethel hides in Jughead's locker.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #59 (July 1978)
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Something Special
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are you still having trouble with your stereo radio set, Daddy?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge invests in a special antenna to improve radio reception in the mansion. But he neglects to Archie-proof it.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #214 (January 1969)
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Advice Sacrifice
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead gives Archie advice on asking for a raise of his allowance.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #53 (April 1977)
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Working 5 to 9!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boy, I sure was lucky nailing that part time sales job at Bumley's department store!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Griffin; Mrs. Craven; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- After taking a part-time job at Bumley's Department Store, Archie finds that the money he's making is disappearing quickly.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #255 (July 1986)
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Big Blow-Up
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A broken balloon with a message attached!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Andy
- Synopsis
- Archie finds a note that was tied to a balloon from a class trying to see how far their balloons will travel before they are found.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #273 (January 1973)
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Pet Parade
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pet Rock! Pet Rock! Pet Rock! I'm sick of hearing about them!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- In the midst of the pet rock craze, the gang is driving Archie crazy by adopting pet sticks, pet hinges, and pet bolts.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #57 (June 1977)
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- Keywords
- pet rock
[no title indexed]
Archie / activity / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey! See how quickly you can find the hidden vegetables in the word find.
Bite Delight
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead asks Archie if he can make a salami sandwich.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #59 (July 1978)
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Cricket's Good Scents
Archie and Friends / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews]; Cricket O'Dell; Uncle Ed; Frankie Valdez; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
- Synopsis
- While on tour out of town the Archies run into Cricket O'Dell and Frankie Valdez.
- Reprints
- from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #24 (August 1997)
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Clean Scene
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #71 (January 1981)
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Watching Out for Archie
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge gives Archie a watch that secretly signals Mr. Lodge when Archie comes near.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #470 (April 1998)
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She's Sweet Betty Cooper
Archie / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; the Alpha Beta Fraternity boys
- Synopsis
- Tired of watching Veronica get her way while she has to be "sweet Betty Cooper", Betty tarts herself up and blackmails Reggie into taking her for a night on the wild side of town.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #51 (July 1997)
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What's the Store
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Angelo De Cesare
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Ferguson
- Synopsis
- Archie is working at a store and his manager tells him to dump sixty bottles of an asparagus prune juice that didn't sell but Archie finds a way to sell them instead.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #470 (April 1998)
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By Hook Or Cook
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- After the field trip to the U.N., Veronica invites the gang to dinner at her house, ruining a date Betty had planned with Archie.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #1 (September 1958)
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Changing His Toon!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Dilton Doiley; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee wants Chuck to do a drawing that can be used to paint Mr. Weatherbee's portrait.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #470 (April 1998)
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Knit Wits
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- After Archie admires a tie that Midge knitted for Moose, both Veronica and Betty decide to knit Archie a tie.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #120 (July 1961)
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- Keywords
- jealousy; knitting; ties
Birthday Mirth Day
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead trick Moose into buying them an ice cream cone.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead Comics (Archie, 1993 series) #97 (October 1997)
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Career Fears
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Green
- Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Archie keeps mumbling something about a few more months to go!"]
Archie -
1.
Match Game
Archie -
2.
Association Situation
Archie -
3.
Thrift Gift
Archie -
4.
Change Exchange
Jughead -
5.
Locker Shocker
Jughead -
6.
Something Special
Archie -
7.
Advice Sacrifice
Jughead -
8.
Working 5 to 9!
Archie -
9.
Big Blow-Up
Archie -
10.
Pet Parade
Archie -
11.
["Hey! See how quickly you can find the hidden vegetables in the word find."]
Archie -
12.
Bite Delight
Jughead -
13.
Cricket's Good Scents
Archie and Friends -
14.
Clean Scene
Jughead -
15.
Watching Out for Archie
Archie -
16.
She's Sweet Betty Cooper
Archie -
17.
What's the Store
Archie -
18.
By Hook Or Cook
Archie -
19.
Changing His Toon!
Archie -
20.
Knit Wits
Archie -
21.
Birthday Mirth Day
Jughead -
22.
Career Fears
Archie
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- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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