(July 2006)

Archie, 1973 Series
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Price
2.49 USD
Pages
100
Indicia Frequency
?
On-sale Date
2006-05-03
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
The Archie Digest Library
Barcode
762816468503 22511

Issue Notes

On-Sale date from Digest Checklist in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #165.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Lately I seem to offend everybody!
Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Mr. Lodge; Archie Andrews

Hog Wild (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Pellowski
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Vickie Williams

Genre
teen

Water Works (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Harold Smith
Pencils
Ernie Colón
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Archie's so worried about an approaching test that he forgets other things.
Reprints

The Return of Cap'n Dare (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Chuck shows off his latest comic story featuring Cap'n Dare.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

John Lowe is credited as the inker in Archie Double Digest #238.

Mr. Lodge and I (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Inks
Bob Smith (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Dennis
Synopsis
Trying to get a little privacy at Veronica's house, Archie gets Mr. Lodge hooked on a computer video game. Soon Archie is spending his time with Mr. Lodge instead of Veronica. When Veronica gets a new boyfriend, he quickly joins the other guys around the video game.
Reprints
Keywords
Game

Job Jug-Gling (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Angelo De Cesare (credited as Angelo DeCesare)
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Inks
Bob Smith (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; customer; store manager
Synopsis
If Jughead works in a place with food, he eats all the food. If he works in a place without food, he gets distracted thinking about food. Archie gets him a job selling pet food.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

GCD record at Archie's Funhouse Double Digest #6 credits script to George Gladir; inks to Rich Koslowski; colors to Barry Grossman; and letters to Bill Yoshida.

Eyes Have It (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir (credited as Gladir)
Pencils
Fernando Ruiz (credited as Ruiz)
Inks
Rudy Lapick (credited as Lapick)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; unnamed new girl; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
Archie promises to help his mother, but gets distracted by sight of a new girl in town.
Reprints

Two Times Trouble (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
One step closer and I'll throw myself over!
Genre
teen
Characters
Sam Johnson; Mr. Dabney
Synopsis
When Sam Johnson, a diamond courier, goes missing it is assumed he has stolen the diamonds he was to deliver to Mr. Lodge.
Reprints
Keywords
amnesia; identical twin

Just a Perfect Friendship (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Kathleen Webb
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie wants Jughead and Veronica to be friendlier to one another.
Reprints

The Jinx Is Back! (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton; Ethel Muggs; Jinx Malloy
Synopsis
Archie's team is performing badly in the basketball game and he thinks it's because Jinx Malloy is under their basket so he gets Jughead to move him.
Reprints
Keywords
basketball; jinx

Carrier Pigeon (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis
Veronica asks Archie to put all her cosmetics in his suit jacket.
Reprints

The Voice of Villainy (Table of Contents: 11)

Chuck & Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Omigosh! That character is about to shish-kebab Archie!
Genre
adventure; crime; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
A stage hypnotist uses a pager to hypnotize Mr. Lodge into giving him an expensive stamp from his collection.
Reprints
Keywords
hypnotism

Indexer Notes

Credits from reprint.

Trouble in Store (Table of Contents: 12)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Golliher
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
John Lowe
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie gets a job at a toy store where Betty is his boss.
Reprints

The Classics (Table of Contents: 13)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Craig Boldman
Pencils
Rex Lindsey
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
While bowling, Archie and Jughead argue over who is the suave one and who is the clown in their relationship.
Reprints
Keywords
bowling

Second Thoughts (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir (credited as Gladir)
Pencils
John Costanza (credited as Costanza)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; unnamed skateboarders
Synopsis
Archie wants to try the X-games, figuring that contestants are always surrounded by girls. He discovers that they're actually surrounded by paramedics.
Reprints
Keywords
Skateboard; X-games

Plant Worker (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
Pencils
? [as Kennedy] (credited)
Inks
Rich Koslowski (credited)
Colors
Josh Ray (credited)
Letters
Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews
Synopsis
Archie goes to a plant shop to pick out a plant for his parents.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Lately I seem to offend everybody!"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Hog Wild
    Archie
  3. 2. Water Works
    Archie
  4. 3. The Return of Cap'n Dare
    Archie
  5. 4. Mr. Lodge and I
    Archie
  6. 5. Job Jug-Gling
    Archie
  7. 6. Eyes Have It
    Archie
  8. 7. Two Times Trouble
    Archie
  9. 8. Just a Perfect Friendship
    Archie
  10. 9. The Jinx Is Back!
    Archie
  11. 10. Carrier Pigeon
    Archie
  12. 11. The Voice of Villainy
    Chuck & Archie
  13. 12. Trouble in Store
    Betty
  14. 13. The Classics
    Jughead
  15. 14. Second Thoughts
    Archie
  16. 15. Plant Worker
    Archie
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