(May 1990)
Archie,
1983 Series
- Price
- 1.50 USD
- Pages
- 132
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- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
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The Archie Digest Library
Designer Sneakers Should Reflect the Owner's True Love!
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
The Sacrifice
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Kathleen Webb
- Pencils
- Dan Parent
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman; Nanci Dakesian; Gregg Suchow
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
Changing New Year Resolutions
Archie / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
-
from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #175 (May 1985)
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Curses, Foiled Again
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica accidentally damages one of her pieces of jewelry which she thinks is cursed, and she then mistakes a crew of exterminators for burglars.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #336 (June 1985)
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High Toned Tooter
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Valerie Smith; Melody Valentine; Han
- Synopsis
- Valerie gets a new boyfriend Hank who is an orchestra musician. But she doesn't know what he does after the performance.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #104 (December 1985)
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- Keywords
- clarinet; Zebra Club
Reflection Objection
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #53 (May 1980)
-
Stunt Stint
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #53 (May 1980)
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Jape Scrape
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Manny
- Synopsis
- Manny thinks Ethel is wearing a Halloween mask early and she gets angry.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #47 (January 1976)
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Chore Score
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Mrs. Jones; Mr. Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead is so slow at doing fall chores his mother suggests he start the winter chores.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #47 (January 1976)
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The Last Dance
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Ethel Muggs; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods
- Synopsis
- After a long day on the ski slopes, Archie's instructor advises him not to spend the night dancing at the resort, but the girls have other ideas.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #336 (June 1985)
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The Big Search
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #53 (April 1961)
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Economy Run
Coach Kleats / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #53 (April 1961)
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Election Selection
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doily
- Synopsis
- Reggie is flooding the neighborhood with campaign posters.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #114 (May 1979)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Crystal Clear
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina; Harvey; Aunt Hilda
- Synopsis
- Harvey buys a crystal ball at a rummage sale, so Hilda decides to use it to play some mind games on him.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #52 (May 1979)
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Royal Flush
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica and Reggie are elected Queen and King of the spring festival. They spend the rest of the evening trying to make sure they will be above the other one in the yearbook picture.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #163 (July 1969)
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Delay Dismay
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #44 (January 1978)
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Sacrifice Fly
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Alan M.; Valerie; Alexander Cabot III
- Synopsis
- Alan believes that Josie will eventually be unable to resist Alex and the lure of his wealth, and Valerie starts to agree. So Valerie offers to sacrifice herself for her friend by enjoying Alex's wealth in place of Josie.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #94 (February 1977)
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Stranded in Space
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- When Betty confesses a fantasy about being stranded with Archie in an elevator during a blackout, Archie starts preparing for the worst.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #110 (April 1980)
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Best Guest
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie tells his parents that Jughead is coming for dinner.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #181 (February 1973)
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Clock Yock
Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Moose has a new watch.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #181 (February 1973)
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Party Pals
Sabrina / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Melissa
- Synopsis
- The Spellmans celebrate Halloween year round.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #332 (October 1984)
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Indexer Notes
No credits given for gag.
Bet Fret
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead lets Reggie handcuff him to a tree for half an hour.
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #53 (May 1980)
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Will Skill
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Mrs. Jones
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #62 (January 1979)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #51 (June 1995)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #185 (November 2012)
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Wag Gag
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Hot Dog; dog show judge
- Synopsis
- A judge at a dog show hasn't voted for any dog.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #51 (June 1995)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #185 (November 2012)
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Boat Note
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; model
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #53 (May 1980)
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Neat Treat
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Reggie takes thirty minutes to comb his hair.
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #53 (May 1980)
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A Passion for Fashion
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #145 (May 1985)
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The Cook Look
Miss Grundy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Girls, cooking is an art!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Geraldine Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #156 (January 1971)
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Kitchen Aid
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica's latest craze is collecting antique kitchen utensils.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #288 (December 1979)
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Bird Word
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Reggie never misses an opportunity to insult Archie -- even by accident.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #98 (December 1984)
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Tree Trauma
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Each of the boys looks at a tree and thinks different things.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #98 (December 1984)
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[no title indexed]
The World of Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How long has Jug had the desire to return to the “good old days?”
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Gladys Jones
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #62 (January 1979)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #82 (November 2018)
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Indexer Notes
Three two-panel strips.
The Coin Collector
comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- When Mr. Lodge's rare coin collection is stolen, the prime suspect is a famous guitarist who was playing at the house just before the robbery.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #179 (March 1977)
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String Zing
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #53 (May 1980)
-
Worry Flurry
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #53 (May 1980)
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[The Skateboard]
Jughead's Dipsy Doodles / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Jughead paints a picture of a skateboard.
- Reprints
Mouldy Oldie
Betty / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty and Archie are watching an old movie instead of studying.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #168 (January 1972)
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Gym Whim
Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Moose is better at doing calisthenics than at spelling it.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #168 (January 1972)
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Big Gig
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #246 (July 1978) which is reprinted
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #44 (January 1978)
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Vacation Elation
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Bolling (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited as Bill Yosh)
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina; Cousin Ambrose; Aunt Hilda; Mathilda; Mr. Grisley
- Synopsis
- Losing their way in a foggy bayou, Sabrina, Ambrose and Hilda spend the night as guests of a demented couple in a sinister mansion.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #71 (December 1981)
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- Keywords
- swamp
Paper Caper
Archie / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I see that you carry quite a few newspapers!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #132 (March 1962)
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Numero Uno
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Veronica is sure that she will be elected the Finest Female at Riverdale High, but it's Betty who wins the vote.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #336 (June 1985)
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The Uncouth Truth
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Sleepy Time Gal
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Alice Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty's sudden display of narcolepsy has Archie worried, but Veronica thinks it's a scam to get Archie's attention.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #234 (June 1975)
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The Imposters
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Reggie tries to get Archie in trouble with Veronica by faking Archie's voice on the telephone and breaking a date. When the trick is revealed, Betty turns the tables on Reggie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #336 (June 1985)
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Boy Joy
Big Ethel / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ethel Muggs; friend
- Synopsis
- After a friend suggests they discuss bigger things rather than boys, Ethyl suggests football players.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #106 (November 1966)
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Table of Contents
-
0.
Designer Sneakers Should Reflect the Owner's True Love!
Betty and Veronica -
1.
The Sacrifice
Betty and Veronica -
2.
Changing New Year Resolutions
Archie -
3.
Curses, Foiled Again
Betty and Veronica -
4.
High Toned Tooter
Josie -
5.
Reflection Objection
Reggie -
6.
Stunt Stint
Reggie -
7.
Jape Scrape
Jughead -
8.
Chore Score
Jughead -
9.
The Last Dance
Betty and Veronica -
10.
The Big Search
Jughead -
11.
Economy Run
Coach Kleats -
12.
Election Selection
Reggie -
13.
Crystal Clear
Sabrina -
14.
Royal Flush
Betty and Veronica -
15.
Delay Dismay
Reggie -
16.
Sacrifice Fly
Josie -
17.
Stranded in Space
Betty -
18.
Best Guest
Archie -
19.
Clock Yock
Big Moose -
20.
Party Pals
Sabrina -
21.
Bet Fret
Reggie -
22.
Will Skill
Jughead -
23.
Wag Gag
Jughead -
24.
Boat Note
Reggie -
25.
Neat Treat
Reggie -
26.
A Passion for Fashion
Betty and Veronica -
27.
The Cook Look
Miss Grundy -
28.
Kitchen Aid
Betty and Veronica -
29.
Bird Word
Reggie -
30.
Tree Trauma
Jughead -
31.
["How long has Jug had the desire to return to the “good old days?”"]
The World of Jughead -
32.
The Coin Collector
-
33.
String Zing
Reggie -
34.
Worry Flurry
Reggie -
35.
[The Skateboard]
Jughead's Dipsy Doodles -
36.
Mouldy Oldie
Betty -
37.
Gym Whim
Big Moose -
38.
Big Gig
Reggie -
39.
Vacation Elation
Sabrina -
40.
Paper Caper
Archie -
41.
Numero Uno
Betty and Veronica -
42.
The Uncouth Truth
Betty and Veronica -
43.
Sleepy Time Gal
Betty and Veronica -
44.
The Imposters
Betty and Veronica -
45.
Boy Joy
Big Ethel
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