Archie... Archie Andrews Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine #78

(February 1992)

The Tiny Tree Trimmer (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Dan DeCarlo

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Jingles; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Jingles, Santa's problem elf, is back to help the gang trim the Christmas Tree.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #567 (January 1987)

Keywords

Christmas; Christmas tree

Blade Aid (Table of Contents: 2)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #231 (April 1977)

Carry Tarry (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie starts carrying Veronica's Christmas packages but someone else finishes.

Reprints

• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #148 (February 2004)
• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #248 (December 2008)
• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #23 (January 2013)
• in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #245 (December 2013)

Keywords

Christmas

Season's Greetings (Table of Contents: 4)

Moose / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr.

Inks

Jim DeCarlo

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Duh! I saw that

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Midge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Reggie kisses Midge in front of Moose claiming that it's in the Christmas spirit but Moose gets even with his present to Reggie.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #454 (January 1977)

Keywords

Christmas; mistletoe

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #12.

Pay Dismay (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Bob Bolling

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Alisa Merrill

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee

Synopsis

Archie gets a job at a food place but spends almost his whole paycheck giving out freebies.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #158 (May 1982)

Phone Frenzy (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie's Dad / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Nate Butler

Pencils

Samm Schwartz

Inks

Samm Schwartz

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #113 (February 1987)

A Fair Shake (Table of Contents: 7)

The Archies / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

The Archies [Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper]

Synopsis

The Archies' van breaks down in a snowstorm and the abominable snowman destroys Reggie's guitar.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #83 (May 1980)

Keywords

abominable snowman

What a Revolting Development (Table of Contents: 8)

Pop Tate / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren

Pencils

Dick Malmgren

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor

Characters

Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Pop cuts Archie and Jughead off until they settle their tabs.

Reprints

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #302 (June 1975)

Indexer Notes

Inking credit taken from reprint in Jughead's Double Digest #134.

The Error of His Ways (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Chic Stone

Inks

Chic Stone

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Pop Tate; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie has his trip to school timed so that he can arrive at the precise moment the bell rings.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #107 (August 1976)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the digest reprint.

Hanging Hang-Up (Table of Contents: 10)

Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen

Characters

Sabrina; Aunt Hilda

Synopsis

Hilda solves the problem Sabrina has with reaching the top of the Christmas tree.

Reprints

• from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #65 (February 1981)

Foto Fun (Table of Contents: 11)

Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen

Characters

Sabrina; Aunt Hilda

Synopsis

Sabrina and Hilda reminisce over a photo album.

Reprints

• from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #65 (February 1981)

Disaster Area (Table of Contents: 12)

That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir ?

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen

Characters

Woodrow "Bingo" Wilkin

Synopsis

Bingo's clumsiness decimates a department store.

Reprints

• from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #40 (January 1977)

First Lesson (Table of Contents: 13)

Moose / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy

Synopsis

Archie agrees to teach Moose how to roller skate.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #127 (January 1987)

Not Quite (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Bolling ?

Pencils

Bob Bolling

Inks

Rudy Lapick ?

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

There's been a big snow in Riverdale, but Archie thinks his car can get Mr. Lodge to work.

Reprints

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #334 (February 1978)

And a Zappy New Year (Table of Contents: 15)

Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oops! It's Dell the head witch!

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Sabrina Spellman; Della the Head Witch; Cousin Ambrose

Synopsis

Della wants to play pranks on people for Christmas but Ambrose and Sabrina change her mind.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #479 (January 1979)

Christmas Present? (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Samm Schwartz

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs

Synopsis

The boys don't want to sing the same old Christmas carols with the girls, so they go off on their own, but the people of Riverdale don't respond well to their modern lyrics.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #158 (January 1969)

Keywords

Christmas; Christmas carols

Indexer Notes

Credits from the printing in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #256.

Race Ace (Table of Contents: 17)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr.

Inks

Jim DeCarlo

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie loses a race to Reggie, but finds a way to brag about it later.

Reprints

• from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #300 (March 1976)

The Beast! (Table of Contents: 18)

Archie 1 / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr.

Inks

Jim DeCarlo

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Rod Ollerenshaw

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Man! Look at the size of those prints! That beast must be some size!!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie 1; Reggie 1; Jughead 1; Betty 1; Veronica 1

Synopsis

Jughead 1 has taken to wearing a bearskin and is mistaken for a bear by Archie 1 and Reggie 1.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #123 (May 1986)

Keywords

caveman; pre-historic; snow

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie's Holiday Fun Digest.

Tumble Fumble (Table of Contents: 19)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Samm Schwartz

Inks

Samm Schwartz

Colors

?

Letters

Samm Schwartz

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Reprints

• from Archie... Archie Andrews Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #48 (February 1987)

Treasure and Treachery! (Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

adventure; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

While skiing in the Swiss Alps, Archie, Betty, and Veronica stumble across a cave filled with stolen treasures.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #203 (March 1979)

Indexer Notes

This story is told in 2 parts.

The Cut Up (Table of Contents: 21)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Archie demonstrates his figure skating ability.

Reprints

• from Archie... Archie Andrews Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #48 (February 1987)

Keywords

figure skating

Power Struggle (Table of Contents: 22)

Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hoo, boy! Sometimes the old guy isn't as jolly as he's cracked up to be!

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Sabrina Spellman; Jingles; Hilda Spellman; Cousin Ambrose

Synopsis

Sabrina and Jingles have a competition.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #479 (January 1979)

Leader of the Pack (Table of Contents: 23)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Henry Scarpelli

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Tony

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica are working at a day care center when the children they should be watching mysteriously disappear.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #170 (June 1976)

Indexer Notes

When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #265, writing is credited to George Gladir and inks to Jon D'Agostino.

Mad Lad (Table of Contents: 24)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Look! Jug is standing under the misletoe!

Genre

humor

Characters

Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #228 (December 1974)

Bullseye (Table of Contents: 25)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Gregory

Reprints

• from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #99 (February 1978)

Naturally (Table of Contents: 26)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Stan Goldberg ?

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text

What are you doing, Betty?

Genre

humor

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Betty wants an old fashioned Christmas with popcorn strings around the tree instead of plastic.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #501 (December 1980)

Bright Sight (Table of Contents: 27)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm gonna outshine everyone on the slopes tonight!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Reggie is going to outshine everyone on the ski slopes.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #267 (April 1980)

Merry Christmas (Table of Contents: 28)

Pipsqueak / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Pipsqueak; Hot Dog; Pipsqueak's father; Pipsqueak's mother

Synopsis

Pipsqueak helps his dad trim the Christmas tree. Pipsqueak's dad dresses up as Santa.

Reprints

• in Archie's Holiday Fun Digest (Archie, 1997 series) #1 (February 1997)

Keywords

Christmas

Never Too Late (Table of Contents: 29)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr.

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Alisa Merrill

Letters

Bill Yoshida [as Saburo Y.]

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Archie's Christmas shopping plans fall through at the last minute, leaving him without any gifts to give.

Reprints

• from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #371 (February 1982)