Tales from Riverdale Digest
#8
[Direct Edition]
(March 2006)
Archie,
2005 Series
- Price
- 2.39 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- 9 times a year in Jan., Mar., Apr., June, July, Aug., Sept., Nov., 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
- 762816468527 00811
- Editing
- Nelson Ribeiro; Victor Gorelick; Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
Mixed-Up Media!
Tales from Riverdale / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (signed)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper
- Keywords
- television
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Mixed-Up Media!
Archie & Friends / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Mr. Dee
- Synopsis
- The gang puts on a TV news show but everything is a disaster, causing their teacher to think they are actually doing a parody of a news show, which he thinks is brilliant.
- Reprints
Warm Wishes!
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Jughead freezes in cold weather, and even layered clothing won't help. Dilton finds the solution.
- Reprints
-
from Archie's Pal Jughead Comics (Archie, 1993 series) #133 (January 2001)
-
- Keywords
- winter
The Scalper
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Jughead is in trouble for eating in class and decides to wear a mop top wig into Mr. Weatherbee's office. Mr. Weatherbee doesn't say anything about it, so everyone in the school starts wearing them. Finally, he takes them all away and tries one on himself.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #111 (August 1964)
-
- Keywords
- Beatle wig; fad
The Turncoat
Josie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Pepper; Clyde Didit
- Synopsis
- After visiting Clyde Didit in his igloo, the girls go to a department store to return their Christmas gifts. Melody wants to exchange a bikini because it covers too much of her, but when she demonstrates, the customers at the store don't seem to agree with her.
- Reprints
- from Josie (Archie, 1965 series) #39 (February 1969)
-
- Keywords
- igloos; winter
Go Go Gift
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie; Pepper; Sock; Clyde Didit
- Synopsis
- Clyde is trying to return a magic set which no one can see, because he claims he "disappeared it." When he says one of the magic words, he becomes convinced he's turned Sock into a dog. Then Josie uses a few magic words to fend off Clyde's amorous advances.
- Reprints
- from Josie (Archie, 1965 series) #39 (February 1969)
-
Welcome Home
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Pepper; Sock; Alexander Cabot III; Clyde Didit
- Synopsis
- To prove he's "democratic," Alex offers to help Sock return his Christmas gift, an offer he soon regrets.
- Reprints
- from Josie (Archie, 1965 series) #39 (February 1969)
-
An Incomplete Sentence
Salem / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Gallagher
- Pencils
- Dave Manak
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Vickie Williams
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Salem; Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Boru the Warlock
- Synopsis
- A warlock parole officer visits the family to find out if Salem's sentence under enchantment should be reduced.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina (Archie, 2000 series) #3 (March 2000)
-
Indexer Notes
contains a recap of Salem's origin
Ticket Trauma
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Angelo De Cesare
- Pencils
- Dave Manak
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina; Chloe
- Synopsis
- Chloe and Sabrina have won a ticket to the sold out Aluminium Potato Chips concert.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina (Archie, 2000 series) #3 (March 2000)
-
- Keywords
- rock concerts
Growl Howl
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica warns Archie and Jughead that loud noises could set off an avalanche.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #63 (April 1979)
-
- Keywords
- avalanches
Sno' Man
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Jinx's plans to build a huge snowman turn out to be too tiring.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #181 (May 1977)
-
- Keywords
- snowmen; winter
Rescue One
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty and Chuck rescue Archie and Jughead when the boys are buried by an avalanche.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #214 (June 1980)
-
- Keywords
- avalanches; skiing; winter
Indexer Notes
Writer, penciller, inker and letterer credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #65.
I Will Survive
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica are chosen to participate on the reality television show "Survivor Island". Veronica's selfish attitude quickly gets her voted off, so she decides to sabotage the show for everyone else.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #46 (March 2001)
-
- Keywords
- reality television
Greeting Card
Dilton / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; Sara Rollins
- Synopsis
- Dilton likes the girl at the computer store but has no idea how to ask her out so he asks Reggie, Chuck and Archie for some help.
- Reprints
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #2 (March 2011)
- in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #23 (January 2017)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Compendium (Archie, 2017 series) (2017)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Mixed-Up Media!
Tales from Riverdale -
1.
Mixed-Up Media!
Archie & Friends -
2.
Warm Wishes!
Jughead -
3.
The Scalper
Jughead -
4.
The Turncoat
Josie -
5.
Go Go Gift
Josie -
6.
Welcome Home
Josie -
7.
An Incomplete Sentence
Salem -
8.
Ticket Trauma
Sabrina -
9.
Growl Howl
Veronica -
10.
Sno' Man
Li'l Jinx -
11.
Rescue One
Archie -
12.
I Will Survive
Betty and Veronica -
13.
[no title indexed]
Editor's Notebook -
14.
Greeting Card
Dilton
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Peter Croome
- Katy Hayhurst
- Thomas Johnson
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
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