Archie Comics Digest
#229
(December 2006)
Archie,
1973 Series
- Price
- 2.49 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- Nelson Ribeiro (editor); Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in chief)
Mayor For A Day?
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (signed)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Mayor For A Day?
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Fernando Ruiz
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Brighton Early
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Stuart Smart; Dilton Doiley (cameo); Alison (cameo); Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie and Stuart Smart run against each other for a "Teen Mayor For A Day" election.
- Reprints
-
in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #12 (January 2012)
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Tell Tale Lockers
Archie & Friends / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Svenson
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee begins searching lockers when he smells a foul stench coming from a student's locker.
- Reprints
- from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #52 (December 2001)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the credits printed in Archie & Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #19.
Raking It In
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie has to rake leaves but asks Jughead to help him when he remembers an errand he needs to run. The chore then gets passed off to Ethel, then Betty as each volunteers to help for their own reasons.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #513 (October 2001)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the printing of this story in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #233. Archie #513 (apparently the original publication) credits script to Greg Crosby and inks to Bob Smith.
Boom Box
Archie & Friends / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Holly Golightly (credited as Holly G.)
- Pencils
- John Costanza
- Inks
- John Costanza
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones]; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- When the gang blows an amp while practicing for a gig, they all take on odd jobs to raise money for a new one.
- Reprints
- from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #52 (December 2001)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie & Friends Double Digest #14
Put Them All Together!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty sings a song made up from the letters in Archie's name, and Reggie replaces the lyrics with ones less than complimentary to Archie.
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #18 (1966-1967)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprinting in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #243.
A Pizza My Mind
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie craves a pizza, but his criticisms get him nowhere.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #514 (November 2001)
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The Moaning Mansion Of Mood Mountain
Archie / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- adventure; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jason Mood, Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie, Betty and Veronica explore an old house recently bought by Mr. Lodge, only to find a squatter there.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #181 (May 1977)
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Indexer Notes
This story is told in two chapters: Part 1 (6 pages) and Part 2 (5 pages).
Bird Brainer
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Rock; Goldie (a talking parrot); Mrs. Rogers; Jena
- Synopsis
- A talking parrot with a gift for mimicry gets Archie into trouble.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #515 (December 2001)
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Indexer Notes
Script, ink, and pencil credits from Archie #515 (apparently the original publication).
Homework Out
Archie & Friends / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Geraldine Grundy; Dilton Doiley (cameo); Ethel Muggs (cameo)
- Synopsis
- A strong wind blows Archie's essay away, but in spite of everyone's efforts to capture it, it still ends up on Miss Grundy's desk.
- Reprints
- from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #51 (October 2001)
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A Time For Change
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Stemwinder (a watchmaker); Waldo Weatherbee; Svenson
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead work part time setting clocks backward and forward due to daylight savings time in a clock and watch shop.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #515 (December 2001)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from Archie # 515 (apparently the original publication).
Be Brief
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Nancy Woods; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Betty begins talking in abbreviations in her normal conversation after spending too much time in internet chat rooms.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #104 (November 2001)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #256, no credits listed in this digest.
Who Are These People?
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Nancy Woods; Chuck Clayton; Dilton Doiley; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to make plans for the weekend, but everyone gives him the cold shoulder.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #515 (December 2001)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprinting in Archie & Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #33, no credits are listed in this digest.
Tackling Dummy
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Dilton discuss football as practice ends for the day.
- Reprints
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #19 (December 2012)
- in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #21 (November 2019)
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- Keywords
- football
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Table of Contents
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0.
Mayor For A Day?
Archie -
1.
Mayor For A Day?
Archie -
2.
Tell Tale Lockers
Archie & Friends -
3.
Raking It In
Archie -
4.
Boom Box
Archie & Friends -
5.
Put Them All Together!
Archie -
6.
A Pizza My Mind
Archie -
7.
The Moaning Mansion Of Mood Mountain
Archie -
8.
Bird Brainer
Archie -
9.
Homework Out
Archie & Friends -
10.
A Time For Change
Archie -
11.
Be Brief
Betty -
12.
Who Are These People?
Archie -
13.
Tackling Dummy
Archie
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- Gregg Whitmore
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