(July 2007)

Archie, 1992 Series
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196
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On-sale Date
2007-05-31
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Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
The Archie Digest Library
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks
Bob Smith (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Duh... later, Midge! I'm playin' tug-o-war with my buddies!
Genre
teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Moose Mason

The Ultimate Cell! (Table of Contents: 1)

Dilton / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Pat Kennedy
Inks
Jim Amash
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Jack Morelli

Genre
teen

Nerve Verve (Table of Contents: 2)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Mr. Lodge
Reprints

Good Food Gone Bad (Table of Contents: 3)

Pop Tate / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Golliher
Pencils
Tim Kennedy ?
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Ms. Beazly
Synopsis
Pop Tate hires Ms. Beazly as a part-time cook and loses most of his customers.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils could be either Tim or Pat Kennedy, brothers who share a very similar art style.

Tryout (Table of Contents: 4)

The Archies / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Alison Flood
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Not bad! Not bad at all!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
A clarinet player wants to join The Archies and tries to get other members of the group out.
Reprints
Keywords
clarinet

Down in the Mouth (Table of Contents: 5)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse; Greg
Synopsis
Li'l Jinx, practicing for a future medical career, diagnoses a problem with Charley. She won't tell him what she saw, though, which sets off a severe fit of hypochondria.
Reprints

Recovered Romance (Table of Contents: 6)

Frankie Valdez / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Frankie Valdez; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Reggie puts Frankie on to the metaphysical attraction women have to Jughead's hat.
Reprints

Yarn Yarn (Table of Contents: 7)

Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Bolling
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
Characters
Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Salem
Synopsis
Sabrina shrinks herself to have some fun, but is almost eaten by a mouse.
Reprints

Tennis Bum! (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

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

Genre
drama; teen
Characters
Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews; Slade Smith; Betty Cooper; Nancy
Synopsis
After Slade Smith humiliates Chuck on the tennis court, Nancy comes in and puts Slade in his place.
Reprints
Keywords
tennis

Indexer Notes

Two-part story.

Second Saying (Table of Contents: 9)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Reggie forces Archie to repeat the what Reggie said about Archie.
Reprints

New Girl in Town (Table of Contents: 10)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Pierre; Gloria
Synopsis
A girl from Hawaii fascinates all the boys with her exotic dishes and dances, making all the girls jealous -- except Veronica.
Reprints
Keywords
hulu dancing

Getting To the Point (Table of Contents: 11)

Mort / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Mort the Worry Wart; Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Synopsis
Jinx tries to help Mort be more decisive.
Reprints

Glide Ride (Table of Contents: 12)

Sabrina / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Sabrina; Aunt Zelda
Synopsis
Sabrina substitutes a carnival horse for her broom.
Reprints

Hollywood Make-up Magic (Table of Contents: 13)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Harold Smith
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rod Ollerenshaw
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Cynthia Van Snoote; Archie Andrews; Doug Westweed; Donaldo
Synopsis
Veronica is desperate for a way to one-up Cynthia Van Snoote. When she meets Archie's cousin, who is a Hollywood make-up artist, she thinks she has her way.
Reprints

Golf Gaff (Table of Contents: 14)

Reggie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Synopsis
Reggie and Archie compete at miniature golf for the chance to help Veronica at a party. Reggie obviously cheats to win, but Veronica puts him in his place.
Reprints
Keywords
miniature golf

Stuff It (Table of Contents: 15)

Midge / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Barry Grossman ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Stop!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Moose is trying to gain weight for football and Midge gains right along with him much to her dismay.
Reprints

Someday My Prince Will Come (Table of Contents: 16)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Alice Cooper
Synopsis
Betty's fairy godmother stops by for a visit, but finds Betty's taste in Archie disgusting.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits from the World of Archie Digest #30 index.

Roman Revenge (Table of Contents: 17)

Life with Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Sal Contrera
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Bettina [Betty Cooper]; Jugius [Jughead Jones]; Archiebus Caesar [Archie Andrews]; Bootius Lickius; Reggio [Reggie Mantle]
Synopsis
Reggio has Bettina. Jugius and Archiebus are sentenced to death in the arena.
Reprints
Keywords
Rome

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Veronica's Pin-Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh Archie! Isn't the fair just wonderful!!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
While Veronica is admiring the majestic scenery of the New York World's Fair, Archie is picking up the counter girl at the refreshment stand.
Reprints
Keywords
New York World's Fair; Unisphere

I'll Bite (Table of Contents: 19)

Josie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Jon D'Agostino ?
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine
Synopsis
Melody is nervous about seeing the dentist.
Reprints

Clothes Call (Table of Contents: 20)

Josie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Josie; Valerie; Alan M.; Alexandra Cabot
Synopsis
After Alexandra insults Josie's clothes, Josie is depressed because she feels Alexandra is right, until something happens to prove that her clothes are actually better than Alexandra's.
Reprints

How to Hold a Man (Table of Contents: 21)

Josie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick; ? (pages 1-2)
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Josie McCoy; Alan Mayberry; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown
Synopsis
Josie and Melody compare strategies on how to keep a man.
Reprints

Scary Stuff! (Table of Contents: 22)

Valerie / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Valerie
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Unscramble the words puzzle.

Love Bug (Table of Contents: 23)

Josie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen; humor
Characters
Josie; Valerie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot
Synopsis
Alexandra is so pathetically love-struck over Alan M. that she goes into insane ecstasy at the mere mention of his name. Even Josie takes pity on Alexandra and asks Alan to pay a little attention to her. But as soon as he's nice to her, she takes it as a sign that he doesn't love her.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Josie is wearing a Charlie Chaplin t-shirt.

Alexandra acts a lot like Betty Cooper in this story, and it has been speculated that this could be a "Betty acts crazy over Archie" script rewritten for this title.

Prize Catch (Table of Contents: 24)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards ?
Pencils
Joe Edwards ?
Inks
Joe Edwards ?
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Greg! You've been grumbling for the last hour - stop complaining about not catching any fish!
Genre
humor; children
Synopsis
Greg gets into trouble when he gives a fish he and Jinx caught to Gigi.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Moose Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Duh-h, Arch, how can we take our dates out when we we ain’t got enough bread?
Genre
teen
Characters
Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump
Synopsis
Archie has a solution for Moose's money woes.
Reprints
  • US from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #389 (June 1983)
  • which is reprinted
    • from Archie daily (Creator's Syndicate) #?
  • from Archie daily (Creator's Syndicate) #?

Figure This Out! (Table of Contents: 26)

Dilton / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Dilton Doiley
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Unscramble the code puzzle.

Putting on the Dog (Table of Contents: 27)

Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
Pencils
Tim Kennedy (credited)
Inks
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey! What's that box doing there?!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Hubert Smithers
Synopsis
Veronica finds a box of puppies and tries to keep them out of the way during a party her parents are throwing.
Reprints

A Big Show (Table of Contents: 28)

Little Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dexter Taylor ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
children
Characters
Little Archie; Spotty
Synopsis
Little Archie takes Spotty to a dog show.
Reprints
Keywords
dog show

Finella N' Me! (Table of Contents: 29)

Little Ambrose / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Dexter Taylor (credited)
Pencils
Dexter Taylor (credited)
Inks
Ken Selig (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
children
Characters
Little Ambrose; Little Archie; Little Jughead; Mr. Weatherbee; Finella
Synopsis
Little Ambrose takes his pet frog Finella to summer camp.
Reprints

Some Trick (Table of Contents: 30)

Little Reggie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Dexter Taylor
Pencils
Dexter Taylor
Inks
Dexter Taylor
Colors
?
Letters
Dexter Taylor

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis
Reggie tries his hand at magic tricks.
Reprints

The Witches of Oz (Table of Contents: 31)

Little Sabrina / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen; children; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Aunt Zelda; Aunt Hilda; Mr. Weatherbee; Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones
Reprints

The Devil, You Say! (Table of Contents: 32)

Reggie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Doug Crane
Inks
Richard Maurizio (credited as Rich Maurizio)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mrs. Hopkins
Synopsis
Mrs. Hopkins asks Archie and Reggie to pick apples for her but Reggie doesn't want to work so Archie does the job by himself.
Reprints

Ronnie's Raft-Wrestling Rodeo (Table of Contents: 33)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Harold Smith
Pencils
Jeff Shultz
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The inflatable raft is ready, Miss Veronica!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hubert Smithers; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Archie tapes Veronica trying unsuccessfully to get on the inflatable raft in her pool. Mr. Lodge grabs the tape by mistake and takes it with him to his appearance on a television show.
Reprints

Catch Up! (Table of Contents: 34)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Fernando Ruiz
Pencils
Fernando Ruiz
Inks
Al Nickerson
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
Archie and his dad wear themselves out with a pre-dinner game of catch.
Reprints

Cool It (Table of Contents: 35)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mr. Cooper; Mrs. Cooper
Synopsis
Disturbed by all the reminders of Archie that Betty has put up around the house -- including a life-size waterproof Archie in the shower, a recording of Archie's voice saying romantic things, and Archie photographs on her ceiling -- her dad tries to convince her to play hard to get.
Reprints

Helping Hand (Table of Contents: 36)

Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Parent
Pencils
Dan Parent
Inks
Jim Amash
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Cheryl Blossom; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Madge Reynolds; Estelle; Penelope Blossom
Synopsis
Cheryl rushes to help volunteer at a local nursing home just to get on TV.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Duh... later, Midge! I'm playin' tug-o-war with my buddies!"]
  2. 1. The Ultimate Cell!
    Dilton
  3. 2. Nerve Verve
    Reggie
  4. 3. Good Food Gone Bad
    Pop Tate
  5. 4. Tryout
    The Archies
  6. 5. Down in the Mouth
    Li'l Jinx
  7. 6. Recovered Romance
    Frankie Valdez
  8. 7. Yarn Yarn
    Sabrina
  9. 8. Tennis Bum!
  10. 9. Second Saying
    Reggie
  11. 10. New Girl in Town
    Betty and Veronica
  12. 11. Getting To the Point
    Mort
  13. 12. Glide Ride
    Sabrina
  14. 13. Hollywood Make-up Magic
    Veronica
  15. 14. Golf Gaff
    Reggie
  16. 15. Stuff It
    Midge
  17. 16. Someday My Prince Will Come
    Betty
  18. 17. Roman Revenge
    Life with Archie
  19. 18. ["Oh Archie! Isn't the fair just wonderful!!"]
    Veronica's Pin-Up
  20. 19. I'll Bite
    Josie
  21. 20. Clothes Call
    Josie
  22. 21. How to Hold a Man
    Josie
  23. 22. Scary Stuff!
    Valerie
  24. 23. Love Bug
    Josie
  25. 24. Prize Catch
    Li'l Jinx
  26. 25. ["Duh-h, Arch, how can we take our dates out when we we ain’t got enough bread?"]
    Moose Gag Bag
  27. 26. Figure This Out!
    Dilton
  28. 27. Putting on the Dog
    Veronica
  29. 28. A Big Show
    Little Archie
  30. 29. Finella N' Me!
    Little Ambrose
  31. 30. Some Trick
    Little Reggie
  32. 31. The Witches of Oz
    Little Sabrina
  33. 32. The Devil, You Say!
    Reggie
  34. 33. Ronnie's Raft-Wrestling Rodeo
    Veronica
  35. 34. Catch Up!
    Archie
  36. 35. Cool It
    Betty
  37. 36. Helping Hand
    Cheryl Blossom
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Johnathan Richardson