Archie Comics Digest #246 [Direct Edition]

(September 2008)

[Avatar the Last Airbender] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Paramount / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pool Player (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Ken Selig (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mr. Fisher; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie gets a job cleaning pools but manages to fall into more pools than he cleans.

Reprints

• in Archie 1000 Page Comics Explosion (Archie, 2014 series) ([July] 2014)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #252 (August 2014)

[ROTFL LOL] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Cartoon Network / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Archie Americana Series] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

A Mouldy Oldie (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Pat Kennedy

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews

Synopsis

"The Rolling Rocks" rocks

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #531 (March 2003)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Impractical Joke (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump

Synopsis

The boys decide to play a practical joke on Veronica by burying Archie.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #526 (October 2002)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the printing in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #4, no credits listed in this digest.

Museum Musings (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Fred takes Archie and his friends to the Melvis museum in Las Vegas and Reggie makes a fool of himself.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #526 (October 2002)

Keywords

Las Vegas

Germ Workout (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Exercise kills germs but the trick is getting germs to exercise.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #47 (July 1960)

If the Shoe Fits (Table of Contents: 9)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica found a horseshoe.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #47 (July 1960)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Hubba Bubba Gum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Love Showdown] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Picnic at the Park (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Archie plans a picnic in the park for Betty.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #527 (November 2002)

Keywords

picnic

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #269, no credits listed in this digest.

Imagination (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Bob Smith

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Inspired by Reggie telling him to "go fly a kite", Archie thinks up new ideas and sells them to a toy company.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #525 (September 2002)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Fright Plight (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie offers to pay for everyone to ride the roller coaster.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #228 (December 1981)

Keywords

carnival

[Archie's Three on a Soda Combo Bag] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Archie's Camp Tales] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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[Archie Comics Shop] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Flame Out (Table of Contents: 18)

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

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr.

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Archie 1; Jughead 1; Betty 1; Veronica 1; Moose 1

Synopsis

The gang decides to cook some dino-mites.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #333 (January 1985)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Animal Talk (Table of Contents: 19)

Archie 1 / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Bob Bolling

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor

Characters

Reggie 1; Archie 1; Moose 1; Betty 1; Veronica 1

Synopsis

Reggie 1 and Archie 1 tease Moose 1 about his claim to be able to talk to animals.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #54 (February 1977)

Keywords

dinosaur

Indexer Notes

Credits changed to reflect changes made in index of original printing.

Subscribe to Archie Comics today and save! (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Archie Freshman Year] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

A Little Seedy (Table of Contents: 22)

Archie's Future Fun / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren

Pencils

Dick Malmgren

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

science fiction; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Archie's flying car keeps messing up Mr. Lodge's newly seeded lawn.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #125 (August 1978)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Riverdale Fast Forward (Table of Contents: 23)

Archie's Future Fun / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction; teen

Characters

Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead use a computerized studying machine.

Trouble in Paradise (Table of Contents: 24)

Archie's Future Fun / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction; teen

Characters

Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge's robot creations have prevented humans from doing any strenuous activity but luckily Jughead has created his own lazy robots to counteract them.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #210 (December 1979)

[Subscribe to Archie Double Digest books today and save!] (Table of Contents: 25) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Archie's New Look] (Table of Contents: 26) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Castle Keeper (Table of Contents: 27)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Bob Smith

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Nancy Woods; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason

Synopsis

Dilton's sand castle creation is destroyed in one accident after another.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #537 (August 2003)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

The Thinker (Table of Contents: 28)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Bob Smith

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen

Characters

Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Smithers

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge tells Archie he should think things through to their logical conclusion before he acts.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #525 (September 2002)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #270, no credits listed in this digest.

Water on Mars? (Table of Contents: 29)

Archie News / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

? [as Nikita D]

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

[Archie Comics and Digests 2007 Collector Sets] (Table of Contents: 30) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Everyone into the Pool!! (Table of Contents: 31)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Ruth

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr.

Inks

Jim DeCarlo

Colors

?

Letters

Rod Ollerenshaw

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason (cameo); Midge Klump (cameo); Chuck Clayton (cameo); Fred Andrews

Synopsis

On hearing that Archie has a new swimming pool, the whole gang descends on Archie's house to fill his small above-ground pool. Meanwhile, Veronica takes Archie's father, Archie and Jughead back to her pool, where they can swim in peace.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #343 (September 1986)

Keywords

swimming pool

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Soggy Story (Table of Contents: 32)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate

Synopsis

The gang spends summer days floating on the river, at the beach and in the swimming pool but are bummed when it rains because they will get wet.

Reprints

• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #59 (July 2016)

[Subscribe to Archie digest books and save!"] (Table of Contents: 33) (Expand) /

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[Archie Digest #247] (Table of Contents: 34) (Expand) /

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[Carnival Games] (Table of Contents: 35) (Expand) /

Nintendo DS / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Batman Battle Rolls! (Table of Contents: 36) (Expand) /

Fruit Roll Ups / advertisement / 1 page (report information)