Tales from Riverdale Digest #31 [Direct Edition]

(February 2009)

[Get Ready to Bolt!] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Bolt / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Not Home Alone (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Al Nickerson (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Teresa Davidson (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Svenson; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis

Fred tries to work from home but is constantly distracted.

Reprints

• in Archie 1000 Page Mega Comics Digest (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
• in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #11 (February 2015)

[The Archies Greatest Hits] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Moose Presents "D-uh! Really Dumb Questions!" (Table of Contents: 5)

Moose / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Moose; Dolly; guy; kid; clerk

Synopsis

Moose asks dumb questions in various settings.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #542 (January 2004)

Indexer Notes

First question is how much items in the dollar store are.

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

Super-Hero Zero! (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski

Pencils

Rex Lindsey

Inks

Rich Koslowski

Colors

?

Letters

Vickie Williams

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Moose Mason [Super-Moose]; space monster; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Moose falls asleep at the movies, and dreams he's a superhero.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #77 (January 2004)

Keywords

Dream; monster; movies

Indexer Notes

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

Personality Plus (Table of Contents: 7)

Reggie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren

Pencils

Dick Malmgren

Inks

?

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen

Characters

Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Reggie offends Betty, then tries to get back in her good graces.

Reprints

• from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #97 (July 1977)

Indexer Notes

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

It's Always the Same Old Story on a Weekend Ski Trip (Table of Contents: 8)

Reggie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Bolling

Pencils

Bob Bolling

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

With all the things that can go wrong on a ski trip, is it really worth it?

Reprints

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #287 (March 1974)

Keywords

skiing

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #1, no credits listed in this digest.

[Archie One Year Subscriptions] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

Jughead "The Matchmakers" Graphic Novel Offer (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie's Weird Mysteries / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz ?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Indexer Notes

Illustration used as the title page for the next section featuring Archie's Weird Mysteries reprints.

U.F.O. Uh-Oh! (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie's Weird Mysteries / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz ?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction; humor; fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Kleats; Moose Mason; Pop Tate; Dilton Doiley

Synopsis

An alien race kidnaps the Riverdale baseball team to teach them how to play baseball.

Reprints

• from Archie's Weird Mysteries (Archie, 2000 series) #7 (August 2000)

Keywords

alien; baseball

[2007 Collector Sets] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

[Archie Comic Shop] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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

[Archie & Friends and Sabrina DVD's] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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

Mind Games (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski

Pencils

Rex Lindsey

Inks

Rich Koslowski

Colors

Jason Jensen

Letters

Dan Nakrosis

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Dilton Doily; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee; new girl; Morris Dobbs; security officer

Synopsis

Dilton invents a device that increases Archie's latent power of E.S.P. He finds it awkward to know other people's thoughts, and attacks an apparent thief who turns out to be a mystery writer mentally working out a new novel.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #77 (January 2004)

Keywords

E.S.P.; ESP; Extra-Sensory Perception; high school; mind reading; science fair

[Christmas Issues Offer] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

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

letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Two reader-submitted articles.

The Princess and the Party Pooper (Table of Contents: 19)

Archie & Friends Fables / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Al Hartley

Pencils

Al Hartley

Inks

Joe Sinnott

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis

The Archie gang as characters in a fairy tale where Veronica is the princess who must wed Reggie but she really wants to wed Archie the stable boy.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #18 (February 1972)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #41, no credits are listed in this digest.

He's Just a Friend (Table of Contents: 20)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Rex Lindsey

Inks

Rich Koslowski

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen

Characters

Ethel Muggs; Nancy Woods; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Ethel tries to convince Nancy that she's not obsessed with Jughead.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #64 (January 2003)

Indexer Notes

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

Money Matter$ (Table of Contents: 21)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Ken Selig (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie, Reggie and Moose all try to imagine what it would be like to be as rich as Mr. Lodge.

Reprints

• in Archie Giant Comics Festival (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
• in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #10 (January 2015)

[Archie One Year Subscriptions] (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

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

[Next Issue] (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

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[Dragonball Origins] (Table of Contents: 24) (Expand) /

Nintendo DS / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[It's Panda Time!] (Table of Contents: 25) (Expand) /

Nintendo DS / advertisement / 1 page (report information)