Archie Comics Digest
#266
(September 2010)
Archie,
1973 Series
- Price
- 2.69 USD
- Pages
- 84
- Indicia Frequency
- 10 times a year (monthly except May and Oct.)
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Library
- Barcode
- 762816468503 26611
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (signed)
- Inks
- Rich Koslowski (signed)
- Colors
- Rosario Peña (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You're right, Archie! I had no idea ocean life could be so fascinating!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley
Despicable Me
Universal Studios / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Ad for various items related to the Despicable Me movie.
The Unbelievable Story
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Tim Kennedy (credited)
- Inks
- Ken Selig (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Phil Felix (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- While at the beach, each person tells an unbelievable story.
- Reprints
[Life With Archie #1]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
House ad for the Life With Archie magazine.
[Beach Party]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
House ad for the Beach Party collection.
Archie & the Guys Looking Good
illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Frankie Valdez; Reggie Mantle
Indexer Notes
Fashion page.
The Racketeers
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to play tennis with Jughead.
- Reprints
-
from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #112 (September 1964)
-
- Keywords
- tennis
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #291, no credits listed in this digest.
Dragons Are a Drag!
Archie & Friends / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- John Lowe (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Set in the Renaissance Era, Archie and his band of minstrels are invited to play before the Earl, if they can ditch a bothersome dragon.
- Reprints
- from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #91 (July 2005)
-
- Keywords
- dragon
The Topper
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Smith (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- While at the beach, Archie and Jughead discuss all the wacky inventions they think should be invented.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #558 (August 2005)
-
Cool Cookie
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Archie has to attend an outdoor party at the Lodges' on a "hot, muggy and steaming" night, and finds that all the guests except Veronica are just as miserable in the heat as he is.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #239 (November 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[Archie Postage Stamps]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
House ad for Archie postage stamps from the US post office.
[Freshman Year]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
House ad for the Archie Iphone App where you can download many issues, including the Freshman Year storyline.
[no title indexed]
Mad House / illustration / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (signed)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Captain Sprocket
Indexer Notes
Illustration used as the title page for the next section featuring Mad House reprints.
The Tricky Tree Trap!
Captain Sprocket / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Captain Sprocket; Gladys; Treeman; The Chief
- Synopsis
- Captain Sprocket dresses up like a Christmas tree to capture the bank robber Treeman.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #50 (October 1966)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Razzle Dazzle
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Super Dazzle; Joe Slushwell; Leprechaun
- Synopsis
- A Leprechaun turns Slushwell into his hero Super Dazzle for 24 hours.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #49 (September 1966)
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Porpoise with a Purpose
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A porpoise in love.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #51 (December 1966)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[Archie 610-613]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
House ad for the Agent from R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E. storyline appearing in Archie #610-613.
[Archie's Haunted House]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
House ad for the Archie's Haunted House collection.
The All Time Champ
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Vance Horton
- Synopsis
- The girls ignore Archie because they are obsessed with the handsome new lifeguard at the beach.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #230 (November 1973)
-
- Keywords
- lifegaurd
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
No Contest
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Smith (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Vickie Williams (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead lose a sand sculpture contest but end up catching the eye of a Burger Queen chain and win an even bigger prize with them.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #557 (July 2005)
-
[Archie Graphic Novels To Go]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
House ad for various Graphic Novels.
Sandman
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- The pain of walking on a hot beach with bare feet leads Archie into even worse disasters as he tries to get some relief for his aching tootsies.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #239 (November 1974)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Sub Flub
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Reggie doesn't want to lose his sandwich even if it means Moose will beat him up.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #44 (November 1976)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Wry Try
Moose / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Moose knows how to make Archie and Reggie stop arguing.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #279 (August 1981)
-
Summer Homework
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- John Rose (credited)
- Pencils
- Pat Kennedy (credited)
- Inks
- Terry Austin (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Jack Morelli (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Chuck Clayton; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Nancy Woods; Midge Klump; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- It's the first day of summer and Archie wants to go see his friends but his parents keep him busy doing work around the house.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Super Special (Archie, 2012 series) #3 (July 2013)
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #300 (August 2019)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Jubilee (Archie, 2019 series) (2019)
-
[There couldn't be a better time to subscribe!]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Subscription information for various titles.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["You're right, Archie! I had no idea ocean life could be so fascinating!"]
Archie -
1.
Despicable Me
Universal Studios -
2.
The Unbelievable Story
Archie -
3.
[Life With Archie #1]
-
4.
[Beach Party]
-
5.
Archie & the Guys Looking Good
-
6.
The Racketeers
Jughead -
7.
Dragons Are a Drag!
Archie & Friends -
8.
The Topper
Archie -
9.
Cool Cookie
Archie -
10.
[Archie Postage Stamps]
-
11.
[Freshman Year]
-
12.
[no title indexed]
Mad House -
13.
The Tricky Tree Trap!
Captain Sprocket -
14.
Razzle Dazzle
-
15.
Porpoise with a Purpose
-
16.
[Archie 610-613]
-
17.
[Archie's Haunted House]
-
18.
The All Time Champ
Archie -
19.
No Contest
Archie -
20.
[Archie Graphic Novels To Go]
-
21.
[Jughead #202]
-
22.
Sandman
Archie -
23.
Sub Flub
Reggie -
24.
Wry Try
Moose -
25.
Summer Homework
Archie -
26.
[There couldn't be a better time to subscribe!]
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27.
[Archie #267]
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28.
Hero Factory
Lego Toys -
29.
[Unnatural History]
Cartoon Network
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