World of Archie Double Digest #7

(July 2011)

Cafeteria Cook Showdown! (Table of Contents: 1)

World of Archie / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Golliher

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Al Milgrom

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Janice Chiang

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Miss Beazley; Dude Ferrari; Maple May; Deanna Paul [Mary Slimapple]; Moose Mason; Stella Stern; Lotta Eats; Mr. Fujisaki; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee

Synopsis

Miss Beazly is selected to appear in a cook-off contest against other cafeteria workers.

Reprints

• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #77 (May 2018)
• in Archie Giant Comics Surprise (Archie, 2018 series) (2018)

Indexer Notes

Dude Ferrari is a parody of Guy Fieri. Maple May is a parody of Rachael Ray. Deanna Paul is a parody of Paula Deen.

Guzzle Puzzle or Jig Saw What? (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #152 (September 1970)

Sale Tale (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz

Inks

Al Nickerson

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mr. Vendor; Harriet Burble; Chuck Clayton; Waldo Weatherbee; Fred Andrews; Moose Mason

Synopsis

Archie is asked to respond to the questions by Mr. Vendor by holding up a sign with a happy face or a sad face.

Reprints

• from Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #2 (July 2005)

The Killer (Table of Contents: 4)

Reggie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Reggie thinks Archie knocked out Moose with one punch.

Reprints

• from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #22 (February 1967)

Little Boy Blew (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Mario Acquaviva

Colors

?

Letters

Mario Acquaviva

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie wants to try out for band, so he roams the halls practicing his trumpet to the irritation of Mr. Weatherbee.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #163 (April 1966)

Keywords

band; garbage can; public address system; trumpet

Mr. Fix-It of the Space World (Table of Contents: 6)

Captain Sprocket / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; superhero

Characters

Captain Sprocket; Sabrina (cameo)

Synopsis

Captain Sprocket gets an award for his discovery of the planet Nishdu.

Reprints

• from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #27 (August 1963)

Indexer Notes

Appearance of Sprocket's unnamed nephew.

Six Fix (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; science fiction

Characters

The Pink Martian (host)

Synopsis

The six-footed Jovians from Jupiter have problems too.

Reprints

• from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #27 (August 1963)

Ocean Commotion (Table of Contents: 8)

Professor Transistor / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir ?

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor

Characters

Hilda the Witch (host); Professor Transistor

Synopsis

Professor Transistor takes some Hollywood directors to his lab on the sea floor to find their next movie monster.

Reprints

• from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #27 (August 1963)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

His Royal Minus / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir ?

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh, king Minus! The treasury is very low!

Genre

humor

Characters

King Minus

Synopsis

A king raises revenue by allowing advertisements on his knight's shields.

Reprints

• from Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #27 (August 1963)

Double Play (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Harry Lucey

Inks

Harry Lucey

Colors

?

Letters

Harry Lucey

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Archie is reluctant to play ball with Jughead because he's afraid Veronica will go off with Reggie. Veronica convinces him to have confidence in himself. Then she goes off with Reggie, only to discover that Archie is actually playing catch with Betty.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #132 (November 1962)

Keywords

confidence

The Big Ape (Table of Contents: 11)

Reggie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Pop Tate; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Midge forces Moose to be a gentleman.

Reprints

• from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #21 (December 1966)

Blue and Gold Yearbook (Table of Contents: 12)

Riverdale High School / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (signed)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Ethel Muggs; Maria Rodriguez; Frankie Valdez; Nancy Woods; Patton Howitzer; Harriet Burble; Coach Clayton; Michael Dee; Raul Flores; Professor Flutesnoot; Greta Grappler; Putnam Grimley; Geraldine Grundy; Ophelia Hammly; Coach Kleats; Miss Beazly; Miss Phlips; Hiram Gaffer; Svenson; Wanda Wheeler

Synopsis

A look at the students and faculty at Riverdale High, presented as pages from the school yearbook.

Reprints

• from Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #1 (June 2005)

Keywords

baseball; football; Jefferson Memorial; Lincoln Memorial; Prom; softball; US Capitol; Washington DC; Washington Memorial; yearbook

Fair Weather Friends (Table of Contents: 13)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Samm Schwartz

Inks

Samm Schwartz

Colors

?

Letters

Samm Schwartz

Genre

teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Archie, Jughead and Betty go to an Italian restaurant.

Reprints

• from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #44 (July 1975)
• in Archie's Giant Kids' Joke Book (Archie, 2012 series) (2012)

Down Home Horror (Table of Contents: 14)

The Archies / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Chic Stone

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

The Archies [Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle]

Synopsis

Jughead's relatives in the backwoods ask the Archies to play their hoe-down.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #114 (November 1984)

Keywords

hillbilly; square dancing

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #17.

Sweater Girls Chapter 1 (Table of Contents: 15)

Josie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

?

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Josie; Melody; Pepper; Alexander Cabot III; Alexander Cabot II; The Boss; Waldo U. Fink; un-named cop

Synopsis

Melody buys a sweater that, unknown to her, has real diamonds sewn into it as part of a smuggling operation. The smugglers follow the girls up to Alex's beach house to steal the sweater back.

Reprints

• from She's Josie (Archie, 1963 series) #3 (October 1963)

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of 4 part story comprising almost a complete reprint of She's Josie #3.

Bad Sort Chapter 2 (Table of Contents: 16)

Josie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

?

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Josie; Melody; Pepper; Alexander Cabot III; Alexander Cabot II; The Boss; Waldo U. Fink

Synopsis

The Boss sends his incompetent underling, Waldo, over to the Cabot beach house to steal back the diamond-covered sweater.

Reprints

• from She's Josie (Archie, 1963 series) #3 (October 1963)

Native Nuisance Chapter 3 (Table of Contents: 17)

Josie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Josie; Melody; Pepper; Alexander Cabot III; Alexander Cabot II; The Boss; Waldo U. Fink

Synopsis

Alex comes up with a plan to lure the smugglers out into the open and capture them at the annual Beach Comber's Ball.

Reprints

• from She's Josie (Archie, 1963 series) #3 (October 1963)

Force Feed Chapter 4 (Table of Contents: 18)

Josie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Josie; Melody; Pepper; Alexander Cabot III; Alexander Cabot II; The Boss; Waldo U. Fink; Ernie Watiko

Synopsis

The smugglers see Pepper wearing the diamonds in her hair and force her to give them up.

Reprints

• in She's Josie (Archie, 1963 series) #3 (October 1963)
which is reprinted
• in Archie's Big Book (Archie, 2017 series) #1 - Magic, Music & Mischief (August 2017)

Amateur Boxer! (Table of Contents: 19)

Chuck Clayton / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

?

Characters

Chuck Clayton

Reprints

• from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #4 (September 1987)

Keywords

Word search

Indexer Notes

Find the boxing terms puzzle.

Video Strategy (Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Howard Bender (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Miss Beazly; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Archie imagines what it would be like if his life was a video game.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #284 (May 1991)

Keywords

video games

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

The Moosinator / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Inks

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Moose likes those tough guy action movies.

Characters

Moose Mason

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #93 (June 2005)

Riverdale Roughriders Part I (Table of Contents: 22)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski

Pencils

Rex W. Lindsey

Inks

Rex W. Lindsey

Colors

Rex W. Lindsey

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

adventure; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge; Cactus Slim; Willie; Tex

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge brings Veronica and her friends to his new investment, a Western ranch where they take lessons in riding and roping.

Reprints

• from World of Archie (Archie, 1992 series) #4 (May 1993)

Trail Troubles! Part II (Table of Contents: 23)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski

Pencils

Rex W. Lindsey

Inks

Rex W. Lindsey

Colors

Rex W. Lindsey

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

adventure

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Cactus Slim; Willie; Tex

Synopsis

Following their cowboy training, Archie and the gang go along on a cattle drive, but an accident starts a stampede.

Reprints

• from World of Archie (Archie, 1992 series) #4 (May 1993)

Ride Like the Wind! Part III (Table of Contents: 24)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski

Pencils

Rex W. Lindsey

Inks

Rex W. Lindsey

Colors

Rex W. Lindsey

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

adventure; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Cactus Slim; Tex; Willie

Synopsis

The teens help stop the stampede, but later, Mr. Lodge disappears. Reggie (who has brought along his portable television) learns that Tex and Willie are wanted criminals.

Reprints

• from World of Archie (Archie, 1992 series) #4 (May 1993)

Showdown! Part IV (Table of Contents: 25)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski

Pencils

Rex W. Lindsey

Inks

Rex W. Lindsey

Colors

Rex W. Lindsey

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

adventure; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge; Cactus Slim; Tex; Willie

Synopsis

The teens rescue Mr. Lodge from his kidnappers, and he promises not to make any changes to Cactus Slim's ranch.

Reprints

• from World of Archie (Archie, 1992 series) #4 (May 1993)

The Gig (Table of Contents: 26)

The Archies / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Jeff Shultz

Inks

Jim Amash

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Teresa Davidson

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

The Archies [Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle]; Chuck Clayton; Pop Tate

Keywords

Alaska; dance club; music