Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine
#13
[Newsstand]
(April 2012)
Archie,
2011 Series
- Price
- 3.99 USD
- Pages
- 164
- Indicia Frequency
- 10 times a year (monthly except May and Dec.)
- On-sale Date
- 2012
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie 70th Anniversary Classic; The Archie Library
- Barcode
- 722627469533 13
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #13 [Direct Edition].
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Pureheart the Powerful [Archie Andrews]
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Postage Due
Archie as Pureheart the Powerful / comic story / 12 pages
- Characters
- Pureheart the Powerful [Archie Andrews]; unnamed villain; two unnamed postal employees; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Pureheart battles an ex-postal worker who is trying to get revenge on Mr. Lodge for firing him from his job.
- Reprints
-
from Archie as Capt. Pureheart (Archie, 1967 series) #6 (November 1967)
-
Indexer Notes
Title changed from "Postal Peril".
Dreamland
Archie & Friends / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Mike Pellowski
- Pencils
- Holly Golightly [as Holly G!]
- Inks
- John Costanza
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper (dream sequence); Veronica Lodge (dream sequence); Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- While shoveling snow, Archie dreams of his favorite things in the summer.
- Reprints
- from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #54 (March 2002)
-
- Keywords
- ice skating; rollerblading; skiing; surfing; volleyball; water skiing
Wild West Daze
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Mr. Shane
- Synopsis
- The gang imagines Pop Tate's as a Western-themed restaurant.
- Reprints
- in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #5 (April 2018)
-
Fruit Salad
Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- When Archie wheels a wagon of oranges to Veronica's house, Reggie tries to sabotage him.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #77 (March 1975)
-
A Guide To Teenage Boy Behavior
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews
- Synopsis
- A guide to teenage boy behavior, with Archie as the example.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #253 (March 1986)
-
Museum Musings
The Archies / comic story / 5 pages
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle]; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- After visiting a music museum, The Archies discuss what they would donate to a music museum.
- Reprints
- from Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #17 (March 2007)
-
- Keywords
- museum
[no title indexed]
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Veronica and Midge went shopping for skis!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead makes bandages for his skiing trip with Archie ahead of time.
- Reprints
- from Archie newspaper strip from unknown date
School Is Cancelled
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Randy Elliot ?
- Inks
- Rich Koslowski
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- John Workman
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones; Svenson; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie spends his entire snow day trying to figure out how to spend it.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #108 (February 2007)
-
Daffy Inventions
Dilton / comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Dilton dreams up some inventions.
- Reprints
- from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #55 (April 2002)
-
Mega-Mouse
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Mega-Mouse; Betty Cooper; Mrs. Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Mega-Mouse causes chaos for Archie when he escapes his cage.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #277 (March 1990)
-
The Apple Knockers
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; unnamed freshman; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie make fun of a freshman for giving a teacher an apple, until Miss Grundy lectures them on how much teachers appreciate it.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #277 (February 1979)
-
- Keywords
- apple
Lock Downer
Moose / comic story / 5 pages
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Moose enlists the help of his friends to open his locker-the problem is, everyone knows his combination.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #172 (March 2002)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Mysteries / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie's Mysteries
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Matt Clark; Mary Fine
- Synopsis
- Introduction to the Archie's Mysteries (Archie, 2003 series) reprint section.
Meet The Teen Scene Investigators!
Archie's Mysteries / comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Matt Clark; Mary Fine; Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Introduction to the Archie's Mysteries cast of characters.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Mysteries (Archie, 2003 series) #26 (April 2003)
-
The Case of the Missing Skier!
Archie's Mysteries / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Paul Castiglia; Barbara Jarvie
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz
- Inks
- Rich Koslowski
- Colors
- Stephanie Vozzo
- Letters
- Vickie Williams
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mary Fine; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Matt Clark; Jumpin' Joe Maxwell; John Claude; John's son; Chauncey
- Synopsis
- Archie and the gang try to recover a missing skier.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Mysteries (Archie, 2003 series) #26 (April 2003)
-
Indexer Notes
Told in four parts: Part 1 (5 pages), Part 2 (6 pages), Part 3 (5 pages), and Part 4 (6 pages).
Winter Warmth
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; J. R. Geltsen; Chuck Clayton
- Synopsis
- A rich man poses as a hermit for a vacation and when Archie spends time with him, the man gives Archie a present for his kindness.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #292 (May 1980)
-
Watch It
Moose / comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Moose gets his watch repaired.
- Reprints
[The New Archies]
The New Archies / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Eugene
- Synopsis
- Introduction to the New Archies (Archie, 1987 series) reprint section.
Snow Job
The New Archies / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Mr. Brown; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie fight over who will shovel the new apartment complex.
Hand-Some Feat
The New Archies / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Reggie tries to fool the gang with a rubber hand.
Morning Warning
The New Archies; Reggie / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Mrs. Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie tries to worm his way out of school-until he hears that it is a snow day.
Whistling In The Dark
The New Archies; Archie & Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Eugene
- Synopsis
- Archie & Reggie shortcut through a haunted house on their way home from a scary movie.
- Reprints
- from The New Archies Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1988 series) #10 (July 1990)
-
Indexer Notes
The house is referred to as "Old Man Bolling's Haunted House", a reference to Archie Comics artist Bob Bolling.
Weatherwise
The New Archies; Eugene / comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Eugene; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Eugene defines weather.
Double Dealer
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie try to get back at the girls for dating behind their backs.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #22 (February 1967)
-
Nothing but a Hound-Dog
Dilton / comic story / 1 page
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Dilton sniffs books in the library.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #263 (December 1979)
-
Buried Treasures
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Mike Pellowski
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead search Archie's room for a hockey stick.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #449 (July 1996)
-
Tough Sledding!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones (cameo); Chuck Clayton (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to improve his grade in business class by starting a business of his own -- selling snacks to ice fishers.
- Reprints
- from World of Archie (Archie, 1992 series) #14 (March 1995)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My computer crashed badly.
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Mr. Flutesnoot; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Dilton tries to fix a computer.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Favorite High School Comics (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
- from Archie newspaper strip fron unknown date
-
True Blue
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Moose wants to drop out of high school so he can earn money for his family.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #132 (February 1982)
-
The Picture Frame
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Reggie tries to frame Archie with offensive drawings of the teachers.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #279 (July 1973)
-
Winter Blah-Blahs
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Jack Morelli
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie describes his love for winter-until he has to shovel snow.
Betty in Wonderland!
B&V Presents / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dan Parent (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan Parent (credited)
- Inks
- Jim Amash (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Teresa Davidson (credited)
- Editing
- Mike Pellerito (managing editor); Victor Gorelick (editor)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; The Andersons; The Anderson kids
- Synopsis
- While babysitting for the Andersons, Betty tells the children a variation of "Alice in Wonderland", casting herself as Alice and her friends in various roles.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #195 (August 2009) [First 5 pages only]
-
Indexer Notes
Five page preview promoting the Betty and Veronica Storybook collection.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Archie -
1.
Postage Due
Archie as Pureheart the Powerful -
2.
Dreamland
Archie & Friends -
3.
Wild West Daze
Archie -
4.
Fruit Salad
Reggie -
5.
A Guide To Teenage Boy Behavior
Archie -
6.
Museum Musings
The Archies -
7.
["Veronica and Midge went shopping for skis!"]
Archie -
8.
School Is Cancelled
Archie -
9.
Daffy Inventions
Dilton -
10.
Mega-Mouse
Archie -
11.
The Apple Knockers
Archie -
12.
Lock Downer
Moose -
13.
["Archie's Mysteries"]
Archie's Mysteries -
14.
Meet The Teen Scene Investigators!
Archie's Mysteries -
15.
The Case of the Missing Skier!
Archie's Mysteries -
16.
Winter Warmth
Archie -
17.
Watch It
Moose -
18.
[The New Archies]
The New Archies -
19.
Snow Job
The New Archies -
20.
Hand-Some Feat
The New Archies -
21.
Morning Warning
The New Archies; Reggie -
22.
Whistling In The Dark
The New Archies; Archie & Reggie -
23.
Weatherwise
The New Archies; Eugene -
24.
Double Dealer
Archie -
25.
Nothing but a Hound-Dog
Dilton -
26.
Buried Treasures
Archie -
27.
Tough Sledding!
Archie -
28.
["My computer crashed badly."]
Archie -
29.
True Blue
Archie -
30.
The Picture Frame
Archie -
31.
Winter Blah-Blahs
Archie -
32.
Betty in Wonderland!
B&V Presents -
33.
Everything's Archie
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