Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine #18 [Direct Edition]

(September 2012)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Fame Game! (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge: Nancy Woods; Chuck Clayton; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

While most of the gang gets hired as extras for a beach movie, Jughead offers to help clean up the lunch messes. His antics though inspire the directors to create a speaking part in the movie specifically for him.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #576 (August 2007)

Bring Your Own Barbecue! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Rex Lindsey (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods

Synopsis

Archie and the gang decide to throw a barbecue party with everybody bringing a dish.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #50 (September 2001)

Aunt That A Shame (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie & Frankie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Frankie Valdez; Maria; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom; Aunt Tilly

Synopsis

Archie agrees to help Frankie with his aunt who has broken her hip.

Reprints

• from Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #22 (September 2007)

The Big Chill (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

Jean D'Onofrio ? [as D'Onofrio] (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Smithers; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog

Synopsis

Archie tries to find someplace to cool down on a hot summer day.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #524 (August 2002)

Just Desserts (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie & The Gang / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

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

Synopsis

Jughead, Archie and Betty start an ice cream pizza delivery service.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #43 (October 2000)

I'm Positive (Table of Contents: 7)

Dilton Doiley / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Ruth (credited)

Pencils

Gus Lemoine (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Dilton Doiley; Chuck Clayton

Synopsis

Chuck tries to teach Dilton to hit a baseball.

Reprints

• from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #26 (August 1974)

Keywords

baseball

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

Hawaiian Shtick (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Bob Smith

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Betty intercedes when Archie takes his Hawaiian motif too far on their date at the beach.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #175 (July 2002)

Indexer Notes

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

Meet the Teen Scene Investigators (Table of Contents: 10)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (signed)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (signed)

Colors

?

Indexer Notes

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

About the Teen Scene Investigators (Table of Contents: 11)

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

adventure

Characters

Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Matt Clark; Mary Fine

Indexer Notes

Introduction to the members of the Teen Scene Investigators.

Author Unknown (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Paul Castiglia (credited); Barbara Jarvie (credited)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

Stephanie Vozzo (credited)

Letters

Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre

adventure

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mary Fine; Matt Clark; Naomi Williams; Rick Stevens

Synopsis

The Teen Scene Investigators are on the case of some books that disappeared from the library shelves.

Reprints

• from Archie's Mysteries (Archie, 2003 series) #31 (November 2003)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

Helpful Hints (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 2 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

humor

Characters

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

Synopsis

Helpful and humorous suggestions for various situations.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #513 (October 2001)

Indexer Notes

May be the story of the same length and title in Archie # 513.

Switch Hitch (Table of Contents: 15)

Moose / 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

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason

Synopsis

Moose wipes out on his surfboard.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #129 (October 1968)

Keywords

surf board; surfing

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Net Vignette (Table of Contents: 17)

Reggie / 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

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Archie and Reggie are playing tennis and ignoring Betty and Veronica.

Reprints

• in Archie's Giant Kids' Joke Book (Archie, 2012 series) (2012)

Keywords

tennis

Game Daze (Table of Contents: 18)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Dilton spends the day playing video games.

Reprints

• from Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #21 (August 2007)

Keywords

video game

Indexer Notes

Even though this is billed as a Jughead story, it is really a Dilton story.

Golf Gaff (Table of Contents: 19)

Reggie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Reggie and Archie play miniature golf to determine who gets to help with the party at Veronica's house.

Reprints

• from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #122 (April 1980)

Keywords

miniature golf

Money To Burn (Table of Contents: 20)

Life With Archie / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks

Chic Stone (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen; humor; adventure

Characters

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

Synopsis

On their way to compete in the Cryptown Annual Rock-Off, the Archies run into booby traps and roadblocks placed by their competitors, the "Deadly Duo" Freek and Weerdo.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #113 (September 1971)

Indexer Notes

This story portrays Chuck as the Archies' manager, one of several short-lived attempts to involve him with the band.

Rare Pair (Table of Contents: 21)

Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Midge Klump

Synopsis

Dilton hypnotizes Archie and Jughead to help them win a volleyball game against Moose and Reggie.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #171 (September 1984)

Keywords

beach volleyball; hypnotism

The Unknown Equation (Table of Contents: 22)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

John Lowe (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie wonders why girls don't come with instructions.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #499 (September 2000)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman (signed)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (signed)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ah, the great outdoors!

Genre

humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Reggie shows off his new grill.

Show-Man-Ship (Table of Contents: 24)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Rollins; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica discuss the lack of male models at a boat show with Mr. Rollins.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #113 (August 2007)

Keywords

boat show

Race to the End (Table of Contents: 25)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Ruben Garcia; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones; Nancy Woods

Synopsis

Archie and his classmates compete against the other classes at the summer picnic.

Reprints

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #111 (November 1999)

Flip Flop (Table of Contents: 26)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman

Pencils

Rex Lindsey

Inks

Rich Koslowski

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead; Archie Andrews; Marcie Wilkins

Synopsis

Jughead senses trouble, and he and Archie flip a coin in the wrong direction.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pal Jughead Comics (Archie, 1993 series) #131 (October 2000)

Indexer Notes

Feature changed from original printing.

Westward Ho! (Table of Contents: 27)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Pat Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

John Workman (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Tyler McCauslin; Cody McCauslin; Bekki Ann; Shayne

Synopsis

With the high school rodeo championships in town, Betty and Veronica fall for a couple of cowboys while Reggie and Archie find a pair of cowgirls.

Reprints

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #180

Frisbee Fracas (Table of Contents: 28)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Harry Lucey (credited)

Inks

Harry Lucey (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

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

Synopsis

A remote controlled Frisbee gets Reggie in trouble.

Reprints

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #307 (November 1975)

Keywords

Frisbee

The Big Cry (Table of Contents: 29)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Sharon; Unnamed lifeguard; Unnamed Ray Guard Sunblock guys

Synopsis

Archie gets a job applying sunblock to girls at the beach.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #452 (October 1996)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30) (Expand) /

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

Figure This Out! (Table of Contents: 31)

Dilton / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Dilton Doiley

Reprints

• from Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #174 (June 2002)

Indexer Notes

Unscramble the code puzzle.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Archie 1 / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Indexer Notes

Illustration used as the title page for the next section featuring Archie 1 reprints.

The Umpire Strikes Back! (Table of Contents: 33)

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

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Archie 1; Reggie 1; Veronica 1; Betty 1; Big One; Jughead 1; Kurd (alien); Ort (alien)

Synopsis

Archie and Reggie invent a game where they hit rocks as hard as they can with their clubs while Moose measures who hit the rock the farthest.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #100 (April 1982)

Spin Off (Table of Contents: 34)

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

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Doug Crane (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Veronica 1; Betty 1; Reggie 1; Archie 1; Jughead 1

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica invent dancing.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #154 (March 1991)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35) (Expand) /

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

That's Some Break (Table of Contents: 36)

Moose / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

humor

Characters

Moose Mason; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Pop hires Moose to work in the shop.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #19 (August 1996)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman (signed)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (signed)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm gonna wash Mr. Lodge's car and get on his good side!

Genre

humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Archie doesn't forgive Reggie for spraying him with a water hose.

Mean Teen (Table of Contents: 38)

Reggie / 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

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Reggie has glued Archie to his surfboard.

Reprints

• in Archie's Giant Kids' Joke Book (Archie, 2012 series) (2012)

Keywords

surf board; surfing

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39) (Expand) /

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

Memory Lame (Table of Contents: 40)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis

While helping clean the school up in the summer Archie and Reggie remember all the time they spent in detention.

Reprints

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #165

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41) (Expand) /

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Battle of the BFFs! (Table of Contents: 42)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited); Pat Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Mike Decarlo (credited)

Colors

Digikore Studios

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #187 (October 2010) [5 page excerpt]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 43) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 44) (Expand) /

Everything's Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 45) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46) (Expand) /

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