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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks:
Bob Smith (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews
This issue has 1 variant

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: The Archie Digest Library
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: 8 times a year in Jan., Mar., May, June, Aug., Sept., Oct. and Dec.
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?
  • Barcode: 762816469517 14211

Bounce Back Talk!
(Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Tim Kennedy (credited)
Inks:
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Vickie Williams (credited)
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Veronica thinks a kid is wasting his time bouncing a ball off a wall, but Archie explains he used to do the same thing and think about various things while doing it.
Reprints (2)

Sub Bub
(Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Archie wants to substitute a pretty waitress for his waiter.
Reprints (1)

Green Scene
(Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Archie has vegetable based puns.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
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Inks:
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Colors:
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Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:We’ll be late for school, Arch!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Reprints (1)

I Stink, Therefore I Am!
(Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Heather Dawson; Mr. Dawson; Mrs. Dawson; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Archie takes a new date to the school dance and he wears a strong cologne to impress her. When they arrive at the dance, the different colognes that the guys are wearing begin to overwhelm the ladies.
Reprints (1)

Birth Mirth
(Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Betty and Archie celebrate birthdays for the sake of celebrating.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

Compulsion
(Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
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Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis:
In an attempt to cure Archie's compulsive destructiveness, Mr. Lodge brings home a vase that is completely indestructible and orders Archie to try and break it.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #250, writing is credited to Frank Doyle.

Fan with a Flair
(Table of Contents: 8)

The Archies / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils:
Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
Inks:
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
The Archies [Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper]; Denise
Synopsis:
A fanatical Archies fan takes Archie's boot, Jughead's hat, and Reggie's comb as souvenirs for the shrine to the band she has set up in her room.
Reprints (1)

Runner-Up
(Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Joe Edwards (credited)
Inks:
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot; Miss Haggley
Synopsis:
Archie mistakenly thinks the teachers want Mr. Weatherbee to run in a footrace instead of run as a candidate for the teacher's union.
Reprints (1)

Invention Tension
(Table of Contents: 10)

Archie and the Gang / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils:
Bill Golliher (credited)
Inks:
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Dilton wins the School Invention Fair but Archie and Jughead's novelty inventions catch Mr. Lodge's attention.
Reprints (1)

Give the Public What it Wants!
(Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Archie and Jughead try to help Reggie make money for a concert.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #298, no credits listed in this digest.

In Days of Yore
(Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Archie’s grandpa
Reprints (2)

The Night of 100 Archies!
(Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Spunky (monkey); Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Ethel Muggs; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Mr. Lodge has a dream in which 100 clones of Archie are created.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #287, no credits listed in this digest.

Movie Mishap!
(Table of Contents: 14)

Archie’s Pop / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews
Reprints (1)

Blame Game
(Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones (cameo); Moose Mason (cameo); Waldo Weatherbee (cameo); Geraldine Grundy (cameo)
Synopsis:
Archie is blamed for everything that goes wrong on a school field trip.
Reprints (1)

Contest Rewards
(Table of Contents: 16)

Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
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Pencils:
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Inks:
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Colors:
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Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle
Reprints (1)

A Wild Wind
(Table of Contents: 17)

Little Reggie / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen; children
Characters:
Little Reggie Mantle; Fangs Fogarty; Little Archie Andrews
Reprints (1)

Garage Sale Blues
(Table of Contents: 18)

Little Archie / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
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Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Ambrose Pipps; Little Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper

The Ideal Date
(Table of Contents: 19)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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Letters:
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis:
Archie finds a composition for English that Betty dropped, outlining her idea of an ideal date. He and Jughead conspire to fulfill her wish.
Reprints (1)

Jog Agog
(Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Veronica can't jog with Archie because their jogging suits clash.
Reprints (1)

Mail Travail
(Table of Contents: 21)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Archie tells Veronica about the new postal worker.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 22)

Archie's Pop Pin Up / illustration / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I don't know why I watch these soap operas...
Characters:
Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis:
Mrs. Andrews is distracted while watching soap operas and burns Fred's shirt while ironing.
Reprints (1)

Keeping an Eye on the Eagle
(Table of Contents: 23)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Howard Bender (credited)
Inks:
Chic Stone (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Professor Flutesnoot
Synopsis:
Archie and Jughead mix up their sculpture of a dinosaur with Mr. Lodge's sculpture of an eagle.
Reprints (1)

Good News and Bad News
(Table of Contents: 24)

Archie / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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Pencils:
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Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Gag 1: Good news - you landed somewhere soft, bad news it was in the neighbor's petunias.

Gag 2: Good news - your girlfriend compliments your kissing, bad news you didn't kiss her.

Gag 3: Good news - your girlfriend says she'll go through anything for you, bad news the first thing she goes through is your allowance.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Three 2-panel gags.

The Pad Fad
(Table of Contents: 25)

Archie / comic story / 18 pages

Script:
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Letters:
  • Genre:drama; humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Synopsis:
Archie decides to move out of his parents' house and get his own apartment, but discovers that living on his own isn't much fun.
Reprints (1)

A Moving Experience
(Table of Contents: 26)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:But, Daddy! You can't do this!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Frilby
Synopsis:
When word gets out that Mr. Lodge might move his corporate headquarters and his home to another city, Archie, Betty and Jughead stage a sit-in to protest the move.
Reprints (1)

A "Lodge Original"
(Table of Contents: 27)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis:
When the insinuation that the pranks Veronica pulls on Betty to keep her away from Archie are becoming stale and repetitive, Veronica takes it as a challenge.
Reprints (1)

Don't Rock the Jukebox
(Table of Contents: 28)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Dan Parent (credited)
Pencils:
Bill Golliher (credited)
Inks:
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis:
Archie and Jughead attempt to move an antique jukebox.
Reprints (1)

Man about Town
(Table of Contents: 29)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis:
Archie becomes a well-dressed, completely obnoxious "man about town."
Reprints (1)

When the Red, Red Robin Comes Jog, Jog, Joggin' Along
(Table of Contents: 30)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie and Jughead take up jogging.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #250.

Working like a Dog
(Table of Contents: 31)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie dresses up like a dog to be part of a fire safety video.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #288, no credits listed in this digest.

Flower Power
(Table of Contents: 32)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Mr. Lodge throws Archie from the mansion when he thinks that Archie has picked his prize orchid.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #288, no credits listed in this digest.

Alone at Last
(Table of Contents: 33)

Archie / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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Inks:
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Letters:
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Archie can't seem to keep Veronica away from other men.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

The Tingle Dingle
(Table of Contents: 34)

Archie / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Two part story

Paint Job
(Table of Contents: 35)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
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Inks:
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Letters:
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason (cameo); Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley (cameo)
Synopsis:
Archie and his dad have a paint party.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #253, writing is credited to George Gladir.

Going Buggy
(Table of Contents: 36)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Veronica refuses to go on a picnic with Archie because she doesn't like bugs.
Reprints (1)

Job Jibe
(Table of Contents: 37)

Archie / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley
Reprints (1)

The Paper Bout
(Table of Contents: 38)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Mr Weatherbee has nothing but trouble when Archie is his paperboy.
Reprints (1)
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Tell Veronica I'm very busy preparing for my exams!"]
    Archie
  2. Bounce Back Talk!
    Archie
  3. Sub Bub
    Archie
  4. Green Scene
    Archie
  5. ["We’ll be late for school, Arch!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  6. I Stink, Therefore I Am!
    Archie
  7. Birth Mirth
    Archie
  8. Compulsion
    Archie
  9. Fan with a Flair
    The Archies
  10. Runner-Up
    Archie
  11. Invention Tension
    Archie and the Gang
  12. Give the Public What it Wants!
    Archie
  13. In Days of Yore
    Archie
  14. The Night of 100 Archies!
    Archie
  15. Movie Mishap!
    Archie’s Pop
  16. Blame Game
    Archie
  17. Contest Rewards
    Little Archie
  18. A Wild Wind
    Little Reggie
  19. Garage Sale Blues
    Little Archie
  20. The Ideal Date
    Archie
  21. Jog Agog
    Archie
  22. Mail Travail
    Archie
  23. ["I don't know why I watch these soap operas..."]
    Archie's Pop Pin Up
  24. Keeping an Eye on the Eagle
    Archie
  25. Good News and Bad News
    Archie
  26. The Pad Fad
    Archie
  27. A Moving Experience
    Archie
  28. A "Lodge Original"
    Archie
  29. Don't Rock the Jukebox
    Archie
  30. Man about Town
    Archie
  31. When the Red, Red Robin Comes Jog, Jog, Joggin' Along
    Archie
  32. Working like a Dog
    Archie
  33. Flower Power
    Archie
  34. Alone at Last
    Archie
  35. The Tingle Dingle
    Archie
  36. Paint Job
    Archie
  37. Going Buggy
    Archie
  38. Job Jibe
    Archie
  39. The Paper Bout
    Archie
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