Price: 2.49 USD
Pages: 100
On-sale Date: 2008-08-11
Editing: Victor Gorelick (editor/editor-in-chief); Mike Pellerito (managing)
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:That's right... ...Mr. Lodge promoted me to a plant manager!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
This issue has 1 variant

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: The Archie Digest Library
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: 10 times a year (monthly except Mar. and Oct.)
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?
  • Barcode: 762816468503 24611

Indexer Notes

On-Sale date from Archie Comics Digest #245.

[Avatar the Last Airbender]
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Paramount / advertisement / 1 page

Pool Player
(Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Tim Kennedy (credited)
Inks:
Ken Selig (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Jack Morelli (credited)
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Mr. Fisher; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Archie gets a job cleaning pools but manages to fall into more pools than he cleans.
Reprints (2)

[ROTFL LOL]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Cartoon Network / advertisement / 1 page

[Archie Americana Series]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

A Mouldy Oldie
(Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis:
"The Rolling Rocks" rocks
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

Impractical Joke
(Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump
Synopsis:
The boys decide to play a practical joke on Veronica by burying Archie.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the printing in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #4, no credits listed in this digest.

Museum Musings
(Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Fred takes Archie and his friends to the Melvis museum in Las Vegas and Reggie makes a fool of himself.
Reprints (1)

Germ Workout
(Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Exercise kills germs but the trick is getting germs to exercise.
Reprints (1)

If the Shoe Fits
(Table of Contents: 9)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Veronica found a horseshoe.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
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Hubba Bubba Gum / advertisement / 1 page

[Love Showdown]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 11)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Picnic at the Park
(Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Archie plans a picnic in the park for Betty.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #269, no credits listed in this digest.

Imagination
(Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis:
Inspired by Reggie telling him to "go fly a kite", Archie thinks up new ideas and sells them to a toy company.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

Fright Plight
(Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Archie offers to pay for everyone to ride the roller coaster.
Reprints (1)

[Archie's Three on a Soda Combo Bag]
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Archie's Camp Tales]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 16)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Archie Comics Shop]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Flame Out
(Table of Contents: 18)

Archie 1 / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie 1; Jughead 1; Betty 1; Veronica 1; Moose 1
Synopsis:
The gang decides to cook some dino-mites.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

Animal Talk
(Table of Contents: 19)

Archie 1 / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Reggie 1; Archie 1; Moose 1; Betty 1; Veronica 1
Synopsis:
Reggie 1 and Archie 1 tease Moose 1 about his claim to be able to talk to animals.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Credits changed to reflect changes made in index of original printing.

Subscribe to Archie Comics today and save!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 20)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Archie Freshman Year]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 21)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

A Little Seedy
(Table of Contents: 22)

Archie's Future Fun / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:science fiction; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis:
Archie's flying car keeps messing up Mr. Lodge's newly seeded lawn.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

Riverdale Fast Forward
(Table of Contents: 23)

Archie's Future Fun / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction; teen
Characters:
Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Archie and Jughead use a computerized studying machine.
Reprints (1)

Trouble in Paradise
(Table of Contents: 24)

Archie's Future Fun / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction; teen
Characters:
Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Mr. Lodge's robot creations have prevented humans from doing any strenuous activity but luckily Jughead has created his own lazy robots to counteract them.
Reprints (1)

[Subscribe to Archie Double Digest books today and save!]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 25)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Archie's New Look]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 26)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Castle Keeper
(Table of Contents: 27)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Nancy Woods; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
Synopsis:
Dilton's sand castle creation is destroyed in one accident after another.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

The Thinker
(Table of Contents: 28)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis:
Mr. Lodge tells Archie he should think things through to their logical conclusion before he acts.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #270, no credits listed in this digest.

Water on Mars?
(Table of Contents: 29)

Archie News / text article / 1 page

Script:
? [as Nikita D]
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

[Archie Comics and Digests 2007 Collector Sets]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 30)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Everyone into the Pool!!
(Table of Contents: 31)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason (cameo); Midge Klump (cameo); Chuck Clayton (cameo); Fred Andrews
Synopsis:
On hearing that Archie has a new swimming pool, the whole gang descends on Archie's house to fill his small above-ground pool. Meanwhile, Veronica takes Archie's father, Archie and Jughead back to her pool, where they can swim in peace.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

Soggy Story
(Table of Contents: 32)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Tim Kennedy (credited)
Inks:
Jim Amash (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate
Synopsis:
The gang spends summer days floating on the river, at the beach and in the swimming pool but are bummed when it rains because they will get wet.
Reprints (1)

[Subscribe to Archie digest books and save!"]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 33)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Archie Digest #247]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 34)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Carnival Games]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 35)

Nintendo DS / advertisement / 1 page

Batman Battle Rolls!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 36)

Fruit Roll Ups / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["That's right... ...Mr. Lodge promoted me to a plant manager!"]
    Archie
  2. [Avatar the Last Airbender]
    Paramount
  3. Pool Player
    Archie
  4. [ROTFL LOL]
    Cartoon Network
  5. [Archie Americana Series]
  6. A Mouldy Oldie
    Archie
  7. Impractical Joke
    Archie
  8. Museum Musings
    Archie
  9. Germ Workout
    Archie
  10. If the Shoe Fits
    Betty and Veronica
  11. [no title indexed]
    Hubba Bubba Gum
  12. [Love Showdown]
  13. Picnic at the Park
    Archie
  14. Imagination
    Archie
  15. Fright Plight
    Archie
  16. [Archie's Three on a Soda Combo Bag]
  17. [Archie's Camp Tales]
  18. [Archie Comics Shop]
  19. Flame Out
    Archie 1
  20. Animal Talk
    Archie 1
  21. Subscribe to Archie Comics today and save!
  22. [Archie Freshman Year]
  23. A Little Seedy
    Archie's Future Fun
  24. Riverdale Fast Forward
    Archie's Future Fun
  25. Trouble in Paradise
    Archie's Future Fun
  26. [Subscribe to Archie Double Digest books today and save!]
  27. [Archie's New Look]
  28. Castle Keeper
    Archie
  29. The Thinker
    Archie
  30. Water on Mars?
    Archie News
  31. [Archie Comics and Digests 2007 Collector Sets]
  32. Everyone into the Pool!!
    Archie
  33. Soggy Story
    Archie
  34. [Subscribe to Archie digest books and save!"]
  35. [Archie Digest #247]
  36. [Carnival Games]
    Nintendo DS
  37. Batman Battle Rolls!
    Fruit Roll Ups
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