- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman
- Inks
- Chic Stone
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On... on... on through the night, spreading havoc wherever his steed gallops, speeds the Skull, the most terrible foe the Black Hood has ever opposed!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Black Hood; the Skull; the Abominable Schemer
- Synopsis
- After another defeat by the Black Hood, The Skull offers 1 million dollars to anyone who devise a way to kill the hero. The Abominable Schemer then gives the Skull his plan to kill the Black Hood --in his sleep.
- Reprints
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Bob White
- Inks
- Marty Epp
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Marty Epp
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If you can conceive of an Archie capable of violence, dedicated to dealing out swift justice to those who threaten the peace and safety of Betty and Veronica, then you can believe this strange and eerie tale...
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- humor; superhero; teen
- Characters
- Pureheart the Powerful [Archie Andrews]; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie discovers that by calling on his own PH Factor he can become Pureheart the Powerful. Unfortunately, the PH factor is so strong that it makes everyone forget they saw Pureheart or recognize him as Archie.
- Reprints
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Vincent DeCarlo
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It wasn't always thus!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- humor; superhero; teen
- Characters
- Superteen [Betty Cooper]; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Origin of Betty Cooper in her superhero identity as Superteen. While trapped on a ledge with Archie, Betty's hair gets twisted and she becomes Superteen.
- Reprints
- Script
- Robert Bernstein
- Pencils
- John Rosenberger
- Inks
- John Rosenberger
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Everyone knows that a mouse is the world's lowliest animal...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Jaguar
- Synopsis
- The Jaguar battles a mouse that has grown to giant size after being exposed to mysterious undersea radiation.
- Reprints
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda
- Inks
- Marty Epp
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Marty Epp
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Striking with the force of a thousand tiny needles, the swarming hordes of the Bee wreak havoc in the normally quiet halls of the Riverdale Museum!!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- humor; superhero; teen
- Characters
- Pureheart [Archie Andrews]; Evilheart [Reggie Mantle]; The Bee; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Evilheart and Pureheart fight The Bee, a villain who commands a swarm of bees.
- Reprints
Divided into Part 1 and Part 2.
- Script
- Joe Simon ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Howard Ferguson ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- These are the eyes of a man who lives only for vengeance!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Fly [Tommy Troy]; Mister Marco; Dolly; Slats Dillon; J.B. Bascombe; Dolly
- Synopsis
- At a talent show, Marco loses. He gets mobsters to finance a big-eyed billboard that hypnotizes bankers and jewelers to steal goods and deliver to thugs. The Fly beats a thug and learns the sign has periscope and speaker that magnifies Marco's hypnotism. The Fly enters and is hypnotized, but cons Marco into taking a bow, breaking his glare. "The 'eyes' have it!"
- Reprints
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yep! It's called 'The Hanging Tree!'
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Synopsis
- An art thief gets an appropriate punishment for trying to steal a painting of a hanging.
- Reprints
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You remember Dr. Kingston? ---Handsome hunk of a man!
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Sabrina (host); Dr. Kingston; Helen
- Synopsis
- A doctor is scratched by a patient, and soon finds himself infected with a disease that transforms him into a hideous monster.
- Reprints
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda
- Inks
- Mario Acquaviva
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Mario Acquaviva
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That girl! The black haired one! - I must get her!
- Genre
- humor; superhero; teen
- Characters
- Pureheart [Archie Andrews]; Evilheart [Reggie Mantle]; Veronica Lodge; The Mad Clown; Lungwort; Hypno the Great (The Mad Clown in disguise)
- Synopsis
- While at a circus, a mad clown with murder on his mind kidnaps Veronica because she looks like his ex-wife. When Archie and Reggie can't find Veronica, they become Pureheart and Evilheart to save the young socialite.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- circus; hypnotism; tiger; trapeze
Story is in two parts.
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Colors previously credited to Sal Contrera.
- Script
- T. Casey Brennan
- Pencils
- Gray Morrow (signed as ) (illustrations)
- Inks
- Gray Morrow (signed as ) (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Slowly the black fog closed in, destroying his awareness, and then...
- Genre
- horror-suspense
- Characters
- Hal Thunder [Johnny Dorran]
- Synopsis
- A man experiencing weird hallucinations comes to realize he's been participating in twenty-first century psycho-acting techniques.
- Reprints
- Script
- Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Who is this man? What is he?
- Genre
- superhero; military
- Characters
- The Shield [Lancelot Strong]
- Synopsis
- Introduction to the character of Lancelot Strong, the Shield.
- Reprints
Simon & Kirby version of the Shield from 1959.
- Script
- Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen ?
- Genre
- superhero; military
- Characters
- The Shield [Lancelot Strong] (origin); Professor Malcolm Fleming; Roger Fleming; Agent Four; Abel Strong; Martha Strong
- Synopsis
- A young child is experimented on in a government facility and gains enhanced abilities. After surviving a car wreck, he is adopted by the Strong family and named Lancelot.
- Reprints
- Script
- Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The years pass by -- and the amazing experiments of Professor Fleming still lie in the wreckage now hidden by a forest in Fairfield County...
- Genre
- superhero; military
- Characters
- The Shield [Lancelot Strong] (origin); Spud
- Synopsis
- Lancelot Strong discovers the wrecked vehicle of Professor Fleming and dons the costume he finds inside. In short order, he finds himself battling an alien and telling the police to call him 'Shield'.
- Reprints
Origin of The Shield, part 2.
- Script
- Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What fervent plea from the dim past uncoiling soundlessly from the memory of an extraordinary man, could spur him to streak straight toward the gaping mouth of a levelled cannon?
- Genre
- superhero; military
- Characters
- The Shield [Lancelot Strong]; Spud; Agent Four; Abel Strong; Martha StrongReprints
- Synopsis
- Lancelot goes to explore the wreckage where he found his costume, and his memories of the experiments on him as a child return. When he heads home, he discovers he's been drafted into the army.
- Reprints
The preceding Shield stories make up the first 17 pages of The Double Life of Private Strong (Archie, 1959 series) #1, with introduction and origin.
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda
- Inks
- Mario Acquaviva
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Mario Acquaviva
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Awfully sorry, old chap! It distresses me to see you tied up like that!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- humor; superhero; teen
- Characters
- Captain Hero [Jughead Jones]; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Decent Demon (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Decent Demon politely robs all of Riverdale until Captain Hero can find a way to stop him.
- Reprints
Credits from the reprinting in Archie & Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #29.
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fear not, Archie! I, Superteen, will rescue you from the fearsome fate which has descended upon you!!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- humor; superhero; teen
- Characters
- Superteen [Betty Cooper]; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Captain Hero [Jughead Jones]; Magnet-Girl (villain)
- Synopsis
- Superteen battles Magnet-Girl, a beautiful woman whose special gun gives her the power to make anyone a "magnet" for anything, including making Veronica a mustard magnet and Archie a girl magnet.
- Reprints
- Script
- Phil Seuling (credited as Phil Sueling)
- Pencils
- Gray Morrow (credited)
- Inks
- Gray Morrow (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gray Morrow
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When men still lived in tribes, magic ruled his world.
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Information about familiars.
- Reprints
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils
- Paul Reinman
- Inks
- Chic Stone
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Down along a twisting, curving corridor at City Hall, twists and flips the famed bizarre costumed thief known as... the Flipper!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Web [John Raymond]; The Flipper; Rosie Raymond
- Synopsis
- When the Flipper makes a fool out of the Web, Rosie encourages her husband to take out the acrobatic crook once and for all.
- Reprints
- Script
- Marv Channing (credited)
- Pencils
- Gray Morrow (credited)
- Inks
- Gray Morrow (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Gray Morrow
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary defines lycanthropy: 'assumption of the form and traits of a wolf by witchcraft or magic.'
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Information about werewolves.
- Reprints
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Bob White
- Inks
- Marty Epp
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Marty Epp
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On the outskirts of Riverdale in an old abandoned pretzel factory, an evil man, mad Doctor Doom, is working furiously towards an evil end... The domination of the world!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- humor; superhero; teen
- Characters
- Pureheart [Archie Andrews]; Mad Doctor Doom (villain); Evilheart [Reggie Mantle]; Superteen [Betty Cooper]; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mad Doctor Doom cons Evilheart into testing out a deadly world-domination device, the killer robot Computo.
- Reprints
Story is told in two parts.
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; superhero; teen
- Characters
- Pureheart the Powerful [Archie Andrews]; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints