Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine #5 [Direct Edition]

(July 2011)

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[The Most Epic Battle is About to Begin!] (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie & Friends / recap / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Joe Staton

Inks

Bob Smith

Colors

Rosario Peña; Joe Morciglio

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure; science fiction; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Indexer Notes

Recap of the storyline so far.

Adventures in the Wonder Realm Part Five (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Stephen Oswald (credited)

Pencils

Joe Staton (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Jason Jensen (credited); Joe Morciglio (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

adventure; humor; science fiction; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Archie and the gang fight their way thru the last stage of Dilton's game and rescue Reggie and are all returned to the real world.

Reprints

• in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #28 (November 2017)

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Lego Toys / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Sure Lure (Table of Contents: 5)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bob Bolling

Inks

Bob Bolling

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs

Synopsis

Ethel tries to get Jughead to join her in a game of checkers or dancing but finally finds something that Jughead will say "yes" to joining her in.

Reprints

• from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #3 (January 1968)

Charm Alarm (Table of Contents: 6)

Moose / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

?

Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Dilton Doiley

Synopsis

Dilton tells Moose he needs to learn charm if he's going to win Midge so Moose goes to Charm School.

Reprints

• from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #255 (June 1972)

Indexer Notes

Moose is compared to the actor Vin Diesel by one of the students at the charm school.

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Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe Closes Down (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Greg Crosby (credited)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Pop Tate turns the Chock'lit Shoppe into a coffee bar but soon learns that everybody liked the old malt shop better.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #85 (November 2004)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

?

Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Are you guys going to the Katy Perry concert?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Archie's chances of going to the concert are touch and go.

Reprints

• from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #60 (June 1983)

Indexer Notes

The name of the concert changes to reflect a current pop star for each different printing of this story.

Excuses, Excuses! (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie and the Gang / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Neil Kent; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Dilton Doiley; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Professor Flutesnoot; Rachel Grey

Synopsis

Neil Kent learns that slacking off in school and not doing his work is going to cause him trouble later in life.

Reprints

• from Riverdale High (Archie, 1990 series) #6 (June 1991)

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The Beat Goes On! (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

Bill Golliher

Pencils

Rex Lindsey

Inks

Rich Koslowski

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Hank Snow; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

When the old juke box breaks down Pop Tate is forced to finally upgrade to a new modern one, but the old juke box ends up fixed and in a retirement community.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #46 (March 2001)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #16, no credits listed in this digest.

Synonymoose (Table of Contents: 15)

Moose / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Samm Schwartz

Inks

Samm Schwartz

Colors

?

Letters

Samm Schwartz

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Professor Flutesnoot; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Moose finds a use for his new thesaurus, whacking Reggie upside the head.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #93 (June 2005)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #26, no credits listed in this digest.

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[Archie Goodbye Forever] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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Archie's Weird Mysteries (Table of Contents: 18)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Indexer Notes

Header page for the next section of the digest that contains reprints from Archie's Weird Mysteries.

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Archie's Weird Mysteries / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Have you ever found something really cool...

Genre

adventure; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews

Reprints

• from ?

Indexer Notes

Introduction page to the next two stories.

Lord of the Earrings (Table of Contents: 20)

Archie's Weird Mysteries / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Paul Castiglia (credited)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

Stephanie Vozzo (credited)

Letters

Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen; horror-suspense

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Claudia Crawford

Synopsis

Betty finds a pair of magic earrings that make her irresistible to boys, but they are changing her into a bad person.

Reprints

• from Archie's Weird Mysteries (Archie, 2000 series) #21 (August 2002)

Indexer Notes

Claudia Crawford is based on the model Cindy Crawford.

The Monkey's Claw (Table of Contents: 21)

Archie's Weird Mysteries / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Fernando Ruiz

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz

Inks

?

Colors

Stephanie Vozzo

Letters

Vickie Williams

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; teen; humor; horror-suspense

Characters

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dr. Beaumont; Hiram Lodge; Jack Frost (cameo); Coach Kleats; Miss Grundy

Synopsis

Archie is cleaning out Dr. Beaumont's storeroom when he comes across a magical monkey's claw.

Reprints

• from Archie's Weird Mysteries (Archie, 2000 series) #21 (August 2002)

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Two of a Kind (Table of Contents: 24)

Dilton / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Dilton's latest invention goes crazy and makes Archie act like Jughead and Jughead act like Archie.

Humility (Table of Contents: 25)

Reggie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Ruth

Pencils

Gus Lemoine

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Reggie can't figure out why Betty and Veronica fall for Archie and not him when he's clearly better than Archie in every way.

Reprints

• from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #7 (May 1971)

Indexer Notes

Slightly altered lettering when Reggie is talking about his music collection being on MP3's. The original indicated record albums and tapes.

Credits from the reprint in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #17, no credits listed in this digest.

Sticking to It (Table of Contents: 26)

Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Svenson; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee sits in a freshly painted chair.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #263 (December 1979)

Fight Game (Table of Contents: 27)

Chuck / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Coach Benson; Slugger; Bad Bud

Synopsis

Coach Benson, Coach Kleats rival at another school, wants to put his best fighter against Chuck in a no-rules fight.

Reprints

• from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #91 (May 1983)

[Mega Man] (Table of Contents: 28) (Expand) /

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[The original seven Archie "Will You Marry Me?" issues available now as a set] (Table of Contents: 29) (Expand) /

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Double Your Pleasure (Table of Contents: 30)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Doug Crane

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones III]; J.J.; Debbie; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Moose Mason

Synopsis

Reggie is jealous when Jughead has two girls that fall for him.

Reprints

• from Jughead (Archie, 1987 series) #9 (December 1988)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Moose's Oddball Sports Reports / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A high school basketball player...

Genre

humor; sports

Characters

Moose Mason; Bronco Nagurski

Synopsis

Moose "reports" on various oddball happenings in sports.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #75 (November 2003)

Keywords

basketball; football; golf; marathon; ping pong; soccer; tennis

Indexer Notes

All the stories here appear to be factual.

Who's That Girl? (Table of Contents: 32)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Golliher (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

? [as Wimbert] (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Reggie compliments Miss Grundy causing her to be in such a good mood she doesn't assign any homework for the weekend.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #105 (November 2000)

[Get the Archiecomics app] (Table of Contents: 33) (Expand) /

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[Love & Marriage] (Table of Contents: 34) (Expand) /

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

Archie 3000 / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Genre

humor; science fiction; teen

Characters

Archie 3000

Indexer Notes

Title page for the next section that contains Archie 3000 reprints.

The Party Crasher! (Table of Contents: 36)

Archie 3000 / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; science fiction; teen

Characters

Archie 3000; Jughead 3000; Veronica 3000; Mr. Lodge 3000; Reggie 3000

Synopsis

Archie dresses up as a robot waiter to crash Veronica's party.

Reprints

• from Archie 3000 (Archie, 1989 series) #8 (May 1990)

Space Goons (Table of Contents: 37)

Archie 3000 / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; science fiction; teen

Characters

Archie 3000; Reggie 3000; Andromeda; Octavia

Synopsis

Archie and Reggie both go out on dates with two girls from one of the colony worlds. They both learn that the girls from the colony worlds are different than Earth girls.

Reprints

• from Archie 3000 (Archie, 1989 series) #12 (October 1990)

[Archie & Friends All Stars] (Table of Contents: 38) (Expand) /

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[Buy Three Books and get the Fourth Free!] (Table of Contents: 39) (Expand) /

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Coach Kleats / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Coach Kleats

Indexer Notes

Unscramble the letters puzzle.

The Moose Is Loose (Table of Contents: 41)

Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley

Synopsis

Moose tells Dilton how to solve the energy crisis.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #283 (January 1982)

Type Gripe (Table of Contents: 42)

Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley

Synopsis

Moose doesn't understand Dilton's book.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #283 (January 1982)

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

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman (credited)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

All right, all right!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Jughead agrees to exercise with Archie and Reggie.

Reprints

• from Archie newspaper comic strip reprint

Mitt Bit (Table of Contents: 44)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Reggie tries to show Moose why there is extra padding in a catcher's mitt.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #288 (November 1982)

Mixed-Up Media! (Table of Contents: 45)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Al Nickerson (credited)

Colors

Josh Ray (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Beazly; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Dee (teacher); Dilton Doiley; Chuck Clayton

Synopsis

The gang puts on a TV news show but everything is a disaster, causing their teacher to think they are actually doing a parody of a news show, which he thinks is brilliant.

Reprints

• from Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #8 (March 2006)

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[Freak is the New Chic!] (Table of Contents: 49) (Expand) /

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