Archie's Double Digest Magazine 35 Mid Grade (1988)

• 1 A Good Idea Script: Jim Ruth +
  Archie takes Mr. Weatherbee's advice to have some alone time and meditate but finds it difficult to avoid his friends.
• 2 Alibi Reply Pencils: Dan DeCarlo Jr. +
  After another disaster, Mr. Weatherbee saves time by having Archie explain while they walk to the detention room.
• 3 Dream Drama Pencils: Dan DeCarlo Jr. +
  Jughead's television watching seems to be affecting his dreams.
• 4 Eat Beat Pencils: Dan DeCarlo Jr. +
  Hot Dog compares Jughead to a character on television.
• 5 Pane-Full Truth Pencils: Tom Moore +
  Leroy blames Souphead for a broken window.
• 6 Legally Tender +
  Jughead answers a question about cashing checks.
• 7 Cycle Saga Script: George Gladir +
  Jughead accidentally combines parts of his vehicle with Archie's and wins a race for energy efficient vehicle prototypes.
• 8 Outshined Pencils: Dick Malmgren +
  Archie offers to fix Mr. Lodge's car so he can get to his important meeting but Reggie sabotages his efforts. It works out for the best after Archie loans his car to Mr. Lodge and Reggie ends up getting a black eye from Smithers.
• 9 The Waiting Game Pencils: Dan DeCarlo +
  Archie and Veronica endure long lines to sample the new roller coaster at the carnival.
• 10 The Good Guys Pencils: Al Hartley +
  A homework assignment causes great fuss between Archie, Betty, and Veronica.
• 11 The Cheer Leader Script: Frank Doyle +
  Archie and the gang come up with a D-U-H cheer, much to Mr. Weatherbee's disapproval.
• 12 On the Go! Script: Joe Edwards +
  Jinx is upset when Greg tells her that Gigi is moving away.
• 13 Archie's Pop Gag Bag Script: Bob Montana +
  Archie's mother is the family politician: she is the "speaker of the house".
• 14 Perception Deception Pencils: Samm Schwartz +
  Archie predicts what Veronica will order.
• 15 Duel Personality Pencils: Samm Schwartz +
  Archie prepares to duel Maurice in order to win back Veronica. He realizes Maurice is too good with a sword and too good with a pistol. He prepares to fist fight him, but a big lunk interferes and Maurice pummels him handily. Before they begin the official duel, Jughead insists Archie must slap Maurice's face with a glove. Jughead lets him use his baseball glove, which takes care of Maurice.
• 16 Clothes Make the Man Script: Frank Doyle +
  Betty and Veronica unite to help out an underprivileged student unable to afford new clothes.
• 17 The Beat Script: Frank Doyle +
  The vibrations from the music when the Archies practice is too much for Mr. Andrews.
• 18 Questions Pencils: Bob Bolling +
  Archie wonders what kind of a fool he is. He proceeds to demonstrate how he pursues the indifferent Veronica and dismisses sweet Betty.
• 19 Mirror, Mirror Script: Joe Edwards +
  Li'l Jinx breaks a mirror.
• 20 Umpire Batty Pencils: Dan DeCarlo +
  Archie is the umpire in the girls' baseball game.
• 21 The Gold Bug Script: Frank Doyle +
  Archie thinks he has a magic Egyptian scarab. But a series of misfortunes he suffers makes him think that the scarab is cursed.
• 22 Get the Drift? Pencils: Dan DeCarlo +
  Wilbur and Alec sneak off to fish without the girls.
• 23 Jughead paints a skateboard Pencils: Samm Schwartz +
  Jughead paints a skateboarder and then eats a banana, throwing the peel behind him, causing the skateboarder to slip.
• 24 The Mummy's Kiss Script: Frank Doyle +
  Melody's resemblance to the ancient Queen Nubila of Egypt causes a mummy to rise from the grave and pursue her in search of his true love.
• 25 Rogue Male Script: Frank Doyle +
  Archie decides to ask Moose for permission to date Midge, incurring not only Moose's wrath, but that of Betty and Veronica as well.
• 26 The Spring Ding-a-Lings Script: Joe Edwards +
  Mr. Weatherbee wages a one-man war against the onset of spring fever at the school.
• 27 Speak Your Mind Pencils: Dan DeCarlo +
  Archie can't understand why Betty lets Veronica insult her. Betty says that friends can be honest with each other. Archie decides to try it on Veronica, who becomes irate.
• 28 A Nose for News Script: Frank Doyle +
  In a story punctuated by many ironic comments from the narrator, Archie and Veronica see old newspapers from the '20s and think that the world has been plunged into a new Depression.
• 29 Football Muddle Script: Joe Edwards +
  Charley owns the team's football, but Russ owns the pump for it.
• 30 Poetic Justice! Pencils: Tom Moore +
  Betty tells the audience in verse how Veronica doesn't always have the advantage over her.
• 31 Mr. Flutesnoot Gag Bag Script: Bob Montana +
  Dilton uses Archie's gasoline buying habits as an example when converting metric units.
• 32 Pass the Word Script: Frank Doyle +
  When Archie and Veronica aren't speaking, Archie asks Betty to give a message to Ronnie for him, consisting only of the words "You, too!" This leads to an endless chain of angry messages until finally none of the kids are speaking to each other.
• 33 Slippery Squealer Script: George Gladir +
  Jughead wins a piglet in a contest, and circumstances force him to bring it to school. The piglet promptly gets loose and soon the entire school is involved in trying to catch it.
• 34 You're the Judge Script: Joe Edwards +
  The kids hold a flower show and want Jinx's father to judge.
• 35 The Reason Script: Frank Doyle +
  Archie confronts Veronica about the fact that she's going out with other guys more than him, and she agrees to give him a chance to show her a better time than the others.
• 36 The Great Gamble Script: Frank Doyle +
  Betty and Veronica run into their old elementary school teacher, Mrs. Gamble, and find out what she's doing these days. They realize that the reason Mrs. Gamble gets so much cooperation from students is by pretending to be helpless.
• 37 Operation Recreation Pencils: Stan Goldberg +
  Archie forgot if Veronica wanted to go ice skating or roller skating.
• 38 Fleet Feet +
  Reggie threatens to walk out of Veronica's life. Mr. Lodge offers to help him.
• 39 Carry Tarry +
  Jughead helps Moose move the fridge.
• 40 Home Wrecker Pencils: Bill Vigoda +
  Archie brings a bird's nest to school for his science project, then is mercilessly pursued by the bird who was living in it.
• 41 The Mechanical Girl Script: Frank Doyle +
  Veronica and Betty demonstrate their different approaches to car repair: Veronica knows nothing about it, Betty knows too much.
• 42 Tennis Menace Script: George Gladir +
  Sabrina is determined to seduce handsome Bruce Van Klodd III away from her rival Rosalind without the use of magic potions - - until Rosalind begins beating Sabrina at her own game.
• 43 Ready But Unsteady Script: Joe Edwards +
  Li'l Jinx experiments with wearing high heels.
• 44 A Hole in None Pencils: Joe Edwards +
  Archie's father can't make a putt. This is because the hole is really a paint can lid.
• 45 Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag Pencils: Bob Montana +
  The school's computer has been damaging its input tapes. Mr. Weatherbee suspects "tape-worm".
• 46 Dark Lark Script: George Gladir +
  Archie finds that the early '70s energy crisis has its advantages when a city-wide blackout traps him at the Lodges' house.
• 47 Rare Scare Pencils: Joe Edwards +
  Jughead scares Reggie's hiccups away.
• 48 Videocy Pencils: Joe Edwards +
  Reggie complains about a stupid TV show, while Moose finds it too challenging.
• 49 I'll Fry Tomorrow! Script: George Gladir +
  The newest fad is frying marbles. They are heated on the stove, then dumped into cold water which makes them cracked and sparkly and suitable for making jewelry. When Archie runs out of marbles, he manages to mistake a box of special vitamin balls made for Mr. Lodge's polo pony as a box of marbles.
• 50 Net Profit Script: George Gladir +
  Archie challenges Reggie, the school tennis champ, to a tennis match for the right to take Veronica to a dance.
• 51 Miss Beazly's Gag Bag Pencils: Bob Montana +
  Miss Beazly extinguishes Svenson's pipe with a soda siphon.
• 52 Wash and Try! Script: Joe Edwards +
  Li'l Jinx gets a new bath towel set full of helpful reminders.
• 53 If I Had a Hammer Pencils: Harry Lucey +
  Archie has one accident after another while hanging up safety posters.
• 54 New Look Few Look Script: Frank Doyle +
  Veronica replaces her entire wardrobe because her old clothes are out of style. But all the boys think the new sack-style dresses are hideous.
• 55 Wheels of Progress Pencils: Harry Lucey +
  Betty and Veronica volunteer to teach Archie how to roller skate.
• 56 Ump Trump +
  Jugheads umpiring is highly biased.
• 57 Alibi Guy +
  Mr. Weatherbee thinks Archie's fictional alibis are stranger than truth.
• 58 Punk Thunk +
  Mr. Lodge has a "punk" sense of humor.
• 59 Oil's Well +
  Two girls are working in oils for Archie: a portrait painter, and Betty the mechanic.
• 60 Archie's Pop Gag Bag Pencils: Bob Montana +
  Fred has lots of complaints at his checkup.
• 61 Mother Knows Best Pencils: Dan DeCarlo +
  Betty is upset that Archie only has eyes for Veronica, even though Betty is well-dressed and Veronica is dressed for gardening.
• 62 News Blues Pencils: Dick Malmgren +
  Newspaper reporters are going to do a story on Veronica but bump into Betty doing recycling and decide to do a story on her instead.
• 63 Brave Knave +
  Reggie hides from Moose in a trash can.
• 64 Picture Plot Pencils: George Frese +
  Betty believes that Archie's wall of Veronica pictures makes him only think he's in love with her. She expresses this belief in front of her wall of Archie pictures.
• 65 Tired Money Script: Joe Edwards +
  When Jinx says she's too tired to pick up her toys, her father says he's too tired to count out her allowance.
• 66 Terror Island Script: Frank Doyle +
  Betty and Veronica must confront their fears when they're on an island with a mysterious creature.
• 67 Get the Point Pencils: Dick Malmgren +
  Veronica and Betty are concerned as Reggie and Archie choose swords as their weapons, but it turns out to be for roasting hot dogs, not dueling.
• 68 The Big Drip Script: Dick Malmgren +
  Jughead wants to stay inside and watch TV while Archie and Reggie try to get him to play baseball.

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