Issue Details

Issue	#188
Published	May 2002
Frequency	9 times a year in Jan., Mar., Apr., May. July, Aug. Sept., Nov, and Dec.
Cover Price	2.19 USD; 2.69 CAD
Pages	100
Editing	Nelson Ribeiro; Victor Gorelick
Notes	Indicia and cover title are Archie Digest Magazine.

Cover Details - "The good news, Archie! Your horn, headlights and radio work!"

Genre	teen
Pencils	Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks	Bob Smith (signed)

6 page Archie story "Ruff Day"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Moose Mason
Synopsis	On his way to Pop Tate's, Archie is scared by a stray dog, causing a case of the hiccups.
Genre	teen
Script	Mike Pellowski
Pencils	Tim Kennedy
Inks	Ken Selig
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Vickie Williams

5 page Archie story "Snow Fun"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	Archie tests out a pair of boots that let him slide down the mountain without skis.
Genre	teen

6 page Archie and the Gang story "Ggggggrrrrrrl of My Dreams"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis	When Betty gets a job as a spokesmodel at a comic book convention, Veronica jealously demands to be hired as well.
Genre	teen

1 page Reggie story "The Big Splash"

Characters	Reggie Mantle; Janet
Synopsis	Reggie tries to steal a kiss from Janet before her father gets home.
Genre	teen

6 page Archie story "First Class Fool"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	As a favor to his father, Archie stops at the post office on his way to Veronica's house.
Genre	teen

5 page Archie and the Gang story "Now Weight a Minute"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis	When Betty reveals that she's been been weight-training, Veronica shows her that strength comes with the proper motivation.
Genre	teen

1 page Archie's Gag Bag story "Groan!" "Archie, what's wrong with your father?"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews
Synopsis	Archie's father appears ill around April 15th.
Genre	gags

6 page Archie story "Weird Encounters of a Strange Kind"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis	Archie and the gang encounter two aliens on their way to a band gig.
Genre	teen

5 page Archie story "Weird Encounters of a Strange Kind" Part II

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis	Archie tries to free his friends from the aliens, only to find that they are not what they seem to be.
Genre	teen

6 page Archie story "Good Clean Fun!"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Mr. Svenson; Ms. Grundy; Jughead Jones
Synopsis	When Archie and the gang decide to hold a "foam dance" at the school gym, the soap bubbles needed for the dance get out of control.
Genre	teen

2 page Know Your Heroes! story "The Origin of Mr. Justice"

Characters	Mr. Justice [Prince James]; Richard
Synopsis	The ghost of dethroned Prince James is propelled into the future where he regains material form and becomes the hero known as Mr. Justice.
Genre	superhero
Script	Paul Castiglia
Pencils	Chris Allen
Inks	Bob Wiacek

2 page Archie and the Gang story "Baby, I'm Stuck on You!"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis	The gang discusses where they'd want to be if they got stuck in a hurricane.
Genre	teen

5 page Betty story "Spite an Image"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
Synopsis	Betty is running for student council president against Reggie. Someone is defacing Reggie's campaign posters and Reggie accuses Betty.
Genre	teen
Script	Hal Smith
Pencils	Stan Goldberg
Inks	Mike Esposito
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida
Reprinted	from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #49

1 page Editor's Notebook promo (ad from the publisher) "Editor's Notebook"

Synopsis	The editor discusses what's going on in current Archie publications.
Script	Victor Gorelick
Letters	typeset

5 page Archie story "Dial a Date"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis	Archie gets a phone message that he's to meet his date 30 minutes later than scheduled, however Archie doesn't recall who he's supposed to be seeing.
Genre	teen

6 page Archie story "Very Important Package"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis	Archie takes Mr. Lodge's very important package to the bank.
Genre	teen

6 page Archie story "Where the Teachers Are!!" Part I

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Ms. Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Ms. McCook; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones (cameo); Midge Klump (cameo); Chuck Clayton (cameo); Mrs. Lodge (cameo)
Synopsis	Archie and the gang take a class trip over spring break to Florida.
Genre	teen
Notes	Title has the words "Boys" and "Girls" each crossed out before the word "Teachers".

5 page Archie story "Where the Teachers Are!!" Part II

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Ms. Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Ms. McCook; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Vapid (TV host)
Synopsis	While Archie and the gang are off at Funland, the teachers get caught up in spring break.
Genre	teen
Notes	Title has the words "Boys" and "Girls" each crossed out before the word "Teachers".

6 page Archie story "Hey, Big Spender!"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Dan
Synopsis	Archie manages to raise the money to take Veronica to a big ball, but doesn't have anything left over. He arranges a scheme with Jughead to prevent him from having to spend any more money without looking cheap.
Genre	teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Harry Lucey
Letters	Bill Yoshida
Reprinted	from Archie (Archie, 1962 series) #181