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The Best of Archie Comics #3

Archie · Series began 2011 · [August] 2013

Dates

Cover date
[August] 2013
On sale
August 2013
Pages
420

Editions and covers

  • Original edition

    Barcode 978193697561750999

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Creators

pencils: Dan Parent, Bob Montana, Harry Sahle, Bill Vigoda, Bob Bolling, George Frese, Joe Edwards, Harry Lucey, Bob White, Samm Schwartz, Dan DeCarlo, Dan DeCarlo Jr., Rex Lindsey, Henry Scarpelli, Tania del Rio, Fernando Ruiz, Mike Norton, Fiona Staples, Gisèle Lagacé, Ramón K. Pérez, Phil Jimenezinks: Dan Parent, Bob Montana, Janice Valleau, Bill Vigoda, Virginia Drury, Bob Bolling, Terry Szenics, Marty Epp, Bob White, Rudy Lapick, Samm Schwartz, Chic Stone, Jim DeCarlo, Dan DeCarlo, Rex Lindsey, Jon D'Agostino, Henry Scarpelli, Jim Amash, Rich Koslowski, Mike Norton, Fiona Staples, Gisèle Lagacé, Ramón K. Pérez, Phil Jimenezscript: Joe Morciglio, Victor Gorelick, Bob Montana, Mike Pellerito, Ed Goggin, Jonathan Betancourt, Steven Golbiewski, Paul Castiglia, Paul Kaminski, J. Torres, Bob Bolling, Fernando Ruiz, Ellen Leonforte, Frank Doyle, Marcus Grimm, Sy Reit, Joel Hodgson, Steven Scott, Vincent Lovallo, Pat Woodruff, George Gladir, Kyle Gass, Jonathan H. Gray, Rich Koslowski, Jamie Lee Rotante, Robert Lisanti, Jim Ruth, Stan Lee, Stephen Oswald, Grace Randolph, Kathleen Webb, Sam Kujava, Rich Margopoulos, Dan Parent, Michael Pellowski, Tania del Rio, Tom Root, Tania DelRioletters: Bob Bolling, Marty Epp, Vincent DeCarlo, Samm Schwartz, Bill Yoshida, Vickie Williams, Ridge Rooms, Jeff Powell, Jack Morellicolors: Barry Grossman, Jason Jensen, Rick Taylor, Fiona Staples, Rosario Peña, Digikore Studios

Stories

  • The 3-11 Club · 6 pages

    After Archie catches Corporal Brent with Veronica, he is challenged to a duel at the Academy the next day.

  • Sir Archibald of the Round Table · 10 pages

    Archie goes to the history prom as a knight. He falls asleep and dreams of having to rescue Lady Veronica from the Mad Monk (Mr. Weatherbee). Archie awakes but thinks he is still dreaming and holds Mr. Weatherbee at swordpoint.

  • Introducing Oscar · 5 pages

    Archie's dog Oscar has puppies and they cause chaos around the house. Mr. Andrews forces Archie to sell the puppies but soon the family misses them and the puppies come back.

  • Spring Fever · 6 pages

    Mr. Andrews forecasts the weather and Jughead and Archie end up in swimming trunks during a snowstorm.

  • Monkey Shines · 11 pages

    Archie gets a pet monkey that causes trouble around the house.

  • Time Trouble · 6 pages

    Archie breaks one of Mr. Weatherbee's clocks and tries to replace it.

  • Camera Bugs · 8 pages

    Archie gets a new camera and starts taking pictures that get him in trouble.

  • Untitled · 8 pages

    Betty and Ronnie compete for Little Archie's affections by cooking for him.

  • Poor Little Rich Whirl · 7 pages
  • Chapter #1 Nobody! · 5 pages

    Jughead approaches Veronica because she is having a party and hasn't invited him. She and Betty call him a, "Nobody". Then he insults Big Moose accidentally, but Moose doesn't think he is worth hitting because he is a "nobody". He goes to Pop Tate's "Chok'Lit Shop" (later "Shoppe") to get his "bosom buddies" to treat him to a soda, but Archie and Reggie ignore him and infer that he is "nobody". He leaves feeling totally dejected.

  • Chapter 2 Opportunity Knocks! · 6 pages

    He returns to the Chok'Lit Shop a little while later to drown his sorrows in a hamburger and is turned away by Pop Tate because he has no money. He goes to the juke box to sing with his "favorite record", "Blue For You". Juggie is heard by a famous talent scout, Mayka Starr who decides that he is a true talent. Mayka Starr offers to make him a star, and Jughead accepts.

  • Chapter #3 Going Up! · 5 pages

    He gets on "Redfree's Talent Show" and wows the crowd by making them cry with his heartfelt voice. When he announces that he dislikes women, they go crazy for him.

  • Chapter #4 The Celebrity · 5 pages

    He becomes a huge star but has no freedom. All he wants is a hamburger, but his manager keeps him so busy he can't get any burgers. Then he puts him on a diet (he is 3 lbs overweight). He sneaks away to get a hamburger, but he is recognized and swarmed by his female fans.

  • Chapter #5 From Top to Bottom! · 9 pages

    He decides he can't handle stardown, so he destroys his career and gets fired by his manager. He loses his money and heads back to Riverdale. Back home they don’t believe he was a star. He decides to show them…the next panel shows him asleep in the Chok'Lit Shop. They wake him, and we learn it was all a dream. He has been invited to Veronica's party though, and he agrees to go. Juggie sings at the party. Veronica's Uncle,a talent scout, tells him he has an "interesting voice" and wants to represent him. In the last panel, Juggie turns him down and says he is happy being..."A NOBODY!".

  • Over-Joyed · 6 pages

    Archie finds a pair of roller skates and puts them on, leading to a disastrously painful chain of events.

  • Hi-Jinks and Deep Divers! · 23 pages

    Archie and Reggie go scuba-diving and are sucked down a tube into the secret underwater kingdom of Neptunia, where visitors from the outside world are fed to a giant clam. The boys have to find a way back to the surface before they become clam food.

  • Beetlemania · 22 pages

    In order to get the attention of the girls away from The Beatles and back onto them, Archie, Reggie, Jughead and Moose don Beatle wigs and Beatle-style suits and play at the dance. But their act catches on, rocketing the boys to more fame and demand than they're equipped to handle.

  • The Hold Up · 10 pages

    Alex is held up by two thugs, but he doesn't have any money on him. Embarrassed at the thought of a Cabot not having money, he insists that the thieves come back to his house so they can steal something.

  • Pardon My Computer · 5 pages

    The "United Girls Against Jughead" decide they must use a computer to determine Jughead's soulmate, in order to keep his anti-girl ways from spreading. They overload the computer and wreck it by making that request.-

  • Voice Control · 6 pages

    Reggie gets more than he bargained for when he steals a package Jughead was carrying.

  • Stick With It! · 5 pages

    A Reggie prank leaves Archie stuck to a fence, and to get him to school, his friends have to saw off the fence and carry him in.

  • Visit To a Small Panic · 6 pages

    The Archies visit Filmation, the animation studio that produces their Saturday morning cartoon. The producers and director are astonished to find that the real Archies are crazier than the TV cartoon versions.

  • The Bye Bye Blues · 6 pages

    Archie explains his outlook on life to his friends and they take his advice to live each day as if it was the last.

  • Kong Phoo · 6 pages

    Reggie learns oriental gibberish from T.V.

  • Minding a Star · 5 pages

    Archie has to baby-sit a celebrity chimp.

  • Costume Caper · 6 pages

    Reggie sabotages Archie's costume for the school costume contest.

  • Melvin's Angels · 5 pages

    A parody of "Charlie's Angels", with Betty and Veronica as the angels.

  • Verve to Conserve · 6 pages

    Archie and Jughead check the Lodge Mansion for ways Mr. Lodge can conserve energy.

  • Scratch One Clown · 5 pages

    Alexander spends all of his time at the class picnic playing pranks on everyone else.

  • Saturday's Child · 6 pages

    Archie's parents ask him to do some chores on the weekend but Archie wants to keep his weekend work free.

  • The Plight of the Perilous Pike · 11 pages

    Mr. Weatherbee goes ice fishing on Logger's Pond, trying to catch the legendary Perilous Pike. At the same time, Dilton, Archie and Reggie arrive to test out Dilton's new high-speed ice boat. Dilton's test run leads to Mr. Weatherbee taking an unexpected ride on the boat, while Archie and Reggie wind up struggling with the Perilous Pike.

  • The Art Lesson · 6 pages

    Betty creates a life-size statue of Archie out of macaroni and enters a state-wide art contest.

  • Back from the Future! · 21 pages

    Jughead Jones is contacted by January McAndrews -- an officer of the Time Police, and a descendant of Archie Andrews -- and is then targeted by time thieves. The thieves are trying to kill Senator Bailey - a man that Jug saves who will become President some day.

  • The Mystery of the Mummy's Curse · 11 pages

    The gang goes to see the mummy of King Klutzatauman when the mummy suddenly comes alive.

  • Cheryl's Beach Bash! · 11 pages

    Cheryl weasels her way into hosting an NTV summer beach house show.

  • A Familiar Old Haunt (Chapter I) · 5 pages

    Archie decides to enroll in "Bo and Gus's Paranormal Investigation Camp." In order to get the group rate, he convinces Jughead, Betty and Veronica to go with him. The gang borrows a "Mystery Mobile" van from Jughead's uncle, and Hot Dog tags along. They arrive at the camp and are getting settled in when a shadow threatening Betty scares Jughead and Hot Dog.

  • A Familiar Old Haunt (Chapter II) · 6 pages

    The shadow belongs to an old hermit that warns Jughead and Betty of the leaf monster. As Archie and Veronica are having some private time, Archie sees the Leaf Monster out the window. As he and Veronica give chase, the sheriff shows up and warns the teens about the crazy monsters that have shown up since the school's opening. The hermit disappears, and the gang develops some odd, new phrases like "Jinkies!" and "Zoinks!". Even Hot Dog starts to talk, saying phrases like "RUH-ROH!"

  • A Familiar Old Haunt (Chapter III) · 5 pages

    The monster gives the kids the slip and they start to attend the camp's seminars. Jughead gets hungry and decides to raid the kitchen, with Hot Dog's help. While there, they find nothing to eat but boxes of leaves and "Gooby Snax" -- a type of dog biscuit. That's when the leaf monster finds them and chases them to the lecture hall.

  • A Familiar Old Haunt (Chapter IV) · 6 pages

    Veronica escapes the Leaf Monster and the kids race outside only to find 3 more leaf monsters. However, the real Sheriff shows up with a leaf blower, and the disguises of the hermit, Gus, Casey, and the fake sheriff are revealed. It was Betty who solved the mystery by putting together the clues and calling the real Sheriff.

  • Spell It Out · 21 pages

    Sabrina enters a Spelling Bee contest in both the Magic Realm and mortal world. She wins the contest in the Magic Realm.

  • Something Ventured, Something Gained · 23 pages

    Jughead tries a new restaurant in town run by Darlene, a witch in disguise. She gives him his heart's desire -- a huge junk food meal -- in exchange for his metabolism. Over the next month, Jughead eats like normal, but grows very large. The gang tries to trade Darlene other virtues to get Jughead's metabolism back -- Archie's pure heart, Veronica's status, Betty's compassion -- but Darlene swindles them all. Jughead eventually confides in Sabrina, and the two hatch a plan to get the gang's virtues back.

  • The Great Switcheroo! · 20 pages

    When the gang fights about which gender has it easiest, Salem casts a spell on Riverdale switching everyone's genders. Next, we see a normal day with the gang switched around. Sabrina eventually reverses the spell by raining magic dust on the gang at a concert.

Reprinted in

B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (2011)

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