Dates
- Cover date
- Summer 1996
- On sale
- June 5, 1996
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #4 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition$2.00 cover
Direct Edition
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Barcode 76281646989000411
Source ↗ - Canadian price edition2.50 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 2.50 CAD.
Barcode 07189646989904 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition$2.00 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07189646989904 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Picture Perfect part 1 and 2 · 11 pages
Archie gets invited for a summer internship with a swimsuit photographer Danny Dee. They fly to Naruba for a swimsuit shoot and run into Sly Sludge, rival photographer. The film gets destroyed and Archie saves the day by bringing Betty and Veronica in as replacement models.
- Surf Turf · 1 pages
Betty and Archie try out new boogie boards. Jughead uses his board as a plate.
- Archie's Club News · Archie's Club News · 0.5 pages
Fans send in reports to Archie's Club News.
- The Book · 5 pages
Archie tries to follow the advice from a book on how to win a girl's heart leading to multiple disasters.
- Nightmare Alley! · 5 pages
Dilton thinks Jughead's nightmare is caused by his anxiety over food and builds a machine to help him relieve that anxiety.
- Camp Scamp · 1 pages
Jughead runs into a boy escaping from summer camp and decides to join him when he hears the camp doesn't have enough food.
- Huckleberry Fink · 6 pages
Archie and Jughead borrow Moose's raft to float down the river. Reggie convinces Moose to chase after them.
- Changing Times · 5 pages
A flashback to 1920. Betty and Veronica fight for the freedom to wear the same bathing suits as the boys.
- Extra Credit · 6 pages
Jughead receives a $3000 restaurant club card in the mail and uses it to go on an eating spree at a fancy restaurant.
Characters
Reprinted in
Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine (1974), Archie's Double Digest Magazine (1984), Jughead's Double Digest (1989), Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (1992), Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (2011), Archie and Me Comics Digest (2017), Archie Giant Comics Treat (2017), Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (2019)