MONDAY 04-04
ARCHIE'S FUNHOUSE DOUBLE DIGEST # 5

TUESDAY 04-05
ARCHIE'S FUNHOUSE JUMBO COMICS # 6 (not finished)
ARCHIE'S FUNHOUSE DOUBLE DIGEST # 7

WEDNESDAY 04-06
SWAMP THING #4 (OF 6)
UNCLE SCROOGE #417
MICKEY MOUSE #320
BOB'S BURGERS #10
JUSTICE LEAGUE DARKSEID WAR SPECIAL #1
SUPERMAN: THE COMING OF THE SUPERMEN #3 (OF 6)
WONDER WOMAN: EARTH ONE HC
EMPRESS #1 (OF 7)
THE INFINITY ENTITY #4 (OF 4)
UNCANNY X-MEN #6
BLACK WIDOW #2
BLACK PANTHER #1
LOBSTER JOHNSON (#23) THE FORGOTTEN MAN
SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH #14 (June 1998)
DILTON'S STRANGE SCIENCE (1989) #1, 2, 4, 5

Off-topic:
Anyone else having this problem? Since the site came back, it seems to always insist on putting extra spaces in between lines whenever I compose a post.

New Archie?


You mean like those other past greats, The New Archies, The NEW Little Archie, and New Look Archie Series? This too shall pass.
Just because it's new doesn't mean it's improved.

EIGHT DOLLARS for a "collectible" chocolate bar?!?  At those prices, who the hell is even going to eat one -- they're just going to save it (until it rots away from the inside).

Tell you what, why don't you just price them at $2 and just put a small piece of cardboard or styrofoam inside the collectible wrapper... maybe then I'd think about buying one. Sheesh!

Quote from: Original Sin on April 04, 2016, 09:56:10 AM

Quote from: BettyReggie on April 03, 2016, 09:27:41 PM
It seem like they got rid of Ethel,  she hasn't been in the Archie reboot or the Jughead reboot. Even the show hasn't casted an actress for Ethel.

That's terrible!

If you change the art style, there's probably no point in Ethel existing any more. Her only function as a character was to be the one who wasn't pretty like the other girls, an awkward ugly duckling who chased Jughead relentlessly and was sort of his nemesis. I mean, let's face it, those were her only real defining characteristics.

But it really doesn't matter now, if Erica Henderson's drawing JUGHEAD. Now everybody's ugly looking, even the girls who are supposed to be pretty, like Betty. Makes it kind of difficult to get the point across through the artwork that Ethel is supposed to be significantly less attractive than most of the other girls.

Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on April 04, 2016, 12:44:01 PM
What was the name of a character we were talking about in the old forum, a boy that was Betty's love interest for a few issues? I think someone mentioned he was a reporter?

Dexter Howard, WPBJ Channel 10 news photographer? From BETTY AND ME #197-200?

B&V illo found on Holly G's FB page... ("new school" refers to Holly G's webcomic School Bites)

Quote from: irishmoxie on April 04, 2016, 07:19:35 AM

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Tomoko & Akira for Asians (pre-dating Kumi)

Which issues do these characters appear in?

Tomoko Yoshida first appeared back in 1991 in the semi-obscure ACP giveaway comic, ARCHIE AND HIS PALS IN... THE PEER HELPING PROGRAM.
(As seen here on the cover, seated next to Jughead.)



After that, she didn't reappear until BETTY #150 (Nov. 2005), after which she started appearing (mostly in B&V stories) with more frequency for a year or two... then faded back into obscurity. She still turned up on occasion, even a couple of years back, but there are less and less opportunities for her to do anything meaningful in the stories as time goes on... shrinking panel space at ACP.


Here's a couple of lists...


At Comicbookdb.com
http://www.comicbookdb.com/character_chron.php?ID=29781


At ComicVine
http://comicvine.gamespot.com/tomoko-yoshida/4005-60751/issues-cover/


At GCDb
http://www.comics.org/character/name/Tomoko%20Yoshida/sort/alpha/

Quote from: SAGG on April 04, 2016, 08:51:48 AM
Maybe I'm the only one who feels like this, but I hate Archie 1 and Archie 3000. I'd prefer modern Archie, you know, mostly our time...? Dinos and flying cars just ain't my gig, you know...?

Hey, it's only 12 pages, SAGG. If I can put up with that much Little Archie in FIVE different digests, you can certainly sacrifice the 12 pages in a single digest. (To say nothing of when my regular Sabrina reprints get replaced by -UGH!- "The Animated Series"...  )


But more to the point here, how do you feel about not having a NEW story in the digest?

Quote from: invisifan on April 04, 2016, 04:55:17 AM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 04, 2016, 03:48:34 AM
Patty Pacer and Gerta Gravel (girls' team coaches/gym teachers)

That's "Greta Grappler"

Oh, right. Mixed her up with the Dick Tracy character "Gertie Gravel". There was also at least one other Archie story where the name "Greta Grappler" was used for the name of a female wrestler. Don't know if there was any connection, or similar appearance, between the two.

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WORLD OF ARCHIE JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #60
Take a trip to the Middle Ages with Archie! A snooze on the beach turns into an adventure in history. As it turns out, being a teenager wasn't that much different centuries ago! Well... minus the fact that a sports competition featured horses... and swords... and was definitely a lot more dangerous! Get ready to get Medieval with Archie and the gang in "A Knight to Remember," the entertaining lead story to this JUMBO-sized comics digest!

Script: George Gladir
Art:  Jeff Shultz
Cover: Fernando Ruiz, Bob Smith, Rosario "Tito" Peña
Ship Date: 6/8
On Sale Date: 6/22
256-page, full color comic
$6.99 U.S.

AND it's not a "new" lead story, it's an "entertaining" lead story. Scripted by a writer who is no longer among us, and drawn by an artist whose last new work for ACP appeared more than 6 months ago. GCD lists at least a couple of stories by Gladir titled "A Knight To Remember"... I wonder which one this is?

Of course, that full-page ad still appearing in the digests does say "NOW featuring NEW stories in every Comics Double Digest!" ...so I guess, technically, a Jumbo or Annual digest isn't a Double Digest... ! 

OK... so now we're down from 240 pages of new stories 'In The Traditional Archie Style' to 235 pages per year (so far) ...

There better be special sections in there for LIFE WITH ARCHIE, ARCHIE 1, and FROM THE VAULT. 

Patty Pacer and Gerta Gravel (girls' team coaches/gym teachers)

SUNDAY 04-03
ARCHIE'S FUNHOUSE DOUBLE DIGEST # 1, 3, 5

   
• Danni Malloy (Dilton's GF in the series DILTON'S STRANGE SCIENCE)
• Sassy Thrasher (Jughead's skatepunk friend, recently appeared in the new JUGHEAD, along with January McAndrews)
• Jackie Frost (she brings cold wherever she goes, but has a thing for Jughead)
• Evelyn Evernever (Archie was her first kiss)
• Lotte Little (last seen in "Battle of the BFFs")
• Mad Doctor Doom (and henchkick Chester)
• Ophelia Glutenschnabel (patch-hop predator)
• Rita Sanchez (former Vice-Principal) and her daughter Sandy (who had a thing for Jughead)
• Mr. Rodriguez (another former Vice-Principal, father of Maria)
• Patton Howitzer (another former Vice-Principal... I think they all just take the next job available at a school where Archie isn't a student)
• Nick St. Clair ("Bad Boy Trouble")
• Bella Beazly (one spicy cook, daughter of Cafeteria lady Bernice Beazly)
• Tono Diaz (from Mexico, his parents are party planners, he wants to be a chef when he grows up)
• Pencil Neck G and Zane Zappen (both from "Freshman Year")
• Jared McGerk (school bully during "Freshman Year")
• Shinji Yamagi (young warlock and potential rival for Harvey Kinkle)
• Buddy Drumhead (friend of Teddy Tambourine)
• Bippy the Hippy (semi-replacement for the hippy version of Clyde Diddit)
• PEPPER, Albert and Sock!!!

... and Adam's last name was Chisholm.

Quote from: playtape on April 03, 2016, 05:39:50 PM
I have the issue of 'Back Issue' in which there's a lengthy history of the MLJ heroes, I learned a lot.

I'll check out those links, thanks!

This is the one issue you need (if you haven't got already). Complete index of all Golden Age MLJ superheroes, by series (PEP, ZIP, JACKPOT, BLUE RIBBON, etc.) AND by character name.


http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=98_55&products_id=738

Hey, free 25 page preview here... https://issuu.com/twomorrows/docs/alterego82preview?e=2241656/1623964


Also this issue...

http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=98_55&products_id=878


Free 17 page preview here... https://issuu.com/twomorrows/docs/alterego96preview?e=2241656/1626767

Quote from: invisifan on April 03, 2016, 01:18:12 PM

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 03, 2016, 09:38:29 AM

I was wondering if we'd ever see streaky again — guess he jumped ship ...

Who knew there was any X-Kryptonite hanging around Riverdale? I thought that was only a byproduct of Kara Zor-El's failed experiments to neutralize ordinary Green K. She should have known better than to mix kryptonite with catnip.