Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine #112

When Jughead’s dog Hot Dog goes missing, his friends rally to help track him down, turning a nighttime search into an unexpected journey through the woods. Along the way, they reunite several lost pets and stay safe in the dark, guided by the glow of reflective safety vests they’d brought along.

Betty overhears Veronica saying she’ll be the Queen of Hearts at the masquerade, so she races to get the same costume, hoping to steal Archie’s attention. But when Archie seems to ignore her all night, she’s left puzzled—until she realizes she misheard, and the real Queen of Hearts was just Nosey Nancy in disguise.

Archie dreams of the spotlight Reggie always gets, especially after he scores the winning field goal in the next game—finally tasting the fame he’s longed for. But when Reggie accidentally stops a robbery, Archie finds himself once again in the background, the hero’s moment slipping through his fingers.

Jughead’s accidental win in a contest Ethel entered for him lands him a week with the loud, attention-hungry drummer known as "The Z-Man" — and it’s every bit as chaotic as expected. With the Z-Man and his film crew buzzing around the clock, Jughead finds a clever way to return the favor to Ethel by treating her to a week with the Z-Man’s quieter, more reserved sister.

When Archie's friends learn his family is moving away, they try to make the goodbye easier by acting like they don’t care—only to discover how hard it is to pretend when the real feelings are still there.

In a delightfully mischievous twist, Miss Grundy’s attempt to entertain Superintendent Smith backfires when she accidentally swaps Percy Bysshe Shelley for his wife, Mary Shelley—leading the entire school board to witness a dramatic, if slightly theatrical, reading from *Frankenstein*. The story unfolds with quiet charm and a touch of comic timing, as Archie’s world once again spins on the whims of its quirky teachers.

In "Leader Man," a frustrated boy tries to take down The Archies after being rejected by Veronica, orchestrating a scheme that lands Reggie in trouble. But when the band's sound surprisingly improves without him, his plan backfires in ways he never expected.

Veronica’s voice fails her just before her recital, leaving her desperate—until Archie suggests she lip sync to a recorded performance. But when he plays the wrong section of the tape, the moment takes an unexpected turn.

In "Science Friction," Dilton’s latest invention—a love potion meant for Betty to use on Archie—takes a chaotic turn when it accidentally contaminates the school’s water supply. Suddenly, every boy at Riverdale High is smitten with Betty, turning her into the center of a whirlwind she never asked for.