Archie Comics Digest #12

In "Little Miss Fortune," Veronica throws a fit after her father loses $250,000—despite still being worth millions—only to be met with playful mockery from her friends, who send her a joke "care" package and show up at her party in rags. Her father, meanwhile, finds the whole situation uproariously funny, leaving Veronica caught between embarrassment and disbelief.

Archie tries to prove he’s not always off chasing adventures when his dad worries he’s never around. So he invites his father to tag along for a day, hoping to show him how fun life can be outside the house. By the time the sun sets, Archie’s dad might just be glad to be back home—though not for the reason Archie expected.

Jughead, always more interested in food than art, scrambles to submit something for the school exhibition at the last minute—only to create a wild abstract piece on a whim. While Reggie and Archie mock it mercilessly, a stranger at the show surprises everyone by offering Jughead seventy-five dollars for the painting.

When Reggie hides a rabbit in Jughead’s desk, Mr. Weatherbee punishes him by making him the school’s game warden—with a whistle to enforce the no-pets rule. Jughead, ever the prankster, swaps the whistle for an ultra-sonic one, setting off a chaotic dog invasion when Reggie blows it.

In "A-Haunting We Will Go," Archie and Jughead find themselves tangled in a prank gone spooky when Moose is dared to spend the night in the local haunted house—only for real ghostly goings-on to make the boys question whether the legends might be true. With the line between practical joke and supernatural mystery blurring, the duo sets out to uncover the truth behind the haunting, one eerie clue at a time.

In "Signal Success," Betty’s new romance with Archie takes an unexpected turn when Veronica lends her a seemingly innocent brooch—only for it to double as a radio beacon, revealing Veronica’s behind-the-scenes interest in the couple’s every move. When the brooch flies out of Archie’s jalopy and lands in the paws of a curious hound, Veronica’s tracking signal leads her on a surprisingly messy chase through some less-than-ideal neighborhoods.

In "The Happy Gang," Little Archie rallies the Good Ol' Gang for a photo entry in a "happy gang" contest, but the real test begins when he dashes off to get film—leaving the others frozen in place, determined to keep their smiles perfect until he returns.

In "Blackboard Blues!" from Archie Comics Digest #12 (1975), Miss Grundy faces a classroom full of distracted students, prompting Mr. Weatherbee to suggest that teens only care about television—sparking a clever (if chaotic) plan to win their attention.

In "Micro-Phoneys," Veronica, convinced Archie and Betty are engaged, impulsively decides to beat them to the punch by proposing to the first boy she sees—Jughead. What follows is a lighthearted whirlwind of mistaken intentions and classic teen chaos, all unfolding in just six pages of vintage Archie charm.

In "Hook, Line and Clinker," Veronica’s distress over her sick tropical fish, George, takes a wild turn when Archie misinterprets her tears as heartbreak over a canceled date—leading him to vow revenge on the mysterious rival he believes ruined their plans. The story unfolds with classic Archie humor, as misunderstandings spiral from a fish tank to a full-blown teenage showdown.

When the students learn Miss Grundy might need plastic surgery for her broken nose, rumors swirl—especially when her young niece visits the school and bears an uncanny resemblance. The whole class is left guessing whether the new arrival is really the teacher, or just a look-alike with a surprising resemblance.

In "The Routine," Veronica meticulously plans every second of Archie and Mr. Lodge’s day down to the minute—only to show Betty that even her attempts to disrupt things get just as precisely scheduled. Written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, this 1975 humor tale from Archie Comics Digest #12 finds chaos in the most orderly of plans.

In "Top Priority," Veronica sets a playful challenge: fill a hope chest with life’s most essential items. Betty takes the task literally—grabbing Archie, tying him up, and stowing him away in the chest, much to his surprise.