Archie Comics Digest #223
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Right Man!", Riverdale High becomes the unlikely star of a documentary film crew’s latest project, as their cameras uncover whispers of a secret scheme beneath the town’s wholesome surface. With the students’ perfect reputations under scrutiny, tensions rise—especially when the crew starts digging into the lives of Archie, Betty, Veronica, and their friends. The story unfolds through the sharp, expressive art of Rex W. Lindsey, while the cover by Stan Goldberg and Jon D'Agostino captures the playful yet suspenseful mood of the issue.
When Archie agrees to care for Sally the carriage horse over the weekend, a sudden snowstorm forces him to bring the spirited mare inside—turning a simple favor into an unexpectedly cozy, snowy adventure.
In "Over the Hill," Archie sets out to ride his inner tube down a snowy hill—only to find the usual side bare. With a bit of creative thinking, he veers toward the less-traveled side, leading straight into a creek. The moment feels like a leap into the unknown, and the adventure’s just beginning.
In "My Boy Juggie," Archie sets off for Snow Valley, but Betty and Veronica worry he’ll be lonely without them—especially with other girls around. To keep an eye on him, they convince Archie to bring Jughead along, setting off a familiar yet quietly charming chain of events.
In "A Quick Bite," Little Archie accidentally leaves his lunch in Veronica's limo, prompting Little Betty to bake him a walnut cake as a kind gesture. But when she forgets to remove the walnuts from their shells, the sweet treat takes an unexpectedly crunchy turn.
In "Riverdale High Exposed!", a documentary crew dives into the seemingly perfect world of Riverdale High, uncovering whispers of secrets beneath the students' polished exteriors. As cameras roll, the truth about hidden tensions and hidden motives begins to surface—just as the students' lives start to unravel in unexpected ways.
In "Washed Up," Veronica’s broken washing machine sends her and Archie on a trip to the laundromat, where Archie strikes up a conversation with a girl he meets there—only to accidentally mix up their laundry. With clothes swapped and a growing tension between the three, the usual teen chaos takes a turn neither Archie nor Veronica expected.
Archie is cast in a reality series meant to capture the everyday life of a typical teen athlete, but the cameras only catch him tripping over his own feet and fumbling every attempt at sports. The producers, frustrated by the endless clips of him being a clumsy mess, abandon the project—leaving Archie to wonder if he’ll ever be anything more than a walking punchline.
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↩ Reprints Archie's TV Laugh-Out #63 (1978), Archie's TV Laugh-Out #104 (1985), Sabrina #1 (2000), Archie's Pal Jughead Comics #126 (2000), Archie #505 (2001), Archie & Friends #46 (2001), Archie #506 (2001), Betty #96 (2001)
Reprinted in World of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #14 (2012), World of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #65 (2017), Archie and Me Comics Digest #15 (2019)
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