Archie Comics Digest #63

In a playful twist on rivalry and romance, Veronica launches a no-holds-barred obstacle race, offering a date to the winner—setting the whole school on edge. While Reggie outpaces Archie in the physical challenge, Archie’s real test comes when he faces Betty, dazzling in a new look that leaves him momentarily speechless.

Betty and Veronica team up with Archie and Reggie for a night of bowling, but their lack of skill quickly turns the lanes into a chaotic mess. As the pins fly and the gutter claims more than just the balls, the boys find themselves on the receiving end of some very ungraceful strikes.

In "Instant Love," Veronica sets up a candlelit evening for Archie, leaving him convinced she’s finally ready to go steady. But as the night unfolds, his hopes are met with surprises that leave him questioning what really happened.

Archie pretends to injure his knee to skip the football tryouts, but his ruse backfires when it only makes things worse. Forced to face his fear, he decides to try out anyway—though he’s not sure what that means for his chances.

In "The Spoiler (Part 1)," Riverdale’s hopes for a big win against Central High hinge on their star runner, Archie, until a clever prank threatens to derail the race. When Archie gets lured away by a fake phone call, Chuck springs into action to keep the team’s momentum alive.

In "The Spoiler (Part 2)," Archie finds himself in a sticky situation when a group of Central High students pull a daring stunt to sabotage Riverdale’s chances at the track meet—by kidnapping him. With time running out and the race in jeopardy, Chuck makes a dramatic entrance on a borrowed motorcycle, ready to turn the tide with a well-timed intervention.

In "In the Soup," Mr. Weatherbee is surprised to learn that the school’s new judo club uses a soup ladle as their training prop—only to discover that Miss Beazly, the school’s strict but surprisingly nimble librarian, is the club’s coach.

When a filmmaker invites Little Archie to audition for a movie, the whole Andrews family heads to the studio for his screen test—only to find Spotty stirring up chaos when he meets a feline co-star.

In "The Maverick," Betty finds herself drawn to a mysterious stranger who lives by his own rules—charming, reckless, and unbothered by convention. As she ignores the growing concerns of her friends, their secret meetings deepen, but the cost of defying the world may be harder to pay than she ever imagined.

In "Clever Endeavor," Archie finds himself kicked out by Mr. Lodge for bringing Veronica home late—so he decides to flip the script by showing up impossibly early on their next date, just to prove a point. The story captures the classic teenage tension and humor of the Archie universe, with a twist of mischief and a dash of pride.

In "Follow the Girls," the gang heads to a secluded island for some peace and quiet, but when the boys decide to follow, they find themselves navigating treacherous rockslides and dodging wild goats in a chaotic island adventure.

In "The Doll," Archie finds himself in a mix-up during a school play rehearsal when he’s forced to carry a baby doll as a prop—leading to a moment of mistaken identity when Veronica misinterprets Reggie’s comment about a "doll" as a reference to the toy, not a rival for his attention.