Jughead with Archie Digest #49

In "Command Decision," Jughead is put in charge of guarding the school trophy case the night before a big basketball game, and with Archie as his reluctant partner, he quickly starts treating the job like a military operation. As the responsibility swells, Jughead’s confidence grows — and so does his sense of importance, with predictable chaos in tow.

In "Never Kid a Kidder," Archie sets off a wave of unexpected good deeds in Riverdale by spreading a rumor about a mysterious billionaire offering rewards for community cleanup—turning the town’s usual chaos into a surprisingly earnest, if utterly misguided, wave of altruism.

When Archie’s car gets buried in a blizzard on Mr. Lodge’s driveway, he and Jughead team up to dig it out—only to accidentally launch it onto the roof of the Lodge mansion. With no snowplows in sight and the storm still raging, the two friends face the absurd challenge of getting their ride back down without breaking anything (or anyone).

In "First Aid Boy," Jo and the gang show up at school covered in bandages and splints, sending Miss Grundy into a panic—she’s convinced Mr. Weatherbee’s been punishing them. But the truth is far less dramatic: he’s just teaching them how to handle minor injuries, with a little too much enthusiasm.

When Archie’s jalopy gets buried in the winter snow at school, Principal Weatherbee bans him from driving it back until spring—leaving the teen to find a new way to get to class, one slip-and-slide at a time.

Archie, convinced Veronica needs a better ski instructor than Rex Gorden, decides to take matters into his own hands—only to find that teaching her might be a lot harder than he expected.

In "I'll Fry Tomorrow!", Archie stumbles into a bizarre new trend—frying marbles for sparkly jewelry—only to accidentally swap a box of Mr. Lodge’s prized vitamin pills for marbles, setting off a chain of chaos with the pony’s health hanging in the balance. The story’s humor shines in its perfectly timed mix-up, where a simple mistake turns a routine day into a wild, sticky mess.

In "Fool-Proof," Jughead hatches a wild plan to get Archie to the dance by auctioning him off, claiming Veronica will outbid everyone—only for her to be so outraged she funds Big Ethel to win the bid instead.

In "Dis-Missile," Archie and Jughead find themselves in trouble when Miss Grundy catches them using rubber bands to shoot paper clips—only to have her case fall apart when she can't produce the evidence. With Mr. Weatherbee left with no choice, the duo walks free, leaving the school's most persistent teacher flustered.

In "Windsong," Jughead’s accidental paper storm sends Mr. Weatherbee’s files flying out the window, launching a wild chase across Riverdale as he tries to make amends. What starts as a frantic quest to recover the last sheet turns into a surprisingly long journey—only to reveal the lost paper was just junk mail all along.