Archie Double Digest 226

Archie Gets Some Tough Love From Dr. Bill. Archie is the subject of a television segment Tough Love when he visits the Dr. Bill show. The reluctant TV show guest must sweat it out under the studio lights when he's taken to task by gal pals Betty and Veronica on which of them he will finally choose! What will be Archies decision when Dr. Bill poses the ultimate question on national television?

Summer is here again and the girls are looking for work! Veronica's father tries convincing his daughter to take a high paying job working at one of his surf shops but who would possibly want to be cooped up indoors all summer? Meanwhile, Betty debates taking a surfing instructor job alongside the hunky super surfer Josh but the pay isn't quite enough to save for college. How do you suppose Veronica will turn the situation to her advantage?

The Andrews have a little problem. A lot of little problems, in fact. Problems that can fly and sting! When Mary discovers a bee hive in the backyard, the men of the house do their best to calm her fears (it could have been yellow jackets!) however when the bees become too much to handle, who can the family turn to for help? Read "Buzz Words" and discover the answer for yourself!

"Top Dog!" With dog themed movies on the rise, Archie and the guys aim to find the perfect extreme sport vehicle to launch Hot Dog into the spotlight! Once they capture their stunt on film, the only thing left to do is enter it into a contest! Will fortune and glory follow for our furry star? Then, as the gang watch the latest space shuttle launch, they envision what space travel might be like if they were so lucky as to trek through the galaxy. But are any of them really cut out to be astronauts?

Boy genius Dilton puts his imagination to the video gaming test as he tries out his new interactive video games with the gang as his guinea pigs. Dilton is brainy but will his smarts translate into a gamer goldmine? Then, Reggie could care less about flowers but if it means going on a date with Veronica to the flower show, he'll turn gardener overnight! Or at the very least steal some of Mr. Lodge's prize winning roses and let Archie take the fall, letting the petals fall where they may!

Betty and Veronica in "The Protector!" Mr. Lodge's private screening room has been converted into a silent movie theatre for the kid's enjoyment! Archie offers his protection to the girls if the horror movie becomes too scary but will Archie be up to the task when the lights go down? And the only thing Mr. Lodge has to beware is Jughead's monstrous appetite! Then, Betty's baby-sitting gig leads to story time where Betty breathes new life into old nursery rhymes to prove to the young boys she's sitting that fairy tales aren't so boring after all!

Jughead as Captain Hero in "Multiple Madness." Captain Hero battles the nefarious Witch Doctor who's up to no good! Captain Hero aligns himself with Pureheart the Powerful and Super Teen to outnumber the evildoer but using his ditto machine to duplicate himself, which Witch is real? See if our hero can figure it out in time before his super human appetite does him in!

A fun-filled day at the circus is cut short when Veronica is kidnapped by an evil clown! Archie and Reggie rise to the call of duty as their super alter egos, Pureheart the Powerful and Evilheart the Great! Will the super friends be able to rescue Ronnie from certain doom or will the madman wipe the floor with our heroes on his own turf? The answer lies in the nail-biting conclusion of "Terror in the Center Ring" involving tigers, hypnotists, and a death-defying trapeze act!