''Jughead's Double Digest'' is an American comic digest magazine published by
Archie Comics
Archie Comic Publications, Inc., is an American comic book publisher headquartered in Pelham, New York.Jughead'' 32-page comic book and ''Jughead With Archie Digest'' magazine.
Publication history
The Double Digest series are larger versions of the Archie Digest publication line. The regular Digests were 128 pages (later 80), while the Double Digests were 256 pages (later 160), hence the name Double Digest. ''Jughead's Double Digest Magazine'' began publication in October 1989 on a quarterly basis, but was later published eleven times a year and featured several new Jughead stories along with the reprints. ''Jughead's Double Digest Magazine'' was the last monthly Jughead solo title as the 32-page Jughead comic (1949-2012), ''Jughead With Archie Digest'' (1974-2005), ''The Jughead Jones Digest'' (1977-1996) and ''Jughead & Friends Digest'' (2005-2010) have all been cancelled. The title was replaced in 2014 with the new ''Jughead and Archie Double Digest'' series, reprinting Jughead and Archie stories along with new ones.
Issue #138 reprinted the entire first issue of Archie's Pal Jughead Comics from 1949.
Issue #176 (2012) featured the first appearance of Toni Topaz, a tough girl with pink hair who wears a purple jumpsuit. She appears as a rival to Jughead in the cupcake-eating contest.
Issues #196 and 200 were 'Double Double' Digests with 320 pages.
"New look" series
From April to August 2008, a four-part story entitled "The Matchmakers" ran in issues 139 to 142 of ''Jughead's Double Digest''. It was the second in a line of "new look" stories released by Archie Comics. It was published following the success of ''Betty & Veronica Double Digests "new look" story called "
Bad Boy Trouble
"Bad Boy Trouble" is an American comic book story by writer Melanie J. Morgan and artists Steven Butler and Al Milgrom that was originally serialized in '' Betty & Veronica Double Digest'' #151-154. The story features Betty and Veronica (and othe ...
" which was released in 2007.
"The Matchmakers" uses the same character designs from "Bad Boy Trouble" and the plot follows Jughead as he is 'set up' with a girl, Sandy Sanchez. The story was based on a novel that came out in 1991 by Michael Pellowski and John L. Goldwater entitled ''It's First Love, Jughead Jones''; however, Melanie J. Morgan is accredited by Archie Comics for the comic's script. The art is by
Joe Staton
Joe Staton ( born January 19, 1948) is an American comics artist and writer. He co-created the Bronze Age Huntress (Helena Wayne), as well as the third Huntress (Helena Bertinelli), Kilowog and the Omega Men for DC Comics. He was the artist of ...
and
Al Milgrom
Allen L. Milgrom (born March 6, 1950) is an American comic book writer, penciller, inker and editor, primarily for Marvel Comics. He is known for his 10-year run as editor of '' Marvel Fanfare''; his long involvement as writer, penciler, and inker ...
, working from
Steven Butler
Steven Butler is an American comic book artist. He is known both for penciling the Archie Comics series ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' as well as creating new designs for Archie characters in 2007.
Career
Butler's work ranges from inking and providing o ...