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Archie / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Juggie, why don't you share your sled with Ethel?!?
  • Keywords:sled; snow
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Issue Data

  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: bi-monthly
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
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Leave It to Dad
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Fred takes a phone message for Archie but he can't remember if it is from Betty or from Veronica.
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Spot Remover
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Jughead / comic story / 6 pages

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Jughead helps Betty start a fad where every girl wears a fake beauty mark.
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Sports Shorts
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  • Genre:humor
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Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
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First gag: Two people follow Archie around with a stretcher.
Second gag: Betty forgot her skis.
Third gag: Jughead ice fishes in a bad spot.
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Three two-panel gags.

Dyeing to Live
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Betty! Is it true that blondes have more fun?
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Veronica asks Betty if it is true that blondes have more fun.
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Cooking with Gags
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Moose / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What's all the bread for, Moose?
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Moose buys bread before the price goes up in the first gag, in the second gag he doesn't like Midge's cooking.
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Open and Shut Case
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie!!
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Mr. Weatherbee tries to teach Archie to close a door correctly.
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Fun Page
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Mud Wise!
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages

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Li'l Jinx tells Greg to be like Sir Walter Raleigh and put his coat over mud for a lady.
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Veronica's New Dress
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Veronica Lodge
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How everyone sees Veronica's new dress.
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Devil to Pay
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Jughead / comic story / 6 pages

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Big Ethel agrees to let Reggie help her lay a trap for Jughead so she can smother him with kisses, but Jughead and Archie come up with a plan of their own.
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Fashion Frenzies
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Life with Archie / comic story / 23 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; humor; teen
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Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doily; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Dilton Doily; Patty Pringle
Synopsis:
Archie is put in charge of organizing the school's big fashion show, and winds up promising three different girls -- Veronica, Betty and Midge -- that she can be the star of the show. Meanwhile, a new student, aspiring designer Patty Pringle, tries to get her work in the show, but her sketches are rejected by the snobbish designer Monsieur Andre.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Archie and His Gang in B. C.
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Archie / comic story / 2 pages

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An imaginary story of how things would have been if the gang had lived in caveman days, complete with dinosaurs.
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Indexer Notes

Possibly a forerunner of the Archie I series.

Eye Lose
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Reggie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I've lost three bets to Archire this week!
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Reggie bets Archie that he can give him a black eye without touching him.
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Mirror, Mirror
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen; humor
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
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Veronica buys a carnival fun-house mirror at an auction. The mirror has supernatural abilities which turn Betty and Veronica into the distorted images they see in the mirror. The mirror has a different effect on Mr. Weatherbee and Miss Grundy, changing them into young and attractive adults.
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Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Business Bungle
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Little Archie / comic story / 8 pages

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Little Archie Andrews; Ambrose Pipps; Little Moose Mason; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Evelyn Evernever
Synopsis:
Inspired by all the advice-givers in TV and newspapers, Little Archie starts "Little Archie's Good Advice Business," offering advice to anyone who can pay him in jellybeans. All the kids are disgusted by his greed and stop liking him, except Evelyn, who becomes his secretary, and Ambrose, who Little Archie tells to "go jump in the lake." And it's that bit of advice that leads to Ambrose becoming the most popular kid on the West Side. An act of generosity by Ambrose then makes Little Archie realize that friends are more important than jellybeans any day.
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Indexer Notes

The first story to show a closer friendship between Little Archie and Ambrose.

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Little Archie's Fun Page
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Betty's Diary
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Noun Sense
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Reggie / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Reggie Mantle!!
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Reggie tells Miss Grundy that the direct object of telling her she's very attractive is to get a passing mark in English.
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Cane and Unable
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Jughead / comic story / 5 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ho hum!..Another day, another dollar!
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Synopsis:
Jughead gives Mr. Weatherbee a cane as a gift but he really doesn't want it.
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Moose’s Daffynitions
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Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley
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Funny definitions to various phrases.
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First phrase is "Can Opener".

The Bad Penny
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Every time Mr. Lodge tries to spend some quality time with his daughter, Archie turns up and ruins everything. So Mr. Lodge tells Archie he's taking Veronica to New Orleans, then takes her somewhere else.
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Indexer Notes

In the splash panel, the sign "Edwards Furniture Store" is a reference to Joe Edwards, while the names of the stars on the marquee are all based on diseases: Ginger Vitas (Gingivitis), Sy Cozis (Psychosis), Gan Green (Gangrene).

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Dream Car
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:No kiddin' Jug!
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Synopsis:
Jughead's father has a new convertible.
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Fun Page
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Steady Study
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Archie / comic story / 2 pages

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Archie goes to Veronica's house to avoid studying.
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Wordless story.

A Course for a Horse
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Jughead / comic story / 1 page

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A horse orders a hamburger.
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Silence is Golden!
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Everyone accuses Betty of saying mean things to Veronica when the opposite is actually the case. Eventually, Betty finds a way to even the score.
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Soup's On!
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Jughead / comic story / 3 pages

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delivery boy
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Through no fault of his own, Jughead mixes up deliveries and soon has Mr. Weatherbee soaking his feet in vegetable soup.
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That Certain Feeling
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page

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Betty's feeling off-balance.
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Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Sound Your "A"
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Professor Flutesnoot asks Archie to deliver some sheet music.
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Indexer Notes

Penciller credit from the reprint in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #2.

Away With Words!
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages

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Ga Ga
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Li'l Jinx tries to make money off her ability to make up stories.
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Bully for You
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Moose / comic story / 6 pages

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Archie hurts his hand trying to pick a fight with Moose but nobody will believe Moose that Archie started the fight.
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Hiccup Happy
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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Archie is desperate for a cure for hiccups.
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Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Fun Page
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activity / 0.5 page

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Big Shot
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Jughead / comic story / 1 page

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Jughead tells Archie about his cousin, who works as a human cannonball.
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Quiz Skids
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Little Archie / comic story / 9 pages

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Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Ambrose Pipps; Weasel Williams
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Inspired by TV game shows, Little Archie starts the local show "The 64 Jellybean Question," and builds up a huge store of jellybeans when none of the contestants can answer the questions. But the gang has to deal with a plot by the South Side Serpents to steal the jellybeans.
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Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Mark Time
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Moose / comic story / 0.5 page

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Archie tries to give Moose encouragement about his grades.
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A Good Spell
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Moose / comic story / 0.5 page

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Moose's poor handwriting provides him with an advantage.
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Watch the Beardie
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Jughead / comic story / 4.67 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hi, Juggie! C'mon in!
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Jughead babysits Veronica's bratty cousin Leroy, who is drawing facial hair on portraits.
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[no title indexed]
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statement of ownership / 0.33 page

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Button Up!
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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Li'l Jinx won't button her coat.
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Who Shook That Tree?
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
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Archie gets mad at Jughead for saying that Veronica is a lot like her father. Then he makes the mistake of letting Veronica know that he considers this an insult.
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Splinter Group
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Archie gets a splinter in his finger and Veronica takes him to the school nurse. Archie falls for the attractive nurse, causing Veronica to chase him with a chair.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Sculpture Vulture!
(Table of Contents: 44)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
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Archie and Reggie have a bet on who can make a better clay sculpture of Betty's head.
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[no title indexed]
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blank page(s) / 1 page

[Jughead With Archie Digest #8]
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Juggie, why don't you share your sled with Ethel?!?"]
    Archie
  2. [no title indexed]
  3. Leave It to Dad
    Archie
  4. Spot Remover
    Jughead
  5. Sports Shorts
  6. Dyeing to Live
    Betty and Veronica
  7. Cooking with Gags
    Moose
  8. Open and Shut Case
    Archie
  9. Fun Page
  10. Mud Wise!
    Li'l Jinx
  11. Veronica's New Dress
  12. Devil to Pay
    Jughead
  13. Fashion Frenzies
    Life with Archie
  14. Archie and His Gang in B. C.
    Archie
  15. Eye Lose
    Reggie
  16. Mirror, Mirror
    Betty and Veronica
  17. Business Bungle
    Little Archie
  18. Little Archie's Fun Page
  19. Betty's Diary
  20. Noun Sense
    Reggie
  21. Cane and Unable
    Jughead
  22. Moose’s Daffynitions
  23. The Bad Penny
    Archie
  24. Dream Car
    Archie
  25. Fun Page
  26. Steady Study
    Archie
  27. A Course for a Horse
    Jughead
  28. Silence is Golden!
    Betty and Veronica
  29. Soup's On!
    Jughead
  30. That Certain Feeling
    Betty and Veronica
  31. Sound Your "A"
    Archie
  32. Away With Words!
    Li'l Jinx
  33. Bully for You
    Moose
  34. Hiccup Happy
    Archie
  35. Fun Page
  36. Big Shot
    Jughead
  37. Quiz Skids
    Little Archie
  38. Mark Time
    Moose
  39. A Good Spell
    Moose
  40. Watch the Beardie
    Jughead
  41. [no title indexed]
  42. Button Up!
    Li'l Jinx
  43. Who Shook That Tree?
    Archie
  44. Splinter Group
    Betty and Veronica
  45. Sculpture Vulture!
    Archie
  46. [no title indexed]
  47. [Jughead With Archie Digest #8]
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