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Archie / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie, I presume you are concentrating on my question, "What's the shortest distance between two points?"
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Indexer Notes

Redrawn from the cover of Pep Comics #82

Issue Data

  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Enterprises Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: bi-monthly
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?
  • Barcode: 0271000699412

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(Table of Contents: 1)

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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

How to Write Comics
(Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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The narrator of the story guides the reader thru how to write a comic story.
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(Table of Contents: 3)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Miss Grundy! Do you mean Veronica and I must stay after school, too?
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Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica get Archie and Jughead out of detention.
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  • from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 1961-01-09

Lamb Stew
(Table of Contents: 4)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Betty wins a baby goat in a raffle and brings him to school to keep from getting lonely.
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Indexer Notes

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

Muscle Bound
(Table of Contents: 5)

Reggie / comic story / 6 pages

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Archie and Reggie believe men are superior to women so Miss Grundy tricks them into moving all the heavy items into her classroom.
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You're the Judge!
(Table of Contents: 6)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 3 pages

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The kids organize a flower show with Hap as the judge.
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Superstition
(Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 1 page

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The Believer
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Archie / comic story / 10 pages

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A visit to a gypsy fortune-teller leaves Archie completely convinced that fortune-telling is real, and when he accurately predicts that Betty and Veronica will beat him up, he decides he must have psychic powers himself.
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Foxy Proxy
(Table of Contents: 9)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages

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Reggie gets the coach to send Archie to a meeting as a proxy for him, so Reggie can take Archie's place with Veronica at a dance. But Veronica is sick, so Jughead chooses Midge to be her proxy for the dance. A terrified Reggie tries to explain to Moose that he's really just dating Midge as a proxy for Archie, and when that doesn't seem to work, he pays Jughead to be his proxy when Moose gets back.
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Indexer Notes

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

Archie Crossword Fun
(Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / activity / 1 page

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Archie crossword. First clue across is "Advertisement (abbr)".
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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Good Grief!
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Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee questions the name "burning zeal" used for Miss Beazly's newest creation.
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The Grand Tour
(Table of Contents: 12)

Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 6 pages

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Mr Weatherbee needs someone to show someone around the school.
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Indexer Notes

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

Civilized Savages
(Table of Contents: 13)

Little Archie / comic story / 10 pages

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After learning that toll booths are part of the price we pay for civilization, Little Archie convinces the good ol' gang to build their own modern civilizations of "bridges, buildings and super-highways," so he can charge people money for using them.
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Indexer Notes

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

A Mouthful
(Table of Contents: 14)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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Hap tries to tell Jinx she has egg and jam around her mouth.
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(Table of Contents: 15)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Yes! I told Archie he could print calendars on the...
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Synopsis:
Archie printed calendars with "Miss Riverdale" on the cover.

Water On the Brain
(Table of Contents: 16)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages

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Archie receives an African rain god totem as a gift, and suddenly he can't avoid getting wet.
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Indexer Notes

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

Tee Time
(Table of Contents: 17)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages

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Jughead has to carry Reggie's golf bag around school, which gets him in trouble with Mr. Weatherbee.
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Indexer Notes

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

Rain
(Table of Contents: 18)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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Mr. Weatherbee can't figure out why Betty and Veronica are walking through the school halls with raised umbrellas.
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Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 19)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This will loosen up your hips!
  • Keywords:football
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Synopsis:
Archie misses class after football practice.
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  • From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 1960-10-03

Second Time Around
(Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Veronica abandons Archie to go riding in Reggie's new convertible, until Betty shows interest in Archie.
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The Scent of Forgetfulness!
(Table of Contents: 21)

Pureheart the Powerful / comic story / 11 pages

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Unnamed villain
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An unnamed villain uses specially-scented flowers that cause amnesia to get Mr. Lodge to sign over his empire to him. Archie, as Captain Pureheart, steps in to save the day, in his typical bumbling manner, using a perfume similar to the one used by the villain, and gets the villain to sign the empire back over to him.
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Indexer Notes

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

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(Table of Contents: 22)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Miss Grundy! I will not have you pulling in here late...
  • Keywords:race car
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Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee wants Miss Grundy to arrive on time.

The Advisor
(Table of Contents: 23)

Miss Grundy / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Horace Wolfsnaggle
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Betty is crying, but Miss Grundy tells her how to get a man.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #94, no credits listed in this digest.

A Game Kid
(Table of Contents: 24)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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All Li’l Jinx wants to do all day is play games.
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Badger
(Table of Contents: 25)

text article / 1 page

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typeset
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Art for Art's Ache
(Table of Contents: 26)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages

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Reggie is collecting items for a bonfire, Archie donates an old painting, not knowing Fred was secretly stashing cash in the frame.
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On the Ball
(Table of Contents: 27)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages

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Jughead tells the guys the story of the invention of basketball.
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Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 28)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'll pass chemistry if I can work this experiment!
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Synopsis:
Archie messes up a chemistry experiment.
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The Folk Singers!
(Table of Contents: 29)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Betty, Veronica and Archie are suddenly obsessed with folk music and their practicing is driving Mr. Lodge up the wall.
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Archie for President
(Table of Contents: 30)

Archie and Me / comic story / 11 pages

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Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee pits Archie and Reggie against each other in the school presidential election.
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(Table of Contents: 31)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ssssst... Archie! Where's your mother?
  • Keywords:golf
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Synopsis:
Fred sneaks off to the golf course.

The Little Helper
(Table of Contents: 32)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 3 pages

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Li'l Jinx tries to help her parents with their chores.
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Archie's Notebook Doodles
(Table of Contents: 33)

Archie / activity / 0.67 page

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Synopsis:
Guess what the pictures are of.

Archie's Road Map Puzzle Puns
(Table of Contents: 34)

Archie / activity / 0.33 page

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Guess the directions based on the visual puns.
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The First Dance
(Table of Contents: 35)

Little Archie / comic story / 9 pages

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Bob Bolling (signed)
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Bob Bolling (signed)
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  • Genre:humor; children
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Synopsis:
Ronnie wants Little Archie to take her to a masquerade dance. Little Archie thinks dancing is "sissy stuff" and prefers to spend his time playing with a pigeon he caught. Mary, who wants Little Archie to get interested in girls, encourages Ronnie to take an interest in Little Archie's hobbies, so Ronnie gets her father to buy her a very expensive pigeon.
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Indexer Notes

The ending of this story is one of the few times Bolling makes a reference to Little Archie's future; the caption reads "The end... or is it just the beginning?"

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 36)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Miss Grundy is getting very forgetful!
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Synopsis:
Miss Grundy forgets to buy chalk.

Brain Gain
(Table of Contents: 37)

Jughead / comic story / 4 pages

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Jughead doesn't want to flunk his business course so he enlists the help of Dilton. Together they build a machine, that for a quarter, will help students with their home work. Intrigued, Mr. Weatherbee takes a closer look and finds out that it's Dilton who is the brains inside the machine.
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Change Of Tune
(Table of Contents: 38)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Larry
Synopsis:
Archie gets jealous when Veronica stands him up for a new, handsome baritone in the choral group.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

Tired Laughing
(Table of Contents: 39)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Synopsis:
Reggie steals the tires off Archie's jalopy and uses them to prank Archie and Jughead.
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Mr. Weatherbee Puzzle
(Table of Contents: 40)

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Indexer Notes

A maze puzzle.

[Laugh Comics Digest #8]
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Laugh Comics Digest / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 42)

blank page(s) / 1 page

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[Jughead with Archie Digest #18]
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Jughead with Archie Digest / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Archie, I presume you are concentrating on my question, "What's the shortest distance between two points?""]
    Archie
  2. [no title indexed]
  3. How to Write Comics
    Archie
  4. ["Miss Grundy! Do you mean Veronica and I must stay after school, too?"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  5. Lamb Stew
    Betty and Veronica
  6. Muscle Bound
    Reggie
  7. You're the Judge!
    Li'l Jinx
  8. Superstition
  9. The Believer
    Archie
  10. Foxy Proxy
    Jughead
  11. Archie Crossword Fun
    Archie
  12. ["Good Grief!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  13. The Grand Tour
    Mr. Weatherbee
  14. Civilized Savages
    Little Archie
  15. A Mouthful
    Li'l Jinx
  16. ["Yes! I told Archie he could print calendars on the..."]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  17. Water On the Brain
    Archie
  18. Tee Time
    Jughead
  19. Rain
    Betty and Veronica
  20. ["This will loosen up your hips!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  21. Second Time Around
    Archie
  22. The Scent of Forgetfulness!
    Pureheart the Powerful
  23. ["Miss Grundy! I will not have you pulling in here late..."]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  24. The Advisor
    Miss Grundy
  25. A Game Kid
    Li'l Jinx
  26. Badger
  27. Art for Art's Ache
    Archie
  28. On the Ball
    Jughead
  29. ["I'll pass chemistry if I can work this experiment!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  30. The Folk Singers!
    Betty and Veronica
  31. Archie for President
    Archie and Me
  32. ["Ssssst... Archie! Where's your mother?"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  33. The Little Helper
    Li'l Jinx
  34. Archie's Notebook Doodles
    Archie
  35. Archie's Road Map Puzzle Puns
    Archie
  36. The First Dance
    Little Archie
  37. ["Miss Grundy is getting very forgetful!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  38. Brain Gain
    Jughead
  39. Change Of Tune
    Betty and Veronica
  40. Tired Laughing
    Archie
  41. Mr. Weatherbee Puzzle
  42. [Laugh Comics Digest #8]
    Laugh Comics Digest
  43. [no title indexed]
  44. [Jughead with Archie Digest #18]
    Jughead with Archie Digest
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