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Pages: 132
Editing: Nanci Tsetsekas (editor); Victor Gorelick (editor)
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Jughead / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks:
Alison Flood (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You're doin' great, Jug! All you need is a little more confidence!
Characters:
Jughead Jones

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: The Archie Digest Library
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: 6 times a year in Jan., Mar., May, July, Sept. and Nov.
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?
  • Barcode: 071896468540 73

Twin Beaks
(Table of Contents: 1)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils:
Samm Schwartz (credited as Sam Schwartz)
Inks:
Samm Schwartz (credited as Sam Schwartz)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Nanci Tsetsekas (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Rodney; Reggie Mantle; Snidely; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Jughead brings his pet parrot, Rodney, to school for a nature talk.
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Daydreamin' Davey
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HAL Laboratory / HAL America Games / advertisement / 1 page

Prof. Jughead's Looney Laws II
(Table of Contents: 3)

Jughead / comic story / 2 pages

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Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Professor Jughead presents some wacky laws.
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Blow Hot - Blow Cool
(Table of Contents: 4)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Synopsis:
Jughead tries to teach Archie to control his temper and keep his uncivilized animal instincts in check.
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Seeds of Doubt
(Table of Contents: 5)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee hires a disciplinarian vice-principal, so Archie and Jughead conspire to make him look weak.
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Read Speed
(Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Now which book did I hide that girl's address in?
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee asks each student how many books they have read during the day.
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Wit Twit
(Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis:
Archie promises not to make a nuisance of himself at Veronica's next party.
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Trash Bash
(Table of Contents: 8)

Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page

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?
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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Synopsis:
Lake Riverdale is nothing but a pile of garbage.
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Macho Magic
(Table of Contents: 9)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis:
Jughead buys a Kid Dynamite jacket at a yard sale and believes it will give him great physical powers.
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Indexer Notes

Samm Schwartz background gag: A man on stilts advertises a sale at Big Sam's Casa Tomayn. Then, a kid saws the stilts off and the man falls and gives chase. Finally, we see the man's stilts fixed and someone holding an axe next to them.

Fair Warning
(Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / comic story / 1 page

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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Synopsis:
Archie cautions a worker calling at Mrs Stoker's house, but it goes unheeded.
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Wave Length
(Table of Contents: 11)

Archie and Me / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
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?
Inks:
?
Colors:
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Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee [Waldo Weatherbee]; Miss Grundy [Geraldine Grundy]; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones]; Big Ethel Muggs
Synopsis:
Miss Grundy urges Mr. Weatherbee to try being nice to the students in order to get their respect.
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Vengeance Of The Ancients
(Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 11 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Mr. Delgado
Synopsis:
Traveling to Peru, Mr. Lodge and the gang investigate a new emerald mine that isn't yielding what it should. Then, the gang is kidnapped by ancient Incas, who marry Jughead and Veronica before they are to be sacrificed to an ancient goddess.
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Indexer Notes

This story is told in 2 parts.

Bam da Bam Bam
(Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
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Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis:
When Archie and Reggie start fighting, Mr. Weatherbee sends them to the new Student Council Human Relations Court. Unfortunately, with Jughead as judge, the court doesn't have much decorum.
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Indexer Notes

The title comes from the opening notes of the "Dragnet" TV series theme.

The Contest
(Table of Contents: 14)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages

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?
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis:
Everyone at the Riverdale Ice-skating Contest is an expert skater, except Jughead. So you can guess who is the last one standing after the others crash.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Jughead's Double Digest #178.

The Spirit is Willing
(Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
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?
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Colors:
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Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee lectures the gang about the true meaning of Christmas --- it's better to give than receive.
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Have Couch Will Travel!
(Table of Contents: 16)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Hy Eisman (credited)
Pencils:
Hy Eisman (credited)
Inks:
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Dr. Nogin
Synopsis:
To improve teacher-student relations, Mr. Weatherbee has all of the students talk to a psychiatrist.
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Bake and Shake
(Table of Contents: 17)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
A hungry Jughead and Archie con their way into using Miss Grundy's cooking class to bake a delicious cake all for themselves.
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Mr. Generous
(Table of Contents: 18)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Inks:
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Reggie loans Archie everything he needs to take Veronica on a ski trip but unfortunately Archie is mistaken for Reggie at the ski lodge.
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Indexer Notes

Angelo Decesare is credited as scripter in reprint.

Jughead's Photo Album
(Table of Contents: 19)

Jughead / comic story / 3 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mrs. Jones; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Ethel Muggs; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Jughead shows off humorous pictures of himself and the gang.
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Trail's End!
(Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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?
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis:
Archie sees a trail of dainty footprints in the snow, accompanied by bigger footprints, and becomes convinced that the prints are those of Veronica and Reggie.
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Pucker Power
(Table of Contents: 21)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
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Colors:
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Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Jughead thinks that girls have set up mistletoe traps up for him around school (they have)
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Heat Treat
(Table of Contents: 22)

Archie / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Synopsis:
Reggie and Jughead argue over what is the best way to keep warm while Archie kisses the girls on the couch.
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Slay Ride
(Table of Contents: 23)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Heads up!
Characters:
Synopsis:
Archie and his friends keep getting knocked down by kids on saucer sleds.
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Indexer Notes

Includes indicia at bottom of first page.

Season in the Sun
(Table of Contents: 24)

Pop Tate / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:That's it kids! See you after New Year's Day!
  • Keywords:beach; Christmas; plane
Synopsis:
Pop Tate goes on vacation to Florida.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #13.

Describe Jibe
(Table of Contents: 25)

Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
?
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Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Reggie; Archie
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Think Fink
(Table of Contents: 26)

Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
?
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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Reprints (1)

TV Spree
(Table of Contents: 27)

Jughead / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
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?
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Synopsis:
After spending hours on end watching video cassettes on food, the gang takes Jughead to the Lodge ski resort.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

A cast on page three is signed by Joe (Joe Edwards), SS (Samm Schwartz), Vic (Victor Gorelick), and Bob (Bob Bolling).

The Silent Giver
(Table of Contents: 28)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:That tears it!! That just ruins my whole day!!
  • Keywords:Christmas
Characters:
Mrs. Hanley
Synopsis:
When the gang thinks Jughead is nothing but a scrooge during the holidays, Archie comes to his best friend's defense. Archie helps Jughead bring in some groceries and chop some wood for a lonely elderly woman.
Reprints (1)

Deep Freeze
(Table of Contents: 29)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Synopsis:
Jughead borrows Ethel's hand warmer muff to warm his ears.
Reprints (1)

Big On Chocolate! [No. 2 in a series]
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3 Musketeers Candy Bar / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["You're doin' great, Jug! All you need is a little more confidence!"]
    Jughead
  2. Twin Beaks
    Jughead
  3. Daydreamin' Davey
    HAL Laboratory / HAL America Games
  4. Prof. Jughead's Looney Laws II
    Jughead
  5. Blow Hot - Blow Cool
    Jughead
  6. Seeds of Doubt
    Jughead
  7. Read Speed
    Archie
  8. Wit Twit
    Archie
  9. Trash Bash
    Reggie
  10. Macho Magic
    Jughead
  11. Fair Warning
    Archie
  12. Wave Length
    Archie and Me
  13. Vengeance Of The Ancients
    Archie
  14. Bam da Bam Bam
    Archie
  15. The Contest
    Jughead
  16. The Spirit is Willing
    Archie
  17. Have Couch Will Travel!
    Archie
  18. Bake and Shake
    Jughead
  19. Mr. Generous
    Archie
  20. Jughead's Photo Album
    Jughead
  21. Trail's End!
    Archie
  22. Pucker Power
    Jughead
  23. Heat Treat
    Archie
  24. Slay Ride
    Archie
  25. Season in the Sun
    Pop Tate
  26. Describe Jibe
    Reggie
  27. Think Fink
    Reggie
  28. TV Spree
    Jughead
  29. The Silent Giver
    Archie
  30. Deep Freeze
    Jughead
  31. Big On Chocolate! [No. 2 in a series]
    3 Musketeers Candy Bar
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