Price: 3.59 USD
Pages: 196
Editing: Nelson Ribeiro (credited) (editor); Victor Gorelick (credited) (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (credited as Richard Goldwater) (editor-in-chief)
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks:
Bob Smith (signed)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What's your dad think of my new scratching technique?
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
This issue has 1 variant

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: The Archie Digest Library
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: 10 times a year in Jan., Feb., Mar., May, June, July, Aug., Oct., Nov. and Dec.
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?
  • Barcode: 762816469517 16111

The Daydream Comes True!
(Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils:
Pat Kennedy (credited)
Inks:
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Vickie Williams (credited)
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge; Hot Dog
Synopsis:
Archie daydreams that he is in a circus.
Reprints (2)

Time's Up
(Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews
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Bird Word
(Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; animal; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie gets a parrot as a gift.
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Confusing but Amusing
(Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Characters:
Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Archie keeps interrupting Miss Grundy's class to shout date instructions to Veronica.
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 5)

Archie's Mom Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dad back from jogging, Mom?
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / activity / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:--Betty or Veronica... Betty or Veronica... Heck!
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Find how many times the words Betty and Veronica appear in the puzzle.

Gimmick Gadget!
(Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jughead, why are you carrying around that silly clipboard?
  • Keywords:clipboard
Characters:
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy
Synopsis:
Jughead carries a clipboard so he'll look busy.
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Line-Up Lament
(Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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Characters:
Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Chuck Clayton (cameo)
Synopsis:
When Archie gets to pick the line-up for the ball game, the guys try to get special treatment.
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Time
(Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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Characters:
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Wong; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle (Cameo); Moose Mason (Cameo); Dilton Doiley (Cameo); Big Ethel Muggs (Cameo); Chuck Clayton (Cameo)
Synopsis:
There's just not enough time for Archie to do everything he likes.
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Indexer Notes

Archie breaks the fourth wall this story.

The Criss Cross Connection
(Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Beazly; Svenson; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Archie falls for the school's new switchboard operator. To impress her, he offers to take over for her and fouls everything up.
Reprints (1)

Scheme Scamp
(Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm your fairy aunt, Archie! You get three wishes!
  • Keywords:dream; wishes
Characters:
Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie dreams his fairy aunt gives him three wishes.
Reprints (1)

Saturday’s Child
(Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Archie's parents ask him to do some chores on the weekend but Archie wants to keep his weekend work free.
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Smoochfest
(Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / activity / 1 page

Script:
?
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Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Find the words puzzle.

A Work of Art!
(Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jack Swift; Brenda
Synopsis:
Archie sits with his artist friend's spot in a mall and ends up trying to draw a girl's caricature.
Reprints (1)

Spat Chat
(Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Archie tells Veronica there are always two sides to every argument.
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Gag Bag
(Table of Contents: 16)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Archie makes a bad joke and winds up in detention.
Reprints (1)

That Rat Reggie
(Table of Contents: 17)

Archie / activity / 1 page

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Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Locate how many times the name Reggie is in the puzzle.

Shell Shock
(Table of Contents: 18)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
After Reggie pulls a prank on him, Archie gets revenge with the help of his new organization ARPA (Anti-Reggie Protective Association).
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

An early example of the '60s spy-story craze working its way into Archie Comics.

Jughead's Chili!
(Table of Contents: 19)

Archie / activity / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews
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Indexer Notes

word puzzle

Exam Elan
(Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Other kids are showing off their high marks on the tests.
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It's Later than You Think
(Table of Contents: 21)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Archie is late for class and gets asked by Mr. Weatherbee if he knows what time it is.
Reprints (1)

The Secret Weapon
(Table of Contents: 22)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats; Chuck Clayton (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo)
Synopsis:
Archie helps win a volleyball game because he's been taking ballet lessons to keep him limber and light on his feet. Reggie and Moose decide to emulate him.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 23)

Archie's Mom's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:How'd you and Dad meet, Mom?
Reprints (1)

Note Un-Worthy
(Table of Contents: 24)

Archie / activity / 1 page

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Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Secret Message puzzle.

Hidden Talent
(Table of Contents: 25)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I see Archie's determined to make a letter in sports this year, Coach!
Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee wants the coach to give Archie a chance on the baseball team, but Archie just isn't very good.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Writer/Pencil/Ink credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #49.

Double Trouble
(Table of Contents: 26)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It was great meeting you, Archie! Thanks for the lift home!
Characters:
Sharon Taylor; Archie Andrews; Karen Taylor; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Sharon and Karen are twins who have separately gotten dates with Archie and Reggie, who don't know they are twins.
Reprints (1)

Lunch Counter-Sign
(Table of Contents: 27)

Archie / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie thinks a sign at a diner is misspelled.
Reprints (2)

Rate-a-Mate
(Table of Contents: 28)

Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Dilton's computer predicts the perfect match for each member of the gang.
Reprints (1)

New Endings for Old Sayings
(Table of Contents: 29)

Archie / comic story / 3 pages

Script:
?
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Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Professor Flutesnoot; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Humorous looks at various funny sayings.
Reprints (1)

Hue and Cry
(Table of Contents: 30)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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Characters:
Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie tries to hide his hair after graffiti vandals paint it blue.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Credits in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #238 list George Gladir as writer and Rudy Lapick as inker.

The Job
(Table of Contents: 31)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:children
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Professor Flutesnoot; Little Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Little Archie convinces Mr. Weatherbee to let the class create a comic book about the school.
Reprints (1)

Boy's Night Out!
(Table of Contents: 32)

Little Archie / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:children
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis:
Fred takes Archie to a professional wrestling match.
Reprints (1)

Dance Date
(Table of Contents: 33)

Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Little Archie finds that Jughead has how-to books on dating, and becomes convinced that he's a rival for Veronica.
Reprints (1)

My Book Report
(Table of Contents: 34)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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Colors:
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Letters:
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Teamwork
(Table of Contents: 35)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Betty Cooper; Shinobu; Hitomi
Synopsis:
Archie helps Shiobu become a better hitter and he helps Archie become better at studying for his classes.
Reprints (1)

Making End$ Meet
(Table of Contents: 36)

Archie / activity / 1 page

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Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:teen
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Maze puzzle.

Face Fantasy
(Table of Contents: 37)

Archie / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Boo hoo!
Characters:
Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie tries to cheer up a crying baby.
Reprints (1)

The Bye Bye Blues
(Table of Contents: 38)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
Synopsis:
Archie explains his outlook on life to his friends and they take his advice to live each day as if it was the last.
Reprints (1)

Drastic Plastic
(Table of Contents: 39)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Archie and Jughead take care of Mr. Lodge's rare tropical plants while he is away on business.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Script and pencils are credited to Al Hartley in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #57 sequence Archie (comic story: 5.000) Drastic Plastic; Al Hartley is given credit for inks in same; Barry Grossman is given credit for colors in same.

3 for All
(Table of Contents: 40)

Archie / activity / 1 page

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Foul Ball
(Table of Contents: 41)

Archie / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats
Synopsis:
Archie wants to pitch in the baseball game.
Reprints (1)

The Finer Things
(Table of Contents: 42)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Veronica knits--very poorly--Archie a sweater. When Reggie makes fun of it, he and Archie get in a fight and the sweater gets ruined, so Veronica gets mad at Archie and says she'll only knit sweaters for Reggie from now on.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #299.

Car-Razy
(Table of Contents: 43)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It's a nice present,...I hope he likes it!
  • Keywords:scooter
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis:
Archie overhears his parents talking and thinks he is getting a new car for his birthday.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 44)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Gag Bag
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Betty, the doctor put my father on a special weight-reduction program!
Synopsis:
The doctor put Archie's father on a diet.
Reprints (1)

Ball Crazy
(Table of Contents: 45)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
unnamed baseball; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Ms. Beazly
Synopsis:
Archie catches a home run, and the ball tells us the story of what happened when Archie took the ball to school.
Reprints (4)

The Fantasy Contest
(Table of Contents: 46)

Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
Synopsis:
The class is assigned to write a fantasy story over the weekend.
Reprints (1)

The Head of the Class
(Table of Contents: 47)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Romance Goes Awry
(Table of Contents: 48)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Smithers the butler; Freddie Dunhill
Synopsis:
Veronica takes a shine to a handsome golfer and Archie is determined to show her he's just as good.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #239, the inks are credited to Allison Flood.

Crowd Control!
(Table of Contents: 49)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Jenny; Mrs. Farley
Synopsis:
Archie and Jughead go to the Mount Badgerland Preserve to escape the crowds of everyday life.
Reprints (2)
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["What's your dad think of my new scratching technique?"]
    Archie
  2. The Daydream Comes True!
    Archie
  3. Time's Up
    Archie
  4. Bird Word
    Archie
  5. Confusing but Amusing
    Archie
  6. ["Dad back from jogging, Mom?"]
    Archie's Mom Gag Bag
  7. ["--Betty or Veronica... Betty or Veronica... Heck!"]
    Archie
  8. Gimmick Gadget!
    Archie
  9. Line-Up Lament
    Archie
  10. Time
    Archie
  11. The Criss Cross Connection
    Archie
  12. Scheme Scamp
    Archie
  13. Saturday’s Child
    Archie
  14. Smoochfest
    Archie
  15. A Work of Art!
    Archie
  16. Spat Chat
    Archie
  17. Gag Bag
    Archie
  18. That Rat Reggie
    Archie
  19. Shell Shock
    Archie
  20. Jughead's Chili!
    Archie
  21. Exam Elan
    Archie
  22. It's Later than You Think
    Archie
  23. The Secret Weapon
    Archie
  24. ["How'd you and Dad meet, Mom?"]
    Archie's Mom's Gag Bag
  25. Note Un-Worthy
    Archie
  26. Hidden Talent
    Archie
  27. Double Trouble
    Archie
  28. Lunch Counter-Sign
    Archie
  29. Rate-a-Mate
    Archie and the Gang
  30. New Endings for Old Sayings
    Archie
  31. Hue and Cry
    Archie
  32. The Job
    Little Archie
  33. Boy's Night Out!
    Little Archie
  34. Dance Date
    Little Archie
  35. My Book Report
    Little Archie
  36. Teamwork
    Archie
  37. Making End$ Meet
    Archie
  38. Face Fantasy
    Archie
  39. The Bye Bye Blues
    Archie
  40. Drastic Plastic
    Archie
  41. 3 for All
    Archie
  42. Foul Ball
    Archie
  43. The Finer Things
    Archie
  44. Car-Razy
    Archie
  45. ["Betty, the doctor put my father on a special weight-reduction program!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  46. Ball Crazy
    Archie
  47. The Fantasy Contest
    Archie and the Gang
  48. The Head of the Class
    Archie
  49. Romance Goes Awry
    Betty and Veronica
  50. Crowd Control!
    Archie
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  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Keith Alan Morgan
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