Price: 0.75 USD
Pages: 164
On-sale Date: 1977-11-08
Editing: ?
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Archie / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What? Miss Grundy disciplined you because you're shy?
  • Keywords:homework
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Li'l Jinx (inset); Sabrina (inset); Veronica Lodge (inset); Betty Cooper (inset); Reggie Mantle (inset); Little Archie (inset)

Indexer Notes

Redrawn from the cover of Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #181 (April 1968).

Issue Data

  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: bi-monthly
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?
  • Barcode: 0271000699701

Indexer Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #150.

Hair Curling
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Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gasp! It's Archie! I can't let him see me looking like this!!
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis:
Veronica tries to hide from Archie so he won't see her with her hair in curlers.
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Arch on the March
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mayor Whimsey
Synopsis:
Archie and Jughead pick up the wrong protest signs for the kids who are protesting the de-emphasizing of football at the high school.
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My Heavens!
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Shrimpy / comic story / 1 page

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Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You wont [sic] admit you’re over age to play in the “Faculty” and “The Redheads” basketball game!

Playback
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Jughead / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen
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Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Jughead uses ventriloquism to prank various townsfolk.
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House Broken!
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 3 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
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Li'l Jinx; Mrs. Blabbit; Li'l Jinx's father
Synopsis:
After Li'l Jinx tells Mrs. Blabbit that she, Li'l Jinx, was made to clean her house by her dad, including the moving of furniture, Mrs. Blabbit confronts Li'l Jinx's dad about the situation - not realizing that the house in question was a dollhouse.
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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Well, we certainly waited long enough!
  • Keywords:butcher shop; liver

Aim To Please
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Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Whoops! It's Della, the Head Witch!
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Synopsis:
Della demands Sabrina stop acting like a human teenager, so Sabrina begins practicing her hexes, with disastrous results.
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Indexer Notes

Inking originally credited to Jon D'Agostino. Credit changed on 9/19/2012 per credits list on joesinnott.com.

Silence Is Golden
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Veronica, baby, I've got a problem!
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis:
Archie has to study a family tree for school. Veronica leads him to the Lodge vault, where he discovers all the dark secrets about the family's ancestors.
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Capital Idea
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Veronica / activity / 1 page

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Veronica Lodge
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Unscramble the words to find out which state capitals Veronica has visited.
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Betty’s Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This new duplicator is easy!

That Silly Backbone
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That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 15 pages

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Bingo goes to get revenge after Samantha is brutally beaten by a couple of thugs.
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Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Arch and I bottled homemade root beer last night!

We Want a Re-Count
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Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Tom; Miss Grundy
Synopsis:
Archie and Reggie are stunned when Jughead wins "Most Handsome" in the school popularity contest. On further investigation they find Jughead stuffed the ballot box so he could attend the winners' banquet.
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Indexer Notes

Re-working of a story of the same name in Archie's Pal Jughead #14 (October 1952).

Lucky Heel
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Reggie / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:But, Moose! All the other girls are entering their names for the drawing"
Characters:
Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
At the sock hop the girls put their names in numbered socks and place them in a boot. Each boy then draws a sock and that girl is his date for the dance. Planning to draw Veronica's sock, Reggie gets Midge's instead and Moose puts him in the hospital.
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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, look! Mister Svensen came to the dance!

Lady In Distress
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Josie / comic story / 6 pages

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Josie McCoy; Alex Cabot; Suzie Belle Betty Jo; Valerie Brown; Mr. Cabot; Melody Valentine
Synopsis:
Alex takes in a young woman claiming to be the victim of a robbery.
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The Burnt Toast of the Town
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Super Duck / comic story / 6 pages

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Super Duck
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Super Duck invents a toaster that toasts, butters, and hands one a piece of toast.
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Super Duck Fun Page / activity / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Find the route from start to finish that totals 22!

The Last Hunt!
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Super Duck / text story / 2 pages

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typeset
  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
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Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:How does Flutesnoot afford that car on his salary?
  • Keywords:moonlighting
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Synopsis:
Ms Phlips lets it slip that Flutesnoot is moonlighting.
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Heartbreak
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ooooooh! Wail Sob!
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis:
Betty and Mr. Lodge are reduced to tears by a daytime soap opera, while Veronica remains unmoved by all the tragedy.
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Route or Wrong
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Pat the Brat / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
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Pat the Brat
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Betty's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I have a stamp in my handbag!
  • Keywords:handbags; purses
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Synopsis:
Betty claims her purse is as organized as it needs to be.
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Save the Last Zap for Me
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Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen; fantasy-supernatural
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Sabrina goes on a date with Archie and uses her powers to offset all of Archie's bad luck and blunders.
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Square Deal!
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 3 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie; Betty; Veronica; Midge; Moose; Reggie; Jughead; Leroy
Synopsis:
Archie's plan to get someone to babysit Leroy instead of Betty backfires.
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Betty and Veronica Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Betty, why is Archie angry?
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Chaos in a Common Cane
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Reggie as Evilheart / comic story / 13 pages

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  • Genre:humor; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:That's a shocking thing you're doing to poor old Pureheart, dude!
Characters:
Evilheart [Reggie Mantle]; Pureheart [Archie Andrews]; The Dude; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis:
Evilheart helps capture The Dude but isn't able to take any of the credit.
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Indexer Notes

2 part story.

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Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Miss Grundy, are you giving out all these paper medals?

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Movietoons Presents Baxter Bear / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Golly, Enrico, the party sure lasted a long time!
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Dancing Demon
(Table of Contents: 31)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
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Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Miss Biddie; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Little Archie is dragged to dance class against his will. To get him moving so they can win the class dance contest, Betty puts itching powder down his shirt.
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Very Primitive
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Shrimpy / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
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Shrimpy; Brando
Synopsis:
Brando's primitive and expressive artwork is something he calls "scribblings."
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It Gets You Right Here
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Shrimpy / comic story / 0.5 page

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Shrimpy
Synopsis:
Shrimpy reads the story of Little Red Riding Hood and his friend finds it has plenty of heart.
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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Here's a letter from one of our graduates, Freddie de Nolt!
  • Keywords:dentists; letters
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Synopsis:
A Riverdale alumnus writes to the teachers. He is now on a drill team... in dental school.
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Size-Sighs
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Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 6 pages

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Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee tries once again to diet, but it seems impossible with Archie around.
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Now See This Puzzle
(Table of Contents: 36)

Moose / activity / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Moose used his head by using his t-shirt to advertise a message.
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Indexer Notes

Fill-in-the-dotted-letters puzzle.

[no title indexed]
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Betty and Veronica Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The long skirts the girls are wearing to school are so feminine!

The Falcon's Claw
(Table of Contents: 38)

Josie / comic story / 8 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It came in the night in all its mind blowing horror...
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Synopsis:
Josie buys a falcon claw pendant at a garage sale. Immediately she begins suffering horrifying nightmares. When the girls investigate the old mansion Josie saw in her dream, they are set upon by a hoard of ectoplasmic horrors.
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Help Wanted
(Table of Contents: 39)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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Jinx tells her father that someone is going to hit her.
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Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:When are you going to cut down that dead elm?

Germ Warfare
(Table of Contents: 41)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Reggie leaves a dollar bill on the sidewalk, sparking an argument between Archie, who wants to pick it up, and Veronica, who considers it unsanitary to pick things up off the sidewalk.
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Wall to Wall
(Table of Contents: 42)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Screech! Do you two dum-dums realize the ball almost hit us?
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis:
The boys are breaking the rules by playing handball against the school wall.
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Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jughead, where does your dog get all the fleas?
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["What? Miss Grundy disciplined you because you're shy?"]
    Archie
  2. Hair Curling
    Veronica
  3. Arch on the March
    Archie
  4. My Heavens!
    Shrimpy
  5. ["You wont [sic] admit you’re over age to play in the “Faculty” and “The Redheads” basketball game!"]
    Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
  6. Playback
    Jughead
  7. House Broken!
    Li'l Jinx
  8. ["Well, we certainly waited long enough!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  9. Aim To Please
    Sabrina
  10. Silence Is Golden
    Betty and Veronica
  11. Capital Idea
    Veronica
  12. ["This new duplicator is easy!"]
    Betty’s Gag Bag
  13. That Silly Backbone
    That Wilkin Boy
  14. ["Arch and I bottled homemade root beer last night!"]
    Jughead's Gag Bag
  15. We Want a Re-Count
    Archie
  16. Lucky Heel
    Reggie
  17. ["Oh, look! Mister Svensen came to the dance!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  18. Lady In Distress
    Josie
  19. The Burnt Toast of the Town
    Super Duck
  20. ["Find the route from start to finish that totals 22!"]
    Super Duck Fun Page
  21. The Last Hunt!
    Super Duck
  22. ["How does Flutesnoot afford that car on his salary?"]
    Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
  23. Heartbreak
    Betty and Veronica
  24. Route or Wrong
    Pat the Brat
  25. ["I have a stamp in my handbag!"]
    Betty's Gag Bag
  26. Save the Last Zap for Me
    Sabrina
  27. Square Deal!
    Betty and Veronica
  28. ["Betty, why is Archie angry?"]
    Betty and Veronica Gag Bag
  29. Chaos in a Common Cane
    Reggie as Evilheart
  30. ["Miss Grundy, are you giving out all these paper medals?"]
    Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
  31. ["Golly, Enrico, the party sure lasted a long time!"]
    Movietoons Presents Baxter Bear
  32. Dancing Demon
    Little Archie
  33. Very Primitive
    Shrimpy
  34. It Gets You Right Here
    Shrimpy
  35. ["Here's a letter from one of our graduates, Freddie de Nolt!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  36. Size-Sighs
    Mr. Weatherbee
  37. Now See This Puzzle
    Moose
  38. ["The long skirts the girls are wearing to school are so feminine!"]
    Betty and Veronica Gag Bag
  39. The Falcon's Claw
    Josie
  40. Help Wanted
    Li'l Jinx
  41. ["When are you going to cut down that dead elm?"]
    Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
  42. Germ Warfare
    Archie
  43. Wall to Wall
    Betty and Veronica
  44. ["Jughead, where does your dog get all the fleas?"]
    Jughead's Gag Bag
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