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Archie / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What kind of vacation money did you have in mind?
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper

Indexer Notes

Redrawn from the cover of Archie #194.

Issue Data

  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: 4 times a year
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?
  • Barcode: 0271000695811

Heat Rave
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Lodge; Smithers; Ed Diamond
Synopsis:
The kids are playing with hoses to cool themselves off during a two month old heat wave. But when Archie grabs the hoses away from the girls, Mr. Lodge sees the water falling like rain and believes the drought is over. He then calls a neighbor to claim a bet between the two men that the drought is over.
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The Urge
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Jughead / comic story / 5 pages

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Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
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Jughead says that he's got too much sense to leave Pop Tate's shop on a hot day, but the threat that ice cream might melt outside gets him to jump into action.
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[no title indexed]
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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, Archie! You're dripping on me!
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Past Present
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica claim that the modern way of dressing is for girls to wear casual clothes and do without makeup and perfume. But the boys' attention is monopolized by an old-fashioned girl in a tight skirt and high heels.
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We Ski
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Reggie / comic story / 8 pages

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Archie tries to water ski.
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Indexer Notes

formerly a Reggie and Me story.

Jug's Burger Puzzle
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Jughead / activity / 1 page

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Maze with coins along each possible route; pick the one that adds up to the 85c Jughead needs for a hamburger.
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[no title indexed]
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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Mr. Kroskut...all faculty members over fifty must report to the clinic!
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  • from Archie newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate, XX-XX-19XX)

Captain Kidder
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Another one of Reggie's pranks on Archie backfires; this one involves a fake buried treasure at the beach.
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Type Casting
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages

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Dad is reading a book on child psychology.
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The Unwanted
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen; humor
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis:
At Veronica's behest, Mr. Lodge sets Betty up with some handsome young engineers from his firm to keep her away from Archie now that Veronica is fighting with him.
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[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:Daddy, how can I improve Archie's reading if you keep throwing him out?
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Money to Burn!
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Life with Archie / comic story / 11 pages

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  • Genre:teen
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Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Colonel Carruthers (first appearance; villain)
Synopsis:
Archie and the gang stop a group of counterfeiters.
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[no title indexed]
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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You're letting Archie land it?
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The Go Between
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Billy Clare
Synopsis:
Betty pays a boy with a bike to carry messages between her and Veronica, and the boy keeps running over Archie.
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Indexer Notes

The title and story are a take-off on the novel "The Go-Between" by L.P. Hartley.

Ready When Needed
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Jughead / comic story / 5 pages

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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
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Jughead bores Archie and Veronica by preaching against reckless speed driving, but then drives like a madman when he needs to get a little boy to the hospital.
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[no title indexed]
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dear Aunt Gladys--
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 17)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You gave Miss Beazly a book on "Proper Place Setting"?
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Stop the Music
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Archie / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Dewey Wanna Brass (cameo); Waldo Weatherbee; Fred Andrews; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis:
Archie takes up the trumpet to impress Veronica, who is in love with the latest teen idol, Dewey Wanna Brass.
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Indexer Notes

formerly an Archie and Me story.

Color Fun
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Super Duck Fun Page / activity / 1 page

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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Come on! We're all going to the beach!
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The Lucky Day
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Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Little Archie Andrews; Mr. Johnson; Mrs. Johnson; Susan Johnson
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Little Archie comes along on the Johnsons' family trip to the beach, to Mr. Johnson's horror.
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Paper Money
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Reggie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I most certainly will not go Dutch treat to the dance with you tonight, Archie Andrews!
Characters:
Big Moose Mason
Synopsis:
When Archie needs to make some money by five o'clock in order for Veronica to agree to go out with him, Moose suggest he deliver newspapers. Reggie tries to sabotage him, but it backfires.
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Take Your Pick!
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages

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Li'l Jinx asks for the right to pick her own birthday present.
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The Green Scene
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Archie / comic story / 0.67 page

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Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Archie and Reggie exchange gardening insults.
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[no title indexed]
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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Flutesnoot, I thought you gave up smoking?!
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  • from Archie newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate, XX-XX-19XX)

The Wall Flower Child
(Table of Contents: 26)

Archie / comic story / 16 pages

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Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Dilton Doily; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Harry Owens; Dudley; Pop Tate
Synopsis:
After all the boys ignore her at a party, Betty wanders off on her own and meets an older boy, Harry Owens, who takes her out in his car and tries to take advantage of her.
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Indexer Notes

formerly a Life With Archie story.

Dear Archie: Archie Answers Your Teenage Problems
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dear Archie: There's this boy that has taken me to the football dance for the past three years.
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Wondering; Dubious;
Synopsis:
Archie gives advice to girls with dating problems.
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[no title indexed]
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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Didn't you like the date I got you with Stella?
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  • from Archie newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate, XX-XX-19XX).

If the Shoe Fits
(Table of Contents: 29)

Jughead / comic story / 3.8 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie's Pal Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jughead! Do you realize I'm going to be the judge at the Cinderella Ball tonight?
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Synopsis:
Reggie is the judge at a Cinderella dance, where the girl whose foot fits his shoe will win a date of her choice at the nicest restaurant in town. Reggie convinces Jughead to pretend to be a girl, so they can arrange to both win and get the meal. Unfortunately, Ophelia Glutenschnable wears the same size shoe as Jughead, and she picks Reggie as her date.
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Saving For Two
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Reggie / comic story / 0.2 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I just finished my life saving course at the Y!!
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Synopsis:
Archie has finished a life-saving course, so he can save beautiful babes at the beach. Reggie wants Archie to save one for him too.
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Flower Power!
(Table of Contents: 31)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Daddy, may I have some money?
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Synopsis:
Li'l Jinx wants to buy plastic stick-on flowers to make things pretty.
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[Help Li'l Jinx find her way out of the woods]
(Table of Contents: 32)

Li'l Jinx Puzzles / activity / 1 page

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[no title indexed]
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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Guess what, Mildred...I bought a wig!
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The Vanishing Villain
(Table of Contents: 34)

Pureheart the Powerful / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:humor; superhero; teen
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Ice Cube
Synopsis:
Reggie and Archie watch as Veronica is kidnapped, and Reggie becomes Evilheart. But Archie can't become Pureheart. Only then does the real Veronica show up, the other girl only looked like Veronica. As Evilheart races back, he loses control of his motorcycle thanks to an icy strip of road. Archie then becomes Pureheart and the two heroes duke it out while the Ice Cube kidnaps the real Veronica.
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Indexer Notes

This story is told in two parts: Part 1 (5 pages) and Part II (5 pages).

Legal-Lingo for Teen-Agers
(Table of Contents: 35)

Archie / comic story / 1 page

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

Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Who wants to ride the lead horse?
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String Along
(Table of Contents: 37)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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The boys try to trick the girls into thinking that Archie is great with a bow and arrow. The girls call his bluff by entering him in an archery contest.
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[no title indexed]
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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Miss Shapely, I...I...
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Away We Go
(Table of Contents: 39)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis:
When Veronica's dad grounds her, she and her friends try all kinds of tricks, ruses and disguises to break her out.
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Cover Up
(Table of Contents: 40)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
At the beach, Veronica and Betty try to get Archie to give up fishing.
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[no title indexed]
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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:You don't like taking gym after lunch?
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  • from Archie Newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate, XX-XX-19XX)
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["What kind of vacation money did you have in mind?"]
    Archie
  2. Heat Rave
    Archie
  3. The Urge
    Jughead
  4. ["Oh, Archie! You're dripping on me!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  5. Past Present
    Betty and Veronica
  6. We Ski
    Reggie
  7. Jug's Burger Puzzle
    Jughead
  8. ["Mr. Kroskut...all faculty members over fifty must report to the clinic!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  9. Captain Kidder
    Archie
  10. Type Casting
    Li'l Jinx
  11. The Unwanted
    Betty and Veronica
  12. ["Daddy, how can I improve Archie's reading if you keep throwing him out?"]
    Betty and Veronica Gag Bag
  13. Money to Burn!
    Life with Archie
  14. ["You're letting Archie land it?"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  15. The Go Between
    Betty and Veronica
  16. Ready When Needed
    Jughead
  17. ["Dear Aunt Gladys--"]
    Li'l Jinx
  18. ["You gave Miss Beazly a book on "Proper Place Setting"?"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  19. Stop the Music
    Archie
  20. Color Fun
    Super Duck Fun Page
  21. ["Come on! We're all going to the beach!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  22. The Lucky Day
    Little Archie
  23. Paper Money
    Reggie
  24. Take Your Pick!
    Li'l Jinx
  25. The Green Scene
    Archie
  26. ["Flutesnoot, I thought you gave up smoking?!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  27. The Wall Flower Child
    Archie
  28. Dear Archie: Archie Answers Your Teenage Problems
    Archie
  29. ["Didn't you like the date I got you with Stella?"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  30. If the Shoe Fits
    Jughead
  31. Saving For Two
    Reggie
  32. Flower Power!
    Li'l Jinx
  33. [Help Li'l Jinx find her way out of the woods]
    Li'l Jinx Puzzles
  34. ["Guess what, Mildred...I bought a wig!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  35. The Vanishing Villain
    Pureheart the Powerful
  36. Legal-Lingo for Teen-Agers
    Archie
  37. ["Who wants to ride the lead horse?"]
    Jughead's Gag Bag
  38. String Along
    Archie
  39. ["Miss Shapely, I...I..."]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  40. Away We Go
    Betty and Veronica
  41. Cover Up
    Archie
  42. ["You don't like taking gym after lunch?"]
    Jughead's Gag Bag
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