Price: 0.50 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1980-05-27
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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Whee! Today is the last day of school!
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Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: Archie Giant Series
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: 12 times a year: twice in Jan., Sept., Oct. and Dec., and once in March, April, June and Aug.
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?
  • Barcode: 0271000698508

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from The Comic Reader #180.

Boat Banter
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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Archie and Jughead go boating.

Race Chase
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Hip Tip
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Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This book tells you how to keep your date from looking at other girls!
  • Keywords:beach; swimsuits
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Synopsis:
Veronica has a book that tells you how to keep your date from looking at other girls.
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Summer Bummer
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Moose / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Look at the school of fish!
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Archie is looking at a school of fish.
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Talk Balk
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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Archie's cousin keeps interrupting the baseball game on TV.
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Freak Critique
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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Archie's dad thinks he's too attached to his skateboard.
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Sprite Spirit
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Betty / comic story / 0.5 page

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Betty promised not to tell some gossip, so she writes it down instead.
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Flower Power
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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Archie presents Veronica with a rose, but fails to impress her enough to ditch her date with Reggie.
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Pair Flair
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Ethel / comic story / 0.5 page

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Ethel is going to the dance with Dilton.
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Bench Banter
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Coach Kleats / comic story / 0.5 page

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Coach Kleats has no room on the bench for bad players.
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Camp Scamp
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Archie doesn't think he can report to work at Camp Wahoo.
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Job Jibe
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Archie is trying to get a job at the Shopalot super market.
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Ding-a-Ling
(Table of Contents: 13)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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Li'l Jinx's phone has been disconnected for five minutes but she didn't notice.
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Vacation Deprivation
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Moose / comic story / 0.5 page

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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie, the president wants us to conserve gasoline!
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  • from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX

Fate Strait
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie, I'm worried about mankind's fate!
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Synopsis:
Dilton is worried about mankind's fate.
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Paint Plaint
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Did you want me to paint a sign for you?
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Veronica wants Archie to paint a sign, but she can't remember what kind.
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Mow Woe
(Table of Contents: 18)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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Archie's dad tries to get him to mow the lawn.
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Inflation Deflation
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Play Plight
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Name Game
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Leroy / comic story / 0.5 page

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Eat Treat
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Shop Flop
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Dilton Doily Maze
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Cap Flap
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Mr. Lodge doesn't like the new "funky cap" that Veronica has for him.
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Job Jibe
(Table of Contents: 26)

Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page

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Mr. Lodge is glad that Archie landed a job with his biggest competitor.
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Fling Swing
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Moose / comic story / 0.5 page

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Moose is catching butterflies.
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Net Nut
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Moose / comic story / 0.5 page

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Moose hit Reggie with his favorite tennis racket.
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Request Jest
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Archie laughs at a guy who would do anything for a girl.
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Well Belle
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Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page

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Veronica finds a wishing well and wishes there was a boy around.
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Double Takes
(Table of Contents: 31)

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Veronica gets some juicy gossip; Archie and Veronica at the beach; Leroy spies on Archie and Veronica.
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Indexer Notes

Three two-panel gags.

Betty's U.S.A. Trivia
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Betty / activity / 1 page

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Boy Ploy
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Ethel / comic story / 0.5 page

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Ethel tries to find a boy at the lost and found.
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Walk Talk
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Moose / comic story / 0.5 page

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Dilton asks Moose if he likes winding roads.
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String Fling
(Table of Contents: 35)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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Archie is admiring the string bikinis on the girls.
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Over Soon
(Table of Contents: 36)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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Jughead wonders how long the heat wave will last.
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Pay Exposè
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Archie complains about a mistake in his pay, while working for Mr. Lodge.
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Some Sum
(Table of Contents: 38)

Moose / comic story / 0.5 page

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Moose has trouble adding.
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Greet Treat
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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Fred is happy that Mary is back from visiting Aunt Tilly.
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Can Elan
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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Archie has tennis wrist.
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Wag Gag
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Ethel / comic story / 0.5 page

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Swoon Tune
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Betty / comic story / 0.5 page

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The Beg Bag
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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Jughead and Archie begin an organ grinder and monkey act.
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Clock Yock
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Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page

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Mr. Lodge bids $500 for a cuckoo clock.
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Betty and Veronica's Pin Up / illustration / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I just felt like dressing up for dinner!
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Whee! Today is the last day of school!"]
    Archie
  2. Boat Banter
    Archie
  3. Race Chase
    Jughead
  4. Hip Tip
    Veronica
  5. Summer Bummer
    Moose
  6. Talk Balk
    Archie
  7. Freak Critique
    Archie
  8. Sprite Spirit
    Betty
  9. Flower Power
    Archie
  10. Pair Flair
    Ethel
  11. Bench Banter
    Coach Kleats
  12. Camp Scamp
    Archie
  13. Job Jibe
    Archie
  14. Ding-a-Ling
    Li'l Jinx
  15. Vacation Deprivation
    Moose
  16. ["Archie, the president wants us to conserve gasoline!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  17. Fate Strait
    Archie
  18. Paint Plaint
    Archie
  19. Mow Woe
    Archie
  20. Inflation Deflation
    Archie
  21. Play Plight
    Mr. Weatherbee
  22. Name Game
    Leroy
  23. Eat Treat
    Archie
  24. Shop Flop
    Archie
  25. Dilton Doily Maze
    Dilton
  26. Cap Flap
    Mr. Lodge
  27. Job Jibe
    Mr. Lodge
  28. Fling Swing
    Moose
  29. Net Nut
    Moose
  30. Request Jest
    Archie
  31. Well Belle
    Veronica
  32. Double Takes
    Archie
  33. Betty's U.S.A. Trivia
    Betty
  34. Boy Ploy
    Ethel
  35. Walk Talk
    Moose
  36. String Fling
    Archie
  37. Over Soon
    Archie
  38. Pay Exposè
    Archie
  39. Some Sum
    Moose
  40. Greet Treat
    Archie
  41. Can Elan
    Archie
  42. Wag Gag
    Ethel
  43. Swoon Tune
    Betty
  44. The Beg Bag
    Archie
  45. Clock Yock
    Mr. Lodge
  46. ["I just felt like dressing up for dinner!"]
    Betty and Veronica's Pin Up
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