Price: 0.40 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1980-03-25
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Archie / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm trying to get the attention of those girl skaters!
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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #178.

Shopping Spree
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Hostess Twinkies; Josie / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Keen Scene
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Veronica / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, daddy! Just look at the clean air!
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Veronica thinks there isn't a single pollutant at the resort.
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Kite Delight
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dig the size of Archie's kite!
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie's large home-made kite lifts him off the ground.
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Rug Rig
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Moose / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hey, guys! Dig the nice carpet Mr. Lodge donated to our clubhouse!
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Moose solves the problem of how to keep the carpet in the clubhouse clean.
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View Stew
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Tsk! Tsk! Reruns in the morning! Reruns in the evening!
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Archie and Jughead complain about reruns.
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Eat Beat
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I hear Archie is the team captain!
Characters:
Midge Klump; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie is the captain of his team at the ballpark.
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Flivver Quiver
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie, let's get some exercise!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Archie's date wants some exercise, while he wants to ride.
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Big Gig
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Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:My ambition is to be a huge success in education!
Characters:
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee's ambition is to be a huge success in education.
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Club Rub
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Sabrina / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
  • Feature Logo:Sabrina the Teenage Witch
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:My feet are killing me, Sabrina! I can't walk another step! How are we going to get home?
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Synopsis:
Aunt Hilda's feet are too tired to walk home so Sabrina goes to the golf driving range.
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Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum / advertisement / 1 page

Step on It
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It's raining!
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It's raining so Li'l Jinx's mom puts out the welcome mat.
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Indexer Notes

Fashion designs submitted by Paige Sloan and Todd Foster.

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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.25 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Knock over the milk bottle and win a teddy bear for the lady!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Archie tries to win a carnival game.
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  • from Archie daily 19xx-xx-xx

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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.25 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:When I get through tutoring you, you'll have an "A" in English!
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Betty asks Archie to use the word fascinate in a sentence.
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  • from Archie daily 19xx-xx-xx

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Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System / advertisement / 0.5 page

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Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 0.5 page

Free Spree
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Mr. Lodge / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Daddy! I'm throwing a party and it'll cost us nothing!
Characters:
Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Jughead Jones; Smithers
Synopsis:
Veronica is throwing a party for free.
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Dream Theme
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I thought you'd like a soda, Archie!
Characters:
Professor Flutesnoot; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Miss Beazly; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis:
The teachers are treating Archie special.
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Split Bit
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Betty / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, darn! I split my seam!
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Betty splits the seam in her pants bowling.
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Rain Refrain
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Boy, Archie! You sure make a big fuss over a little rain!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Jughead makes fun of Archie for how bundled up he is for the rain.
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Luck Struck
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
Synopsis:
Archie and Jughead are bringing lucky charms to school for the algebra test.
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Clean Scene
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Sabrina / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Sabrina, clean your room! It's a mess!
Characters:
Aunt Hilda; Sabrina Spellman
Synopsis:
Aunt Hilda wants Sabrina's floor spotless.
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Rope Trick
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Leroy / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jug, let's play rodeo!
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Synopsis:
Leroy wants to play rodeo with Jughead.
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Chase Case
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie! You shouldn't spend all your time chasing after girls!
Characters:
Veronica Lodge (picture); Betty Cooper (picture); Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie takes up jogging.
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Scat Chat
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Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie! Here's a going away present!
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis:
Mr. Lodge gives Archie a going away present.
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Wishful Thinking
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I wish I could leave my job right now!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee wishes he could leave his job.
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Boo-bology
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Moose / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Big Moose
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Moose, you've got to watch your punctuation!
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Synopsis:
Miss Grundy thinks Moose should watch his punctuation.
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Spare Flare
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Moose / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Feature Logo:Big Moose
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:In bowling, spares are very important!
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Synopsis:
In bowling, spares are very important.
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Start Art
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:On your mark --- get set ---
Characters:
Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Archie almost uses the starter gun for track meets instead of swim meets.
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Mail-Away, Inc. Posters / advertisement / 1 page

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Archie Club News / letters page / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Attention, Archie Club reporters: special assignment!
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Indexer Notes

A special assignment for readers to write about which time period they would like to live in.

Moose Riddlers
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Moose / activity / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Here are some of my favorite riddles!
Characters:
Moose Mason
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Indexer Notes

Fill in the numbered squares to answer Moose's riddles. The first riddle is "What do you call a man who drives a car perfectly?"

The Insult That Made a Man Out of 'Mac'
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Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Tops In Swaps
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Mrs. Jones, this was a clever idea of yours to have simultaneous garage sales to get rid of our sons' useless trash!
Characters:
Mary Andrews; Mrs. Jones; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie and Jughead's mothers hope to sell their sons' useless junk.
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Swat Plot
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jug hits best under pressure!
  • Keywords:baseball
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats
Synopsis:
Archie has a way to get maximum effort from Jughead.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original.

Prize Size
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ronnie, I hear you're dating a basketball player!
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Veronica's new boyfriend is a basketball player.
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Lesson Messin'
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Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:How is your class doing?
Characters:
Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Miss Grundy is letting her class progress at their own speed.
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Chart Upstart
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Sabrina / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:As long as the cost of living keeps pointing up, we'll have inflation!
Characters:
Sabrina Spellman
Synopsis:
Sabrina does something about the cost of living pointing up.
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Weight Watching
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, I don't know what to order, Betty!
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Veronica can't decide what to order because of her diet.
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100 Little Dolls / advertisement / 1 page

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Bubble Yum / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["I'm trying to get the attention of those girl skaters!"]
    Archie
  2. Shopping Spree
    Hostess Twinkies; Josie
  3. Keen Scene
    Veronica
  4. Kite Delight
    Archie
  5. Rug Rig
    Moose
  6. View Stew
    Archie
  7. Eat Beat
    Archie
  8. Flivver Quiver
    Archie
  9. Big Gig
    Reggie
  10. Club Rub
    Sabrina
  11. ["Gumfighting do's and don'ts."]
    Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum
  12. Step on It
    Li'l Jinx
  13. ["Knock over the milk bottle and win a teddy bear for the lady!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  14. ["When I get through tutoring you, you'll have an "A" in English!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  15. ["You won't stop laughing either when you read the latest Joke Book Comics Digest Annual #6!"]
  16. ["Strong arms make all the difference!"]
    Mike Marvel Scientific Isometric Dynaflex System
  17. ["Reward $3,000.00 for this penny!"]
    Best Values Coins and Currency
  18. Free Spree
    Mr. Lodge
  19. Dream Theme
    Archie
  20. Split Bit
    Betty
  21. Rain Refrain
    Archie
  22. Luck Struck
    Archie
  23. Clean Scene
    Sabrina
  24. ["It's a mountain of laughs when you order Jughead With Archie Comics Digest #39"]
  25. ["Here's your Archie 3 for $1.00 checklist!"]
  26. Rope Trick
    Leroy
  27. Chase Case
    Archie
  28. Scat Chat
    Mr. Lodge
  29. Wishful Thinking
    Archie
  30. Boo-bology
    Moose
  31. Spare Flare
    Moose
  32. Start Art
    Archie
  33. ["Poster spectacular #68"]
    Mail-Away, Inc. Posters
  34. ["Attention, Archie Club reporters: special assignment!"]
    Archie Club News
  35. Moose Riddlers
    Moose
  36. The Insult That Made a Man Out of 'Mac'
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  37. Tops In Swaps
    Archie
  38. Swat Plot
    Archie
  39. Prize Size
    Betty and Veronica
  40. Lesson Messin'
    Mr. Weatherbee
  41. Chart Upstart
    Sabrina
  42. Weight Watching
    Betty and Veronica
  43. ["100 little dolls all for $5.00"]
    100 Little Dolls
  44. ["Get the newest number yum! Wild Cherry Bubble Yum bubble gum"]
    Bubble Yum
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