Price: 0.95 USD
Pages: 132
On-sale Date: 1981-02-17
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Archie / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:No, Archie! That's not the safety poster I had in mind!
  • Keywords:homework
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Indexer Notes

Redrawn from the cover of Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #19.

Issue Data

  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Radio Comics Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: twice a year
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Barcode: 0271000699204

Indexer Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #188.

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Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Rising Son
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Feature Logo:Archie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:There is nothing like a good, dependable alarm clock to wake one up in the morning!...
Characters:
Officer Pete; Andy
Synopsis:
Archie can't seem to wake up during the weekdays.
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Indexer Notes

Includes indicia at bottom of first page.

The Final Curtain
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:And the song and dance man will tap his way to your heart!
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Synopsis:
When Archie is cast as a turn-of-the-century song-and-dance man in the school musical, he keeps his costume, straw hat and cane with him at all times, and his obsessive dancing leads to a lot of people getting hurt.
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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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Archie's father appears ill around April 15th.
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Flatter Chatter
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Li'l Jinx!
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Miss Robin
Synopsis:
Jinx tries to butter up her teacher.
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Gym Dandies
(Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Nice, Arch! Nice!
  • Keywords:gymnastics
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Synopsis:
With Archie injured, Riverdale's chances of winning the gymnastics meet are gone, until Dilton takes his place.
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Skull Isle Maze
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Archie / activity / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie is looking for the pirate's treasure on Skull Isle!
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Indexer Notes

Maze puzzle.

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Miss Grundy Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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Miss Haggly can't find her wig.
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Voodoo
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Betty plays a voodoo drum that gives her bad luck.
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Mite and Maim
(Table of Contents: 10)

Pureheart the Powerful / comic story / 13 pages

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  • Genre:superhero; teen; humor
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Long Tom; Mayor Slade; The Octopus; Willy
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica take a picture of the Octopus assaulting Mayor Slade and must be rescued by Pureheart the Powerful.
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Indexer Notes

Story is told in two parts.

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Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Feature Logo:Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:How is Moose making out with that job we got for him?
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Synopsis:
Moose got fired from his job for not remembering a telephone number.
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Katy Keene / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; fashion; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Carry on! Thar's gold in them thar hills!
  • Keywords:gold; prospector
Characters:
Burro Bill
Synopsis:
K.O. takes Katy prospecting with Burro Bill. Burro Bill can smell 14k. Not the gold kind, the eating kind.
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Indexer Notes

Name of readers submitting fashions removed from this reprint.

A Smash Hit!
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wheeee
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Li'l Jinx crashes her wagon.
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Dog Tired
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Put on your dancing shoes tonight Archie!... I bought Ronnie the latest album by the Bed Bugs, called "Itching to Please!"
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Synopsis:
For her birthday, Archie gives Veronica a stray dog he rescued. But the dog wrecks Veronica's party chasing her new cat.
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Indexer Notes

Includes promotional blurb for Archie Series comics on bottom of first page.

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Reggie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Feature Logo:Reggie's Gag Bag
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:How do you like my new bumper sticker?
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Synopsis:
Reggie shows off his new bumper sticker.
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  • From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.

The Civil War
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text article / 1 page

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typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:CIVIL WAR!
Synopsis:
A brief article about the U.S. Civil War with an accompanying illustration.
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A Fishy Story
(Table of Contents: 17)

Little Archie / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
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Superintendent Smith
Synopsis:
Little Archie and Little Reggie skip school to go fishing.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (2010 series) (Archie) #87, no credits listed in this digest.

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Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Feature Logo:Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It's the principal! He's home in bed.... Ill!
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Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee is home sick.
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  • From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.

Hello, Hello...
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Russ, do you mean this tin can phone you built will work?
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Li'l Jinx and Russ play with a tin-can telephone.
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The Deadly Game Part One
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Archie / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:drama; humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What do you want to do today, Jug? You want to take in a movie?
  • Keywords:drugs
Characters:
Dave
Synopsis:
Archie and Jughead find a bag of white powder in a trash can. They take it to Archie's dad for advice about what to do and he sends them to the police station, but before they get there they are arrested for drug possession by two policemen who were trailing them.
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Indexer Notes

Part One of a two-part story. Second part contained later in this issue.

Bore Flaw!
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Charley / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Humph! I don't get it! Everyone says I'm boring!
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Everybody says Charley is boring.
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Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Jughead's Gag Bag
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This article says you shouldn't do any hard work after eating!
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Synopsis:
Archie reads that hard work after eating is a bad thing.
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Dandy Day
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Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Look, Mr. Weatherbee! I'm ten minutes late for class!
Characters:
Miss Farnsby
Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee declares a day where students are encouraged to misbehave and Archie still can't follow instructions.
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Many Slap Happy Returns
(Table of Contents: 24)

Miss Grundy / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm all a-flutter! Hurry, girls! I've been hinting to Mr. Weatherbee all week!
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Synopsis:
Miss Grundy bakes Mr. Weatherbee a birthday cake.
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About a Bout
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What happened to you, L'il Jinx?
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Synopsis:
Li'l Jinx follows her dad's advice on how to fight, but it doesn't work out well.
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French Fracas
(Table of Contents: 26)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Yé-Yé; Marcel; Pierre; Jacques
Synopsis:
A pretty exchange student from France has entranced all the boys and Veronica rallies the girls to put a stop to her.
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Veronica Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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Synopsis:
Veronica doesn't like her measurements using the metric system.
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Machine Rage
(Table of Contents: 28)

Svenson / activity / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Mr. Svenson has been asked to fix the broken vending machine too many times and has decided to do something about it.
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Synopsis:
Put the numbered letters into the corresponding numbered blanks to find out what Svenson thinks of the vending machine he has to fix.
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Indexer Notes

Letter-number substitution puzzle.

Brain Drain!
(Table of Contents: 29)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Humph! This math homework is rough!
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Synopsis:
Li'l Jinx sends Charley to find Russ.
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The Prize
(Table of Contents: 30)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Lawn bowling! What a great idea, Ronnie! Only I hope your father won't mind!
  • Keywords:lawn bowling
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Synopsis:
Archie accidentally ruins Mr. Lodge's prize geraniums while lawn bowling, so Mr. Lodge uses Archie and Jughead as pins.
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Quick Review
(Table of Contents: 31)

Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Feature Logo:Archie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:How was the movie, kids?
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Synopsis:
Archie tells Mr. Lodge about the movie that he saw with Veronica.
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Homework Helper
(Table of Contents: 32)

Little Archie / comic story / 2 pages

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Synopsis:
Miss Grundy teaches Little Archie how to deal with a bully.
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Ride Chide
(Table of Contents: 33)

Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Feature Logo:Archie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Whoa boy!
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Synopsis:
Veronica's horse throws Archie off.
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Take One Giant Stoop
(Table of Contents: 34)

Reggie / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Reggie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Sure nice of your dad, Ron, to let us use his private beach here at Dunesville!
  • Keywords:Beach; giant; movies; mummy
Characters:
Bruce; O. O. Wellenmellen
Synopsis:
Separated from the gang while on a beach picnic, Reggie is terrified by evidence of a giant -- actually props for a movie being filmed on location. When he conceitedly tries to talk himself into a movie role, the director hires him for an Egyptian epic, then binds him mouth and body with mummy wrappings.
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The Deadly Game Part Two
(Table of Contents: 35)

Archie / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Feature Logo:Archie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This is the continuing story in which Archie and his pal, Jug, were found with a bag of narcotics in their possession!
  • Keywords:drugs
Characters:
Dave
Synopsis:
At the police station, Archie and Jughead try to convince the cops that they are not using or selling drugs. Archie's dad arrives to vouch for him and the police explain how they can't always tell from appearances who is or is not a drug user. The boys are released and discuss the problem of drug abuse with Mr. Andrews on the way home.
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Indexer Notes

Part Two of a two-part story, continued from earlier in this issue.

Dangerous Mission
(Table of Contents: 36)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:science fiction; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Robot XL9, do you understand your mission?
  • Keywords:alien; robot; spaceship
Characters:
XL9
Synopsis:
A robot probe sent by an alien race to investigate the human race encounters Archie and the gang.
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Indexer Notes

The author misspells baseball great Jimmie Foxx's name as Jimmy Fox.

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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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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!
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Synopsis:
The doctor put Archie's father on a diet.
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Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 39)

blank page(s) / 1 page

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

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Little Archie Comics Digest Annual Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["No, Archie! That's not the safety poster I had in mind!"]
    Archie
  2. [no title indexed]
  3. The Rising Son
    Archie
  4. The Final Curtain
    Archie
  5. ["Groan!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  6. Flatter Chatter
    Li'l Jinx
  7. Gym Dandies
    Archie
  8. Skull Isle Maze
    Archie
  9. ["Wearing a bandana in school?"]
    Miss Grundy Gag Bag
  10. Voodoo
    Betty and Veronica
  11. Mite and Maim
    Pureheart the Powerful
  12. ["How is Moose making out with that job we got for him?"]
    Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
  13. ["Carry on! Thar's gold in them thar hills!"]
    Katy Keene
  14. A Smash Hit!
    Li'l Jinx
  15. Dog Tired
    Archie
  16. ["How do you like my new bumper sticker?"]
    Reggie's Gag Bag
  17. The Civil War
  18. A Fishy Story
    Little Archie
  19. ["It's the principal! He's home in bed.... Ill!"]
    Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
  20. Hello, Hello...
    Li'l Jinx
  21. The Deadly Game Part One
    Archie
  22. Bore Flaw!
    Charley
  23. ["This article says you shouldn't do any hard work after eating!"]
    Jughead's Gag Bag
  24. Dandy Day
    Archie
  25. Many Slap Happy Returns
    Miss Grundy
  26. About a Bout
    Li'l Jinx
  27. French Fracas
    Betty and Veronica
  28. ["Bawww!"]
    Veronica Gag Bag
  29. Machine Rage
    Svenson
  30. Brain Drain!
    Li'l Jinx
  31. The Prize
    Archie
  32. Quick Review
    Archie
  33. Homework Helper
    Little Archie
  34. Ride Chide
    Archie
  35. Take One Giant Stoop
    Reggie
  36. The Deadly Game Part Two
    Archie
  37. Dangerous Mission
    Archie
  38. ["Betty, the doctor put my father on a special weight-reduction program!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  39. ["Archie, where are you?"]
    Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine
  40. [no title indexed]
  41. ["First in entertainment!"]
    Little Archie Comics Digest Annual Magazine
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