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Archie / cover / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ta, ta, daddy! I'm off to date Archie!
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Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Archie Andrews

Indexer Notes

Redrawn from the cover of Pep #333

Issue Data

Twist My Arm!
(Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Archie knows a secret about the local amusement park.
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Snack Knack
(Table of Contents: 2)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Once I pick up a book I can't put it down!
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Chore Lore
(Table of Contents: 3)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page

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Fortune Misfortune
(Table of Contents: 4)

Veronica / comic story / 1 page

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Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
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Head Hassles
(Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis:
When Veronica goes to a phrenologist (one who reads head bumps), Archie and Reggie try to prove his predictions wrong.
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Football Daze
(Table of Contents: 6)

Archie's Dad / comic story / 5 pages

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Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Mary Andrews
Synopsis:
Deciding he needs some exercise, Fred joins Archie and the others in a pick-up football game.
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The Bonnie Banks of Riverdale
(Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
Synopsis:
Archie decides to embrace his Scottish heritage, much to the dismay of his mom and friends.
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Date Dilemma
(Table of Contents: 8)

Chuck / comic story / 5 pages

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Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Nancy tries to attract the attention of clueless Chuck.
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Indexer Notes

When reprinted in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #3, writing is credited to George Gladir.

Sweet Talk
(Table of Contents: 9)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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Jinx Holliday; Charley Hawse
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Games of Chance
(Table of Contents: 10)

Archie at Riverdale High / comic story / 11 pages

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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Clayton
Synopsis:
When the girls picket the school demanding that football be dropped for being too rough, Coach Clayton tells the girls about how it is a lot less violent than sports in the past, including jousting, and the gladiators in the Roman age.
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Dandy Date!
(Table of Contents: 11)

Dilton / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Dilton Diley; Joan
Synopsis:
Dilton runs out of gas while driving Joan - so he leaves her to get more gas.
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Indexer Notes

Published between part one and part two of the previous sequence.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 12)

Moose Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Moose, --- can you tell us how fast light travels?
Characters:
Moose Mason; Geraldine Grundy
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The Helping Hand
(Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Now there goes a good boy!
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Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Miss Grundy convinces Mr. Weatherbee that Archie is indeed a good boy.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from reprint.

Sad's Not Bad
(Table of Contents: 14)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Betty is depressed due to reading angst-ridden Pam Pittmore novels. Her friends notice and all try to cheer her up.
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Unfair Play
(Table of Contents: 15)

Betty / comic story / 0.5 page

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Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Betty and Archie are disappointed by a rain storm for different reasons.
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Long Distance
(Table of Contents: 16)

Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page

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Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Veronica is scared by a mouse.
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Blow by Blow
(Table of Contents: 17)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Prof. Flutesnoot
Synopsis:
Prof. Flutesnoot has charted all of the lab accidents for the last two years. He finds that not only are Archie and Jughead responsible for all of them, but they're due to have another one any minute.
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Perfection Affection
(Table of Contents: 18)

Ethel / comic story / 1 page

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Ethel Muggs; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
The girls try to convince Ethel that Jughead isn't as great as she thinks he is.
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The Reader Knows Best
(Table of Contents: 19)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones (cameo)
Synopsis:
Whoever collects the most petition signatures will get to go on a trip with the girls field hockey team as the guest of honor. Archie agrees to collect signatures for both Betty and Veronica, but assures the reader that he knows how to do this without getting into trouble.
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Indexer Notes

Archie talks directly to the reader on page four.

Career Boy
(Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Reggie accuses Archie of being a gold-digger, that he would only marry Veronica for her money.
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Game Acclaim
(Table of Contents: 21)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page

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Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mrs. Jones
Synopsis:
Jughead calls his mom to tell her that he and Archie are going to play tennis.
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Run Fun
(Table of Contents: 22)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page

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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 23)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gee, Archie! Look how he's holding her!
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Beauty and the Beast
(Table of Contents: 24)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ssh! Don't breath a word!
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Thinking the man taking pictures around the school is a fashion photographer, Betty and Veronica stalk him in order to be his subjects.
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The Hunt
(Table of Contents: 25)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis:
Archie messes up Mr. Lodge's fox hunt.
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He's Not so Dumb
(Table of Contents: 26)

Moose / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wowee! That was wonderful, Midge!
Characters:
Moose Mason; Midge Klump
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Name Game
(Table of Contents: 27)

Archie and the Gang / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm Miss Spacebar, your new typing teacher!
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Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
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Short and Sweet!
(Table of Contents: 28)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page

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Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Synopsis:
Li'l Jinx knows two songs on the piano.
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One Man's Viewpoint
(Table of Contents: 29)

Li'l Jinx's Chum Charley / comic story / 0.5 page

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Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Synopsis:
Charley has a black eye.
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A New Champ
(Table of Contents: 30)

Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; teen
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Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Cousin Ambrose; Della The Head Witch; Harvey Kinkle; Belinda
Synopsis:
The family and Della pressure Sabrina into competing for the Teenage Witch Of The Year competition, so Sabrina feels obligated to sow a little mayhem.
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Color Me Green
(Table of Contents: 31)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
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Only Trying to Help
(Table of Contents: 32)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages

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Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Moose wants Archie to punch him to test his strength but everyone knows it's Archie who will get hurt.
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Race Ace
(Table of Contents: 33)

Dilton / comic story / 5 pages

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Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Archie and Reggie go all out in a foot race, anticipating the attention of Betty and Veronica going to the winner.
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Indexer Notes

This story is told without dialogue or captions, entirely in pantomime.

Fowled Out
(Table of Contents: 34)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What do you mean -- we have three chickens, Archie, there's only two here!
Characters:
Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie shows his dad that they have three chickens for dinner rather than two.
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Million-Error
(Table of Contents: 35)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:And that, students, sums up our discussion on geology today...
Characters:
Professor Flutesnoot; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Jughead is shocked when Professor Flutesnoot says geologists think the world will end in 50 million years.
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In a Class by Herself
(Table of Contents: 36)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Several careless remarks from students has Miss Grundy ready to retire.
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Half a Loafer
(Table of Contents: 37)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Big Ethel Muggs
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Ta, ta, daddy! I'm off to date Archie!"]
    Archie
  2. Twist My Arm!
    Archie
  3. Snack Knack
    Jughead
  4. Chore Lore
    Jughead
  5. Fortune Misfortune
    Veronica
  6. Head Hassles
    Archie
  7. Football Daze
    Archie's Dad
  8. The Bonnie Banks of Riverdale
    Archie
  9. Date Dilemma
    Chuck
  10. Sweet Talk
    Li'l Jinx
  11. Games of Chance
    Archie at Riverdale High
  12. Dandy Date!
    Dilton
  13. ["Moose, --- can you tell us how fast light travels?"]
    Moose Pin Up
  14. The Helping Hand
    Archie
  15. Sad's Not Bad
    Betty and Veronica
  16. Unfair Play
    Betty
  17. Long Distance
    Veronica
  18. Blow by Blow
    Archie
  19. Perfection Affection
    Ethel
  20. The Reader Knows Best
    Betty and Veronica
  21. Career Boy
    Archie
  22. Game Acclaim
    Jughead
  23. Run Fun
    Jughead
  24. ["Gee, Archie! Look how he's holding her!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  25. Beauty and the Beast
    Betty and Veronica
  26. The Hunt
    Archie
  27. He's Not so Dumb
    Moose
  28. Name Game
    Archie and the Gang
  29. Short and Sweet!
    Li'l Jinx
  30. One Man's Viewpoint
    Li'l Jinx's Chum Charley
  31. A New Champ
    Sabrina
  32. Color Me Green
    Archie
  33. Only Trying to Help
    Archie
  34. Race Ace
    Dilton
  35. Fowled Out
    Archie
  36. Million-Error
    Jughead
  37. In a Class by Herself
    Archie
  38. Half a Loafer
    Jughead
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