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Archie / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Have you had your first ski lesson, Archie?
  • Keywords:skiing
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Indexer Notes

Redrawn from the cover of Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #239.

Issue Data

  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: bi-monthly
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?
  • Barcode: 0271000699703

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blank page(s) / 1 page

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Inside front cover.

Snow Fun
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Betty and Veronica
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Betty Cooper, you should be ashamed of yourself!! What a childishly immature thing to do!!
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Synopsis:
Everyone seems to be into playing in the snow except Veronica, who sees it all as far too juvenile.
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Indexer Notes

Includes indicia at bottom of first page.

The Acrobat
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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:Egad!
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Synopsis:
Archie joins the tumbling team, and impresses Mr. Lodge and Smithers with his new ability to flip-flop around the house without breaking anything. Unfortunately he's still as clumsy as ever when he's just walking.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

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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:Archie, how can you nose down our ice sculpture in this freezing temperature?
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Synopsis:
Archie accidentally encases Mr. Weatherbee's car in ice.
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  • From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.

Screen Scene
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Jughead / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I shall prove to you reporters, that our latest release will be a huge success!
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Miss Hopkins; Nanette
Synopsis:
A Hollywood studio tries to get Jughead's "typical teenager" opinion on its upcoming movie, "Cycle Queen" starring the beautiful Nanette. Of course Jughead cares more about the studio commissary than the movie.
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Snow Job
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Reggie / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Reggie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, this is too much!
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Synopsis:
Betty tells Reggie to look inside himself and figure out why he's so mean to Archie.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

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Miss Grundy Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Feature Logo:Miss Grundy Gag Bag
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie, what you see is what you get!
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Synopsis:
Miss Grundy gives Archie a bad grade.
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Devil Woman
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Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Veronica
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Today Betty will wear her new twelve dollar cashmere to school!
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Synopsis:
We're presented with a day in the life of Veronica Lodge, and all the mischief and deviltry she can spread around in eight short hours.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Snow Job
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Sigh!... Not a drop of snow this winter! What's wrong, Daddy?
Characters:
Jack Frost
Synopsis:
Jinx wants snow so she calls a Jack Frost she finds in the phone book.
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Super Duck Puzzle Page / activity / 0.67 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Look hard at the above diagram sometimes you will see three cubes and sometimes you will see five.
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Indexer Notes

Optical illusion and find 15 items starting with B.
Original printing had a page count of 0.75 pages.

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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:Sir, this is the hottest item I'm selling for the "Ahso Taki Co."!
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Synopsis:
Archie tries to sell Mr. Lodge an item to help conserve energy.
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  • From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.

A Spell of Shovelling
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Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
  • Feature Logo:Sabrina
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Well this is where I came in! Golly that was a long movie!
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Synopsis:
A man sees Sabrina magically making snow disappear, and wants to get her into show business. Aunt Hilda tries to shut him up by turning him into a snowman.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Bully For You
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Little Archie / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • Feature Logo:Little Archie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Uh oh! Here comes that big bully, Fangs Fogarty!
  • Keywords:bully
Characters:
Miss Plumm
Synopsis:
Fangs Fogarty is always bullying Little Archie, hitting him with snowballs and stealing his lunch, but when Little Archie retaliates, Fangs complains to the teacher. Little Archie realizes that Fangs is really a coward at heart, and comes up with a way to prove that when they have to fight fair, bullies always get "cold feet."
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Indexer Notes

Original printing included Bob Bolling's signature; removed in this printing.

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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:Christopher Columbus saw a sign that said, See America First!
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Synopsis:
Miss Grundy is not happy with Jughead's report on Christopher Columbus.
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The Pack-Rat Rat-Race
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Super Duck / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • Feature Logo:Super Duck
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:*!!!@* Pack rat! You thief! Scram!
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Synopsis:
Super Duck is tormented by a pack-rat.
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A Winter Wonderland
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Wilbur / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Remember, Linda! Tomorrow night we have a date to go dancing!
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Synopsis:
Wilbur dates Linda every night for two weeks. Linda finds out Laurie's been out of town skiing. Thinking that's why she's been getting Wilbur's attention, Linda waits to see if he will keep their date for the following day. Wilbur goes to get Linda a box of chocolates. He's told he'll get them for free if he'll deliver some first. After he's delivered the last box his car breaks down. When Wilbur finally shows up at Linda's,she slams the door in his face. Rejected, he takes the candy to Laurie's only to find she is upset with him since he's been spending so much time with Linda.
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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:Oh, Arch, Betty sent over a pecan pie for you!
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Synopsis:
Jughead delivers a pie to Archie.
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  • From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.

What Kind of Ghoul Am I
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Josie / comic story / 14 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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The Pussycats Ralph; Charlie
Synopsis:
Alex gets the Pussycats an audition at Ghostly Estates for someone claiming to be a real live Count. Instead he turns out to be a dead count, a Vampire - and the whole house is full of monsters and ghostly creatures.
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Frightening Friendship
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Betty and Veronica
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Boys and girls, I want you all to meet Bobby Vance! He's going to be in our class!
Characters:
Bobby Vance
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica fight over the new boy in class.
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Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hooky, you've got to be more career oriented!
Characters:
Hooky
Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee tries to get a student to be more career oriented.
Reprints (0)
  • From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.

Memories
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Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Mr. Weatherbee
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Don't worry your little head about Veronica getting to the ball game, Arch! I'll personally escort her myself!
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Synopsis:
Archie's demands from the Board of Education lands him in hot water.
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Indexer Notes

Original printing had a feature object of Archie and Me.

Faulty Friend
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Jughead / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Jughead
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Through? Really through?... You and Archie?
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Synopsis:
Jughead pretends to not be friends with Archie because of his own faults.
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Call Your Shots!
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Little Archie / comic story / 3 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • Feature Logo:Little Archie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Snow! Hurray! It's snow! Snow!
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Synopsis:
The boys throw snow at the girls, who are too weak to retaliate.
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Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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Synopsis:
Miss Grundy finds a way to teach Latin to her students on the hockey team.
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  • From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.

Mr. Justice and the Cosmic Terror
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Mr. Justice / comic story / 12 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I must rescue the city below from this flaming menace!
  • Keywords:meteorite
Characters:
the Force Being (also called The Cosmic Terror)
Synopsis:
Mr. Justice saves the city a huge meteorite that threatens to destroy it. But out of the meteor comes a being made of pure force and intent on destroying the city.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

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Super Duck Fun Page / activity / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Can you identify this illustration pertaining to finance?

Indexer Notes

Finance puzzle; block puzzle; illustration completion; riddles; word square; lookalike puzzle; missing object puzzle.

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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:Jughead! You were hired to entertain at this party, not eat!
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Synopsis:
Jughead was hired to be a magician at Veronica's party.
Reprints (0)
  • From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.

It's a Gift
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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:Archie! Is that you?
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Mr. Purdy
Synopsis:
Archie braves a blizzard to deliver a package to Veronica.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Cover Girl
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Betty and Veronica
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Veronica! Aren't you cold?
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Synopsis:
Betty's parents refuse to allow Betty to wear her miniskirt and mesh stockings and no coat out in twenty degree weather just because Veronica did it.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

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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:Pesos, lire, francs and marks!
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Synopsis:
Archie is studying exchange rates.
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Archie Annual Digest / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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blank page(s) / 1 page

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

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Archie Comics Digest; Jughead with Archie Digest / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Have you had your first ski lesson, Archie?"]
    Archie
  2. [no title indexed]
  3. Snow Fun
    Betty and Veronica
  4. The Acrobat
    Archie
  5. ["Archie, how can you nose down our ice sculpture in this freezing temperature?"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  6. Screen Scene
    Jughead
  7. Snow Job
    Reggie
  8. ["Archie, what you see is what you get!"]
    Miss Grundy Gag Bag
  9. Devil Woman
    Veronica
  10. Snow Job
    Li'l Jinx
  11. ["Look hard at the above diagram sometimes you will see three cubes and sometimes you will see five."]
    Super Duck Puzzle Page
  12. ["Sir, this is the hottest item I'm selling for the "Ahso Taki Co."!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  13. A Spell of Shovelling
    Sabrina
  14. Bully For You
    Little Archie
  15. ["Christopher Columbus saw a sign that said, See America First!"]
    Jughead's Gag Bag
  16. The Pack-Rat Rat-Race
    Super Duck
  17. A Winter Wonderland
    Wilbur
  18. ["Oh, Arch, Betty sent over a pecan pie for you!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  19. What Kind of Ghoul Am I
    Josie
  20. Frightening Friendship
    Betty and Veronica
  21. ["Hooky, you've got to be more career oriented!"]
    Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
  22. Memories
    Mr. Weatherbee
  23. Faulty Friend
    Jughead
  24. Call Your Shots!
    Little Archie
  25. ["But those boys aren't learning their Latin!"]
    Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
  26. Mr. Justice and the Cosmic Terror
    Mr. Justice
  27. ["Can you identify this illustration pertaining to finance?"]
    Super Duck Fun Page
  28. ["Jughead! You were hired to entertain at this party, not eat!"]
    Jughead's Gag Bag
  29. It's a Gift
    Archie
  30. Cover Girl
    Betty and Veronica
  31. ["Pesos, lire, francs and marks!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  32. ["It's a giant digest of stories and puzzles and fun for everyone... in full color!"]
    Archie Annual Digest
  33. [no title indexed]
  34. ["Fantastic! Good things come in little packages!"]
    Archie Comics Digest; Jughead with Archie Digest
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