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Pages: 132
Editing: John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)
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Sabrina / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
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Dan DeCarlo (signed)
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  • Genre:humor; teen; fantasy-supernatural
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Reggie, you have some very big lines!
  • Keywords:palm-reading
Characters:
Salem; Sabrina Spellman; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews (inset)
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Indexer Notes

Redrawn from the cover of Archie's TV Laugh-Out #7

Issue Data

  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: bi-monthly in Jan., March, May, July, Sept., and Nov.
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?
  • Barcode: 0271000699740

What's Your Angle?
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Archie tries to explain his love triangle but everybody misunderstands except his father.
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Gorilla Maze
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Archie / activity / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
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Tinker Thinker
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
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The Hair Hassle
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Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen
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Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Miss Haggly
Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee deplores the new longer hairstyles on the male students. But fearing a confrontation with them, he asks Archie to try to convince them to change.
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Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Well, we're just about finished!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis:
Fred has a beef with the supermarket butcher.
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  • from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 1979-08-20

The Prowler
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Stanley; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
After a boy dumps a bucket of water on Veronica, she launches an attack against him.
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Shutter Buggy!!
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Super Duck / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
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I'll Bite!
(Table of Contents: 8)

Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
Characters:
Sabrina Spellman; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Hilda Spellman; Zelda Spellman; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Sabrina has her friends over. Hilda doesn't like them singing "Sugar Sugar" so she uses magic to get back at them.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Sabrina the Teenage Witch Complete Collection (Archie, 2017 series) #1.

Proof Spoof
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Reggie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Reggie tests one of Veronica's cosmetics on Archie.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from reprint appearance.

New Tricks
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Sammy the Whammy / comic story / 1 page

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Sammy; his girl assistant
Synopsis:
Sammy makes his girl assistant disappear-- well, almost, anyway.
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Rainy Daze!
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Li'l Jinx, can you go buy me a newspaper?
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Li'l Jinx's father sends Li'l Jinx out to buy the newspaper, but despite giving her an umbrella to keep her dry, she returns home wet.
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Li'l Jinx Puzzle Page / activity / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Li'l Jinx has just gotten her allowance...
Characters:
Li'l Jinx; Greg

Indexer Notes

Includes maze, now "ear" this, and unscrambling names of birds.

Home is Where Your Hang Your Hat
(Table of Contents: 13)

Super Duck / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, aren't some of these homes too cute!
Characters:
Super Duck; Uwanna Duck

Bully 4-U
(Table of Contents: 14)

Super Duck / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hope I spot a rabbit!
Characters:
Super Duck

Hi-Fi Guy
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Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Archie breaks his back and Jughead's at odd jobs to earn the money for a car stereo for his jalopy.
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Flick Kick
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Veronica / comic story / 1 page

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Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Veronica has a unique way of augmenting the ambiance of Archie's home movies.
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Katy Keene / comic story / 2.5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen; fashion
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Yoo hoo! Bertha! Can you come over for a minute?
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Bertha Fashions / activity / 0.5 page

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Sis the Candy Kid / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hiya Katy, (sniff) oh boy!!
Characters:
Sis; Katy Keene; K.O. Kelly
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Hide n' Speak
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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Jinx's actions tip off Hap that she's done something wrong.
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The Candy Man
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Little Reggie / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:children
Characters:
Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Archie Andrews
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Pie Spy
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Little Betty / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
Synopsis:
Little Jughead blows down Little Betty's front door to get at her pie.
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Too Frail for the Trail
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The Girl from R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E. / comic story / 11 pages

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  • Genre:spy; teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
CRUSH is out to steal an expensive emerald and Archie doesn't think Betty can adequately protect it because she's a girl.
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Jughead's Gag Bag / cartoon / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen; humor
  • Feature Logo:Jughead's Gag Bag
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Boy, imagine everyone being after him!
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
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High Rating!
(Table of Contents: 25)

Super Duck / comic story / 3 pages

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  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
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The King Who Grew Young
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text story / 1.75 pages

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typeset
  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural
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statement of ownership / 0.25 page

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Teen Terror
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie psychs himself up before a hockey game.
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How to Form a Habit
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Disgusted by litterbugs, Archie and the gang trick the people of Riverdale into cleaning up their park by spreading the rumor that an eccentric billionaire will give two million dollars to the town with the cleanest park.
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The Invader
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Jughead / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Mr. Lodge; Smithers; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Gaston
Synopsis:
Jughead's in the kitchen.
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Indexer Notes

Mr. Lodge reads the Wall Street Journal in this issue.

Just a Few Words
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activity / 1 page

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A Grave Situation
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Super Duck / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Mr. Eazle, I hear your helper passed away!
Characters:
Super Duck
Synopsis:
Super Duck asks to be Mr. Eazle's new helper.

It Figures!
(Table of Contents: 33)

Super Duck / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'll be a monkey's uncle! What will they think of next?
Characters:
Super Duck
Synopsis:
Super Duck inquires about which department store counter is selling uranium.

Carry On, Aunt Hilda
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Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen; fantasy-supernatural
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Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Harvey
Synopsis:
Harvey's accident-prone nature and Hilda's backfired attempts at retribution become more than the old girl can take.
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Sabrina Tricks / activity / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This trick I call Sabrina's magic rainbow pencil
  • Keywords:stage magic
Characters:
Sabrina; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Sabrina demonstrates a trick with an ordinary pencil.
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Archie's Pop Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What? You bought $25.00 worth of beauty aids?
Characters:
Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
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  • from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 1979-09-29

Hot and Cold
(Table of Contents: 37)

Cubby / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals; humor
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Synopsis:
Cubby is looking for some place that's cool.
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Indexer Notes

A redrawing of the Hotfoot the Hobo story from Super Duck Comics #7.

Where the Boys Are!
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
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Dream Scene
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Characters:
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Archie dreams of a romantic tryst with a beautiful platinum blonde. Later when he spots the girl on the street, he becomes obsessed with meeting her.
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The Nut Rut
(Table of Contents: 40)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Mr. Lodge sponsors a race where the vehicles are constructed to resemble the products they're advertising. Archie and Reggie compete to win the race's prize money.
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Jolly Folly
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Professor Flutesnoot; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee declares a day where the students can indulge in any current or previous fad rather than do class work, as a way of letting them vent.
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Every Time I Kissed Her, I Got a Fever Blister
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Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen
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Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis:
Archie has written a song for Veronica that he plans to debut at her lawn party. Reggie actively works to sabotage the performance.
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Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Reggie, you have some very big lines!"]
    Sabrina
  2. What's Your Angle?
    Archie
  3. Gorilla Maze
    Archie
  4. Tinker Thinker
    Li'l Jinx
  5. The Hair Hassle
    Mr. Weatherbee
  6. ["Well, we're just about finished!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  7. The Prowler
    Betty and Veronica
  8. Shutter Buggy!!
    Super Duck
  9. I'll Bite!
    Sabrina
  10. Proof Spoof
    Reggie
  11. New Tricks
    Sammy the Whammy
  12. Rainy Daze!
    Li'l Jinx
  13. ["Li'l Jinx has just gotten her allowance..."]
    Li'l Jinx Puzzle Page
  14. Home is Where Your Hang Your Hat
    Super Duck
  15. Bully 4-U
    Super Duck
  16. Hi-Fi Guy
    Archie
  17. Flick Kick
    Veronica
  18. ["Yoo hoo! Bertha! Can you come over for a minute?"]
    Katy Keene
  19. [no title indexed]
    Bertha Fashions
  20. ["Hiya Katy, (sniff) oh boy!!"]
    Sis the Candy Kid
  21. Hide n' Speak
    Li'l Jinx
  22. The Candy Man
    Little Reggie
  23. Pie Spy
    Little Betty
  24. Too Frail for the Trail
    The Girl from R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E.
  25. ["Boy, imagine everyone being after him!"]
    Jughead's Gag Bag
  26. High Rating!
    Super Duck
  27. The King Who Grew Young
  28. [no title indexed]
  29. Teen Terror
    Archie
  30. How to Form a Habit
    Archie
  31. The Invader
    Jughead
  32. Just a Few Words
  33. A Grave Situation
    Super Duck
  34. It Figures!
    Super Duck
  35. Carry On, Aunt Hilda
    Sabrina
  36. ["This trick I call Sabrina's magic rainbow pencil"]
    Sabrina Tricks
  37. ["What? You bought $25.00 worth of beauty aids?"]
    Archie's Pop Gag Bag
  38. Hot and Cold
    Cubby
  39. Where the Boys Are!
    Li'l Jinx
  40. Dream Scene
    Archie
  41. The Nut Rut
    Archie
  42. Jolly Folly
    Archie
  43. Every Time I Kissed Her, I Got a Fever Blister
    Archie
  44. ["It's far out! The Archie Comics Digest #54 in full color!"]
    Archie
  45. ["Free when you subscribe to Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine!"]
    Archie
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