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Jughead / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hot Dog, why can't you just beg for food like other dogs?!
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog

Indexer Notes

Redrawn from the cover of Jughead #244.

This issue has 1 variant

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: The Archie Digest Library
  • 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: 0271000699754

Indexer Notes

Indicia says "Single Copies $1.00 U.S. Canada $1.00 plus 25ยข for postage and handling." Covers with $1.25 exist.
Non-standard barcode.

Ocean Motion
(Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Synopsis:
Mr. Lodge needs a third person to crew for the boat race.
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Parched Archie!
(Table of Contents: 2)

activity / 1 page

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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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?
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?
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Come on, Jughead, let's box!
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Indexer Notes

Reprinted from Archie daily comic strip.

Fairway Fool
(Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee is doing horrible at a golf game, until Archie volunteers to caddy.
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Live and Learn
(Table of Contents: 5)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica are upset by Archie and Reggie's violence in sports.
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Puzzles That Are All Wet
(Table of Contents: 6)

activity / 1 page

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My Case Rests
(Table of Contents: 7)

That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe
Synopsis:
Mr. Smythe tells Bingo to set up a hammock.
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Ban the Body
(Table of Contents: 8)

Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:
Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Cousin Ambrose; Della The Head Witch
Synopsis:
Hilda disapproves of Sabrina's bikini and uses her magic to keep the girl from wearing it. Then Hilda gets a dose of her own medicine.
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Silly Dilly
(Table of Contents: 9)

Betty / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis:
Betty can't wait to pass on the gossip Ethel told her.
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A Friend In Need
(Table of Contents: 10)

Big Moose / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Synopsis:
Big Moose is trying to find someone to show his new calculator wrist watch.
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(Table of Contents: 11)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie! They're displaying small craft warnings today!
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Busy Signal
(Table of Contents: 12)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's father
Synopsis:
Li'l Jinx gets in trouble for not hanging up the phone when she is done.
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I Wanna Hold Your Hand
(Table of Contents: 13)

Jughead and Ethel with Sabrina / comic story / 12 pages

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Big Ethel Muggs; Sabrina Spellman; Big Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ambrose
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #235.

Bright Outlook?
(Table of Contents: 14)

activity / 1 page

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Hike Tyke
(Table of Contents: 15)

Big Moose / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Moose Mason
Synopsis:
Moose and the junior campers he's in charge of get lost on a hike.
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Wanted Man
(Table of Contents: 16)

That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Uncle Herman; Willie Wilkin; Mrs. Wilkin; Rebel
Synopsis:
After Mr. Smythe is heard yelling "Oh, dad blast the dad blasted dad blast," everyone yells at Uncle Herman for getting Mr. Smythe mad. Herman decides he's not wanted in the Wilkin home.
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A Ride To Doom
(Table of Contents: 17)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Coach Kleats
Synopsis:
Little Archie saves the day when the bus to the away baseball game gets stuck in a puddle.
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 18)

Betty and Veronica Pinup / cartoon / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wow! This boat is fast!
  • Keywords:water skiing
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
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The Eyes Have It
(Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Leroy
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Luck Be a Lady
(Table of Contents: 20)

Sabrina the Teenage Witch / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; teen
Synopsis:
Sabrina and Salem are bad luck to Reggie.
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Dear Josie / letters page / 2 pages

Script:
Eda Edwards ? (as Josie)
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Letters:
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I was so thrilled ...

Indexer Notes

Advice column with letters from K.M, B.W., L.F. and G.M.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 22)

Archie's Mom's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Mary! With this vibrating belt I can finally reduce!
Characters:
Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Reprint from Archie daily newspaper strip.

Whistle Bait
(Table of Contents: 23)

B.E.T.T.Y. as The Girl From R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E. / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:teen; humor; adventure
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; The Whistler
Synopsis:
The latest C.R.U.S.H. villain is The Whistler, a permanently puckered baddie whose whistles can control minds and shatter eardrums.
Reprints (1)

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(Table of Contents: 24)

Big Moose Pinup / cartoon / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What say, Arch --
Characters:
Big Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Reprints (1)

What a Boy
(Table of Contents: 25)

Pipsqueak / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Pipsqueak; Pooch
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Up and At 'Em
(Table of Contents: 26)

That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Synopsis:
Bingo gets permission to wake up Samantha's father.
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Get Happy
(Table of Contents: 27)

That Cute Little Witch Little Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:children
Characters:
Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Fangs Fogerty; Little Sabrina Spellman; Pop Tate; Little Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Little Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Little Sabrina casts a spell to make everybody change personalities.
Reprints (1)

Mum's the Word
(Table of Contents: 28)

That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe
Synopsis:
Mr. Smythe complains that today's generation has no gumption or backbone, but then Bingo saves his life.
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That Takes The Cake
(Table of Contents: 29)

Josie and the Pussycats / comic story / 1 page

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Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alexandra Cabot
Synopsis:
Alexandra hints that she'd like something for her birthday.
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The Stray
(Table of Contents: 30)

Katy Keene / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; fashion; teen
Characters:
Katy Keene; Curly Cassidy
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Frivolous Fashion
(Table of Contents: 31)

Katy Keene / illustration / 2 pages

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  • Genre:fashion; teen

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 32)

Betty's Diary / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Betty, I can't stand it when you drive!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Reprints (1)

Write On!
(Table of Contents: 33)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
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?
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  • Genre:humor; children
Synopsis:
Jinx is writing a letter.
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The Ghostly Guardian
(Table of Contents: 34)

Josie / comic story / 12 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; teen
Characters:
Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot
Synopsis:
The gang visits an old rock-bound house the Cabots have purchased in Maine. They discover that an old chest leads to a secret cave beneath the house, which may contain old pirate treasure, but also contains many deadly booby traps.
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 35)

Josie Pinup / cartoon / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Aunt Josie -- what's the color of the sky?
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It's a Smash
(Table of Contents: 36)

That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Tough Teddy; Buddy Drumhead
Synopsis:
Mr. Smythe suspects that Buddy is the one who broke his window.
Reprints (1)

Weight Fate
(Table of Contents: 37)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Synopsis:
At the beach, Archie tries to get Mr. Weatherbee doing exercises to lose weight.
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Fill It Up!
(Table of Contents: 38)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
Synopsis:
Jinx is selling lemonade, and Greg tells her how she can sell more.
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Suits Me
(Table of Contents: 39)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Synopsis:
Archie likes the polka-dot swimsuit.
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 40)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Would you like a cheeseburger before we walk home?
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Veronica's address is given as 204 Park Lane.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Hot Dog, why can't you just beg for food like other dogs?!"]
    Jughead
  2. Ocean Motion
    Archie
  3. Parched Archie!
  4. ["Come on, Jughead, let's box!"]
    Jughead's Gag Bag
  5. Fairway Fool
    Archie
  6. Live and Learn
    Betty and Veronica
  7. Puzzles That Are All Wet
  8. My Case Rests
    That Wilkin Boy
  9. Ban the Body
    Sabrina
  10. Silly Dilly
    Betty
  11. A Friend In Need
    Big Moose
  12. ["Archie! They're displaying small craft warnings today!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  13. Busy Signal
    Li'l Jinx
  14. I Wanna Hold Your Hand
    Jughead and Ethel with Sabrina
  15. Bright Outlook?
  16. Hike Tyke
    Big Moose
  17. Wanted Man
    That Wilkin Boy
  18. A Ride To Doom
    Little Archie
  19. ["Wow! This boat is fast!"]
    Betty and Veronica Pinup
  20. The Eyes Have It
  21. Luck Be a Lady
    Sabrina the Teenage Witch
  22. ["I was so thrilled ..."]
    Dear Josie
  23. ["Mary! With this vibrating belt I can finally reduce!"]
    Archie's Mom's Gag Bag
  24. Whistle Bait
    B.E.T.T.Y. as The Girl From R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E.
  25. ["What say, Arch --"]
    Big Moose Pinup
  26. What a Boy
    Pipsqueak
  27. Up and At 'Em
    That Wilkin Boy
  28. Get Happy
    That Cute Little Witch Little Sabrina
  29. Mum's the Word
    That Wilkin Boy
  30. That Takes The Cake
    Josie and the Pussycats
  31. The Stray
    Katy Keene
  32. Frivolous Fashion
    Katy Keene
  33. ["Betty, I can't stand it when you drive!"]
    Betty's Diary
  34. Write On!
    Li'l Jinx
  35. The Ghostly Guardian
    Josie
  36. ["Aunt Josie -- what's the color of the sky?"]
    Josie Pinup
  37. It's a Smash
    That Wilkin Boy
  38. Weight Fate
    Archie
  39. Fill It Up!
    Li'l Jinx
  40. Suits Me
    Betty and Veronica
  41. ["Would you like a cheeseburger before we walk home?"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
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