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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Arch! In life you have to put yourself in the other guy's shoes!
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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews

Indexer Notes

Redrawn from the cover of Everything's Archie #81

This issue has 2 variants

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: The Archie Digest Library
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: ?
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?

The Color of Funny
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Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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Gregg Suchow (credited as Gregg Suchow)
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  • Genre:teen

Rare Scare
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Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Jughead relates a bad dream he had.
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Work Quirk
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Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Jughead explains that he does know the meaning of work.
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Ice Scream
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
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Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Synopsis:
Jinx rescues Charley after he falls thru the ice.
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Romantic Antic
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Moose / comic story / 1 page

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Moose Mason; Midge Klump
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Midge asks Moose to talk romantic.
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Locker Stocker
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
Synopsis:
A locker switch doesn't work out well for anyone.
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The Regal Eagle
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Dilton / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Dilton Doily; Miss Grundy; Floyd Clayton; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
When Dilton dons an eagle costume and assumes the duties of the school sports mascot, he inspires the basketball team to new heights.
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The Fame Game
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Josie / comic story / 1 page

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Josie; Melody; Valerie Smith; Alexander Cabot III; Alan M.; unnamed agent
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An agent offers to make the Pussycats as famous as the Archies.
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Paper Caper
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Jughead / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Jughead borrows Archie's newspaper.
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Video Scholar
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen
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Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; TR-100; Mary Andrews
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Zap Flap
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Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages

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Bill Yoshida (credited as Saburo)
  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; teen
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Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Head Witch Della; Rosalind
Synopsis:
Head Witch Della tries to teach Sabrina and her friend Rosalind a lesson about using their magic frivolously, but the lesson backfires.
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Initially Speaking
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hi, Li'l Jinx! I want to thank you for your Christmas gift!
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Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
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Quick Kick
(Table of Contents: 13)

Reggie / comic story / 1 page

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Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie is tired of Reggie's insults about his car.
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Footnotes
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Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:drama; teen
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Party Smarty
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Josie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Synopsis:
Josie and Melody go to a pool party.
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Big Gig
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Jughead / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Jughead brings lots of food when he and Archie go snowmobiling.
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
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Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Its Mr. Weatherbee's 25th anniversary at Riverdale High.
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Finish Line
(Table of Contents: 18)

Li'l Jinx's Chum Charley / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Charley! You didn't finish your history homework!
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Li'l Jinx Holliday; Charley Hawse
Synopsis:
Charley hasn't finished his homework but he has finished a box of chocolates.
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The Plight of the Perilous Pike
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Archie / comic story / 11 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; humor; teen
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Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee goes ice fishing on Logger's Pond, trying to catch the legendary Perilous Pike. At the same time, Dilton, Archie and Reggie arrive to test out Dilton's new high-speed ice boat. Dilton's test run leads to Mr. Weatherbee taking an unexpected ride on the boat, while Archie and Reggie wind up struggling with the Perilous Pike.
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Bout Clout
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Jughead / comic story / 1 page

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Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Moose knocks himself out while trying to shadow-box.
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[no title indexed]
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Glenn Scarpelli in Hollywood / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hell-o Samantha! How was schoo...?
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Samantha; Glenn Scarpelli
Synopsis:
Samantha rushes home to see Glenn Scarpelli on TV.
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Work Shirk
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Jughead / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
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Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
Synopsis:
When school is let out early because of snow, Jughead doesn't want to leave.
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Stop and Shop
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Betty / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen
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Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie goes shopping with Betty, and things get very interesting when Betty goes to try on new shoes.
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Diet Riot
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Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:No, Archie You cannot transfer from shop to the cooking class!
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Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Miss Haskins; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis:
When Archie takes up cooking it makes it easier for Mr. Weatherbee to stick to his diet.
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Chore Score
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Jughead / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
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Jughead Jones; Mr. Jones; Mrs. Jones; Hot Dog (dog)
Synopsis:
Each member of the family passes the chore of taking out the trash on to someone else.
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Surprise Size
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Reggie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Reggie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dig what I just caught!
Characters:
Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Sy
Synopsis:
Reggie is fooled into thinking Archie caught a much bigger fish than he did.
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Ball Brawl
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Mr. Lodge / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Mr. Lodge
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Splat
Characters:
Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Smithers
Synopsis:
Mr. Lodge gets back at Archie with a snowball.
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Accidental Fun
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Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages

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Bill Yoshida (credited as Bill Y.)
  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; teen
Characters:
Sabrina; Aunt Hilda
Synopsis:
Sabrina deals with some bratty children playing in the snow.
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Jump Chump
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wow! Look at Jimmy go!
Characters:
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jimmy; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis:
Another skier's crash spooks Archie.
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Tub Flub
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Mr. Weatherbee / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee thinks Archie called him a tub of lard.
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The Noose Behind the Nightly News, or It Was a Real Hang Up
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Wanda Wunderbuss / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor
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Wanda Wunderbuss; Gary Grimlove; P.R. Picker
Synopsis:
The story of Wanda Wunderbuss, an anchorwoman for the NIT Nightly News. Secretly engaged to the handsome but dumb co-anchor, Gary Grimlove, Wanda begins to wonder why she's constantly sent out on dangerous assignments in foreign countries while Gary is given all the cushy jobs. When she's finally had enough of the unequal treatment, she hits Gary, who self-destructs: he was a robot created by NIT to be the perfect pretty, bland anchorman. Wanda takes the loss of her fiancé in stride, and threatens to reveal NIT's secret unless she is allowed to pick her own assignments and her own co-anchor.
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Indexer Notes

This strange satirical story was a pilot for a series that never happened; the title page proclaims "introducing Wanda Wunderbuss!" but she never appeared again.

At one point Wanda refers to herself as "Wunderbust." Most appearances of the name "Wunderbuss" have the last "s" looking slightly different from the other letters. It appears that "Wunderbust" was changed for being too suggestive, but one mention of the original name slipped through.

Chat Frat
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Veronica / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Synopsis:
Veronica tells Betty about her holiday vacation.
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Password!
(Table of Contents: 33)

Greg and Russ / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
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Greg; Russ; Charley Hawse
Synopsis:
Greg and Russ demand Charley Hawse tell them the password to their snow fort.
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Wheel Spiel
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The Archies / comic story / 6 pages

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The Archies [Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle]
Synopsis:
Archie's horoscope tells him that "wheels will be his undoing", so he forces The Archies to travel to their gig via balloon, dogsled, and snowshoes. The band gets to the gig late, and finds that their act has been replaced by a band called The Wheels.
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Out to Lunch
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
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Bill Yoshida (credited as Bill Y.)
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ah--choooo!!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Charley; Miss Beazly
Synopsis:
Mr. Weatherbee is sick so Archie volunteers to get him lunch, but doesn't like the look of the cafeteria food.
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Figure This
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Madame Tanya Brakarmoff; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica have vastly different exercise regimes.
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Angel with a Pitchfork
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Miss Finch, you've been with us almost a month now!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Miss Finch
Synopsis:
Miss Finch thinks of Archie like a guardian angel because when he's around nothing goes wrong.
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Ploy Plight
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Roger Dexter (new boy)
Synopsis:
Veronica tries to attract a cute new boy but Dilton gets in the way.
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Arch! In life you have to put yourself in the other guy's shoes!"]
  2. The Color of Funny
    Archie
  3. Rare Scare
    Jughead
  4. Work Quirk
    Jughead
  5. Ice Scream
    Li'l Jinx
  6. Romantic Antic
    Moose
  7. Locker Stocker
    Betty and Veronica
  8. The Regal Eagle
    Dilton
  9. The Fame Game
    Josie
  10. Paper Caper
    Jughead
  11. Video Scholar
    Archie
  12. Zap Flap
    Sabrina
  13. Initially Speaking
    Li'l Jinx
  14. Quick Kick
    Reggie
  15. Footnotes
    Archie
  16. Party Smarty
    Josie
  17. Big Gig
    Jughead
  18. For Whom the Bell Tolls
    Mr. Weatherbee
  19. Finish Line
    Li'l Jinx's Chum Charley
  20. The Plight of the Perilous Pike
    Archie
  21. Bout Clout
    Jughead
  22. ["Hell-o Samantha! How was schoo...?"]
    Glenn Scarpelli in Hollywood
  23. Work Shirk
    Jughead
  24. Stop and Shop
    Betty
  25. Diet Riot
    Archie
  26. Chore Score
    Jughead
  27. Surprise Size
    Reggie
  28. Ball Brawl
    Mr. Lodge
  29. Accidental Fun
    Sabrina
  30. Jump Chump
    Archie
  31. Tub Flub
    Mr. Weatherbee
  32. The Noose Behind the Nightly News, or It Was a Real Hang Up
    Wanda Wunderbuss
  33. Chat Frat
    Veronica
  34. Password!
    Greg and Russ
  35. Wheel Spiel
    The Archies
  36. Out to Lunch
    Archie
  37. Figure This
    Betty and Veronica
  38. Angel with a Pitchfork
    Archie
  39. Ploy Plight
    Betty and Veronica
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