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Issue: Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine #23
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/09/2013
Volume: none
Pages: 164
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UPC/EAN: 76281646953102311
Price: $3.99 USD
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Content Items: 49 (33 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Digest
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing series
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Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Rudy Lapick (signed)
Rosario Pena (signed)
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humorous, teen
Archie & Friends
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; the Taylor twins
Archie, when you date the Taylor twins, how can you tell them apart?
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Double the Double

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Monster Musings

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George Gladir (credited)
Pat Kennedy (credited)
Rich Koslowski (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Jack Morelli (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie & Friends
Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Mr. Harris; Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton
Nancy shows her boss at the monster museum some of Chuck's monster cartoons.
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Point of View

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Archie
Archie Andrews; Professor Flutesnoot; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley
Professor Flutesnoot accidentally gives Archie Dilton's test.
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Lonely Lobo

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Bob Bolling (credited)
Bob Bolling (credited)
Bob Smith (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
adventure, humorous
Archie
Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Billy Grumbelly; Kanyook (wolf); un-named zookeeper
Mr. Weatherbee tells us how Archie came to have a strange attachment to an old, mean wolf at the zoo. In flashback, Archie goes up to Mr. Lodge's North Woods retreat to do a report on wolves, and goes flying over the forest with Mr. Lodge. When the plane crash-lands and Archie is knocked out, Mr. Lodge goes to get help, but while he's alone in the stranded plane, Archie is almost trampled by a stampede of caribou. And after he manages to out of the plane, he faces an even worse problem: Kanyook, a starving outcast wolf who used to be the leader of his pack.
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As Bolling explains in a footnote, Mr. Lodge's lodge in the North Woods and his angry caretaker, Billy Grumbelly, originally appeared in a story (also by Bolling) in Little Archie #155.
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Ski Scholar

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Reggie
Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Reggie offers to teach Betty about skiing.
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New View

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Jughead
Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews
Jughead looks at Ethel thru the wrong end of a pair of binoculars.
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Work Quirk

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Jughead
Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
After watching a mural painter, Jughead knows what he wants to be when he grows up.
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Prom Princesses

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Nice Ice

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Reggie
Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Reggie writes his name in the ice with his skates.
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Explorers of the Unknown
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The Amazing Super Secret Origin Of The Explorers Of The Unknown!

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Rich Margopoulos (credited)
Rex W. Lindsey (credited)
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Mindy Eisman (credited)
Subject Matter
adventure, teen
Explorers of The Unknown
Explorers of the Unknown [Red [Archie Andrews] (a soldier of fortune); Angel [Veronica Lodge] (a martial artist); Nitro [Reggie Mantle] (an explosives expert); Squint [Jughead Jones] (a daredevil escape artist); Wheels [Betty Cooper] (a mechanic and pilot); Gizmo [Dilton Doiley] (a genius inventor); Spike [Moose Mason] (a Hollywood stuntman)]; Blaze [Cheryl Blossom] (The Explorers' CIA contact); Myron Pepperdinkle; Hiram Lodge
Archie is reading a book called the Explorers of the Unknown, whose characters remind him of his friends in Riverdale. In the book, while working on a movie about his life, Red fights a giant robot that goes on a rampage. He is aided by 6 other experts in their fields, and they form The Explorers of the Unknown. Their first mission: stop Myron Pepperdinkle and his destructive robots.
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This Story is told in 4 chapters: Chapter 1 (6 pages), Chapter 2 (5 pages), Chapter 3 (5 pages), and Chapter 4 (5 pages)
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Double Digest Sample Pack

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The Winner

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George Gladir (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
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humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones
Archie loses an ice skating race because Reggie tied Archie's skates together.
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Archie's Giant Kids' Joke Book

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Chemistry Quiz

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Dilton
Dilton Doiley
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Chemistry themed unscramble the words puzzle.
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Wooden It Be Nice

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Angelo Decesare (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Mr. Jordan; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Archie makes a bird house in shop class but his father accidentally destroys it.
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Avalanche

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George Gladir (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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humorous, teen
Archie
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Jughead and Veronica get trapped in a cave during an avalanche.
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Test Run

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George Gladir (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
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Barry Grossman (credited)
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humorous, teen
Big Moose
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle
Moose carries Midge through large snow drifts but when Archie tries the same trick with Veronica he drops her in the snow.
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A Wrap Session

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Dick Malmgren (credited)
Dick Malmgren (credited)
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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humorous, teen
Archie
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley
Jughead refuses to ski down suicide hill.
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The Golden Ghost of Gusty Gap!

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George Gladir (credited)
Rex Lindsey (credited)
Rex Lindsey (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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humorous, teen
Archie
Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Greta Grayson (ghost)
When Archie tries to go down an unused ski slope he is aided by the ghost of a skier that was killed years before in an avalanche.
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Bookworm

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Frank Doyle (credited)
Harry Lucey (credited)
Harry Lucey (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Reggie
Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge
Reggie discusses his place in the yearbook and tries to schmooze Mr. Weatherbee and Miss Grundy.
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[untitled]

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Craig Boldman (signed)
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
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humorous
Archie
Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
I think I'll go say hi to your dad!
Archie scares Mr. Lodge every time he says hello.
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The Frigid Flash!

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Bob Bolling (credited)
Bob Bolling (credited)
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Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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humorous, teen
Archie
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Svenson; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
The cold in the school causes Archie to move at super-speed.
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Cutting Edge

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Frank Doyle (credited)
Samm Schwartz (credited)
Samm Schwartz (credited)
Carlos Antunes (credited)
Samm Schwartz
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humorous, teen
Jughead
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doily
On Jughead's advice, Reggie asks Dilton to use one of his self-made gadgets to sharpen his skates.
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What Hoppened?

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Dick Malmgren (credited)
Dick Malmgren (credited)
? [as DeCarlo] (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Svenson; Jughead Jones (cameo)
Archie and Reggie use a pogo stick in the school's hallways.
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Catch a Wave

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George Gladir (credited)
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Jim DeCarlo (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie & Friends
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Dilton Doiley
Archie talks Dilton into tinkering with the wave machine in the Lodge Mansion's indoor pool.
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As Easy as 12-26-83

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Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Alison Flood
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley
Fed up with the boys eavesdropping on their conversations, Betty and Veronica develop a code to converse in.
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The only credits listed are "Decarlo/Yoshida". The rest of the credits here come from the index of the original printing.
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A Yelp for Help

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Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Archie can't afford supper at a fancy restaurant.
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Scavenger Hunt

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Reggie
Reggie Mantle
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Unscramble the words puzzle.
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Favorite Lamps of Archie and the Gang

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Samm Schwartz ?
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Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Each member has a specific type of lamp.
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Comic Book Fair

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Scratch Match

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Jughead
Jughead Jones
Jughead finds a creative way to scratch his back at a museum.
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[untitled]

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Fernando Ruiz (signed)
Jon D'Agostino (signed)
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The New Archies
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Snow Business

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Mike Pellowski (credited)
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
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The New Archies
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Amani; Eugene; Fangs
The gang face a rival hockey team at the local pond.
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Lunch Time!

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Joe Edwards (credited)
Joe Edwards (credited)
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
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Jughead
Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
Jughead tells time with his stomach.
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FlagThe New Archies #12 [Direct Edition] published February 1989
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Babysitting Blues

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Mike Pellowski (credited)
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
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humorous, teen
The New Archies
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Li'l Teddy Turner
Archie gets a job babysitting Li'l Teddy Turner, who is so naughty no other babysitter will take the job.
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Archie Comics Subscriptions

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Snow Job

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Jughead
Jughead Jones; Gladys Jones
Jughead makes a snowman but doesn't clean the sidewalk.
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Heap Deep

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Jughead
Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
Jughead and Moose walk through waist-deep snow.
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[untitled]

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Craig Boldman (signed)
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
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humorous
Archie
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats; Coach Clayton
I'm going to walk by the gym...
Veronica goes to the gym to watch the boys out-brag each other.
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Star Student

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Jughead
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Jughead watches Archie try to ski jump.
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'Toon Turnoff

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George Gladir (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Mike DeCarlo (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Phil Felix (credited)
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humorous, teen
Archie & Friends
Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Carol Norita
Carol works on her cartoon ideas but Chuck's suggestions keep getting in the way.
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Prom Princesses

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Prom Princesses

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Betty and Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones; Maria; Frankie Ruiz; Reggie Mantle
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5-page excerpt from the Betty and Veronica Prom Princesses collection.
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Prom Princesses

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[untitled]

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Everything's Archie
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Battle Beasts

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Battle Beasts
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Download the Archie Comics App for free!

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