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Issue: Archie Comics Digest #5
Publication Date: April 1974
 
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Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/05/1974
Volume: none
Pages: 164
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UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 55 (41 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Digest size
Paper Stock: Cardstock cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Perfect Bound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Archie
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Li'l Jinx; Little Archie Andrews
You have to admit, Ronnie, it was a good idea until Betty lost the key to the handcuffs!
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Muscle Bound!

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Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot; Veronica Lodge
Archie is trying to get in shape in the school hallways which causes problems with the faculty.
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Plant Strife

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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Smithers; Veronica Lodge; J. Astor Morgan; Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Jones
Jughead wants to buy a rubber plant for his mom's birthday, but they cost too much so he goes to the Lodge mansion hoping Mr. Lodge might give him one cheaper.
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Volley Dollies

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Coach Kleats
The volleyball coach is trying to get the girls worked up to play hard, but they're more interested in their new uniforms.
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FlagArchie's Girls Betty and Veronica #127 published July 1966
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The Fault Finder

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Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Archie is telling people how to improve their games by fixing flaws he sees in their techniques.
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FlagArchie #128 published June 1962
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A Bored Game!

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Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday; Greg; Gi Gi; Merry Holiday
Li'l Jinx can't find the money in her Moneyland game and now she has no game to play with her friends.
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Shake, Rattle and Groan

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Jughead Jones
Jughead is dancing with a girl who is a bad dancer.
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Boys Will Be Noise

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Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Jughead looks tired because of the people upstairs making noise.
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The Porcupine

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Nature's Notebook
About the porcupine.
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Webfooted Warbler

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Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Archie Andrews; Evelyn Evernever; Elvis; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
Little Archie is worried that his frog, Elvis, is sick so he takes him to school.
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Archie-Doodles

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Archie
Guess what the pictures are.
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Did You Ever See a... by Jughead

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Guess what the pictures are.
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The Olden Daze

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Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews; Mr. Lodge
Veronica is wearing the very latest fashion fad, the granny dress.
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FlagArchie's Girls Betty and Veronica #127 published July 1966
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Button-Button

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Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Smithers; Mr. Lodge
Gaston has left the Lodge's and no one knows how to work the new modern pushbutton kitchen.
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It's Tub to You!

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Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
Li'l Jinx is dirty from making mud pies and her father wants her to get in the bathtub.
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The Music Man

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Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Reggie finds out Jughead plays the clarinet really well, but Jughead doesn't want other people to know about it and Reggie tries to turn this to his advantage.
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FlagArchie's Pal Jughead #70 published March 1961
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Window Pain

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Archie
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Mr. Weatherbee is giving a demonstration on first aid techniques.
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Gallop Poll

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Jughead
Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Jughead tells Reggie of a restaurant where he can eat like a horse.
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Archie's Picture Dictionary Marine Division

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Sailing terms turned into funny pictures.
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What's New?

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Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Betty asks Jughead and Archie what they think about her look, but they don't notice anything.
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Hold Your Own

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Archie's Gags 'n' Gals
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Archie thinks a beautiful girl is a wonderful thing to behold.
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Cream of the Crop

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Archie's Gags 'n' Gals
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Archie and Jughead talk about women fawning over musicians.
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Personal Opinion

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Archie's Gags 'n' Gals
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Veronica dreamed she married the handsomest boy in town.
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Award to the Wise

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Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot
Mr. Weatherbee is going to give an award to the student who is the most helpful to the teaching staff.
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FlagArchie Comics #93 published July 1958
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Letter Perfect

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Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge
Veronica learns a valuable lesson about using zip codes.
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FlagArchie's Girls Betty and Veronica #139 published July 1967
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Dollars and Sense!

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Li'l Jinx; Greg
Li'l Jinx wants the stamp Greg bought.
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Strange Things Are Happening

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Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Fred Andrews; Stinky Davis
Reggie slips some disappearing ink into Archie's inkwell before a test.
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Painful Proxy

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Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
Moose has to pass a math test to play in the next school game, so Betty convinces Archie to dress up like Moose.
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FlagArchie #119 published June 1961
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Inflammation Please

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Jughead
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Veronica thinks Betty is mad at her and Archie and Reggie go to talk to Betty.
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FlagArchie's Pal Jughead #58 published March 1960
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Bowl Goal

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Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Alice; Veronica Lodge; Jeeves; Al
Betty and Veronica are having a bowling grudge match, winner asks Archie to the dance.
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FlagArchie's Girls Betty and Veronica #139 published July 1967
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Archie's Sports Quiz

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Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Match the sport with the following words.
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Physical Fit-Mess

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Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
Li'l Jinx's dad tells her she should exercise, because it's "almost our patriotic duty!"
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FlagPep #158 published October 1962
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The original printing was 4.33 pages, so the bottom two panels of the original page four were cut and the final two pages of the story were put in their place.
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Dolly's Folly

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Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Archie Andrews; Evelyn Evernever
Little Archie has a doctor kit and wants to treat somebody.
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FlagLittle Archie Giant Comics #14 published March 1960
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Re Par-Tee

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Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Reggie is golfing with Archie.
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Archie Fun Page
Complete these comic heads by adding a few lines to these parts!
Finish two drawings, color a picture and guess what the picture is, and two jokes.
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Sing Away, Stool Pigeon!

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Archie
Archie Andrews; Mr. Johnson; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy
To lessen Archie's punishment for a prank he pulled the gang squeals on him so Mr. Weatherbee will be mad at them for being stool pigeons.
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Something Extra

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Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones
Betty believes if you do a little extra it'll pay off for you in the end.
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FlagArchie's Girls Betty and Veronica #140 published August 1967
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Safety in Numbers

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Reggie
Reggie Mantle
Reggie wants a romantic card.
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Corn on the Slob

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Moose
Betty Cooper; Moose Mason
Moose's new shoes are killing him.
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Air Male

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Jughead
Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; "Sky" Hie
Jughead thinks "Sky" Hie's daredevil plane ride will be tame.
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Gassed Up!

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Archie
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Archie replaces his jalopy's big gas tank with a small one.
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The solution to this puzzle is the name of a city on the Missouri River, which is the largest in population in it's state.
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A rebus, guess the saying illustrated, and which person threw the ringer?
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The Fly

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Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
Archie gets in trouble because of a fly.
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FlagArchie #119 published June 1961
was The Fly [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Neigh, Neigh

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Betty and Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Veronica is bragging to Betty that Archie is faithful and would never cheat on her... even with Betty.
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Wreck and Double Check

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Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
Reggie and Jughead were fighting in class and Mr. Weatherbee orders them to the recreation room to settle their differences like gentlemen.
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FlagArchie's Pal Jughead #58 published March 1960
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True Love

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Betty and Veronica try to prove that Jughead and Reggie like each other more than they pretend to.
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FlagArchie's Pal Jughead #58 published March 1960
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Archie Fun Page
Archie Andrews
A picture puzzle to color
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Picture to color, and cut out the shapes and make a cross.
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Archie's Limericks

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Mr. Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot; Miss Beazly; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doily; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones
Limericks about Mr. Weatherbee, Archie, Dilton, Veronica, Moose, Betty, Miss Grundy and Jughead.
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A New Twist

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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Archie's head is tilted because of a stiff neck.
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FlagArchie #119 published June 1961
was A New Twist [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Ultra Realism

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Jughead
Jughead Jones
Jughead painted a picture of a woman's dog.
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In a Jiffy

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Jughead
Dilton Doily; Professor Flutesnoot; Jughead Jones
The laboratory computer is on the blink and Dilton and Professor Flutesnoot don't know why.
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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Hey, Archie fans! Here's another super comics digest and it's loaded with 160 pages of stories and fun in full color!
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Order form for Jughead With Archie Digest #2.
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Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doily; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Big Ethel Muggs; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Li'l Jinx
160 pages of stories and fun in Archie's full color comics digest
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