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Issue: Archie Comics Digest #68
Publication Date: October 1984
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Issues: #68 of 267 Issues (338 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: The Archie Digest LibraryView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 128
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000699468
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 41 (35 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: "Single copies $1.00 U.S. Canada $1.00 plus 25ยข Postage and Handling."
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inker(s): Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
First Line: I've got tennis elbow!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Redrawn from the cover of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #126
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Pigeon Power

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Hartley ?
Penciller(s): Al Hartley
Inker(s): Al Hartley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
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Pages: 6
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Brain Teasers

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews
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Pages: 1
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Rare Pair or Take Me Out to the Ball

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis: Ethel forces Jughead to take her to the summer dance.
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Voice Your Choice or Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Jughead makes a pig of himself at Veronica's party.
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Pages: 0.5
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Camera Angle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Hartley ?
Penciller(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Kurt Schaffenberger
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Betty innocently causes havoc at the Lodge garden party with her new camera.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: formerly a Betty and Me story.
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Help Wanted

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fred
Character(s): Fred Andrews
Synopsis: Using the key given, break the code and find out what Fred wants.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty's Gag Bag
First Line: Excuse me, miss, would you like a free sample of our new suntan oil?
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Reprint Notes: from Archie newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate, XX-XX-19XX)
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Pages: 1
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The Mingle Mangle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee
First Line: Ahh! This is the stuff of which dreams are made!
Synopsis: Archie advises Mr. Weatherbee to go out and mingle instead of being all alone.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: formerly an Archie and Me story.
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Cowed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Terry Szenics
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Terry Szenics
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Veronica
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Archie! Help! There's a cow after me!
Synopsis: Veronica is intimidated by a cow.
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Helping Hand!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Terry Szenics
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Terry Szenics
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper
First Line: Betty, I'm going over to help the neighbors move in!
Synopsis: Betty finds a sudden urge to help the neighbors move in.
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No Contest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Betty is better than Veronica at every game except one.
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Pages: 3
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Tennyson, Anyone?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Reggie
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Pages: 0.5
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Verve to Serve

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir
Penciller(s): Al Hartley
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Veronica thinks Betty got her involved in volunteering at a remedial reading center as a ruse to steal Archie.
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Pages: 6
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Heroes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Hartley ?
Penciller(s): Al Hartley
Inker(s): Al Hartley
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead dream of being heroic, until they are put to the test.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Veronica's Gag Bag
First Line: Veronica! That's the third bathing suit you've tried on!
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Reprint Notes: from Archie newspaper strip (XX-XX-19XX)
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Pages: 1
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Adventure, Ahoy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sy Reit
Penciller(s): Bob White
Inker(s): Bob White
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: Archie and the gang go for a cruise on Mr. Lodge's yacht. Caught in a hurricane, they are forced to abandon ship and wind up stranded on a desert island.
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Pages: 29
Disclose Notes: An issue-length story in four chapters: "Adventure Ahoy," "A Slight Case of Weather," "Castaway Island" and "A Rip-Snortin' Rescue."

Formerly a Life With Archie story.
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A Talking To

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards ?
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
First Line: Li'l Jinx, where did you get that black eye?
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx gets a black eye from Greg.
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Death Has Eight Arms

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1
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Bad Connection

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Vincent DeCarlo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews
First Line: Hello, Archie, this is Betty!
Synopsis: Archie can't hear the name of the person who's calling him.
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Pages: 1
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Late Date

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Veronica hides from Archie so she won't commit the faux pas of being early for a date.
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Pages: 6
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Quick Thinking

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Archie gets out of an argument with Veronica and her father.
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Pages: 1
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Mud Muddle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg; Gigi
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Pages: 1
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Witch Switch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Tony Perkins; Alf (Archie's cousin)
First Line: Hmph! Betty Cooper! Girl wallflower!
Synopsis: Archie sets Betty up on a date with his cousin.
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Pages: 5
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He Knows The Score

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gus Lemoine
Inker(s): Gus Lemoine
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman ?
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Reggie
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Waiting for Veronica.
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Pages: 0.67
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Stroke of Luck

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Stan Goldberg
Inker(s): Jon D'Agostino
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie and Reggie both fake medical conditions in order to meet a pretty nurse at the beach first aid station.
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Pages: 5
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Parakeets Feats!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Is that the parakeet Reggie gave you for your birthday, Ronnie?
Synopsis: Veronica wants to give back the parakeet Reggie gave her.
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Pages: 0.5
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Forgetting to Remember

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: What's the matter, Betty?
Synopsis: Betty ties a string around her finger to help her remember something but she can't remember what it was.
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Pages: 0.5
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The Chaperone

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dexter Taylor ?
Penciller(s): Dexter Taylor
Inker(s): Dexter Taylor
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Archie
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Pages: 6
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Blondes Have More What?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Hartley
Penciller(s): Al Hartley
Inker(s): Jon D'Agostino
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump
Synopsis: A simple change in hair style has all the boys on the beach mad over Betty and Archie head over heels with jealousy.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: formerly a Betty and Me story.
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Caught in the Act

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
First Line: Waaaaa
Synopsis: Hap helps Jinx get her dime back.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Veronica Pin Up
First Line: Hi, Ron! My jalopy broke down...
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Pages: 1
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Hooked a Redfish

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dan DeCarlo ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Dan DeCarlo
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty's Pin Up
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: While angling, Betty catches something unexpected.
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Pages: 1
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Cycle Saga

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead cycle down to see Jug's cousin's boat.
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Pages: 1
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Missing in Action!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Bob White
Inker(s): Mario Acquaviva
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): The Archies
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis: When Pop Tate goes missing from the Chok'lit Shoppe, the Archies follow him to a Caribbean Island to try and find him and bring him back to Riverdale.
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Pages: 11
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Shower Power

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir
Penciller(s): Al Hartley
Inker(s): Jon D'Agostino
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: Archie, you promised to take us to the beach, today!
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica intentionally rain out the boys' table tennis match.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Credits from the index of Archie's TV Laugh-Out #16.
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Moose Riddlers

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Moose
Character(s): Moose Mason
First Line: Here are some of my favorite riddles!
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Disclose Notes: Fill in the numbered squares to answer Moose's riddles. The first riddle is "What do you call a man who drives a car perfectly?"
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie's Gag Bag
First Line: Next year I'm spending the summer...
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Reprint Notes: from Archie newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate, XX-XX-19XX)
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Pages: 1
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Animal Crackers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
First Line: Jughead Jones! Don't you ever again go away for a week!
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Pages: 5
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Cool Pool

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Veronica
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Veronica proves her father's statement that Lodges never do anything without a purpose.
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Pages: 0.67
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[untitled]

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie's Gag Bag
First Line: Hmmm...the beach is crowded!
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Reprint Notes: from Archie newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate, XX-XX-19XX)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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