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Issue: Archie Comics Digest #72
Publication Date: June 1985
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Issues: #72 of 267 Issues (338 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000699472
Price: $1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 49 (43 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Victor Gorelick; Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
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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
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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; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
First Line: Ronnie, it's not the gift, but the thought that counts!
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Redrawn from the cover of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #129
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A Perfect Ten!

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Writer(s): Dick Malmgren
Penciller(s): Dick Malmgren
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman [as B. Grossman]
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie
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Shaky Feat

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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
Synopsis: Fill in the numbered blanks with the corresponding numbered letters to find out what Archie thinks of sports.
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Family Tree

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead
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Pogo Happy

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Veronica is planting tulip bulbs. Archie decides he can use a pogo stick to make the holes for the bulbs. As expected Archie loses control of the pogo stick and goes bouncing on path of destruction.
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Pardin My Eenglush [Pardon My English]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Moose
Character(s): Miss Grudy; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper (cameo)
Synopsis: Miss Grundy asks Moose a question about English.
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Big Mouth

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Samm Schwartz ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
First Line: I'm going to show you guys how to play the outfield!
Synopsis: Archie doesn't think Reggie can win the baseball game with his big mouth.
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E.S.P. Spree

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; O. J. Jensen; Ethel Muggs
First Line: What happened?
Synopsis: A blow to the head gives Archie E.S.P.
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Letter Letdown

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Samm Schwartz
Inker(s): Samm Schwartz
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Samm Schwartz
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
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Veronica - Just Like At Home!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Veronica
Character(s): Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: A Veronica puzzle page about her trip to Egypt.
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Cool Rule

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Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Veronica thinks she has a perfect acting role for Jughead.
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Link Lunk

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: On the golf course, Reggie says something that reminds Jughead of food.
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State of Mind

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Virginia Cleary
Synopsis: The girls face a rival in the shapely form of Virginia Cleary, a seductive, boy-crazy girl who just moved to town.
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Disclose Notes: One of Doyle and DeCarlo's first attempts at creating a new character who would be more aggressively sexy than either Betty or Veronica. A similar character, Cheryl Blossom, emerged several years later.
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Planet with a Future

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
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Fate Mate

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper
Synopsis: Betty is mad with Archie.
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The Luck of the Archies

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
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Jughead paints a cook

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dipsy Doodles
Character(s): Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Jughead paints a chef to cook hamburgers.
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Chow Chuckle

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: They have real tasty dishes at the drive-in.
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Package Deal

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Golly, Veronica, what did you do? Buy out the store!
Synopsis: Archie, Veronica and Veronica's packages won't all fit in Archie's jalopy, so...
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The Canine Caper

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Genres: adventure, humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Rusty Steele
Synopsis: Archie suggests that Veronica should get a dog who's a pet instead of a prize animal for dog shows. A famous animal trainer provides the Lodges with a cute, well-trained dog -- except he's been trained to steal people's valuables and even kill on the trainer's command.
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Delightful Biteful

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead
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Green Scene

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Veronica Pin Up
First Line: Archie, darling...I just had a sudden change of plans!
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Flower Shower

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Gladys Jones; Cousin Leroy
Synopsis: Jughead finds a way to water his mother's flowers without leaving the hammock.
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A Love Story

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Genres: childrens, humorous
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Cat-Tastrophe

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie's Gag Bag
First Line: I can practice hitting them into this blanket!
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The List!

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg; Hap Holliday
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx makes a list of people to invite to her birthday party.
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Blight Sight

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Mr. Lodge; Jughead
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge has an unslightly billboard removed, only to find an even more unsightly sight.
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Play Daze

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Halliday
First Line: Humph! I have nothing to do!
Synopsis: Despite all the toys and games Li'l Jinx has she has nothing to do.
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That Old Feeling

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Lady Bentworth
First Line: Did you ever get the feeling that you weren't wanted, Jughead?
Synopsis: Archie tries to do nice things for Mr. Lodge, with the inevitably disastrous results.
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Subject Matter

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead's Gag Bag
First Line: How about some nice knitted covers for those expensive woods?
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The Tender Fender

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Betty volunteers to fix the engine on Archie's jalopy, only to find out he plans to use the car to take Veronica out. But Veronica has a surprise for him.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty Pin Up
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
First Line: Oh, Archie! This is the most beautiful view...
Synopsis: Archie takes Betty to see a romantic view.
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Whatever Turns You On

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Reggie bribes Archie to date Ethel's cousin so he has a clear track to Veronica.
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Chase Chatter

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Ethel explains to Jughead why she likes him so much.
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Misunderstood

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle
First Line: It's funny how almost everybody has me pegged wrong...
Synopsis: Reggie tells us he's not the heel everybody thinks he is.
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From the Country

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Genres: childrens
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Dilton Doiley; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: Archie was in charge of the music for the school dance but he bought disco records when it's supposed to be a square dance.
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Out on a Limb

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Caramel
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Caramel
Synopsis: Little Archie rescues Betty's cat Caramel from a tree.
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It's for the Birds!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
First Line: Compared to your attic, Joe's junk yard is practically empty Arch!
Synopsis: Archie finds an unused bird bath in the attic.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews
First Line: Hey mom! Have you seen my sweater?
Synopsis: Archie has a question about his sweater.
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TV Spree

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Writer(s): George Gladir
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Veronica invites the gang to enjoy her new media center, but Archie doesn't have as good a time as he'd hoped.
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Signs of the Times

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Find Bind

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Feature(s): Jughead
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The Cool One

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Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): Marty Epp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Marty Epp
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: When Archie sees Reggie with Veronica he astonishes everyone by playing it cool and not losing his temper. When no one's looking, though, he takes out his anger on inanimate objects.
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The Truth!

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Genres: humorous, sports
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Ump; Honest Joe
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Born in the Saddle

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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie's Gag Bag
First Line: Archie--that's the third error this afternoon!
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