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Issue: Archie Comics Digest #83
Publication Date: April 1987
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Issues: #83 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: 128
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $1.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 33 (31 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Victor Gorelick
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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; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Er...what's the cheapest thing in this place?!
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Disclose Notes: Cover is redrawn from the cover of Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #281 (June 1979).
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Learn While You Yearn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr
Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman; Nanci Dakesian; Ginny Sykora
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee wants Archie to spends less time with Veronica when he's in school.
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Pages: 5
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Hello Snow

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): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Phlips
First Line: Look! It's snowing!
Synopsis: The kids try to convince Mr. Weatherbee to let school out early.
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They Went Thataway

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle (credited)
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo (credited)
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman (credited) [as B. Grossman]
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (credited) [as Bill Y.]
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Synopsis: Archie and the gang get into the western fad.
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Pages: 6
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Greg Unfair to Li'l Jinx

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Edwards (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg; Charley Hawse
Synopsis: Greg breaks a movie date with Li'l Jinx, again, to play ball. But this time he claims to be sick, and a particularly rough game of football turned that lie into the truth.
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Worry Flurry

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
First Line: I wish I could sleep as soundly as you!
Synopsis: Veronica can't sleep because she is worried about a blizzard.
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Disclose Notes: Credits from the printing in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #249, no credits listed in this digest.
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Archie! You're Late!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
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Pages: 6
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Frank Prank

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Samm Schwartz
Inker(s): Samm Schwartz
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Samm Schwartz
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie uses a scarf to keep Jughead from eating all the food.
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Pages: 1
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Voices of Change

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Veronica feels the social lives of the students are being negatively impacted by too much homework. So she goes to Mr. Weatherbee to get him to scale back homework assignments.
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Pages: 6
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Nice Advice

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; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis: Archie writes to a newspaper advice column for what to do about the Betty-Veronica love triangle. Things don't go so well for Archie when Betty and Veronica read the paper and determine who wrote the letter. When Archie finds out that the columnist is secretly none other than Dilton, he demands a retraction.
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Sure Lure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mr. Weatherbee
Character(s): Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
First Line: I've been looking everywhere for Archie! He's nowhere in sight!
Synopsis: Miss Grundy can't find Archie, so Mr. Weatherbee gets a group of girls to stand in one spot.
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Pages: 1
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Book Retort

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Moose
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Pages: 0.67
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The Lollipop Kid

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Samm Schwartz
Inker(s): Samm Schwartz
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Samm Schwartz
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Jughead defeats Reggie at pool by loudly sucking a lollipop to break his opponent's concentration.
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Pages: 6
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Heat Feat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir
Penciller(s): Stan Goldberg
Inker(s): Stan Goldberg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie at Riverdale
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Pages: 5
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Aid Charade

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Dilton
Character(s): Dilton Doily; Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews
First Line: First aid man wanted for hockey team
Synopsis: Dilton volunteers to be the team's first aid man.
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Pages: 1
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Star Struck

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): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Tony Mason; Satan (a black cat)
Synopsis: Betty, Veronica and Archie convince Tony Mason-- a big star-- to do a benefit concert to help save The South Street Clinic. But the day of the concert, he changes his mind. Archie, Betty and Veronica then convince the superstitious megastar of the errors in his judgement.
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Pages: 11
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty Pin Up
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
First Line: Betty, why are you piling snow in front of the door?
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Some Noggin Jogging

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Malmgren
Penciller(s): Dick Malmgren
Inker(s): Jon D'Agostino
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis: Archie tries to convince Jughead, Reggie, and then Dilton to go jogging with him. When they refuse, Archie jogs by himself, and causes mishaps along the way that convince several others to "jog" after him.
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Pages: 6
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Skin Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Josie
Character(s): Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Alexandra Cabot; Mr. Cabot
Synopsis: Melody becomes a moral crusader against animal fur garments, taking her crusade right to Mr. Cabot himself.
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Pages: 5
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Work Shirk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Samm Schwartz
Penciller(s): Samm Schwartz
Inker(s): Samm Schwartz
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Samm Schwartz
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Mrs. Jones
Synopsis: Jughead tries to avoid shoveling snow.
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Pages: 0.5
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Slope Mope

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Samm Schwartz
Penciller(s): Samm Schwartz
Inker(s): Samm Schwartz
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Samm Schwartz
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Jughead sets up a crutches stand by a ski slope.
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Pages: 0.5
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Spot Check

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir ?; Mike Pellowski ?
Penciller(s): Chic Stone
Inker(s): Chic Stone
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead show up at the mansion, which is Mr. Lodge's cue to spend the day at the office.
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Pages: 6
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Ski Spree

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir
Penciller(s): Jon D'Agostino
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; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie's confidence on the slopes exceeds his expertise.
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Pages: 1
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Heart Art

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir ?
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling
Inker(s): Bob Bolling
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Dilton
Character(s): Dilton Doily; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Archie tries to help out Dilton, who is smitten with a girl but too shy to talk to her face to face. But Reggie catches wind of it and sabotages the plan.
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Pages: 6
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Economy Kick

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Malmgren ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Veronica
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Tired of her extravagant spending on wardrobe, Mr. Lodge demands Veronica get more use out of the clothing she has.
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Pages: 6
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Hill Spill

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Jughead tries to take Archie's picture and Archie ends up falling down a hill.
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Pages: 1
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Hot Stuff

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
First Line: I like my chili very hot! Is yours hot, Betty?
Synopsis: Betty demonstrates how hot her chili is.
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Survival

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead are leaving on a winter camping trip but Archie's parents have mixed feelings about it.
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Pages: 5
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It's the Principal of the Thing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Malmgren
Penciller(s): Dick Malmgren
Inker(s): Jon D'Agostino
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mr. Weatherbee
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee throws a fit when he can't find a hanger in the coat closet.
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Pages: 2
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Boss Toss

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
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Pages: 1
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Tropic Triumph

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Jughead pulls down the window shade to hide the winter view outside with a beach view.
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Pages: 1
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Chills and Fever

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica debate whether the cold weather is a state of physics or a state of mind.
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Pages: 6
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Planned Activity

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr ?
Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo ?
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman ?
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie has to shovel snow to make extra money. Jughead tells Archie that he only does work in the Spring and Fall when it's not too hot and not too cold.
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Pages: 5

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