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Issue: Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine #1
Publication Date: February 2011
 
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Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/01/2010
Volume: none
Pages: 164
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 76281646953100111
Price: $3.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 53 (25 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: ISSN: 10954953

Cover title: Archie & Friends Double Digest
Indicia title: Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine

On-Sale date from Archie Double Digest #217.
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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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Cyber Adventures Part 1 of 5

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Joe Staton (signed)
Bob Smith (signed)
Rosario "Tito" Peña (signed)
Subject Matter
adventure
Archie & Friends
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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FlagThe Best of Archie Comics #2 published January 2012
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My Comics Are Archie Comics

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Ad for Archie Comic's Digital download service.
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Title Page

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Adventures in the Wonder Realm Part One

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Stephen Oswald
Joe Staton
Bob Smith
Joe Morciglio; Rosario "Tito" Peña (signed)
Jack Morelli
Subject Matter
adventure
Archie & Friends
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Harlem Globetrotters [Meadowlark Lemon; others] (cameo; flashback); Li'l Archie (cameo; flashback); Li'l Jughead (cameo; flashback); Li'l Reggie (cameo; flashback); Li'l Betty (cameo; flashback); Li'l Veronica (cameo; flashback)
Dilton creates a MMO computer game that allows the Archie Gang to enter the computer landscape thru their ZBox's. When something goes wrong, the Archie Gang is trapped inside the game.
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Dilton's Doofy Inventions

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Dilton Doiley
Dilton invents a boomerang baseball, a remote controlled vacuum, air-conditioned hat, spinach-ripple ice cream, robot dance shoes, bananas and oranges with edible skin, artificial turf toupee and a dictionary with blank pages.
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Archie Comic Book Club

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Ad for the Archie Comic Book Club.
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Comic Book Fairs

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Information on helping your school have an Archie Comics themed book fair.
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The Great Haunt Hunt

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Svenson
Svenson; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley
Svenson thinks his new apartment is haunted.
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FlagLaugh #27 published April 1991
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Boobology

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Moose
Moose Mason; Miss Grundy
Miss Grundy wants Moose to read something with more "meat" to it.
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Archie Marries Betty & Veronica

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Subscription form for Life with Archie magazine.
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[untitled]

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House ad for Jughead's Double Digest #165-168.
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Symptomania

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Chuck
Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Coach Clayton; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley
Chuck is a hypochondriac, but Dilton figures out how to cure him.
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Plane Crazy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Pellowski
Doug Crane
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous
Mr. Weatherbee
Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Mr. Weatherbee sees paper airplanes in the hallway and jumps to the wrong conclusion.
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FlagArchie's Pal Jughead Comics #76 [Direct Edition] published January 1996
was Plane Crazy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
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Secrets of the Deep Part One

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Credits
Dick Malmgren (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Chic Stone (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
adventure
Archie at Riverdale
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
The Riverdale Gang go to Florida to study marine animals and discover a chest of gold coins while scuba diving.
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Politics Unusual!

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Order form for Archie #616 and 617, including the variant covers, that contain the "Campaign Pain" storyline featuring Barack Obama and Sarah Palin.
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New Kids Off The Wall

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Order form for 6 issues that contain the "New Kids Off The Wall" storyline.
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Secrets of the Deep Part Two

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Credits
Dick Malmgren (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Chic Stone (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
adventure
Archie at Riverdale
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
While trying to raise the box of gold coins they found on the ocean floor, the Riverdale gang is attacked by the crooks who stole the loot in the first place.
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Hare Raising

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dick Malmgren
Dick Malmgren
Jim DeCarlo
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Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous
Reggie
Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Reggie and Jughead try to pull a joke on Archie by having Jughead dress up in a giant rabbit suit.
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Credits from the reprint in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #13, no credits listed in this digest.
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Given the Business

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Bill Vigoda
Bill Vigoda
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Bill Vigoda
Subject Matter
humorous
Pop Tate
Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Pop Tate says he'll give Jughead the store when he retires. Shortly after, strange accidents happen around Pop Tate, and he believes that Jughead and Archie are trying to get him to retire.
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FlagArchie Giant Series Magazine #183 published February 1971
was Given the Business [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Credits changed to reflect the credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #65. Bill Vigoda was an artist not a writer so previous credits were almost surely incorrect.
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[untitled]

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House ad for Life with Archie Magazine #5.
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Archie Digest Collector's Sets

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Order form for Archie Digest backissues.
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Archie's Weird Mysteries

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Title page for the next section of the digest.
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The Faculstein Monster!

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Paul Castiglia (credited)
Fernando Ruiz (credited)
Rich Koslowski (credited)
Stephanie Vozzo (credited)
Vickie Williams (credited)
Subject Matter
adventure
Archie's Weird Mysteries
Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton; Coach Clayton; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Flutesnoot; Dilton Doiley; The Faculstein Monster; Betty Cooper
A Faculstein Monster is created by combining the worst aspects of four of Riverdale's teachers.
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FlagArchie's Weird Mysteries #16 published October 2001
 
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Fall For It Classic!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul Castiglia
Fernando Ruiz
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Subject Matter
humorous, science fiction
Archie's Weird Mysteries
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Smelltoids; Brawnux
Archie and Jughead tune into an outer space sports match on Jughead's new Super-Duper Satellite TV.
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This story is also reprinted in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #[nn]
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Buy Three Books and get the Fourth Free!

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Buy three Archie graphic novels and get the fourth one for free.
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Archie Receives Stamp of Approval

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Information on the Archie Postage Stamp.
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Stamp of Approval

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Credits
Joe Edwards
Fernando Ruiz
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous
Archie & Friends
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Through a series of mishaps Jughead ends up covering himself in stamps.
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Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #284.
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Call to Arms

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dick Malmgren
Dick Malmgren
Jon D'Agostino
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Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous
Reggie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle
Reggie thinks he has the secret to beating Moose in arm-wrestling.
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FlagJughead's Double Digest #35 published February 1996
was Call to Arms [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Credits from the reprint in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #24, no credits listed in this digest.
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[untitled]

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Mr. Weatherbee Pin-Up
Waldo Weatherbee; Miss Beazly; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Don't hollar, I served you first, didn't I?!?
Mr. Weatherbee ends up wearing his lunch.
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Heated Discussion

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Credits
Mike Pellowski (credited)
Fernando Ruiz (signed)
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Archie & Dilton
Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley
Archie tests Dilton's latest invention, a Thermo Gravity Infra-Red Funnel Field Belt.
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A Close Shave

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Reggie
Reggie Mantle
Put the letters in order puzzle.
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Prize Rise

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Reggie
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Reggie awards Veronica first prize as the most attractive girl at his party.
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Archie Americana Series

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Information on ordering all ten volumes of the Archie Americana series.
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B & V Friends Double Digest

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House ad for Betty and Veronica Double Digest #209-212.
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Sliding Scale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Pellowski (credited)
Fernando Ruiz (credited)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Archie & Friends
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Archie and Reggie take Jughead to a ski resort with them, but when Jughead turns out to be a better snowboarder than they are, all the girls ignore Archie and Reggie and follow Jughead around.
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Communication Gap

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George Gladir
Gus LeMoine
Jon D'Agostino
Carlos Antunes
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous
Coach Kleats
Coach Kleats; Coach Clayton; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Coach Kleats shows Coach Clayton how to get the players to stop watching girls and practice.
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Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #75, no credits listed in this digest.
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Lob Job

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Mr. Lodge
Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Mr. Lodge gets Veronica a job delivering papers.
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FlagArchie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #48 published May 2000
was Lob Job [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Snow Go

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Mr. Weatherbee
Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Archie builds a snowman that looks like Mr. Weatherbee.
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FlagArchie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #48 published May 2000
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Back to Science

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Professor Flutesnoot
Professor Flutesnoot
Circle-a-word puzzle.
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Kiss Bliss!

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Bill Golliher (credited)
Pat Kennedy (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
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humorous
Moose
Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee
Mr. Weatherbee is going to teach Moose not to kiss girls in the hallways.
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Li'l Jinx Not So Li'l Anymore...

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House ad for the revamped Li'l Jinx series.
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Love & Marriage

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Ad for the Love & Marriage graphic novel.
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Archie 3000

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Archie 3000
Title page for the next section which contains Archie 3000 stories.
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Flower Power!

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Credits
Hal Smith
Dan Parent
Dan Parent
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, science fiction
Archie 3000
Archie 3000; Betty 3000; Veronica 3000; Dilton 3000; Jughead 3000; Reggie 3000
Betty 3000 sends Archie 3000 an exotic plant that begins to grow out of control in Earth's atmosphere.
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Veronica's Planet!

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Credits
Hal Smith (credited)
Dan Parent (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
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Subject Matter
humorous, science fiction
Veronica 3000
Veronica 3000; Betty 3000
Veronica 3000's dad buys her a planet.
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Veronica Times Three

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Ad for three Veronica books for ten dollars.
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Archie and Friends Double Digest

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House ad for Archie & Friends Double Digest #1-5
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Sculpture Schemer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Dan DeCarlo
Jim DeCarlo
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
Veronica and a professional sculptor enter a snow sculpture contest to prevent Betty and Archie from winning the five hundred dollar prize and spending it together.
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FlagArchie's Girls Betty and Veronica #303 published March 1981
was Sculpture Schemer [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Dilton's Double

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Fernando Ruiz (credited)
Fernando Ruiz (credited)
Rich Koslowski (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Mindy Eisman (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, science fiction
Dilton
Dilton Doiley; Jodie Doiley; Dr. Artie Fishal; Dilton Doiley (android)
Dilton signs up for a time management course and gets an android that is supposed to do his unwanted chores so he will have more time to do things he wants to do.
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Now is the best time to subscribe.

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Subscription information for Archie's Digest line.
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Next Time in Archie & Friends Double Digest

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House ad for the next issue.
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Includes indicia information.
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archiedigital.com

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Information on Archie's digital comics.
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Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

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Dragon Quest
Ad for the Nintendo DS video game Dragon Quest.
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