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Issue: Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine #5
Publication Date: July 2011
 
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/11/2011
Volume: none
Pages: 164
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 76281646953100511
Price: $3.99 USD
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Content Items: 50 (25 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Victor Gorelick (editor/editor-in-chief)
Disclose Notes: Cover and spine title is "Archie & Friends Double Digest"
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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 5 of 5

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Joe Staton (signed)
Bob Smith (signed)
Rosario "Tito" Peña (signed)
Subject Matter
adventure
Archie & Friends
Archie Andrews
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FlagThe Best of Archie Comics #2 published January 2012
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Kevin Keller #1
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Inside front cover.
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The Most Epic Battle is About to Begin!

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Joe Staton
Bob Smith
Rosario "Tito" Peña; Joe Morciglio
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Subject Matter
adventure
Archie & Friends
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
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Recap of the storyline so far.
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Adventures in the Wonder Realm Part Five

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Stephen Oswald (credited)
Joe Staton (credited)
Bob Smith (credited)
Jason Jensen (credited); Joe Morciglio (credited)
Jack Morelli (credited)
Subject Matter
adventure
Archie & Friends
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle
Archie and the gang fight their way thru the last stage of Dilton's game and rescue Reggie and are all returned to the real world.
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Lego
Time to put out the fire
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Ad for Lego Hero Factory playsets.
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Sure Lure

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Credits
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Bob Bolling
Bob Bolling
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Subject Matter
humorous
Jughead
Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
Ethel tries to get Jughead to join her in a game of checkers or dancing but finally finds something that Jughead will say "yes" to joining her in.
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Charm Alarm

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humorous, teen
Moose
Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Dilton Doiley
Dilton tells Moose he needs to learn charm if he's going to win Midge so Moose goes to Charm School.
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Moose is compared to the actor Vin Diesel by one of the students at the charm school.
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Archie Comics Book Club
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Information on the Archie Book Club.
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Comic Book Fairs
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Pop's Chock'lit Shoppe Closes Down

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Greg Crosby (credited)
Fernando Ruiz (credited)
Rich Koslowski (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie & Friends
Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Pop Tate turns the Chock'lit Shoppe into a coffee bar but soon learns that everybody liked the old malt shop better.
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humorous
Archie's Gag Bag
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Are you guys going to the Katy Perry concert?
Archie's chances of going to the concert are touch and go.
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Excuses, Excuses!

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teen
Archie and the Gang
Neil Kent; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Dilton Doiley; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Professor Flutesnoot; Rachel Grey
Neil Kent learns that slacking off in school and not doing his work is going to cause him trouble later in life.
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Kevin Keller four issue mini-series
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Order form for the Kevin Keller mini-series.
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King of the Lost Land
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House ad for Archie #621 and #622.
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The Beat Goes On!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Golliher
Rex Lindsey
Rich Koslowski
?
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie & Friends
Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Hank Snow; Veronica Lodge
When the old juke box breaks down Pop Tate is forced to finally upgrade to a new modern one, but the old juke box ends up fixed and in a retirement community.
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Credits from the reprint in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #16, no credits listed in this digest.
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Synonymoose

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Credits
George Gladir
Samm Schwartz
Samm Schwartz
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Samm Schwartz
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Moose
Professor Flutesnoot; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle
Moose finds a use for his new thesaurus, whacking Reggie upside the head.
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Credits from the reprint in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #26, no credits listed in this digest.
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Life With Archie magazine for your iPad
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Information on using your iPad to read Life With Archie magazine digitally.
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Archie Goodbye Forever

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Order form for various Archie "New Look" graphic novels.
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Archie's Weird Mysteries

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Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Header page for the next section of the digest that contains reprints from Archie's Weird Mysteries.
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[untitled]

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adventure, teen
Archie's Weird Mysteries
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Have you ever found something really cool...
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Introduction page to the next two stories.
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Lord of the Earrings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul Castiglia (credited)
Fernando Ruiz (credited)
Rich Koslowski (credited)
Stephanie Vozzo (credited)
Vickie Williams (credited)
Subject Matter
occult, teen
Archie's Weird Mysteries
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Claudia Crawford
Betty finds a pair of magic earrings that make her irresistible to boys, but they are changing her into a bad person.
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Claudia Crawford is based on the model Cindy Crawford.
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The Monkey's Claw

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Credits
Fernando Ruiz
Fernando Ruiz
?
Stephanie Vozzo
Vickie Williams
Subject Matter
occult, teen
Archie's Weird Mysteries
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dr. Beaumont; Hiram Lodge; Jack Frost (cameo); Coach Kleats; Miss Grundy
Archie is cleaning out Dr. Beaumont's storeroom when he comes across a magical monkey's claw.
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Archie Marries Betty and Veronica
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Subscription form for Life with Archie magazine.
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Knock! Knock!
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Two of a Kind

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Mike Pellowski (credited)
Fernando Ruiz (credited)
Al Milgrom (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Dilton
Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Dilton's latest invention goes crazy and makes Archie act like Jughead and Jughead act like Archie.
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Humility

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Credits
Jim Ruth
Gus LeMoine
Jon D'Agostino
?
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Reggie
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
Reggie can't figure out why Betty and Veronica fall for Archie and not him when he's clearly better than Archie in every way.
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Slightly altered lettering when Reggie is talking about his music collection being on MP3's. The original indicated record albums and tapes.

Credits from the reprint in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #17, no credits listed in this digest.
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Sticking to It

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Mr. Weatherbee
Svenson; Mr. Weatherbee
Mr. Weatherbee sits in a freshly painted chair.
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Fight Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Stan Goldberg
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Chuck
Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Coach Benson; Slugger; Bad Bud
Coach Benson, Coach Kleats rival at another school, wants to put his best fighter against Chuck in a no-rules fight.
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Mega Man

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Subscription form for the Mega Man comic.
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The original seven Archie "Will You Marry Me?" issues available now as a set

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Information to order a set of the "Archie Will You Marry Me?" issues direct from Archie Comics.
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Double Your Pleasure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Doug Crane
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Jughead
Jughead Jones [Forsythe P. Jones III]; J.J.; Debbie; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Moose Mason
Reggie is jealous when Jughead has two girls that fall for him.
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FlagArchie's Pals 'n' Gals #212 [Direct Edition] published January 1990
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Mike Pellowski (credited)
Bob Bolling (credited)
Jim Amash (credited)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Moose's Oddball Sports Reports
Moose Mason; Bronco Nagurski
A high school basketball player...
Moose "reports" on various oddball happenings in sports.
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All the stories here appear to be factual.
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Who's That Girl?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Bill Golliher (credited)
Jeff Shultz (credited)
? [as Wimbert] (credited)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Reggie
Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Reggie compliments Miss Grundy causing her to be in such a good mood she doesn't assign any homework for the weekend.
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Get the Archiecomics app

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Promo for the Archie Comics Digital comics app to download digital copies of Archie's comics.
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Love & Marriage

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?
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Order form to order the "Archie Will You Marry Me?" and "Love Showdown" graphic novels.
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[untitled]

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?
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Subject Matter
humorous, science fiction, teen
Archie 3000
Archie 3000
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Title page for the next section that contains Archie 3000 reprints.
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The Party Crasher!

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Archie 3000
Archie 3000; Jughead 3000; Veronica 3000; Mr. Lodge 3000; Reggie 3000
Archie dresses up as a robot waiter to crash Veronica's party.
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Space Goons

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humorous, science fiction, teen
Archie 3000
Archie 3000; Reggie 3000; Andromeda; Octavia
Archie and Reggie both go out on dates with two girls from one of the colony worlds. They both learn that the girls from the colony worlds are different than Earth girls.
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Archie & Friends All Stars

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Order form for various Archie graphic novels.
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Buy Three Books and get the Fourth Free!

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Order form for various Archie graphic novels.
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Coach Kleats
Coach Kleats
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Unscramble the letters puzzle.
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The Moose Is Loose

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humorous
Moose
Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley
Moose tells Dilton how to solve the energy crisis.
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Type Gripe

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Moose
Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley
Moose doesn't understand Dilton's book.
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0.5
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[untitled]

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?
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
Craig Boldman (credited)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
All right, all right!
Jughead agrees to exercise with Archie and Reggie.
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Mitt Bit

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humorous
Reggie
Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle
Reggie tries to show Moose why there is extra padding in a catcher's mitt.
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Mixed-Up Media!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Fernando Ruiz (credited)
Fernando Ruiz (credited)
Al Nickerson (credited)
Josh Ray (credited)
Jack Morelli (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie & Friends
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Beazly; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Dee (teacher); Dilton Doiley; Chuck Clayton
The gang puts on a TV news show but everything is a disaster, causing their teacher to think they are actually doing a parody of a news show, which he thinks is brilliant.
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12
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[untitled]

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Archie Comics Double Digest Subscriptions
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Subscription information for the Archie Double Digests.
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[untitled]

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Archie & Friends Double Digest #6
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House ad for the next issue.

Includes indicia for this issue.
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Get Ready to Rock!
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House ad for the Mega Man comic series.

Inside back cover.
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Freak is the New Chic!

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Monster High
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Ad for the Monster High set of books.

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