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Issue: Archie Comics Super Special #3
Publication Date: July 2013
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Issues: #3 of 7 Issues
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/05/2013
Volume: none
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76281644166700311
Price: $9.99 USD
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Content Items: 29 (24 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Magazine
Paper Stock: Matte paper
Binding: Perfect bound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Archie Comics Super Special
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Pages: 1
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The Battle for Riverdale Cove

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom; Nancy Woods; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Dilton Doily; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis: The boys and the girls settle on a set of athletic contests to decide possession of a pond. Cheryl intentionally designs games that the girls will lose, so she can have the boys all to herself.
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Pages: 11
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Candy Caper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Jellybean Jones; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Jellybean picks up one of Mr. Lodge's collectible Pez dispensers while visiting the mansion and refuses to part with it.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
First Line: Jughead - - Sometimes I think you like food better than you like me
Synopsis: Ethel fishes for a compliment.
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Pages: 1
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Be Yourself

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Betty watches Veronica flirting aggressively with a handsome boy at the beach and wishes she could be that bold.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Betty talks to the reader throughout the story.
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Vacation Vexation

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica get to trading vacation souvenirs.
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Pages: 1
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Summer Homework

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Chuck Clayton; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Nancy Woods; Midge Klump; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis: It's the first day of summer and Archie wants to go see his friends but his parents keep him busy doing work around the house.
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Don't Go Near the Water

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jenkins; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Veronica doesn't want the gang to use her pool.
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Summer Madness

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Veronica models six different bathing suits for Archie. One of them is even for swimming.
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Sandman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews
Synopsis: The pain of walking on a hot beach with bare feet leads Archie into even worse disasters as he tries to get some relief for his aching tootsies.
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The King of Swing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie 1; Betty 1; Veronica 1; Jughead 1; Reggie 1; Zantar; Chee Chee
Synopsis: In prehistoric times, the gang meets Zantar, king of the jungle, and his monkey sidekick Chee Chee.
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Run for Fun

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis: Reggie grabs Veronica and convinces her to stay out later than she is suppose to. Archie tracks in an effort to let her know her father said it is okay if she stays out later than normal.
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Model Muddle

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Betty gets a job modeling swimsuits and shows up at the beach in the suits, which she is allowed to keep. Veronica is jealous and gets her father to have her hired to replace Betty. However, the modeling that Veronica is doing is quite different than that of Betty's.
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Betty's Fun Fashions

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Betty Cooper
Synopsis: No story; Betty models fashion designs submitted by readers.
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Veronica's Beachwear Collection

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Genres: informational, teen
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Disclose Notes: Veronica in four swimsuits designed by Zora Fellerman (New York, NY).
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Dare To Be Bare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Cheryl Blossom; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jason Blossom
Synopsis: Sexy redheaded bombshell Cheryl Blossom shocks Betty and Veronica by arriving on the beach in a bikini that barely covers anything. Cheryl then tries go topless like people do on European beaches. Meanwhile, Cheryl's brother Jason tries to smuggle a beer onto the beach.
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Disclose Notes: The first appearance of Cheryl and Jason Blossom (though they also appeared in "Jughead" that same month).

When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #233, inker is credited to Rudy Lapick.
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The Solitude Seekers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Josie and the Pussycats
Character(s): Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown
Synopsis: The weary Pussycats try to find a spot on the beach where they can be free from male attention, until they face competition from gorgeous bikini-clad triplets.
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The Cat's Meow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, nature
Feature(s): Josie and the Pussycats
Character(s): Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown; Alan M. Mayberry; Alexandra Cabot; Sebastian
First Line: Gleep! No more mister nice "day"! Here comes Alexandra!
Synopsis: Alexandra and the lifeguard flirt with each other at the beach but he insults her cat Sebastian so she turns on him.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Josie Pin-Up
Character(s): Josie McCoy; Alan M
First Line: Josie, we're glad you joined our rock party---
Synopsis: Josie brings a guitar to a geology party.
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A Club Flub

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Harvey
Synopsis: Harvey bets Hilda five dollars he can beat her at golf.
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Disclose Notes: Credits from Betty and Veronica Double Digest #202.
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Potion Notion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda
Synopsis: Hilda leads Sabrina and Zelda through Hell and high water for the ingredients to make her new potion.
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Disclose Notes: Inker credit from the reprinting of this in Betty and Veronica Double Digest #200.
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Beach Botch

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Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Sabrina Spellman; Salem
Synopsis: Sabrina wants to go to the beach so uses a spell to take her to a place with lots of sand and clear blue skies.
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Suits Me Fine

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sabrina; Salem
Synopsis: Sabrina's bikini is magically changed to something less revealing.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: There is a story with the same name in Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #48 with a similar synopsis, but that story indicates that both of Sabrina's aunts appear, they do not in this story. Unclear if it is a reprint or just a similar story at this time.
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The All-Time Champ

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Vance Horton
Synopsis: The girls ignore Archie because they are obsessed with the handsome new lifeguard at the beach.
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Jogger Jill

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: drama, fantasy, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Jill Johnson; Malcolm Meeks
Synopsis: Archie takes up jogging through Pickins' Park, and meets a beautiful but unsmiling girl who warns him to be careful at the dangerous "Coffin Curve" at the bottom of Thrill Hill. Mr. Meeks tells Archie that this was Jill Johnson, a girl who was killed at Coffin Curve a decade earlier when a drunk driver couldn't make the curve and ran into her. Archie can't believe that he talked to a ghost, but when he's running past Coffin Curve that night, Jill reappears to save him from sharing her fate.
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Disclose Notes: Malcolm Meeks, as stated in a footnote in the story, first appeared in Archie and Me #141 as a Riverdale High teacher, and transferred to another school by the end of that story.

The paper Archie reads near the end of the story has the headline "Prune Fungus Rages in East." The "prune fungus" is a running gag in Bolling's stories, with many newspaper headlines and announcements mentioning an outbreak of this nonexistent disease.
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Nag Gag

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Ethel
Character(s): Ethel Muggs
First Line: Since I'm a beginner can you do me a favor? Bzzz! Bzzz!
Synopsis: As a beginning horse rider, Ethel wants a special type of horse.
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Downside Up

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: I'm taking my time because I don't want anything to go wrong!
Synopsis: Archie is taking his time painting a name on his rowboat.
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Sage Age

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis: Dilton asks Archie if girls improve with age.
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Pages: 0.5
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Chase Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Ethel
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Cara
Synopsis: Veronica thinks it is disgraceful for girls to chase boys.
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Pages: 0.5

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