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Issue: Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #268
Publication Date: June 2016
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Issues: #268 of 144 Issues (192 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/27/2016
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Pages: 196
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UPC/EAN: 76281646951726811
Price: $5.99 USD
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Content Items: 53 (35 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Four Color
Dimensions: Digest
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Ongoing Series
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Vegas
First Line: Vegas! You're supposed to be man's best friend!
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Go Figure

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Raj Patel; Dipster Pockleman; Mr. Masterminder Man [Boney Pencilwick]
Synopsis: Archie, Jughead and Raj accidentally foil a robbery.
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Wild Things

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Character(s): Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Archie's new hobby is nature photography, so where's the nature?
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Dance Crazy

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: Archie finds he can't stop dancing after he and Veronica leave a dance hall.
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The Wind Bag

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Veronica has to cancel a date with Archie so she can help her father at the office, but Archie, expecting to be bored on his own, soon finds his car filled with girls.
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Hard and Fast!

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Jughead invents a bat repellent spray that he uses on Archie to turn Archie's hair hard.
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Snooze Alarm

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: Archie is exhausted but still tries to study for his history test.
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We're getting the team back together

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Hot Stuff

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Chuck Clayton
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead attend a chili cook-off at a charity bazaar.
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Archie #608

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Valerie Brown
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It Starts With a Kiss!

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Marcy (Veronica's cousin)
Synopsis: The Archies and Josie and the Pussycats are co-billed on a tour of both bands, despite Alexander trying to get top billing for the Pussycats. The two groups then decide to write a couple of songs to play together for the tour. While the other players call it a night, Archie and Valerie continue working on a romantic ballad. The two finish the song, eat the remaining pizza from dinner and watch the sun rise. They then share a quick kiss that blooms into a deeper one.
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Archie #7

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First Line: What kind of ice cream do you want in your root beer float?
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Error Terror

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie is kicking the ball around.
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Quick Shtick

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie's speed reading abilities need work.
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Jughead #5

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V.I.P. Trip

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jim
Synopsis: Veronica demonstrates how important her father is to the airline.
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Spat Chat

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie tells Veronica there are always two sides to every argument.
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Gag Bag

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie makes a bad joke and winds up in detention.
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Double Header

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Scooter Jackson; Mike Mapes; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie discovers a new Riverdale High student who turns the school's struggling baseball team around: Gene "Scooter" Jackson, a diminutive kid whose incredible speed makes him an incredible shortstop. To take Scooter out of commission, Northfield High's Mean Mike Mapes deliberately spikes him in the leg, destroying his speed.
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The Chance of Romance

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Motivated by a desire for more romance in their lives, Betty and Veronica separately begin working on Archie.
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Unflappable

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Archie tries to get out of plans he made with Veronica so he can go on a date with a new girl in town.
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Rest in Pieces!

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis: Archie's parents buy him a new mattress.
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Attention

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Feature(s): Archie's Mom
Character(s): Mary Andrews
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Wheel Spiel

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Archie wins a roller skating contest, despite not knowing how to skate.
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On the Move

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie takes Betty and Veronica to a drive-in theater showing a double-feature of silent movies. Jughead livens things up with the sound effects he provides while eating in the back seat.
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Give Until It Hurts

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Miss Phlips; Principal Parker
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee asks the students to give back to the community and Archie volunteers to fill in for a crossing guard.
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Par For the Course

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Character(s): Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Winston Walker; Willie Walker
Synopsis: Archie plays in a golf tournament with Mr. Lodge.
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The Get Together

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis: Archie and Veronica suspect some kind of parent-teacher conspiracy when they learn that their fathers are having a secretive meeting with Mr. Weatherbee on Friday night.
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Wrestle Maniacs

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Freezing Cold Stu Iceberg
Synopsis: A wrestler helps Archie and Reggie when Reggie's car breaks down.
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Pic Kick

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Feature(s): Archie Presents
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
First Line: Archie, did you finish repairing that chair yet?
Synopsis: Archie fixes a chair.
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Prom Preparation

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Alicia; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis: Archie asks Veronica to the prom then learns how much it is going to cost him.
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Kissing Fool

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis: Archie has Dilton make an invention that gives Veronica a slight electrical shock when he kisses her.
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Three Encounters of the Worst Kind

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Glop; Gloop
Synopsis: Archie encounters a UFO.
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A Moving Experience

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Character(s): Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Prilby
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge wants to move his company to another town. Archie, Jughead and Betty, not wanting Veronica to move, have a sit-in and spread the word about the move, forcing Mr. Lodge to stay in Riverdale.
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Pest Controlled

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Cousin Elmo
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge's pesky cousin Elmo comes for a visit and Mr. Lodge tries to use Archie's clumsiness to drive Elmo away.
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Disclose Notes: Archie # 419 (apparently the first publication of this story) credits Hal Smith (script), Stan Goldberg (pencils), Henry Scarpelli (inks).
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The Jokers

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Reggie Mantle; Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy; Little Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: When Archie gets in trouble at school, Archie, Reggie and Jughead try to intercept Miss Grundy's phone call to Archie's parents.
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The Old Bawl Game

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Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Mr Weatherbee; Coach Kleats; Little Jughead Jones; Brawnson; Fangs Fogarty
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee and Coach Kleats try to get Little Jughead and Little Archie to quit the Little League baseball team.
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Sports Highlights

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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Coach Kleats Presents
Character(s): Coach Kleats; Moose Mason; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Coach Kleats talks about the Riverdale baseball and football teams.
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The Joke

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate; unnamed old lady
Synopsis: Every time Archie says "Did you call me" followed by the person's name, that person responds with the same moldy old joke.
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Welcome to the New Riverdale

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A Prom To Remember

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Once again, Veronica's ambitions are greater than the sum of Archie's wallet.
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Formal Attraction

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Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: When the tux Archie rents for prom is stolen, Jughead alters his father's tux for Archie.
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Outlaws of Time

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