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Genres: humorous, teen

First Line: Take me to your leader!

Synopsis: An alien tugs at Jughead's shirt in front of the high school. This is a teaser for a UFO-related story inside.

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First Line: America's greatest ring bargains

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Notes: Advertisement for rings and a genuine leather wallet from Harem Co.
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Pressure Cooker

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Genres: humorous, teen

First Line: Hiya, Archie boy! What's the good word?

Synopsis: Jughead tries to help Archie get Veronica back, but Veronica finds out how Jughead pressured Betty and Reggie with money they owed him and Moose with homework help.

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First Line: Win a big prize!

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Notes: Advertisement for the Cloverine Brand Salve sales kit from Wilson Chemical Co.

Mars-Taken Identity

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Genres: humorous, teen

First Line: Has your dramatic club decided on a play for this year Betty!

Synopsis: Jughead's idea for the school play is an invasion from Mars, so he dresses up in a Martian costume at school to convince the faculty.

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Notes: Script recycled with minor modifications from "Charge of the Fright Brigade!" in Archie's Pal Jughead Annual #2.

Swell Guy

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Genres: humorous, teen

First Line: What's in the case, Juggie?

Synopsis: Jughead helps Reggie look more muscular with sponges under his sweater. When it rains and Reggie "flexes," he squeezes the water out in Veronica's face.

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Feature(s): Archie's Pals 'n' Gals

First Line: We're giving away free copies of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals!

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Notes: Subscription advertisement for Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series).

Troubled Times

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Genres: humorous, teen

First Line: Ten seconds to go.....

Synopsis: Archie isn't getting in trouble in school. Jughead explains that it's because Reggie isn't chasing Veronica, so Archie thinks he's up to something. Reggie explains that it's because Betty quit chasing Archie, so he can't get near Veronica. Betty explains that it's because of Mr. Weatherbee's speech about being satisfied with what you have. Mr. Weatherbee gives a speech to the school about ambition and everyone goes back to normal, with Archie in the principal's office again.

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First Line: Treasure chest of fun

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Notes: Advertisement for the following products: bike speedometer; booklet on jui jitsu; joy buzzer; ventriloquism instructions; foaming soap; whoopee cushion; surprise package; miniature radio; rubber snake; trick snake; electric motor; black eye joke; atomic smoke bomb; snow storm tablets; miniature camera; pocket gym; bitter cigarette; hot candy; shrunken head; exhaust whistle; black chewing gum.

A Medal For Jughead

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Genres: humorous, teen

First Line: Sure! I won that baseball trophy last year! Those two medals are mine, too!

Synopsis: The gang feels bad because they've all won medals, but Jughead hasn't. They find reasons to offer him their medals, but he refuses them all. He wins a trophy for having the most loyal friends.

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Notes: Credits from the reprint in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #12.

Guess Who?

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Genres: childrens, humorous, teen

First Line: Mmmmm... I love chocolate ice cream! Smack!

Synopsis: Li'l Jinx exits an ice cream parlor and Greg comes behind her, puts his hands over her eyes and says, "Guess who?" She guess six different names before he says she is correct, but now her ice cream has been eaten while she guessed.

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Money Hungry

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First Line: I'll have a nice, tall, ice cold glass of water, Pops!

Synopsis: Jughead is the only one spending money at the Choklit Shoppe. The rest of the gang threatens to boycott if Pop Tate serves him. He doesn't want to lose their business, so he offers them all ice cream, for free. They all pay Jughead their allowances, because he had bet them he could get Pop Tate to give away free ice cream.

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First Line: Frontier cabin

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Notes: Advertisement for a toy frontier cabin, big enough for 2-3 kids.

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First Line: 'First time ever'

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Notes: Advertisement for color photographs of celebrities from Colorfoto.

Late Lamented

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Genres: humorous, teen

First Line: Morning, Arch!

Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee complains that Archie and Jughead are always late, so they arrive very early the next day. This confuses the other students, who think it's time for the second class already. Soon, everyone in the school is confused about the schedule. Mr. Weatherbee tells them not to arrive before ten a.m. from then on.

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Dick Clark

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Genres: biography

Feature(s): Betty and Veronica presents the Star of the Month

First Line: 'The Pied Piper of Philadelphia,' they call him, and 'Mr. Teenager' and 'The Number One Hit Maker in the Nation.'

Synopsis: Biography of Dick Clark.

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Nothing But The Truth!

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Genres: childrens, humorous, teen

First Line: Yeow!

Synopsis: Li'l Jinx's father slips on a banana peel and asks if she knows where he found it. She guesses he found it on a banana.

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Snow Fakes

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First Line: Snow! Phooey!

Synopsis: Jughead shovels snow from the sidewalk and throws half a bucket of ashes on the ice, to prevent slipping. He throws the other half of the ashes over the fence and it lands on a policeman. To prevent the problem recurring, Uncle Herman puts an awning over the sidewalk. The awning breaks and drops snow on the head of the same policeman. The policeman says he'll forgive if the sidewalk is clean of snow by the time he runs around the block. They spray it with hot water and the policeman slides on it when he comes in running. Herman puts himself in jail.

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Notes: Script recycled with minor modifications from "Snow Joke" in Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #10.

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First Line: Build your own hot rod

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Notes: Advertisement for a motorized model hot rod from Honor House Products.

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First Line: 8 record hits only $1.00

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Notes: Advertisement for records from Rembrandt Co.

Who’s Zoo?

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First Line: Okay, class! Today, we'll practise boxing! Jughead.. your assignment is to box one round with Reggie!

Synopsis: Coach Kleats makes Jughead box with Reggie and Reggie punches Jughead out. Jughead's Uncle Herman offers his Jekyll and Hyde formula to give Jughead a fighting chance. Jughead refuses and pretends to be hypnotized while Uncle Herman gets the formula. He returns to the room to find a gorilla and thinks it's Jughead. The gorilla beats up Uncle Herman, who insists to the police that it's Jughead. The gorilla ends up back in the zoo and Uncle Herman ends up in the sanitarium.

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Pages: 7.67

Notes: Script recycled with minor modifications from "Mistaken Identity" in Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #2.

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Feature(s): Archie's Madhouse

First Line: 'No!' screamed Archie and the gang, 'You can't make edible comic books by printing them in prune juice on thin slices of mozzarella cheese!'

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Notes: Advertisement for Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) #4.

Rhyme Without Reason

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Genres: humorous, teen

First Line: There once was a bear...

Synopsis: Two half-page gags narrated in verse form.

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First Line: Amazing wrist radio

Synopsis: Advertisement for a wrist radio from Honor House.

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Notes: Sold by Honor House Products.

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First Line: 40 foreign and American cars only $1

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Notes: Advertisement for miniature toy cars from Sport Cars.

Plane And Fancied

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First Line: Batten down the hatches! Lock the doors! They're coming!

Synopsis: Reggie pranks Miss Grundy by tying a tiny paper airplane to a fly. Miss Grundy thinks Martians are invading. Mr. Weatherbee sees it too and smashes it with a book, discovering the prank. Jughead passes a note by making a paper airplane of it and it flies out the classroom window, into Mr. Weatherbee's window. Mr. Weatherbee plans to intercept the meeting by the birdbath. He ends up being at the site of an actual plane crash.

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Notes: Script recycled with minor modifications from "Ceiling Zero" in Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #6.

Flight and Wrong

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First Line: I don't know what it is, Veronica, but there's something different about you today!

Synopsis: Jughead encourages Betty to be a tom-boy to attract Archie's attention. They build a giant box kite and it flies away in the wind with Jughead holding on. Jughead finally lands in the city reservoir and makes his way back wrapped in the sheets from the kite.

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Notes: Script recycled with minor modifications from "Flyin' High" in Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #5.

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Feature(s): Archie Comics

First Line: We've been shooting for giant, fun-filled books that we know you'll like

Synopsis: Advertisement for Archie's Girls, Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1953 series) #8 and Archie's Pal Jughead Annual (Archie, 1953 series) #8. Covers printed in this advertisement do not reflect the actual printed covers.

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Book Friends

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First Line: You're going to be late for classes, Jug! The warning bell just rang!

Synopsis: Jughead gets in trouble for writing his western novel in class. Mr. Weatherbee finds the novel so interesting he makes Jughead finish it.

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Notes: Script recycled with minor modifications from "Booked Solid" in Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #4.

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First Line: My name is Charles Atlas.

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Notes: Advertisement for the dynamic-tension bodybuilding program from Charles Atlas.
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First Line: Imagine 'touring' England for only 10¢

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Notes: Advertisement for the American Geographical Society's Around the World Program.
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