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Issue: Archie Giant Series Magazine #599
Publication Date: September 1989
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Issues: #599 of 332 Issues (502 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Second Explorers of the Unknown appearance.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: perfect bound; later saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
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Explorers Of The Unknown!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, teen
Feature(s): The World of Archie
Character(s): Dr. Gloom
First Line: Well, guys, so much for our heroic rescue! We just reached a dead end!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Double Trouble!! Chapter One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, teen
Character(s): Dr. Gloom; Dr. Zarkon; Humpfrey (Gloom's henchman)
Synopsis: After being thrown in jail, Dr. Zarkon activates another monster, this time a pigeon the size of a 747. Meanwhile, Gizmo and Wheels are flying to Blatvaria, the home of Hector Von Gloom, alias Dr. Gloom, when the sad Dr. attacks their plane.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie & Friends Double Digest Magazine #22 [Direct Edition] published January 2013
as Double Trouble!! Chapter One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Dr. Gloom is a parody of Dr. Doom (Victor Von Doom) from Marvel Comics.
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Animal Babies!

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Word matching game.
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Double Trouble!! Chapter Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, teen
Character(s): Dr. Gloom
Synopsis: The giant pigeon flies to New York and news of an airliner being hijacked to Blatvaria travels quick. Red then splits the team: he, Spike and Squint will journey to Blatvaria to rescue Wheels and Gizmo, while Nitro and Angel deal with the monster pigeon.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie & Friends Double Digest Magazine #22 [Direct Edition] published January 2013
as Double Trouble!! Chapter Two [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Double Trouble!! Chapter Three

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, teen
Character(s): Dr. Gloom
Synopsis: Angel gives Nitro an idea for dealing with the giant pigeon, while Spike defeats one of Gloom's robots. Then Red, Squint and Spike find Gizmo and Wheels in Dr. Gloom's torture chamber.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie & Friends Double Digest Magazine #22 [Direct Edition] published January 2013
as Double Trouble!! Chapter Three [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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You Don't Need Drugs

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An anti-drugs public service announcement.
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Double Trouble!! Chapter Four

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, teen
Character(s): Dr. Gloom
Synopsis: In Gloom's torture chamber, he subjects the team to worst thing of all: the panned flute maestro Blanfir. He then lets the Explorers' go free. Meanwhile Nitro and Angel set up a large pigeon balloon from the last Thanksgiving's Day Parade that decoys the monster pigeon. The decoy and the smitten monster then travel to Blatvaria, where Nitro programmed a computer to take the 2 giants.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie & Friends Double Digest Magazine #22 [Direct Edition] published January 2013
as Double Trouble!! Chapter Four [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Bedrock Bowl

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous, informational
Feature(s): Fred Flintstone
Character(s): Fred Flintstone; Barney Rubble
Synopsis: Barney disguises himself as a female amateur bowler who coos over the legendary Fred Flintstone. While Fred shows off, Barney gets Fred's Fruity and Cocoa Pebbles.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Located on the inside back cover.

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