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Issue: The Jughead Jones Comics Digest #40
Publication Date: August 1986
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Issues: #40 of 100 Issues (141 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Archie Music Corp.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 02710006909640
Price: $1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 42 (39 stories, 1 cover)
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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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[untitled]

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Mrs. Jones; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
First Line: Mrs. Jones, how do you get your mower to work?
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Getting the Bird!

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis: Jughead needs money for hamburgers, so he buys a ceramic bird at a garage sale.
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Munch Hunch

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Synopsis: Jughead tells Miss Grundy the clock is off because his stomach knows it's time for lunch.
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Jog Jag

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs; Geraldine Grundy
First Line: Betty, you have great potential as a distance runner!
Synopsis: Betty agrees to start jogging early in the morning after Ethel tells her that Archie does it too.
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Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #280, no credits listed in this digest.
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Talk Balk

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Archie's cousin keeps interrupting the baseball game on TV.
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Freak Critique

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Archie's dad thinks he's too attached to his skateboard.
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Count Down

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Synopsis: Jughead is insulted by something Reggie said about his appetite.
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Veronica throws a costume party, and tries to decide who has the best costume.
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Pin Din

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Double Date

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: Gigi accepts a date with Mort out of desperation, then tries to figure out how to drop him when Greg asks her out.
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Charm Chump

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Jughead tries to convince Reggie that he has a good luck voodoo charm.
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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie and the Gang Pin Up
Character(s): Dilton Doily; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
First Line: I don't mind sharing our food with the animals --- I just hope they leave us some!
Synopsis: Animals ransack the picnic.
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Wheel Wail

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Jughead gets a job as a roller skating instructor at the local skating rink - - the one with the hamburger stand inside.
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On the Ball

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Miss Grundy gets her fingers stuck in a bowling ball.
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Friendship Blendship

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Synopsis: Reggie and Moose become fast friends after Reggie stops making plays for Midge and actually helps Moose out.
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Care Despair

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The Write Secret

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Synopsis: Charlie writes a letter from camp.
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Hyde 'n' Seek

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Conversation Frustration

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Synopsis: Archie can't get his two cents worth into a conversation with the girls, so he lays two pennies on the table.
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Slow Burn

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Miss Beazly; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: Miss Beazly has to deal with a grease fire and Moose trying to help.
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Disclose Notes: When reprinted in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #55, inks are credited to Jon D'Agostino.
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Tip Top

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jay Paul Gritty
First Line: Wow! What a boat!
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Candid Comment

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Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee decides the best mascot for Riverdale is a sleeping dog.
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Planter's Punch

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead; Mr. Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis: When Mr. Lodge asks Jughead to help clean out some of the plants in his greenhouse, Jughead decides to give some of the unwanted plants to members of the school faculty. It's a nice gesture, but these are really huge plants!
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Talk Balk

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The Time of Your Life

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First Line: Correct me if I'm wrong!
Synopsis: Nancy gets mad when Chuck shows up 15 minutes late.
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Lesson in Learning

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Synopsis: Archie learns responsibility.
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Hot Dog; Jughead Jones; Mrs. Jones
First Line: Hey, mom!!
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Substitute Suitor

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Genres: teen
Synopsis: Dilton asks Jughead to help him win over a girl, but Jughead might be a little TOO good at it.
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The Moose Is Loose

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Loan Groan

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Synopsis: Reggie wants the dollar he loaned Jughead last month.
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The Second Guest

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
Synopsis: Veronica gets up early and makes breakfast for her parents.
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Let's Make Up

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis: Jinx and Greg can't stop arguing.
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Dog Tired

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: Archie agrees to watch Hot Dog overnight.
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Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #3.
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All That Glitters

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis: Jinx's horoscope gives her unrealistic expectations.
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Small Potatoes

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
Synopsis: Jughead dreams he's been reduced in size to six inches.
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Showdown

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead
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Hit Bit

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: When Moose hits the ball he really hits the ball!
Synopsis: When Moose hits the ball he really hits the ball.
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The Loner

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First Line: I'm a loner! I go my way by myself!
Synopsis: Jughead describes his learned ability to avoid the traps of Big Ethel. He avoids several, but in the end, a decoy fools him.
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Reacher Preacher

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Gladys Jones
Synopsis: The girls watch Jughead swipe a pie from his mom.
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Mutt Rebut

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Hot Dog; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Hot Dog is too lazy to do what Jughead wants.
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Strange Change

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Jughead wakes up ready to do his chores but decides against it after all.
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Grass Sass

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Genres: humorous, teen
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