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Issue: The Jughead Jones Comics Digest #55
Publication Date: February 1989
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Issues: #55 of 100 Issues (141 Printings)
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Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: The Archie Digest LibraryView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Music Corp.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 49 (43 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Cover and indicia title are both The Jughead Jones Comics Digest Magazine.
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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): Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
First Line: Jug, your horoscope says today will start badly for you!
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Disclose Notes: Redrawn from the cover of Jughead #227.
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He's a Card

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Jughead learns that his baseball card collection is worth a lot of money but unfortunately his mother just threw them out.
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Attraction Action

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First Line: Ronnie really digs it when I drop by unexpectedly!
Synopsis: Archie thinks Veronica likes it when he drops by unexpectedly.
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Scared Happy

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Character(s): Sunkist aliens; Sunkist ghost; Sunkist trees
Synopsis: Archie and the gang walk through the Sunkist Fun Fruits Jungle.
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Speak Critique

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First Line: My Moose doesn't say very much!
Synopsis: Moose doesn't say much.
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First Line: Timber!
Synopsis: Jughead paints a picture of a lumberjack.
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The Pick of the Brain

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Synopsis: Archie plans to use Dilton's new invention to learn while he sleeps. Reggie tries to take advantage of the situation, but it doesn't go well.
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Surprise!

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Synopsis: Archie drafts Jughead into helping paint a room.
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Winner's Lament

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Synopsis: Betty and Archie win a snow-mobile race.
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First Line: They say opposites attract!
Synopsis: Archie doesn't believe that opposites attract.
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Tiff Riff

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First Line: Archie and Reggie have had only one argument since they first met!
Synopsis: Archie and Reggie have only had one argument since they first met.
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Double Trouble

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Synopsis: Archie brings a jar of honey to Veronica’s dad and, as always, chaos ensues.
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Feast or Famine

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First Line: Everytime I throw a party it's the best one ever!
Synopsis: Jughead fills in for one of the butlers at Veronica's party and has to promise not to eat the food.
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First Line: It's your fault, Archie ---
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Plane Facts

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Synopsis: Reggie is impressed when his teacher stops a paper airplane with a water pistol.
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The Chase

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First Line: Oh, Juggy!
Synopsis: On "Backwards Day" Ethel asks Jughead to go to the school dance.
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Meet Treat

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First Line: Gee, Moose! I'd sure like to meet that new girl!
Synopsis: Moose helps Dilton meet a girl.
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Snow Ho

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Synopsis: Jughead finds a way to get out of shoveling snow.
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The Outsider

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Genres: humorous, nature, teen
First Line: Oh, boy! A party!
Synopsis: Nobody appreciates Hot Dog unwrapping the Christmas presents or singing along to the music.
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Body Heat

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: The girls have a unique way of warming Archie after he is over-exposed to a cold Riverdale morning.
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Christmas Close-Up

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First Line: Egad!
Synopsis: Archie puts pictures of himself all over Veronica's house.
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The Dog Who Saved the Day

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Synopsis: Veronica gets a cursed doll for Christmas.
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Punch Crunch

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First Line: He's coming to!
Synopsis: Archie's boxing match did not go well.
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Credit Crumb

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First Line: Hey, Pop, how's my credit?
Synopsis: Pop finds Jughead's question extremely humorous.
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Tale of Travail

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Synopsis: Betty won't leave the ski lodge without Archie.
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Baker's Dozen

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Synopsis: Jughead accidentally trips and the pie he was holding flies into Reggie's face. This becomes an excuse for an all-out pie fight. Everyone gets to taste the pie and it works up an appetite, so they sit down and eat the pies.
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Hip Tip

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Synopsis: Reggie gives Moose advice for improving his report card.
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Set Fret

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Synopsis: Jughead doesn't hear Miss Grundy's question when he is secretly watching a tiny television set during class.
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Season's Greetings

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First Line: Duh! I saw that!
Synopsis: Moose is upset that Reggie kissed Midge for receiving her Christmas gift.
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Clock Yock

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Synopsis: Dilton shows Jughead his new combination watch and computer.
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Early Hurly Burly

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Synopsis: Jughead eats his breakfast in class in order to get to school on time.
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Luck Struck

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First Line: We're putting up that giant horseshoe to bring us luck in next Saturday's big game!
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Trick Shtick

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Synopsis: Reggie offers to pay a magician if he makes Archie disappear.
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Happy Holidays

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Character(s): Valentine Holiday
First Line: Tsk! Will you look at that poor kid? He's scrounging through trash cans!
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica help the down on their luck Holiday family.
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Whiff Tiff

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Synopsis: Jughead eats spaghetti with garlic to keep Ethel away.
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Rink Fink

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Synopsis: At the roller rink, Reggie complains about the music.
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All in the Game

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Synopsis: After Reggie has another frustrating encounter with Moose, Archie suggests Reggie vent on him.
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Wheel Zeal

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Synopsis: Jug head goes roller skating in the snow.
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White Fright

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Synopsis: Jughead uses snow puns on Archie.
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Archie Says: You Know It's Not Your Day When..

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Synopsis: Various examples of when it's not your day. The first one is when you win a free plane trip in the winter but the trip is to Alaska.
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Year-End Living End

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Synopsis: Pop Tate is closed while he takes inventory.
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Coming in 1989 to a Comic Shop Near You

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Christmas Togetherness

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First Line: Blowing a bundle this yuletide, buddy?
Synopsis: Archie needs a gift for his parents.
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Horn Scorn

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Synopsis: Reggie's helmet has no horns.
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Sight Plight

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Synopsis: Moose gets 19/20 questions wrong.
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Resolution Solution

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Synopsis: Jughead makes a series of resolutions about school, which he'll be able to keep since it's Saturday.
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Health Education

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Synopsis: announcement supporting AIDS education and including hotline number for the Centers for Disease Control
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The Turnabout

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Synopsis: Jughead is annoyed when his friends drag him out Christmas caroling, and a series of disasters bears out his pessimism. But he changes his tune once he learns that they've gotten him out of the house in order to stage a surprise party for him.
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Cocoa Pebbles BMX Bike Race

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Synopsis: Barney challenges Fred to a race, then tricks him onto a fake short cut so that Barney can win the prize of Cocoa Pebbles.
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