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Issue: Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #83
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Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 196
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UPC/EAN: 76281646953108311
Price: $3.59 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 38 (36 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: digest size
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
teen
Chuck Clayton; Dilton Doily; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Schools today are no longer a pain in the neck!
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Y's Guys

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Mr. Weatherbee; Mary Andrews
Archie and Jughead talk about the movie they just saw.
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Y's Guys is a parody of X-Men.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
humorous
Happy birthday!
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On Guard

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; A. J. Slade
Ta-ta, daddykins! After I pick up Betty, we're off to the mall!
Mr. Lodge hires a bodyguard to watch over Veronica while Veronica and Betty are out shopping.
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Sounds Of Silence

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
Inspired by Jughead's dog whistle, Archie tries to carve one from scratch. However, when it's finished, the only response he gets is from Betty.
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Flea Market Frenzy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Gladys Jones; Aunt Ruby
Jughead sells some old clothes and jewelry at a flea market then his mother tells him he has to get one of the pieces back because it belonged to his Aunt Ruby.
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George Gladir credited as scripter in reprint.
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Forget It!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Archie spots a falling lottery ticket and alerts the man who dropped it.
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The Big Chase

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Tetsuo Ohyama; Coach Kleats; Svenson; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
Reggie thinks Moose is chasing him for kissing Midge only to find out that Moose wanted his help.
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Psychic to Me

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Ms. Phlips; Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy; Nancy Woods
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Mike Pellowski credited as scripter in reprint.
Rudy Lapick credited as inker in reprint.
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The Cold Truth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
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Chuck Clayton; Mrs. Clayton; Archie Andrews; Floyd Clayton
Chuck nearly suffers frostbite in order to look fashionable.
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Put On a Snappy Face

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate; Moose Mason; Waldo Weatherbee
Reggie is hiding from Moose so Archie and Jughead give him a disguise that fools everybody... except Moose.
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Black & White Sophisticates

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Fashion page featuring black and white clothing.
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Shop Till You Drop...and Then Some

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
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Guilty

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Laurie Henderson
Archie and Veronica both dated other people the previous night and don't want each other to find out.
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Class By Himself

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Svenson; Mr. Weatherbee's mother
Mr. Weatherbee's mother comes for a visit.
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On the Defensive

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Mr. Weatherbee
Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews
Mr. Weatherbee demonstrates karate, terrifying Jughead.
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Brawn Is Beautiful

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alexander Cabot III; Alan M.
Furious at the way Josie swoons over Alan M., Alex fires him as the Pussycats' roadie, but that means he has to carry their equipment himself.
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Memory Mess

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Josie; Alexander Cabot III; Melody; Julie
Alex wants to win Josie over and believes Melody is her weak spot. Alex pretends to have amnesia and enlists Melody's help to find "J" to cure his amnesia.
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Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #256.
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Maxim Mix-Up

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Josie and the Pussycats
The Pussycats [Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Smith]; Alexander Cabot III; Boris (the spy); unnamed female spy
A spy mistakes Melody for someone else and gives her a teddy bear with a disk hidden inside containing top secret information. History then declares peace with the US and he has to find a new line of work.
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Cast Iron Stomach

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Steele; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Betty and Veronica take metal shop instead of home economics class.
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One for the Books

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge
Archie plans revenge for pranks his locker partner Reggie has played on him.
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Treasure Hunt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Reno Rocket; Archie Andrews
Veronica sends Betty on a wild goose chase for the simple pleasure of doing it.
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Prime Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Betty tries to decide which era to write about for a Teen magazine contest. As she mulls the eras over, she fantasizes about being with Archie in each era.
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When reprinted in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #28 the writing is credited to Kathleen Webb.
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Chore Adore

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Jughead
Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
Jughead is delighted on getting a homework assignment to clean the cake pan from cooking class.
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Support Retort

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Jughead
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Jughead proclaims Archie's right to hold stupid opinions.
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Bone of Attention

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Hot Dog; Professor Flutesnoot; Gladys Jones
When Hot Dog finds a dinosaur bone, Dilton and Professor Flutesnoot start digging up lawns to find the rest of the skeleton.
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Credits from 2013 reprint.
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Luck Struck

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
What's with the rabbit feet?
Archie and Jughead are bringing lucky charms to school for the algebra test.
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Chop Chop

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Albert
Wow! Did you win that, Arch?
Reggie sees Archie carrying a karate trophy and thinks Archie is a black belt champion.
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Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #97.
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Memories

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
drama, teen
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Klutz Attack

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton; Coach Clayton; Mr. Svenson; Mr. Waldo Weatherbee
Archie has been having 'Klutzitis' all day so decides to just lay motionless on the couch.
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[untitled]

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy
Wonderful!
Miss Grundy takes a picture of Jughead sleeping with his mouth open.
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Checkmate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Fleming Oddrodd; Dilton Doiley
Veronica is the temporary editor of the school paper and tries to prevent Betty from getting an interview with soap opera star Fleming Oddrodd.
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It's A Snap

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ms. Goodbody; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Nancy Woods; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle
Veronica feigns an illness in gym class to get out of playing volleyball so she won't risk breaking a fingernail.
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Sweater-ing It Out

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones
Veronica is mad because Archie never wears the sweater she gave him.
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The Juggler

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Ozzie; Smithers the butler; Hiram Lodge; Gaston the chef
Veronica tries to juggle an afternoon at the mansion with both Archie and a new boy named Ozzie without each boy meeting the other one.
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When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #221, inks are credited to Rudy Lapick.
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Hare Brained Scheme

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Archie
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones
Archie's mother left in a hurry and didn't prepare any food. Archie's father doesn't have any money with him so they can't go out to eat. Jughead shows up practicing ventriloquism with a rabbit and says he'll take them out and leave the bill to him.
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Working Like a Dog

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Hot Dog; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Gladys Jones
Reggie has a copy of a VHS tape Jughead needs. Rather than sell him a copy he makes Jughead do all his chores.
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Canoe Believe This?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones
Fred, Mary and Archie reminisce about the fun times they had in the family canoe.
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