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Issue: Archie Comics Digest #39
Publication Date: December 1979
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Issues: #39 of 267 Issues (366 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000699412
Price: $0.95 CAD
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 33 (29 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Digest size
Paper Stock: Cardstock cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Perfect Bound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Why is Archie on this big physical fitness kick?
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Trust in Me

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Gary Golden
Synopsis: On a date with Betty, Archie first spends most of his time trying to avoid being spotted by Veronica, then stalking Veronica on her date with another boy.
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Culinary Cult

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Jughead forces his enrollment into the school's cooking class so he can make himself sumptuous lunches on school time.
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First Line: Sir, you know my student I.D. card.
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Teenese

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis: When Mr. Weatherbee gets hit on the head with a ball, he and Miss Grundy try to use "Teenese," the round-about questioning technique, to find out who was playing ball in school.
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Score One for Humanity

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: After being criticized for being uncaring, Reggie begins "saving" Archie from imagined threats as violently as possible.
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Disclose Notes: When reprinted in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #16, writing is credited to Mike Pellowski.
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First Line: Miss Beazly!! Miss Beazly!!
Synopsis: Miss Beazly accidentally used popping corn in the corn muffins by mistake.
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Two Tickets to Trouble!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Archie wins two tickets to a play, and inevitably winds up promising to go with both Betty and Veronica.
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If He Only Knew

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats
Synopsis: Archie is accidentally doused with Veronica's latest perfume and faces a perilous journey home to change clothes without being noticed.
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First Line: Miss Beazly, this soup tastes like you boiled old socks in it!
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Dues and Don'ts

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Jinx tries to find a replacement clubhouse for her neighborhood club.
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Plan Ahead

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
First Line: What a beautiful day! The sun is shining and the birds are on the wing! Good morning, world!
Synopsis: Tonight is the country club dance and Archie has planned out almost everything.
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Mr. Bee's Heavy Thought

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First Line: Mr. Weatherbee has been reading many books on dieting!
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Genres: humorous
First Line: We decided, sir!
Synopsis: Jughead and Archie plan to attend Mr. Weatherbee's old college upon graduation.
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Phood Phobia

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis: Dilton analyzes that Jughead eats so much because he hates girls. Jughead is so disgusted he quits eating altogether.
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Disclose Notes: Credits for writer, penciller and inker from the reprint in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #7.
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The Jinx

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge buys the Hope Diamond, ignoring the legend of the curse on the stone. But after a series of mishaps after Archie visits, he begins to wonder if the diamond is really cursed or if it's just Archie.
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First Line: I think my hair is beginning to recede!
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Dinner Deal

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Genres: humorous, teen
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Tying Up A Storm

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica enter a tie-dyeing contest.
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First Line: Miss Grundy, I want to talk to you about Jughead!
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The Pit of Peril Part 1

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Genres: superhero, teen
Synopsis: Evilheart kidnaps Betty and Veronica to lure Pureheart the Powerful to his home.
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The Pit of Peril Part 2

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Synopsis: Evilheart tries to cover Pureheart in icky-sticky marshmallow.
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First Line: I’m proud to say the students have selected a leader!
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Backs a Loser

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie helps Betty enter her cat in a cat show.
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Dr. Jughead and Mr. Hyde

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: After enduring one of Veronica's venomous attacks, Jughead turns the tables by trying to woo her when nobody else is around, so when she tells people they'll think she's hallucinating.
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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Big Moose Gag Bag
First Line: Moose, bring your homework up here and I’ll check it!
Synopsis: Miss Grundy tries to correct Moose's grammar.
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The Town Where Time Stood Still

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge and the kids are shipwrecked on an island filled with historical anachronisms.
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Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #225.
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Good Buddy!

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Disclose Notes: Unscramble the mystery phrase puzzle.
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Game Time

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: Jinx and Greg are stuck in the house on a rainy day, which does little for her father's nerves.
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Where's Miss Muffet?

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jack Murphy; Jill Carney; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: A boy named Jack and a girl named Jill are sent to fetch a pail of water from the top of a hill near Riverdale High.
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[untitled]

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Miss Beazly
First Line: Miss Beazly!
Synopsis: Archie complains about his hamburger.
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Poverty Program

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): The Prehistoric Archies
Synopsis: In prehistoric times, Veronica introduces the concept of money to the gang.
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A Rain Check

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Character(s): Archie
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Disclose Notes: Maze puzzle, trying to get to the picnic and avoid the rain.

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