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Issue: Archie Comics Digest #42
Publication Date: June 1980
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Issues: #42 of 267 Issues (366 Printings)
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Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000699406
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 33 (29 stories, 1 cover)
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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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[untitled]

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods
First Line: Sorry, Betty! But Archie is the one item here that's not for sale!
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Disclose Notes: Redrawn from the cover of Archie Annual #25
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Just Routine

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot; Mr. Johnson; Coach Kleats; Fred Andrews
First Line: I wouldn't do that, Arch!
Synopsis: Archie runs into, and angers, the teachers.
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Pages: 6
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The Rewards

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Genres: drama, teen
First Line: Oh, man! Am I in trouble! When you're meeting Veronica and you're late --- what are you in? --- Altogether now --!
Synopsis: Archie is distracted from meeting Veronica by Miss Grundy's troubles.
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Disclose Notes: Inker and letterer credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #267.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie's Gag Bag
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
First Line: How's your Dad's weight-reducing program coming along?
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Sweet Sorrow

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: When Veronica shows Betty a new dress she bought, Betty becomes despondent because Veronica has so much more than she does.
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It's Nice to Be Right!

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Smithers! Veronica!
Synopsis: A wave of non-Archie clumsiness upsets Mr Lodge.
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First Line: Moose, may I borrow your body-building book?
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Trip of Danger

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Genres: adventure, humorous, teen
First Line: Oh, wow! That was an ill wind that blew nobody any good!
Synopsis: After a hurricane devastates Riverdale, leaving the roads and communication lines out of commission, Archie and Jughead volunteer to make the treacherous journey to the next town to get a supply of medicine.
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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
Character(s): Miss Beazley; Mr. Weatherbee
First Line: Hey, Chubby, I need a pencil!
Synopsis: Miss Beazley needs a pencil from Mr. Weatherbee to write the menu on the bulletin board.
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Domestic Help!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Archie and Betty help Archie's mom around the house but that keeps her from her other "duties" like watching soap operas and talking to her friends on the phone during the day.
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Teacher's Pet

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Prof. Flutesnoot; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Jughead attempts to endear himself to the teachers.
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[untitled]

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First Line: I still like watching reruns of Star Trek!
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The Spring Ding-a-Lings

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: She loves me
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee wages a one-man war against the onset of spring fever at the school.
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Pages: 10
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Pat on the Back?

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Feature(s): Miss Grundy
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[untitled]

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First Line: How do you like my new carry-on?
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The Scheme of Things

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
First Line: Daddy! Tell me the truth now! What do you really think of my Archiekins?
Synopsis: Veronica's mother interferes in Veronica and Archie's relationship and tries to run schemes to make Veronica look less available.
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The Price of Advice

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Reggie
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
First Line: Imagine, Arch, ol' buddy! If you were the greatest, smartest, most perfect specimen of manhood in the world!
Synopsis: In order to get him in trouble, Reggie encourages Archie to be more assertive with girls.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie’s Gag Bag
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
First Line: Archie, what's the meaning of this headline about my speech to the Sigma Tau fraternity?
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee confronts Archie about a headline in the school newspaper.
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Come to Grips

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
First Line: Betty! Tonight is the dance! Who wins the piece of luggage for selling the most tickets?
Synopsis: Reggie wins a suitcase for selling the most tickets but he thinks Jughead won and decides to get Jughead beaten up.
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The Old Bawl Game

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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Little Archie and Me
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Mr Weatherbee; Coach Kleats; Little Jughead Jones; Brawnson; Fangs Fogarty
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee and Coach Kleats try to get Little Jughead and Little Archie to quit the Little League baseball team.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Did you build this model of the San Andreas fault?
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Cut It Out!

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis: Daddy is constantly cutting the coupons and offers out of magazines, trying to win something -- anything.
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What's the Pitch?

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Elmer Gangle
Synopsis: No one on the baseball team can pitch. Coach Kleats wanders the hallways and finds a tall boy who is great throwing an apple core. Coach hustles him to baseball practice where he proves to be just as good with a baseball. Unfortunately, when Monday comes, the pitching phenom is not around.
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Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #19.
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Double Header

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Feature(s): Reggie
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
First Line: New outfit, Ronnie?
Synopsis: Veronica buys a new outfit because she was down in the dumps.
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Wax Where You're Going

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Genres: humorous, teen
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie's Gag Bag
Character(s): Hermione Lodge; Archie Andrews
First Line: Good day, my good man!
Synopsis: Mrs. Lodge needs Archie's help to buy an umbrella.
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Model Mayhem

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pat Tompkins
Synopsis: Archie spends the day building a model "P.T." boat, but a little word play by Reggie sends Betty and Veronica after a girl named Pat Tompkins.
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That's All

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
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[untitled]

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First Line: It’d be a big thrill to discover a bird that’s not indigenous to the area!
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Ghosts

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Genres: drama, teen
Character(s): Ophelia Gluetenschnable
First Line: He's at it again, our Archie is! Indulging himself in past laughs and long forgotten tears!
Synopsis: Archie gets nostalgic while looking at an old high school yearbook and remembers/imagines a time when Mr. Weatherbee planned to leave his job at Riverdale High.
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Disclose Notes: Likely a Bolling script based on the narrative structure and sentimentality of the story, which foreshadows Bolling's 1980s work on "Archie and Me." Reference is made to the Patch Hop stories of the 1940s and Ophelia Gluetenschnable, who was a prototype for Ethel in the 1940s and 1950s. Archie, Reggie, Betty, and Veronica appear in their classic wardrobe during the flashback.
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The Man

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie tries to demonstrate his maturity, but only succeeds in going from one clumsy, childish mishap to another.
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Hole in One Maze

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews
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Pages: 1

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