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Issue: Archie Comics Digest #71
Publication Date: April 1985
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Issues: #71 of 267 Issues (366 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: The Archie Digest LibraryView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000699471
Price: $1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 47 (40 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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20 Content Items from other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagArchie's Joke Book Magazine #121 published February 1968 was Snapshots from Reggie's Album [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagJughead's Jokes #10 published March 1969 was Train Strain [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagReggie's Wise Guy Jokes #5 published April 1969 was Type Gripe [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagReggie's Wise Guy Jokes #5 published April 1969 was Height Sight [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagReggie's Wise Guy Jokes #5 published April 1969 was Go-Go Ga-Ga [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLife with Archie #106 published February 1971 was One Comic Picture is Worth a Thousand Words! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagJughead #202 published March 1972 was Downhill Dandy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBetty and Me #47 published February 1973 was A Helping Hand [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagBetty and Me #47 published February 1973 was Pedal Patter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagArchie's Girls Betty and Veronica #244 published April 1976 was Label Me Snob [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagArchie's Girls Betty and Veronica #244 published April 1976 was How Sweet It Is [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagArchie Giant Series Magazine #457 published April 1977 was Signing Off [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagArchie and Me #99 published February 1978 was A Matter of Principal [Story on Interior Page(s)] with Archie logo
FlagArchie #279 published April 1979 was Slide Walks [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagArchie #279 published April 1979 was Bleary Theory [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagArchie #280 published May 1979 was Far-Out Friend [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagArchie #280 published May 1979 was Root of All Evil [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagArchie #280 published May 1979 was Cold Courage [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagArchie #280 published May 1979 was Stop Prop [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagArchie #280 published May 1979 was Raring to Go [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Archiekins! You must be exhausted from all this hard work!
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Root of All Evil

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: After Veronica tells him to get a job, Archie goes to work for an escort service, which trains him to be irresistible to women.
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First Line: My class knows the world map like the back of their hand!
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Brushed Off!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Reggie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
First Line: What's the phoney bug for, Reggie?
Synopsis: Reggie uses a fake bug as a way to get attention from girls.
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Cold Courage

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis: Archie tries to prove that he can brave the winter in a threadbare coat and no boots, just like the soldiers at Valley Forge.
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First Line: Hey, Jug! Wait up! What are you running for?
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Label Me Snob

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Betty tries to prove that there's no difference in quality between Veronica's expensive designer coat and the cheap copy from Al's Discount House.
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Signing Off

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg; Charley Hawse
Synopsis: Jinx falls while skiing.
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Stop Prop

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Archie's ski instructor teaches him to stop.
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A Helping Hand

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper
Synopsis: Betty has Archie over to her house, but her father keeps interrupting their time together to ask Archie to help move furniture.
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Slide Walks

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx tries to avoid falling on the ice.
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Kid Stuff

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis: Jughead gets angry when Archie shows up at his birthday party without a gift, even though he previously said that he didn't expect one.
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Archie Puzzle

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Character(s): Archie Andrews
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Stormy Weather

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley
First Line: I Hate Winter!
Synopsis: Pop Tate gets fed up with all of the slush on his floor.
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Nose for News

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs
First Line: If the Riverdale dam overflows, the entire area may have to be evacuated!
Synopsis: Veronica's news makes Betty's news seem trivial.
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Downhill Dandy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis: Reggie is the best downhill ski racer in the school, while the cowardly Jughead wants no part of the sport... until Ethel's after him.
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
First Line: Archie... Aren't you ever gonna learn to stop pushing your luck...
Synopsis: Archie, The King of Tact, strikes again.
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You Know You're Lucky When...

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
First Line: You look for a nickel you lost behind the couch---
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The War of the Chiefs

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Genres: humorous, teen
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Forever Faithful

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
First Line: I'm back, buttercup!
Synopsis: Veronica meets Archie at the airport after his vacation.
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
First Line: Some storm!
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Pedal Patter

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Betty and Archie go cycling, but Betty has a hard time keeping Archie's eyes off of other girls.
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Snapshots from Reggie's Album

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Feature(s): Reggie
Character(s): Doris Foofnik; Reggie Mantle
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Inflation Consternation

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Hey, Arch! Dig my new earmuffs!
Synopsis: Archie tries to beat inflation by going to garage sales and shopping for bargains.
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: If I did something you didn't like, why don't you come right out and tell me?
Synopsis: Betty draws mustaches on all of Archie's pictures.
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The End!

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx's Pal Mort
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Mort
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: You’re sure the cross-country team doesn’t take a short cut?
Synopsis: Two newspaper strips with color added.
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Archie's Puzzle Page

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Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: The following four couples were invited to a party
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Snow Flakey

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx Holliday; Charley Hawse
First Line: Haha! What a big omelet that would make, Li'l Jinx!
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx loses her house keys after a snowball fight.
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Star Student

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Jughead watches Archie try to ski jump.
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Inferior Intelligence

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: To earn money to take out Veronica, Archie shovels the Lodge mansion walks. To keep him from succeeding, Reggie sabotages it.
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[untitled]

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First Line: I got another sailor’s report card!
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[untitled]

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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A Matter of Principal

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee [Waldo Weatherbee]; Miss Grundy [Geraldine Grundy]
Synopsis: Archie points out some problems with the school to Mr. Weatherbee.
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Train Strain

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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason (cameo)
Synopsis: Jughead gives boxing instructions to Moose.
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Far-Out Friend

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Adam the Alien
Synopsis: Archie and Veronica meet Adam, an alien who was orphaned at an early age and is searching the universe to find his home planet.
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Disclose Notes: Adam, a character based on the late '70s interest in science fiction (as well as the hit TV mini-series "Roots"), appeared in two other Archie titles in May 1979: Jughead #288 and Betty and Veronica #281. Reader interest in the character must have been less than expected: the ending promises that he will be going to Riverdale High School, but this was never followed up, and Adam was quietly dropped.
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Go-Go Ga-Ga

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Genres: teen
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[untitled]

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First Line: Mr. Lodge, I’m writing an essay on success!
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How Sweet It Is

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Betty gives Archie fresh honey from her uncle's farm. Veronica isn't pleased when she's told that Archie is "with his honey."
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Jughead's Riddlers

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One Comic Picture is Worth a Thousand Words!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis: The students at Riverdale high keep littering, ignoring the signs Mr. Weatherbee has put up. Archie decides to create a comic pamphlet starring the Archies, arguing that a comic book will get the message across better than a sign. The comic works so well that Mr. Weatherbee realizes that "you could use comic booklets for getting almost any message across to people."
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Raring to Go

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie tries to get Jughead's mind off eating.
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Bleary Theory

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis: In a freezing mountain cabin, Archie tries to follow a scientific theory that if you keep your temples, wrists and feet warm, you don't have to wear anything else no matter how cold it is.
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Type Gripe

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Reggie isn't happy with Veronica's typing skills.
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Height Sight

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Mrs. Mantle; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Reggie aspires to higher things.
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First Line: Hey, Arch! Lookit the cool snowman I built!
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First Line: Competition is so keen today, Pop, that even in high school you have to prepare for a vocation!
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