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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews

First Line: Smell this perfume, Juggy!

Synopsis: Veronica tries to tempt Jughead with the smell of perfume. Betty tempts Jughead with the smell of hamburgers frying.

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Prize Fright

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle

First Line: If that's shadow boxing pal, my money is on the shadow!

Synopsis: Archie is preparing to box against Reggie for the right to take Veronica to the Frosh Hop. Jughead convinces Archie to spar against Moose, with Moose pretending to get knocked out. Moose has an exposed nerve on his elbow and the slightest contact makes him pass out. Archie happens to hit that elbow during their fight and Moose is really knocked out. Reggie decides not to box, but Archie thinks he really knocked out Moose, so he chooses to fight anyway. Reggie knocks him out and feels confident enough to take on Moose, but that doesn't work out.

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Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

First Line: Two big new books for your Archie Series library!

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Notes: Promo and order blank for Archie's Girls, Betty and Veronica Annual (Archie, 1953 series) #7 and Archie's Pal Jughead Annual (Archie, 1953 series) #7.

Operation Nightmare

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Herman Jones; Betty Cooper

First Line: See you later, Uncle Herman! I'm going to look in at Betty at the hospital!

Synopsis: Jughead's uncle Herman brags about a supposed appendectomy he once performed using a rusty pocket knife. Jughead dismisses the tall tale and heads to the hospital where Betty is interning. While he waits for her, he falls asleep and dreams that slipping on the floor and falling leads to an emergency appendectomy to be performed by Uncle Herman. Betty wakes him and he slips on the floor just as he dreamed. When she says his uncle can have him in the examining room in two minutes, Jughead runs away. Betty steps into the elevator where Uncle Herman is the elevator operator.

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Don't Robot In

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Midge Klump

First Line: Well dig little Juggie Jones! Playing with dolls!

Synopsis: Jughead shows off a small remote control robot. Reggie gets the idea to dress up as a life-sized Jughead robot. He pretends to be out of control and plants kisses on Betty first, then Veronica. When he decides to kiss Midge, Moose puts an end to the robot prank.

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The Bad Penny!

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Professor Flutesnoot; Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

First Line: Beautiful, class! Beautiful! Watch those pear-shaped tones--

Synopsis: Jughead is such a bad singer that Professor Flutesnoot sends him to gym class. He's so much trouble in gym class, Coach Kleats sends him back to choir class. He ends up in the principal's office, where Mr. Weatherbee sends him back to choir class.

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Jughead's Double Digest #20 [Direct Edition] published November 1993
as The Bad Penny [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 6

Notes: When reprinted in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #10 the story is signed "Samm" for Samm Schwartz. This was probably added to the original printing. Interestingly, Reggie is depicted as being in both the choir and gym classes at the same time!

Jingle Belles

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump

First Line: Let me show you my wares, Arch! I've got a special line of Christmas jewelry this year!

Synopsis: Jughead sells the same one-of-a-kind musical bracelet to everyone in the school. The girls are all mad that the guys gave them the same gift, but once Jughead explains that the profits go to an orphanage, the girls are happy with the guys again.

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Archie Comics Digest #58 published February 1983

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Pages: 6

Sick Spell

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones

First Line: Hi! Jughead! I've been away for a while!

Synopsis: Jughead lists all the medical conditions he had, then reveals that he had them on a spelling test.

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Plague Take It

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper

First Line: Vocabulary! Nuts! Sagacity! Perspicacity!

Synopsis: Reggie convinces Moose that Midge has a disease called "sagacity" and that it is very contagious. Moose gets sick with worry about Midge. Meanwhile, Reggie is going on dates with Midge and gives Jughead money to buy Moose a gift, so he buys a dictionary and encourages him to look up the word "sagacity."

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Archie Comics Digest #55 published August 1982

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Pages: 6

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Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews

First Line: Here's a mathematical trick...

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Notes: Includes math trick, drawing Reggie, matching Archie faces, word ladder, riddles, rebus, and forming words for body parts.

Around The Whirl

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason

First Line: Betty, who's that man Pop is in a huddle with?

Synopsis: A travel agent comes into the Choklit Shop to talk to Pop about vacation plans. He witnesses the antics of all the gang in the store and decides that Pop doesn't need to travel to see strange sights and weird people.

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Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine #39 published March 1982
as Around the Whirl [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 6

The Plays the Thing

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

First Line: Archie sat in the last booth of the Choklit Shoppe, all alone.

Synopsis: Archie wants the part of Romeo in the school play so he can rehearse kissing scenes with Veronica, but Reggie gets the part. Jughead convinces Reggie that his trick knee will be a problem during the dueling scenes, so Archie ends up with the part. When he goes to the first rehearsal he finds Betty has landed the part of Juliet, because Veronica was afraid she would have to change her hairstyle.

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Canine Capers

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate

First Line: Don't you just love his cute little nose?

Synopsis: Archie loses Veronica's new puppy, so he goes to the pound to find a replacement. He buys a replacement puppy at a pet store and is glad that Veronica doesn't notice the difference. It turns out the puppy ran back to the store and Archie had bought the same puppy back from the store.

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Jughead's Double Digest #14 [Newsstand] published December 1992

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Pages: 6

Notes: Artist credit from the printing in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #10.

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Moose Mason

First Line: Today, students, we will discuss a most interesting subject, "How to Avoid!"

Synopsis: Jughead teaches "how to avoid."

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Peg O' My Heart

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Midge Klump

First Line: Arch! What are you doing in the new head shrinker's office?

Synopsis: Archie and Reggie study inkblots at the school psychiatrist's office. Archie decides to analyze Jughead's dreams and give Moose a test putting different-shaped blocks into the correct holes. Moose isn't good at it, so Archie advises Moose to give Midge the silent treatment. Midge assumes Archie did it to spend time with her and as she kisses him, Moose sees and proceeds to stuff Archie into the cannon in front of the school.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Artist credit from the printing in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #10.

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Character(s): Katy Keene

First Line: Now! Bill Woggon presents the biggest, the best!

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Notes: Promo for Katy Keene Pinup Parade (Archie, 1955 series) #5 featuring Bill Woggon leading a parade of Katy's.

Oh, Say Can You Ski?

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason

First Line: Why does everything happen to me? Why? Why? Why?

Synopsis: Coach Kleats decides to build a ski slope. His students spread snow on the hillside while Jughead takes a nap in the seat of a bulldozer. When Jughead decides to see how the bulldozer works, it goes out of control down the slope, scraping all the snow and ice into a heap at the bottom of the hill.

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Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine #39 published March 1982
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Pages: 5

Food For Naught

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Pop Tate

First Line: Say, Pop! What do you charge for a hot fudge sundae?

Synopsis: Jughead asks how much extra it costs to put chocolate sprinkles on ice cream. When Pop Tate replies that there is no charge for the sprinkles, Jughead orders just the sprinkles.

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A Stitch in Time

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Moose Mason

First Line: Hey! When you sold me this sweater you said it was 100% wool!

Synopsis: Moose complains that the tag on a sweater Jughead sold him doesn't say 100% wool. Jughead claims he sewed the tag in to fool the moths.

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Market Madness!

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Moose Mason

First Line: Chee! Who needs a class in finance anyway!

Synopsis: Jughead sells stock in himself, but when Mr. Weatherbee says the students had better get a profit, Jughead seeks advice from Mr. Lodge. Mr. Lodge leaves Jughead in the office. Jughead takes a phone call and tells the broker to sell. He panics and calls the broker back telling him to buy. Mr. Lodge kicks him out over the fiasco, but Mr. Lodge finds out he has made a profit of three million dollars from the transactions. Mr. Lodge buys all the shares in Jughead for ten dollars a share, so all the gang made money.

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