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Issue: Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #229
Publication Date: July 2012
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Issues: #229 of 144 Issues (192 Printings)
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Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: The Archie LibraryView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/16/2012
Volume: none
Pages: 164
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76281646951722911
Price: $3.99 USD
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Content Items: 51 (31 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Four Color
Dimensions: Digest
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Ongoing Series
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Yahoo!
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The Archie App. Download It for Free!

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Home Movies!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Due to the rising cost of entertainment, Archie and the gang open an outdoor movie theater in Archie's backyard.
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Horse Play!

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Synopsis: The guys visit Betty at her new job, which is playing Calamity Jane at a Wild West attraction.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie's Super Comics Digest #[nn] published January 2012
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Head Work

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Synopsis: Archie gets an expensive vase stuck on his head.
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Car-azy

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Character(s): Archie's grandfather; Alfredo
Synopsis: Veronica turns down Archie for the prom because of his clunky car.
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Ball Crazy

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): unnamed baseball
Synopsis: Archie catches a home run, and the ball tells us the story of what happened when Archie took the ball to school.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie's Super Comics Digest #[nn] published January 2012
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Archie Meets KISS

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Very En-lightening

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Synopsis: Mr. Lodge explains lightening to Veronica and Archie.
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First Line: Jinx
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The Key Man

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Synopsis: Archie loses the key to the lost-and-found room.
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Into the Riverdale Triangle: Part One

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Synopsis: Archie, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Lodge, and Veronica go fishing in the Riverdale Triangle. A bad storm sets them off course and on a dinosaur-inhabited island.
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From Issue: FlagLife with Archie #271 [Direct Sales] published March 1989
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First Line: Kevin Keller in Hardcover
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Into the Riverdale Triangle: Part Two

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Synopsis: Archie, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Lodge, and Veronica are rescued from the island.
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First Line: Archie, wake up!
Synopsis: Archie tries to prove that he can concentrate in class.
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Dumb Ringer!

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis: Reggie plays horseshoes with Mr. Lodge at the fair to get on Mr. Lodge's good side. However, Archie gets to take Veronica around the fair.
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Archie Marries Betty & Veronica!

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It's Plane Silly

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Synopsis: Archie and Reggie fly paper airplanes when Miss Grundy leaves the room.
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Little Archie & Friends!

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Film Fun

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Synopsis: Director Little Archie shoots a Western film with Ronnie as the leading lady.
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From Content Item: FlagLittle Archie Giant Comics #9 [unnamed variant] published December 1958
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A Ride To Doom

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Synopsis: Little Archie saves the day when the bus to the away baseball game gets stuck in a puddle.
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The Kiss Off

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Synopsis: Aunt Hilda turns Jughead into a frog because he is eating her party food. To get him changed back, Jughead has to kiss a girl.
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Life's Forgotten Daze

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Synopsis: Betty is sad because everyone forgets her birthday.
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Tall Tales

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Character(s): Algernon; Lydia
Synopsis: Ambrose's tall tales about his imaginary adventures get on everyone's nerves, but he has a real adventure when the Good Ol' Gang makes him crawl into the sewer to retrieve a baseball.
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From Content Item: FlagArchie Giant Series Magazine #570 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1987
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A Real Loser

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Synopsis: Little Jughead loses a bet and has to hold one end of Archie's hammock.
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Get Your Archie Swag!

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Knock Knack

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Synopsis: Archie plays his guitar and annoys Veronica's parents.
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From Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #180 published July 2001
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Get your Archie skins!

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Feature(s): MusicSkins
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Good To The Earth

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Synopsis: Find the names of things you can recycle in the word search.
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First Line: I also love your eyes, your nose, your hair, your lips...
Synopsis: Archie buys Pasta-loopsys because he knows the cute daughter of the company vice president.
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Baby Talk

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Character(s): Mrs. Gray; Sidney Gray
Synopsis: Archie ditches girl watching with Chuck and Reggie to babysit his neighbor's son Sidney. However, when Archie takes Sidney to the park, he attracts more girls than Chuck and Reggie.
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From Content Item: FlagArchie #575 [Direct Edition] published July 2007
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Splashed Downer

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Character(s): Mr. Greenbush
Synopsis: Archie and Reggie begin their annual summer soaking contest.
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First Line: Betty and Veronica: Best Friends Forever
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Full Moon Follies

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Synopsis: Archie becomes convinced that this is a time of year when weirdos and wise guys are compelled to come up to him and make stupid jokes. So he disguises himself as an old woman to avoid weirdos.
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From Content Item: FlagArchie #246 published August 1975
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The Rising Son

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Character(s): Officer Pete; Andy
Synopsis: Archie can't seem to wake up during the weekdays.
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First Line: Mega Man
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Stick With It!

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Synopsis: Archie gets glued to the fence and is taken to school to be unglued.
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Over 400 Pages of the Best of Archie Comics!

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The Exception

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Synopsis: Archie tells Moose that humans use 1/10 of their brains.
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First Line: Can you name anything that we get from chemistry that we'd be better off without?
Synopsis: Introduction to the Wilbur reprint section. Features a cover reprint of Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) #89.
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From Issue: FlagWilbur Comics #79 published July 1958
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Bargain Sail

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Synopsis: Wilbur tries to sweet-talk Linda out of her sail tickets so he can take Laurie.
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Beauty Or The Beast

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Synopsis: Wilbur and Alec visit Laurie in the early morning to see if she is a natural beauty.
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Subscribe Today

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Good Taste in Cars!

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Synopsis: Archie and Pop go for a ride in Pop's new hybrid SUV.
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From Content Item: FlagArchie #575 [Direct Edition] published July 2007
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The Super Bash

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Synopsis: Archie and Jughead plan an end-of-school-year bash.
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Exclusive Sneak Peek!

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The Trial of Reggie Mantle

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Feature(s): Archie the Married Life
Character(s): Liz Rosen
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First Line: The Married Life Book Two
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First Line: The most critically acclaimed story in Archie history continues!
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Feature(s): LEGO
First Line: Battles of the Century!
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