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[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

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Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo (signed)

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): Rosario Pena [as R Pena] (signed)

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy (as balloon only); Svenson

First Line: Archie, I'm getting an upset stomach!

Synopsis: Archie and Betty visit a carnival.

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Pages: 1

Belle Ringer!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Mike Pellowski (credited)

Penciller(s): Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inker(s): Mike DeCarlo (credited)

Colorist(s): Digikore Studios (credited)

Letterer(s): Janice Chiang (credited)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): World of Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Judy; Sandy; Nancy Woods; Chuck Clayton; Dilton Doiley; Ethel Muggs

Synopsis: At a carnival, Archie gives Betty a ring toss ring she dropped. Reggie sees this and spreads the rumor that Archie and Betty are engaged.

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Pages: 6

All Wet

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Dick Malmgren (credited)

Penciller(s): Dick Malmgren (credited)

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman (credited)

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (credited)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee goes kayaking and proves to be better at it than Archie and Reggie. His secret? His weight puts a hole in the kayak which allows his feet to walk down the river.

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Pages: 6

Quick Change Artist

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Kathleen Webb (credited)

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inker(s): Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman (credited)

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (credited)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Betty and Veronica

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

Synopsis: Veronica is outraged when mall guards falsely accuse her of shoplifting.

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Pages: 5

Everyday Monsters

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): George Gladir (credited)

Penciller(s): Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inker(s): Bob Smith (credited)

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman (credited)

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (credited)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones; Smithers; Chuck Clayton; Juanita

Synopsis: Veronica has an everyday monsters party. For example, Archie comes dressed as the Homework Monster, Ethel comes dressed as the Gossip Monster, etc.

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Pages: 6

Cool It

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inker(s): Alison Flood (credited)

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman (credited)

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (credited)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Betty

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Mrs. Cooper; Mr. Cooper; Archie Andrews

Synopsis: Disturbed by all the reminders of Archie that Betty has put up around the house -- including a life-size waterproof Archie in the shower, a recording of Archie's voice saying romantic things, and Archie photographs on her ceiling -- her dad tries to convince her to play hard to get.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Kathleen Webb is credited with this story in this digest. The original printing of this story is from October 1969, Kathleen Webb would have been 13 at that time, so this credit is wrong.

The Challenge

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): George Gladir (credited)

Penciller(s): Howard Bender (credited)

Inker(s): Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman (credited)

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (credited)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie and the Gang

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; unnamed Central High students

Synopsis: Jughead wins an eating contest against a Central High student.

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Pages: 4

She's Josie

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Penciller(s): Fernando Ruiz (signed)

Inker(s): Bob Smith (signed)

Colorist(s): Rosario Pena [as R Pena] (signed)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): She's Josie

Character(s): Josie; Pepper; Melody

Synopsis: Introduction to the She's Josie (Archie, 1963 series) section.

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Tennis Anyone?

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Frank Doyle (credited)

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (credited)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Josie

Character(s): Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot

Synopsis: Josie, Melody and Pepper want a fourth for tennis, but every person runs away in terror when asked to step out on the courts with them. When Alexandra manages to trick her brother into becoming their fourth, we find out why everyone avoids them: they cause massive injury to any tennis partner.

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Pages: 7

Wild Thing

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Frank Doyle (credited)

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (credited)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Josie

Character(s): Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert

Synopsis: After Josie complains about Albert's slovenly appearance, Pepper and Melody take him in for a makeover, and he gets attired and coiffed according to the latest Carnaby Street style: "If you're not London, you're lost!"

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Pages: 6

War Is Heck

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Frank Doyle (credited)

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (credited)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Josie

Character(s): Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot

Synopsis: Alex borrows a remote-controlled army of toy soldiers and rockets from his father's factory, and uses them to wage total war on Albert. To protect Albert and defeat her brother, Alexandra retaliates with a simpler weapon: a gorilla. Unfortunately, the gorilla falls in love with Josie and knocks out Albert.

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Pages: 10

[untitled]

Cartoon on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Josie Pin-Up

Character(s): Josie; Albert; Mr. Jones

First Line: Why don't you like my outfit, Mr. Jones?

Synopsis: Albert asks why Mr. Jones doesn't like his outfit.

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Pages: 1

Pop Tate's Secret Ingredients

Activity on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Pop Tate

Character(s): Pop Tate

Synopsis: Unscramble the words below to discover the secret ingredients in some of Pop's recipes.

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Pages: 1

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Henry Scarpelli; Craig Boldman

Penciller(s): Henry Scarpelli; Craig Boldman

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews

First Line: Careful where you play...

Synopsis: Archie and Jughead play ball while Mr. Andrews is gardening.

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Pages: 1

Clueless

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper

Synopsis: Betty is angry because Archie forgot her birthday.

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Pages: 1

Decibel Destiny

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Mr. Lodge

Character(s): Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis: Mr. Lodge is tired of hearing Archie's car horn, so he goes boating.

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Pages: 1

Un-suit-able

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Mike Pellowski (credited)

Penciller(s): Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman (credited)

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (credited)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Mr. Lodge

Character(s): Mr. Lodge; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis: Archie helps Mr. Lodge by preventing him from investing in a bogus company.

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Pages: 6

Poetic License

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Frank Doyle (credited)

Penciller(s): Harry Lucey (credited)

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman (credited)

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

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

Synopsis: When Veronica accuses him of lacking poetry and romance, Archie brushes up on poetry and starts talking in flowery language all the time.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Poems referred to in the story include Longfellow's "A Psalm of Life" ("Footprints on the sands of time"), Kipling's "The Female of The Species" and Kipling's "The Vampire" ("A rag and a bone and a hank of hair").

Diet Riot

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): George Gladir (credited)

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inker(s): Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman (credited)

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (credited)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis: Archie helps Mr. Weatherbee exercise so he can lose weight.

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Pages: 5

Robin Hood Winked

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Kathleen Webb (credited)

Penciller(s): Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inker(s): Al Milgrom (credited)

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman (credited)

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (credited)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Betty and Veronica

Character(s): Betty Cooper [as herself and as Marion]; Veronica Lodge [as herself and as Princess Veronica]; Archie Andrews [as himself and as Archie Hood]; Jughead Jones [as Friar Juk]; Moose Mason [as Little Johnny]; Dilton Doiley [as Dil Scarlet]; Reggie Mantle [as The Sheriff Of Nuttyham]

Synopsis: Bored with watching Veronica and Archie attempt archery, Betty has a daydream that she is in the middle of the Robin Hood legend.

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Pages: 5

Appreciation Day

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Al Hartley (credited)

Penciller(s): Al Hartley (credited)

Inker(s): Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman (credited)

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (credited)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis: Archie gets his mom flowers.

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Pages: 5

A Work of Art!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Dan Parent (credited)

Penciller(s): Dan Parent (credited)

Inker(s): Dan Parent (credited)

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman (credited)

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (credited)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jack Swift; Brenda

Synopsis: Archie watches a caricature booth while the artist buys some food, and a girl demands a drawing from Archie.

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Pages: 5

Tropical Heat Rave

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Frank Doyle (credited)

Penciller(s): Bill Vigoda (credited)

Inker(s): Terry Szenics

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman (credited)

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

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

Synopsis: On a hot day, Reggie annoys Archie by asking "hot enough for you?" and then gets the other kids to say the same tired old phrase to the sweltering Archie.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Feature changed from Reggie to Archie. Line changed on page 6 from "Beggars can't be choosy!" to "Beggars can't be choosers!". The colors have also been changed from the original story.

A Date For All Seasons

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): George Gladir (credited)

Penciller(s): Bob Bolling (credited)

Inker(s): Jim Amash (credited)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper

Synopsis: Jughead helps a broke Archie set up a romantic birthday date with Betty.

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Pages: 6

Topside Trauma

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): George Gladir (credited)

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman (credited)

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (credited)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews

Synopsis: Archie's frisbee gets stuck on the garage roof. When he tries to retrieve it, Mr. Andrews yells at him. Later, Mr. Andrews gets stuck on the garage roof retrieving his frisbee.

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Pages: 5

Pre-School Jitters

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): George Gladir (credited)

Penciller(s): Rex Lindsey (credited)

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman (credited)

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (credited)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot; Jughead Jones; Svenson; Coach Clayton

Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee hires Archie to prepare the school for September, but Archie only causes chaos.

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Pages: 5

Lingering Summer

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): George Gladir (credited)

Penciller(s): Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Inker(s): Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman (credited)

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (credited)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie and his Pals

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

Synopsis: Miss Grundy tries to teach her class, but the class is still daydreaming about summer.

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Pages: 5

Svenson Cleans Up

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): George Gladir (credited)

Penciller(s): Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman (credited)

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (credited)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie and the Gang

Character(s): Svenson; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot

Synopsis: Svenson wins the lottery and donates the money to the school.

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Pages: 5

[untitled]

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Writer(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Coach Clayton

Character(s): Coach Clayton

First Line: Whew!

Synopsis: Circle every other letter to discover what Coach Clayton found in Jughead's locker.

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Pages: 1

[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Fernando Ruiz

Inker(s): Jon D'Agostino

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Archie's Madhouse

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Clyde Didit; Captain Sprocket; Mighty Chick; Super Snail; Captain Pumpernik

First Line: I...I can't hold them back any longer!

Synopsis: Introduction to the Archie's Madhouse (Archie, 1959 series) reprint section.

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Man's Pest Friend

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Dick Malmgren (credited)

Penciller(s): Dick Malmgren

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (credited)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): Doctor Fink-Stein; Egad

Synopsis: Egad wants a girlfriend, so Doctor Fink-Stein brings a wooden mannequin to life for him.

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Pages: 6

Count Congo

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): George Gladir (credited)

Penciller(s): Samm Schwartz (credited)

Inker(s): Samm Schwartz (credited)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Samm Schwartz

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Mad House

Character(s): Count Congo; unnamed kid

Synopsis: A kid and his giant gorilla look for work in New York City.

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Pages: 5

It Blowed Up Real Good!

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Writer(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Professor Flutesnoot

Character(s): Professor Flutesnoot

Synopsis: Cross out the letters in the odd-numbered boxes to discover the first law of chemistry.

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[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Henry Scarpelli; Craig Boldman

Penciller(s): Henry Scarpelli; Craig Boldman

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper

First Line: Archie, I think we're lost!

Synopsis: Archie won't stop for directions.

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Pages: 1

It's A Gas

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Writer(s): ?

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Reggie

Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Ms. Beazly; Betty Cooper

Synopsis: Reggie asks for a bicarbonate of soda.

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Pages: 0.5

Being Flip

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Ms. Beazly; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis: Archie has a fly in his soup.

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Pages: 0.5

Torpedo The Sub!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Mike Pellowski (credited)

Penciller(s): Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inker(s): Mike Esposito (credited)

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman (credited)

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (credited)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Ms. Wilson; Jughead Jones; Nancy Woods; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton; unnamed children

Synopsis: Reggie has a great time giving substitutes a hard time-that is, until the tables are turned.

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Pages: 5

Everything's Archie

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Writer(s): Alex Segura

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis: Advertisement for the month's Archie comics.

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