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Issue: Archie Double Digest #240
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Variant: Direct Edition
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/29/2013
Volume:
Pages: 164
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76281646951724011
Price: $3.99 USD
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Content Items: 41 (27 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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Fernando Ruiz (signed)
Bob Smith (signed)
Rosario Pena (signed)
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
I can see why this place is called Lookout Point!
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Archie: Betty or Veronica?

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House ad for the Archie: Betty or Veronica app.
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Shore Things

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Pellowski (credited)
Fernando Ruiz (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton
Archie and Chuck are at the beach discussing what to do for the day.
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The Bye Bye Blues

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle (credited)
Harry Lucey (credited)
Harry Lucey (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
Archie explains his outlook on life to his friends and they take his advice to live each day as if it was the last.
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Faint Hearted

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Pellowski (credited)
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Allison Flood (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Hiram Lodge
Veronica gets an engagement ring stuck on her finger and everyone thinks that she and Archie are engaged.
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Welcome Wagon Master

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir (credited)
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Marty Matthews; Judy Matthews
Archie meets a new young boy in town and helps him make friends, which impresses his teen sister, who asks Archie out even though Reggie has been trying to impress her.
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FlagArchie #371 [Direct] published October 1989
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The Archie Andrews Museum

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir (credited)
Doug Crane (credited)
Mike Esposito (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Svenson; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper
Archie and Jughead imagine the things that might be displayed in a museum dedicated to Archie.
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Lucklorn

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Craig Boldman (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Bob Smith (credited)
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Betty and Jughead try to convince Archie that luck doesn't exist.
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Seymour, My Son #1

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Rudy Lapick (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Seymour
Seymour; Seymour's Poppa; Seymour's girlfriend
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FlagSeymour, My Son #1 published September 1963
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My Son the Teenager

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle (credited)
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Seymour
Seymour; Seymour's Poppa; Seymour's mother; Seymour's girlfriend; un-named students; un-named teachers
In a series of captions, some of which rhyme and some of which don't, Seymour's "proud poppa" tells us the story of a typical day in the life of his klutzy, girl-crazy teenaged son.
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FlagSeymour, My Son #1 published September 1963
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Star Trek Minimates

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Subject Matter
Minimates
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Trouble In Store

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Angelo Decesare (credited)
Jeff Shultz (credited)
Al Milgrom (credited)
Carlos Antunes (credited)
John Workman (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
Archie puts the wrong code in the store's security system and locks himself and his friends in the store for the night, along with two smaller kids who had been hiding in the store.
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Patio Panic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Pellowski (credited)
Jeff Shultz (credited)
Al Milgrom (credited)
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Archie and his father go shopping for new patio furniture.
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Minding a Star

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle (credited)
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Jim DeCarlo (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Zappy The Chimp
Archie has to baby-sit a celebrity chimp.
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FlagArchie #264 published August 1977
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Carrier Pigeon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle (credited)
Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers
Veronica asks Archie to put all her cosmetics in his suit jacket.
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FlagArchie Annual Digest #61 [Direct Edition] published October 1992
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Video Bore

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Mike Esposito (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Frank Andrews; Caroline Andrews; Ted
Archie videotapes the Andrews Family Reunion.
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FlagArchie #536 published July 2003
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Craig Boldman (signed)
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Archie, my boy!
Archie has a dream that Mr. Lodge makes him vice president of his company.
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From Archie Sunday (Creators Syndicate) ??.??.????
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Final Daze

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Mike Esposito (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Superintendent Hassle; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle; Svenson
When Archie drops a cake on Superintendent Hassle, Mr. Weatherbee is forced to give him detention on the last day of school.
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Summer Musings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Bob Smith (credited)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mr. Baxter (the city editor of the Riverdale Bugle)
As Archie is heading to the beach, he gets a letter accepting him as an intern to the Riverdale Bugle, the local newspaper, but he has to start that same day. He begrudgingly accepts and gets sent on a bad assignment at the beach. But, as luck would have it, he ends up as a judge for a beauty pageant at that same beach.
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FlagArchie #575 published July 2007
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Bosom Buddies?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Bob Smith (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper
Veronica tells her father that he has to be nice to Archie during her pool party. Mr. Lodge tries but Archie burns the food and drives Mr. Lodge's sports-car into the pool. When burglars crash the party, they take Archie and Mr. Lodge hostage.
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Card Sharks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Pellowski (credited)
? [as Kennedy] (credited)
Ken Selig (credited)
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Nelda Nosykind; Agnes Nosykind
Two nosy neighbors think Archie and Jughead are teaching younger children how to play poker.
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Be... Quiet!

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Rod Ollerenshaw
Rod Ollerenshaw
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Subject Matter
Archie
Archie Andrews
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FlagArchie's Story & Game Digest Magazine #14 [Direct Edition] published March 1990
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Unscramble the letters puzzle.

Original printing was signed "RGO" but that has been removed in this printing.
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Bath Wrath

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Stan Goldberg
Dan Parent
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous
Archie
Archie Andrews
Archie has a hard time answering the phone but forgets his troubles once he answers it.
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FlagArchie #358 [U.S. Cover Price] published July 1988
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Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
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Archie Comics Super Special Magazine

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House ad for Archie Comics Super Special Magazine.
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The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Pellowski (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Mike Esposito (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Athena Hartbraker; Diana; Venus; Freya; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Archie decides he's through with Betty and Veronica and attracts a group of four women at the beach but he soon learns that four is more than he can handle.
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Lib Rib

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Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
There are a record number of female lifeguards this beach season.
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Miscue Rescue

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teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Archie wishes he could make the same mistake the lifeguard did.
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Archie #645

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House ad for the giant-sized Archie #645.
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Rare Flair

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Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Archie and Jughead have a business taking pictures of fisherman with their catches.
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New Crusaders

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House ad for the first New Crusaders collection.
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It's Not Easy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Pellowski (credited)
Bob Bolling (credited)
? [as Costanza] (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Reggie works hard trying to get on Mr. Lodge's good side so that he will have an advantage with Veronica. but she always makes up her own mind.
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FlagEverything's Archie #132 [unnamed variant] published November 1987
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Archie Comics Subscriptions

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House ad with subscription information for various Archie titles.
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Deary Query

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teen
Archie
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Reggie wonders what the new girl sees in Archie.
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Fin Din

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Reggie
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Reggie is going to get punched by a girl's boyfriend.
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The Professional

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir (credited)
? [as Kennedy] (credited)
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Leroy; Fred Andrews
Archie tries a succession of summer jobs but all are disasters.
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Sabrina: The Magic Within

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House ad for Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Magic Within collection.
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Sabrina: The Magic Within #2

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?
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Sabrina
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FlagSabrina the Teenage Witch: The Magic Within #2 published ?
 
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Preview of the second volume of Sabrina: The Magic Within collections.
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Sabrina: The Magic Within

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House ad for the first two Sabrina: The Magic Within volumes.
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[untitled]

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Everything's Archie
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The First Biggest Digest!

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House ad for the first three volumes of Archie 1000 page digest.
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Download the Archie App for free!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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House ad for the Archie digital comics app.

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