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Issue: Archie Double Digest #249
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/05/2014
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Pages: 164
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UPC/EAN: 76281646951724911
Price: $3.99 USD
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Content Items: 42 (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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Fernando Ruiz (signed)
Bob Smith (signed)
Rosario Peña (signed)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
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Sabrina Secrets of a Teenage Witch

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HUB Network
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On the Level

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Archie and his father argue over which way a portrait of Archie's Great-Uncle Albert is tilting.
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Two Uptight

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Frank Doyle (credited)
Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
Jimmy DeCarlo (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Hiram Lodge
In order to help their fathers relax, Archie and Veronica play a doubles tennis match against them.
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Trouble Spot

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Credits
Frank Doyle (credited)
Harry Lucey (credited)
Terry Szenics (credited)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Resenting the teachers' belief that accidents naturally happen when he's around, Archie tries to prove that trouble can happen when he's not around.
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Working 5 to 9!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Mr. Griffin; Mrs. Craven; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
After taking a part-time job at Bumley's Department Store, Archie finds that the money he's making is disappearing quickly.
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Ringadingding

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Dick Malmgren (credited)
Dick Malmgren (credited)
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
While waiting for a call from Veronica, Archie is bombarded with calls from telemarketers.
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School Bus-Ted!

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Credits
Fernando Ruiz (credited)
Fernando Ruiz (credited)
Al Nickerson (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Vickie Williams (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Midge Klump (cameo, flashback); Moose Mason (cameo, flashback); Betty Cooper (cameo, flashback); Jughead Jones (cameo, flashback); Chuck Clayton (cameo, flashback); Marty Morgan; Eddie Jones; Joe the Busdriver; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
When his car breaks down Archie reluctantly decides to take the school bus, only to find the younger kids on the bus look up to him.
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Diamond Selections
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Search Lurch

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Subject Matter
humorous
Mr. Lodge
Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Archie helps Mr. Lodge find his glasses.
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Life with Archie #51

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Bob White (signed)
Mario Acquaviva
Sal Contrera
Victor Gorelick
Subject Matter
espionage, teen
The Man from R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E.
A.R.C.H.I.E. [Archie Andrews]; B.E.T.T.Y. [Betty Cooper]; vignettes: P.O.P. Agents [A.R.C.H.I.E. [Archie Andrews]; V.E.R.O.N.I.C.A. [Veronica Lodge]; B.E.T.T.Y. [Betty Cooper]; J.U.G.H.E.A.D. [Jughead Jones]]; C.R.U.S.H. Agents [Dr. Demon; Dr. Nose; Li'l Devill; Mr.X]
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Shock!

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Credits
Frank Doyle (credited)
Bob White (credited)
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
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Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Subject Matter
espionage, humorous, teen
Archie as the Man From R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E.
Archie Andrews (as Man From R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E.); the Voltman (villain; intro); Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Pop Tate; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Voltman's plan is to incapacitate Mr. Lodge, making him useless to Lodge Enterprises.
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Sands of Doom

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Betty as the Girl From R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E.
Dr. Doom (not the Marvel character or Mad Dr. Doom; intro; villain); Sandman (not the DC or Marvel characters; intro; villain); Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Betty and Veronica are captured by Dr. Doom and Sandman, but they escape and stop them from capturing the rest of the R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E. group.
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Midtown Comics
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Betty on the Brain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle (credited)
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Jim DeCarlo (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Tired of Veronica's dirty tricks to separate her from Archie, Betty trails the couple to the mall, then begins walking into Archie's line of sight while wearing different clothes and wigs, in order to convince him he's so obsessed with Betty that he's seeing her face on other women.
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Archie 1000 Page Comics Jamboree

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The Big Beat

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Samm Schwartz
Samm Schwartz
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Samm Schwartz
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Archie is mad at Moose so he tapes a picture of Moose on the drum he carries in the marching band.
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Tangled Web

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Bob Bolling (credited)
Bob Bolling (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
adventure, humorous
Archie and the Gang
Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Malcolm Meeks
There's been a rash of robberies in Riverdale committed by someone known as the "Roly-Poly Robber," a corpulent man with thick black hair and a mustache, who makes his getaway in a foreign compact car. Archie doesn't think much of it until he looks inside the trunk Mr. Weatherbee's Yakasaki Pigeon and discovers that the principal owns a black wig and a mustache to match. Is Mr. Weatherbee the Roly-Poly Robber? Archie and his friends will find out the truth about Mr. Weatherbee when they go to a Dixieland jazz concert at the local college.
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Good Clean Fun!

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Mike Pellowski (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Mr. Svenson; Ms. Grundy; Jughead Jones
When Archie and the gang decide to hold a "foam dance" at the school gym, the soap bubbles needed for the dance get out of control.
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Health Hazard

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Credits
Frank Doyle (credited)
Dan DeCarlo, Jr. (credited)
Jim DeCarlo (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous
Archie
Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Mr. Lodge thinks that Archie is hazardous to his health.
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The Demo

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George Gladir (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Bob Smith (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Jack Morelli (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Archie and Jughead participate in a demo of a new sports video game system.
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A Clothes Encounter of the Worst Kind

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Credits
George Gladir (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Archie helps disguise Mr. Lodge by ruining his clothes.
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FlagArchie Comics Digest #180 published July 2001
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Smart Guys

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Credits
Mike Pellowski (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Professor Flutesnoot; Archie Andrews; Professor Gibbons; Nippy; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
Professor Gibbons tries to prove that his pet monkey, Nippy, is as smart as the average student.
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Slick Trick

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George Gladir (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
John Lowe (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Fred gives Archie a can of fluid to fix the squeak in his car door and he begins to use it on everything.
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You Got to Hand It to Him!

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Joe Edwards (credited)
Joe Edwards (credited)
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Mr. Weatherbee believes Archie is late to school because he broke his hand.
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Jump Back!

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Regina Curro
Rudy Lapick
Rudy Lapick
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Archie
Archie Andrews
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Unscramble the letters puzzle to discover some creepy crawly things.

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Tap Flap

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humorous
Archie
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Jughead is making a sculpture of Archie.
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Pat the Brat #20

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Pat the Brat
Pat
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Cook Shnook

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Bob White (credited)
Bob White (credited)
Terry Szenics (credited)
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Terry Szenics (credited)
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childrens
Pat the Brat
Pat; Mary; Oswald; Fleabite
Pat helps his father build a barbecue grill.
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Kite Plight

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Bob White (signed)
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childrens
Pat the Brat
Pat; Oswald; Mary
Oswald tries to show Pat how to fly a kite.
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Download the Archie Comics App for free!

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House ad for the Archie digital comics app.
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The Cane Mutiny

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle (credited)
Dan DeCarlo, Jr. (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Archie has hurt his leg and has to use a cane so Veronica decides to give him a fashion makeover.
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[untitled]

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The Art of Archie: The Covers

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House ad for The Art of Archie: The Covers collection.
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First Class Fool

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Credits
Mike Pellowski (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge
As a favor to his father, Archie stops at the post office on his way to Veronica's house.
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Plane Facts

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humorous
Archie
Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
Archie couldn't have thrown the paper airplane, he was asleep in study hall.
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Test Zest

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humorous
Archie
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Archie can't even find the correct test room.
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That Way Out Sound

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Credits
Frank Doyle (credited)
Samm Schwartz (credited)
Samm Schwartz (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
Mr. Lodge is showing off a special safe he had installed and is accidentally locked in with the only tuning fork that produces the sound to unlock the safe. But The Archies play until they recreate the right sound to free him.
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Archie Comics Subscriptions

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Subscription information for various Archie titles.
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[untitled]

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Everything's Archie
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Free Archie App!

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House ad for the Archie digital download app.
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Where will your imagination take you?

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Lego
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