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Issue: Archie Double Digest #229
Publication Date: July 2012
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Issues: #229 of 103 Issues (137 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: The Archie LibraryView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 164
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 72262746951929
Price: $3.99 USD
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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
36 (31 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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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 from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): Rosario Pena [as Tito Pena] (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Yahoo!
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Home Movies!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Dilton Doiley
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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Pages: 8
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Horse Play!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: The guys visit Betty at her new job, which is playing Calamity Jane at a Wild West attraction.
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Pages: 6
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Head Work

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie gets an expensive vase stuck on his head.
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Pages: 6
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Car-azy

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Inker(s): Bob Smith (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Archie's grandfather; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Alfredo
Synopsis: Veronica turns down Archie for the prom because of his clunky car.
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Pages: 6
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Ball Crazy

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): unnamed baseball; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Ms. Beazly
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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Very En-lightening

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge explains lightening to Veronica and Archie.
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Pages: 5
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The Key Man

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge
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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Into the Riverdale Triangle: Part Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Lodge, and Veronica are rescued from the island.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper (cameo)
First Line: Archie, wake up!
Synopsis: Archie tries to prove that he can concentrate in class.
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Reprint Notes: from Archie newspaper strip from unknown date
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Pages: 1
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Dumb Ringer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
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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It's Plane Silly

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason (cameo)
Synopsis: Archie and Reggie fly paper airplanes when Miss Grundy leaves the room.
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Little Archie & Friends!

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Sabrina Spellman
Synopsis: Introduction to the Little Archie reprint section.
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Film Fun

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Ambrose
Synopsis: Director Little Archie shoots a Western film with Ronnie as the leading lady.
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Pages: 6
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A Ride To Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Coach Kleats
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

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Little Jughead Jones; Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
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

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Betty & Veronica
Character(s): Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Mr. Cooper; Mrs. Cooper; Caramel; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis: Betty is sad because everyone forgets her birthday.
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Tall Tales

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: adventure, childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Ambrose
Character(s): Little Ambrose Pipps; Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; 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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A Real Loser

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Little Jughead loses a bet and has to hold one end of Archie's hammock.
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Knock Knack

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge
Synopsis: Archie plays his guitar and annoys Veronica's parents.
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Good To The Earth

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Find the names of things you can recycle in the word search.
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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews
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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Reprint Notes: from Archie newspaper strip from unknown date
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Pages: 1
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Baby Talk

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Inker(s): Bob Smith (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; 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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Pages: 5
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Splashed Downer

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Greenbush
Synopsis: Archie and Reggie begin their annual summer soaking contest.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: On panel 1 of page 1, the initials F.R. are carved into a tree, symbolizing Fernando Ruiz.
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Full Moon Follies

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
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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The Rising Son

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Inker(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews ; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Officer Pete; Andy
Synopsis: Archie can't seem to wake up during the weekdays.
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Pages: 6
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Stick With It!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: Archie gets glued to the fence and is taken to school to be unglued.
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Pages: 5
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The Exception

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Archie tells Moose that humans use 1/10 of their brains.
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Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Wilbur
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore
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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Bargain Sail

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore
Synopsis: Wilbur tries to sweet-talk Linda out of her sail tickets so he can take Laurie.
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Pages: 6
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Beauty Or The Beast

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Alec; Laurie Lake; Linda Moore
Synopsis: Wilbur and Alec visit Laurie in the early morning to see if she is a natural beauty.
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Pages: 6
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Good Taste in Cars!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Inker(s): Bob Smith (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie and Pop go for a ride in Pop's new hybrid SUV.
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Pages: 5
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The Super Bash

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead plan an end-of-school-year bash.
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Pages: 5
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The Trial of Reggie Mantle

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie the Married Life
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Everything's Archie

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Information on the month's comics.
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