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Issue: Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine #22
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/05/2012
Volume: none
Pages: 164
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UPC/EAN: 76281646953102211
Price: $3.99 USD
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Content Items: 46 (32 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: digest size
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Credits
Fernando Ruiz (signed)
Bob Smith (signed)
Rosario Pena (signed)
Subject Matter
Archie & Friends
Archie Andrews; Kevin Keller; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
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Download the Archie App for Free!
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Holiday on the High Seas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Golliher (credited)
Jeff Shultz (credited)
Al Milgrom (credited)
Manny Hands (credited)
Jack Morelli (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie & Friends
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Gladys Jones; Forsythe Jones; Jellybean Jones
The Lodge family is taking a cruise for Christmas vacation but Veronica is sad that she's going to miss Christmas with her friends.
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Gift Tift

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir (credited)
John Rosenberger (credited)
John Rosenberger (credited)
Victor Gorelick (credited)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Santa Claus; Archie Andrews
Veronica is in a rush to finish her last minute shopping.
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FlagArchie Giant Series Magazine #144 published January 1967
was Gift Tift [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Cool Christmas Cat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dick Malmgren (credited)
Dick Malmgren (credited)
Jim DeCarlo (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie and the Gang
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Archie accidentally leaves the Christmas present he bought Veronica behind after playing ping-pong with Reggie. Reggie means to return it to Archie but ends up giving it to Betty instead.
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FlagArchie Giant Series Magazine #229 published January 1975
was Cool Christmas Cat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Kissing Santa

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous
Archie
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Reggie locks Archie in a tool shed so he can play Santa Claus at Veronica's party.
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FlagArchie's Double Digest Magazine #148 [Direct Edition] published February 2004
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Kissless Christmas

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Hartley (credited)
Al Hartley (credited)
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie & Friends
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Ethel; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
The gang is going to play "kissing games" but the boys end up fighting over who is going first.
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Archie's Giant Kids' Joke Book

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Wait to Go

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Reggie
Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
Veronica is keeping Reggie waiting.
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[untitled]

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Explorers of the Unknown
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Double Trouble!! Chapter One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rich Margopoulos (credited)
Rex Lindsey (credited)
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Mindy Eisman (credited)
Subject Matter
adventure, teen
Explorers of The Unknown
Explorers of the Unknown [Red [Archie Andrews]; Angel [Veronica Lodge]; Nitro [Reggie Mantle]; Squint [Jughead Jones]; Wheels [Betty Cooper]; Gizmo [Dilton Doiley]; Spike [Moose Mason]]; Dr. Gloom; Dr. Zarkon; Humpfrey (Gloom's henchman)
After being thrown in jail, Dr. Zarkon activates another monster, this time a pigeon the size of a 747. Meanwhile, Gizmo and Wheels are flying to Blatvaria, the home of Hector Von Gloom, alias Dr. Gloom, when the sad Dr. attacks their plane.
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FlagArchie Giant Series Magazine #599 published September 1989
was Double Trouble!! Chapter One [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Dr. Gloom is a parody of Dr. Doom (Victor Von Doom) from Marvel Comics.
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Double Trouble!! Chapter Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rich Margopoulos (credited)
Rex Lindsey (credited)
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Mindy Eisman (credited)
Subject Matter
adventure, teen
Explorers of The Unknown
Explorers of the Unknown [Red [Archie Andrews]; Angel [Veronica Lodge]; Nitro [Reggie Mantle]; Squint [Jughead Jones]; Wheels [Betty Cooper]; Gizmo [Dilton Doiley]; Spike [Moose Mason]]; Dr. Gloom
The giant pigeon flies to New York and news of an airliner being hijacked to Blatvaria travels quick. Red then splits the team: he, Spike and Squint will journey to Blatvaria to rescue Wheels and Gizmo, while Nitro and Angel deal with the monster pigeon.
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FlagArchie Giant Series Magazine #599 published September 1989
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Double Trouble!! Chapter Three

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rich Margopoulos (credited)
Rex Lindsey (credited)
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Mindy Eisman (credited)
Subject Matter
adventure, teen
Explorers of The Unknown
Explorers of the Unknown [Red [Archie Andrews]; Angel [Veronica Lodge]; Nitro [Reggie Mantle]; Squint [Jughead Jones]; Wheels [Betty Cooper]; Gizmo [Dilton Doiley]; Spike [Moose Mason]]; Dr. Gloom
Angel gives Nitro an idea for dealing with the giant pigeon, while Spike defeats one of Gloom's robots. Then Red, Squint and Spike find Gizmo and Wheels in Dr. Gloom's torture chamber.
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FlagArchie Giant Series Magazine #599 published September 1989
was Double Trouble!! Chapter Three [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Double Trouble!! Chapter Four

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rich Margopoulos (credited)
Rex Lindsey (credited)
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Mindy Eisman (credited)
Subject Matter
adventure, teen
Explorers of The Unknown
Explorers of the Unknown [Red [Archie Andrews]; Angel [Veronica Lodge]; Nitro [Reggie Mantle]; Squint [Jughead Jones]; Wheels [Betty Cooper]; Gizmo [Dilton Doiley]; Spike [Moose Mason]]; Dr. Gloom
In Gloom's torture chamber, he subjects the team to worst thing of all: the panned flute maestro Blanfir. He then lets the Explorers' go free. Meanwhile Nitro and Angel set up a large pigeon balloon from the last Thanksgiving's Day Parade that decoys the monster pigeon. The decoy and the smitten monster then travel to Blatvaria, where Nitro programmed a computer to take the 2 giants.
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FlagArchie Giant Series Magazine #599 published September 1989
was Double Trouble!! Chapter Four [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Double Digest Sample Pack

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Toy Ploy

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Bill Golliher (credited)
Bob Bolling (credited)
Bob Smith (credited)
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie & Friends
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Ethel Muggs; Midge Klump; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot; Miss Haggly; Coach Kleats; Miss Beazly
Riverdale High is sponsoring a charity toy drive but the students are distracted by playing with the toys they are donating.
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FlagArchie & Friends #33 [Newsstand] published February 1999
was Toy Ploy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Archie Comics Super Special Magazine

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[untitled]

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Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Reggie Pin Up
Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Maybe you can help me, Betty...
Reggie needs Betty to help him with his plants.
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The Image!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir (credited)
Fernando Ruiz (credited)
Rich Koslowski (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Teresa Davidson (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Dilton
Dilton Doiley; Coach Kleats; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Gill Bates
When Dilton laments about being unpopular, Betty makes him the most popular person in the school through a group of articles in the student paper.
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Very Tacky

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dick Malmgren
Dick Malmgren
Dick Malmgren
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Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Veronica tries to paint a picture to enter in the country club art show.
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While most stories over one page in this digest have credits, this one does not.

Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #285.
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To the Victors Belong the Victuals!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir (credited)
Jeff Shultz (credited)
Bob Smith (credited)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie & Friends
Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Ethel; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Nancy Woods; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee; Tomoko
Jughead and Ethel lose a swing contest against Chuck and Nancy, and Archie and Betty lose a tango dance contest against Veronica and Reggie. But it turns out that the second place prize is superior in Jughead's mind.
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Hair

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle (credited)
Samm Schwartz (credited)
Samm Schwartz (credited)
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?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr Weatherbee; Coach Kleats
The teachers try to annoy Archie by pretending not to notice his long blond hair. He foresaw this, and is amusing himself. He pretends to give it up, but only sells the wig to Jughead, who now sports it around the school.
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FlagPep #229 published May 1969
was Hair [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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On the Wrong Wavelength

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Pellowski (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Mike Esposito (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones
Archie gets Veronica a master remote to replace all the remote controls she currently has.
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Star Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir (credited)
? [as Bender] (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie and the Gang
Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton; Reggie Mantle; Coach Clayton; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
When the boys hear there is a college scout in the stands they all start grandstanding during a basketball game.
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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
humorous
Archie
Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
What's wrong, Moose?
Archie tries to help Moose study.
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from Archie Sunday (Creators Syndicate) ????.??.??
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Cartoon Crisis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Golliher (credited)
Bill Golliher (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Chuck Clayton
Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Ms. Phlips; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
When Mr. Weatherbee cancels a school dance, Chuck Clayton creates a cartoon for the school paper that makes Mr. Weatherbee reconsider.
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Oh, No!

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Credits
Kathleen Webb (credited)
Tim Kennedy (credited)
Ken Selig (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Jack Morelli (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Cody
Veronica refuses to go on a double date with Betty and Cody.
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Turnabout

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Pellowski (credited)
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
?
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Smithers (the butler)
Archie and Jughead object to the new mannish style of women's fashions.
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FlagBetty and Veronica #71 published January 1994
was Turnabout [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The original printing of this story credits the story to Frank Doyle and inks to Allison Flood yet this digest credits the writing to Mike Pellowski and has no mention of Allison Flood.
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The Fix Is In

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Credits
Craig Boldman (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Bob Smith (credited)
Barry Grossman
Vickie Williams
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Mr. Lodge and Smithers panic when Archie leaves the Lodges' house with a tool kit in hand.
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FlagArchie #580 published January 2008
was The Fix Is In [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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To Print or Not to Print

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Credits
George Gladir (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
John Lowe (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Tomoko; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Mrs. Sanchez
Betty, Tomoko and Nancy write an article for the school paper about the district's proposal to start school earlier in the day.
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Hay Dismay

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Golliher (credited)
Bob Bolling (credited)
Bob Smith (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie & Friends
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Veronica loses one of her diamond earrings on a hayride with the gang and everyone tries to help find it.
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FlagArchie & Friends #33 [Newsstand] published February 1999
was Hay Dismay [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Comic Book Fair

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Making Both Ends Meet

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Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Archie
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
Mr. Lodge thinks the end of Archie's song is to far from the beginning of his song.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Fernando Ruiz (signed)
Jon D'Agostino (signed)
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Subject Matter
The New Archies
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Illustration used as the title page of the next section featuring New Archies reprints.
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Best Girl Blues

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mike Pellowski (credited)
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
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Subject Matter
humorous
The New Archies
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Archie can't decide which girl to ask to the Christmas dance.
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Lunch Time!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards (credited)
Joe Edwards (credited)
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
Barry Grossman ?
Bill Yoshida ?
Subject Matter
humorous
Jughead
Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
Jughead tells time with his stomach.
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FlagThe New Archies #12 [Direct Edition] published February 1989
was Lunch Time! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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On the Up and Up

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards (credited)
Joe Edwards (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman ?
Bill Yoshida ?
Subject Matter
humorous
The New Archies
Archie; Amani; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot; Betty; Moose; Veronica; Jughead; Reggie; Mr. Svenson; Eugene
Different meanings of the word "up".
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FlagThe New Archies #11 published January 1989
was On the Up and Up [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Take Out Order

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards (credited)
Joe Edwards (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman ?
Bill Yoshida ?
Subject Matter
humorous
The New Archies
Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Archie takes his dad out for a walk.
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FlagThe New Archies #13 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1989
was Take Out Order [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The last panel appears to have had it's text changed.
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Subscribe Today

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Subscription information for various Archie titles.
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The New Year's Resolution Contest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Greg Crosby (credited)
? [as Kennedy] (credited)
Bob Smith (credited)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Ethel; Nancy Woods; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee
Archie and his friends each make a New Years Resolution and then meet again in a month to see who has kept their resolution.
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FlagArchie's Double Digest Magazine #148 [Direct Edition] published February 2004
was The New Year's Resolution Contest [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Kevin Keller Welcome to Riverdale

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House ad for the Kevin Keller Welcome to Riverdale collection.
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There's a First Time for Everything!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dan Parent
Dan Parent
Rich Koslowski
Digikore Studios
Jack Morelli
Subject Matter
teen
Kevin Keller
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FlagKevin Keller #1 [unnamed variant] published April 2012
was There's a First Time for Everything! [Story on Interior Page(s)]First 5 pages only
 
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Kevin Keller Welcome to Riverdale

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[untitled]

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Everything's Archie
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The Best of Archie Comics Book Two

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House ad for the second Best of Archie Comics collection.
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Archie Comics Super Special Magazine

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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House ad for Archie Comics Super Special Magazine.

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