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Issue: Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine #22
Publication Date: January 2013
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Issues: #22 of 33 Issues (69 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: 72262746953322
Price: $3.99 USD
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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
46 (32 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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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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[untitled]

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Kevin Keller; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
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First Line: Download the Archie App for Free!
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Holiday on the High Seas

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: 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

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Santa Claus; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Veronica is in a rush to finish her last minute shopping.
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Cool Christmas Cat

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: 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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The Kissing Santa

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis: Reggie locks Archie in a tool shed so he can play Santa Claus at Veronica's party.
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Kissless Christmas

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Ethel; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: 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

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Synopsis: Veronica is keeping Reggie waiting.
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Feature(s): Explorers of the Unknown
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Double Trouble!! Chapter One

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Genres: adventure, teen
Character(s): 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)
Synopsis: 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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Double Trouble!! Chapter Two

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Genres: adventure, teen
Character(s): 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
Synopsis: 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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Double Trouble!! Chapter Three

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Genres: adventure, teen
Character(s): 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
Synopsis: 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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Double Trouble!! Chapter Four

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Genres: adventure, teen
Character(s): 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
Synopsis: 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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Double Digest Sample Pack

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Toy Ploy

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Genres: teen
Character(s): 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
Synopsis: 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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Archie Comics Super Special Magazine

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
First Line: Maybe you can help me, Betty...
Synopsis: Reggie needs Betty to help him with his plants.
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The Image!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Dilton Doiley; Coach Kleats; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Gill Bates
Synopsis: 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

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Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Synopsis: Veronica tries to paint a picture to enter in the country club art show.
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To the Victors Belong the Victuals!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Ethel; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Nancy Woods; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee; Tomoko
Synopsis: 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

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr Weatherbee; Coach Kleats
Synopsis: 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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On the Wrong Wavelength

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie gets Veronica a master remote to replace all the remote controls she currently has.
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Star Time

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton; Reggie Mantle; Coach Clayton; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: When the boys hear there is a college scout in the stands they all start grandstanding during a basketball game.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
First Line: What's wrong, Moose?
Synopsis: Archie tries to help Moose study.
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Cartoon Crisis

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Ms. Phlips; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: 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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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Cody
Synopsis: Veronica refuses to go on a double date with Betty and Cody.
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Turnabout

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Smithers (the butler)
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead object to the new mannish style of women's fashions.
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The Fix Is In

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge and Smithers panic when Archie leaves the Lodges' house with a tool kit in hand.
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To Print or Not to Print

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Tomoko; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Mrs. Sanchez
Synopsis: 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

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis: Veronica loses one of her diamond earrings on a hayride with the gang and everyone tries to help find it.
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Comic Book Fair

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Making Both Ends Meet

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge thinks the end of Archie's song is to far from the beginning of his song.
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Best Girl Blues

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie can't decide which girl to ask to the Christmas dance.
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Lunch Time!

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Character(s): Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
Synopsis: Jughead tells time with his stomach.
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On the Up and Up

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie; Amani; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot; Betty; Moose; Veronica; Jughead; Reggie; Mr. Svenson; Eugene
Synopsis: Different meanings of the word "up".
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Take Out Order

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Character(s): Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis: Archie takes his dad out for a walk.
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Subscribe Today

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The New Year's Resolution Contest

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Ethel; Nancy Woods; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: 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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Kevin Keller Welcome to Riverdale

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There's a First Time for Everything!

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Kevin Keller Welcome to Riverdale

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Feature(s): Everything's Archie
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The Best of Archie Comics Book Two

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Archie Comics Super Special Magazine

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