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Issue: Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #252
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/16/2014
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Pages: 164
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UPC/EAN: 76281646951725211
Price: $4.99 USD
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Content Items: 42 (29 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Cover title: Archie Comics Digest
Indicia title: Archie (Comics) Double Digest
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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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Dan Parent (signed)
Bob Smith (signed)
Rosario Peña (signed)
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
There's nothing good about this heat wave!
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Redrawn from the cover of Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #98.
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Diary of a Girl Next Door

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The Usual Crowd

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle (credited)
Harry Lucey (credited)
Marty Epp (credited)
Carlos Antunes (credited)
Marty Epp (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Betty and Veronica take a walk on the beach and see the usual crowd.
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Inflation Problems

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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George Gladir (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Bob Smith (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Archie accidentally fills Veronica's air mattress with helium causing her to float over town.
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Slide Rules

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; Chuck Clayton; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Archie tells Chuck he hates winter because he always falls on the ice.
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Archie # 539 (apparently the original publication) credits script, Mike Pellowski; pencils, Stan Goldberg; and inks, Bob Smith.
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Rub-A-Dub Dumb

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge; Turk; Tina; Brunhilde
Mr. Lodge sends Archie and Reggie to get a massage.
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Hammock Rocky Road

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews
Archie Andrews; Mr. Martin; Mary Andrews
Archie has trouble hanging his hammock.
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The Shtick is King

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
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Bill Yoshida; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Archie needs a shtick to attract girls at the beach.
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Bill Yoshida appears in the story lettering boats and jet-skis.
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Save Your Greenbacks

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Diamond Selections
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Water Tale!

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Archie
Archie Andrews
Archie meets a mermaid.
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P.O.P. versus C.R.U.S.H.

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Bob White (signed)
Mario Acquaviva
Rosario Peña (signed)
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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Deadly Delivery!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle (credited)
Bob White (credited)
Marty Epp (credited)
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Marty Epp (credited)
Subject Matter
adventure, humorous, teen
The Man From R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E.
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
C.R.U.S.H. agents R.E.G.G.I.E. and V.E.R.O.N.I.C.A. booby-trap the dry-cleaning establishment that serves as P.O.P. headquarters, hoping to stop agents A.R.C.H.I.E. and J.U.G.H.E.A.D. from getting their top-secret microfilm to their London office. The good guys decide to give the film to Betty, their innocent, inept clerk.
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One of the early stories in this series where Reggie and Veronica are members of C.R.U.S.H.; in later stories they would become part of P.O.P. and fight new villains.

Stores on the street include "Vic's Trading Post," referring to colorist Victor Gorelick, and "Dexter Tailor," a reference to Little Archie artist Dexter Taylor.
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The Whistler

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle (credited)
Bob White (credited)
Bob White (credited)
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Victor Gorelick (credited)
Subject Matter
adventure, humorous, teen
The Man From R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E.
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge; Pop Tate; The Whistler
P.O.P. faces the newest and most deadly C.R.U.S.H. agent, The Whistler, whose permanent pucker allows him to whistle so loudly that it can shatter eardrums, bust safes, and annoy dogs.
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Midtown Comics
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Archie 1000 Page Comics Bonanza

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House ad for the Archie 1000 Page Comics Bonanza collection.
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Gone With the Wind

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Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Archie tries to skateboard and windsurf at the same time.
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The Plus Force

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir (credited)
Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
Jim DeCarlo (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
When Archie is Mr. Lodge's caddy and shows up in a gaudy outfit, the outfit causes Mr. Lodge's opponent to be distracted and lose the game.
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Waiter, There's a Spy in My Soup!

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Mike Pellowski (credited)
Bob Bolling (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Life with Archie
Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton
Archie gets a mysterious package from Russia and two men follow him and Chuck in a round-about fashion to Archie's house.
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Ambrose is mentioned, but does not appear.

The original printing credited Sam Kujava with writing this story.
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It's Hip to be Mom!

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Dan Parent (credited)
Dan Parent (credited)
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews
When Mary gets tired of being stuck in the house doing Archie's chores she decides she is going to the beach where she becomes more popular than Archie.
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A Shirt Story

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Mike Pellowski (credited)
Jeff Shultz (credited)
Rich Koslowski (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Smithers
Veronica takes so long to pick out a shirt that Archie leaves and asks Betty to the dance instead.
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Uncle Archie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle (credited)
Bill Vigoda (credited)
Bill Vigoda (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Vigoda (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Freddy
The gang are counselors at a summer camp where camper Freddy causes various forms of mischief with a rope.
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Wishing Will Make It So!

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Tim Kennedy ?
Rich Koslowski ?
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Veronica doesn't want to participate in Archie's old wishbone superstition.
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Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
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Summer Bummer

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Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Archie loses his valuables while getting ice cream cones for Betty and Veronica at the beach.
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Fool's House

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Fernando Ruiz (credited)
Fernando Ruiz (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Vickie Williams (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Gordon Hardsell; Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
A realtor finds it impossible to sell the house next door to the Andrews because of Archie's clumsiness.
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A Place in the Sun

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle (credited)
Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
Jim DeCarlo (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Archie is unhappy with Veronica being in charge every time they go to the beach.
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Boom Voyage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Hartley (credited)
Al Hartley (credited)
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Al Hartley (see notes)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Archie puts the engine from his jalopy into a boat.
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Story retitled from original printing to replace "Bomb" with "Boom".

Bill Yoshida is credited with letters but the letters are by Al Hartley who leaves noticeably more white space in the lettering balloons and usually letters his own work.
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Get a Job

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir (credited)
Bob Bolling (credited)
Rich Koslowski (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
All Archie's summer jobs end up costing Fred money.
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Pool Player

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Credits
Mike Pellowski (credited)
Tim Kennedy (credited)
Ken Selig (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Jack Morelli (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Mr. Fisher; Veronica Lodge
Archie gets a job cleaning pools but manages to fall into more pools than he cleans.
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Brave New World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rod Ollerenshaw (credited)
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Rod Ollerenshaw (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Archie goes to the beach by himself.
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Pat the Brat #20

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Pat the Brat
Pat
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Scalped

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Bob White (credited)
Terry Szenics (credited)
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Terry Szenics (credited)
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childrens
Pat the Brat
Pat; Pat's father; Pat's mother
Pat's father orders some hair tonic.
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A Sell Out

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Bob Bolling (signed)
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childrens
Pat the Brat
Pat; Suzie
Pat has a popcorn stand but Suzie sets up across the street and undercuts his prices.
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Double Digest Sample Pack!

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House ad for a random assortment of Double Digests.
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Dirty Car Pool

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Credits
Bob Bolling (credited)
Bob Bolling (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Archie washes his car but it gets dirty again when he goes to pick up Betty.
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code for a digital version of this comic.
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[untitled]

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Bob Montana
Bob Montana
Bob Montana
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie's Gag Bag
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Gee, Arch!
Jughead learns to ride the waves.
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The Right Spirit!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle (credited)
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Rod Ollerenshaw (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Old Man Dundee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Tug
Archie gets help against two thugs from the Ghost Of Old Man Dundee.
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Future Shock

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Seymour
Seymour predicts the future.
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6
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Subscription information
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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 an Archie digital comics app.
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Munchkin

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Steve Jackson Games
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Ad for a card game.

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