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Issue: Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #257
Publication Date: February 2015
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Issues: #257 of 103 Issues (137 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/07/2015
Volume:
Pages: 164
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UPC/EAN: 76281646951725711
Price: $4.99 USD
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Content Items: 34 (30 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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ? [as Kennedy]
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Vegas
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Pages: 1
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Snow Problem!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: Little Archie offers to help Little Betty and Little Veronica build a snowman, but they decline his offer because they thinks he's a klutz.
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Snow Show

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Archie's job driving a snowmobile for advertisement purposes gets him a lot of girls.
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Pages: 5
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Easel Weasel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie and Reggie attend a local art gallery and meet a famous artist.
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Heads I Win

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley
First Line: C'mon, Jug, before you buy the whole store...
Synopsis: Archie gets a rare coin in his change that's worth $5,000 but he loses it in the arcades.
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The American Way

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie has trouble getting his car to start after leaving it out on a cold winter night, so he and Jughead come up with a way to keep it warm.
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Cold Hard Truth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie and the gang make a video of themselves at the beach at the end of summer so they can watch it during the cold, dreary months of winter.
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Slow Go

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews
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Life With Archie #62

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
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Pages: 1
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The Song Is Ended

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Bobby Baron; unnamed musicians; unnamed people; Sinister Sid
Synopsis: Sinister Sid, a villain with an all-consuming hatred of music ("It's all-consuming, you know!"), creates a special smog that has the power to destroy music. Soon no one can sing or play or even remember what music sounds like. The Archies set off on a magic carpet ride to find this "music-napper" and end his anti-melodic reign of terror.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Script identifiable as Doyle by his style as well as his love of references to old songs.

Songs referred to in this story include "Birth of the Blues," "What's New," "That Old Black Magic," "Bill," "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing," "Blues In the Night," "Ol' Man River," "Without a Song," "Bye Bye Birdie," "The Sound of Music," "The Star-Spangled Banner," "Stranger In Paradise," "I Don't Want To Set the World On Fire," and "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever."

Part of a series of surreal "Archies" stories influenced by The Monkees and the Beatles' "Help!"
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Breadfruit Bonanza!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Captain Yech
First Line: Oh, we're lucky 'cause we're plucky and when everything gets mucky...
Synopsis: The Archies win a luxurious vacation on tropical Breadfruit Island, where it turns out that contest winners are pressed into service picking breadfruit for the rest of their lives.
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Archie Rhymes

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Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie's Gag Bag
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
First Line: Hi, Archie! I'm selling cookies for the Riverdale Girls' Club!
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Mall Check

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Wheel Spiel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): The Archies [Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle]
Synopsis: Archie's horoscope tells him that "wheels will be his undoing", so he forces The Archies to travel to their gig via balloon, dogsled, and snowshoes. The band gets to the gig late, and finds that their act has been replaced by a band called The Wheels.
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The Giving Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Archie is angry at Reggie for buying him a cheap Christmas gift. Betty encourages him to pretend she's Reggie and take out his hostility on her.
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Snowball Effect

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Archie finds himself in trouble with two guys when he accidentally drops his ice cream on them at the mall.
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My Pal Reggie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis: Reggie is being usually nice to Archie to drive him crazy.
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Pages: 11
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Dancing Lesson

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis: Archie's parents and Betty's parents chaperone the school dance and show the kids they types of dance moves they used when they were young.
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Hall of Fame

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead trick a freshman into running in the halls right past Mr. Weatherbee's office.
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A Sense of Rumor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Midge Klump; Pop Tate; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods
Synopsis: Archie overhears Mr. Weatherbee suggest a Major Jack Bullard to take his place for a week and tells everyone that Bullard will turn the place into a military school.
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Remember Me?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
First Line: Look at this, Arch!
Synopsis: Archie plans to reach out to a TV executive that he knows about appearing in a safety commercial.
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The Same Game!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: Archie makes a fool of himself at the ice rink, showing off for Veronica.
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The Iceman Cometh

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate; Mr. Finley
Synopsis: Mr. Finley has created a pill that instantly freezes any liquid.
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Down Memory Lane

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: Archie reminisces about how Betty and Veronica fought over him when they were kids.
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[untitled]

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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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Troubadour Trouble

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To the Point

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Slats
Synopsis: Slats hurts his head, slamming it into the roof of his new foreign car after sitting on Laurie's knitting needles.
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Check Up!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Wilbur; Linda; Laurie
Synopsis: Laurie, who is feeling out-of-sorts, suggests that Linda go to the dance with Wilbur in her stead. Linda, thinking some sort of trickery is in play, is suspicious of Laurie's motives.
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Going the Distance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: Archie throws a paper airplane and ends up in detention.
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Archie's Winter Rhyme

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Genres: humorous, teen
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Hat Trick

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: Splat!
Synopsis: Archie doesn't know where the snowball that hit him came from.
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Pages: 1
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Droll Soul

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
First Line: Poor Archie crashed into the tree!
Synopsis: Crashing into a tree while skiing is just one of Archie's problems.
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Trunk Line to Treachery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure, humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie uncovers a plot by Mr. Lodge's right-hand man to take over his company. Archie and Mr. Lodge have to use a trunk lid as a toboggan and slide down a hill to stop the hostile takeover in time.
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Pages: 10

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