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Issue: Archie Annual Digest #59
Publication Date: October 1991
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Issues: #59 of 43 Issues (61 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/25/1991
Volume: none
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.65 CAD
£1.25 GBP
$1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
40 (38 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Jughead's Double Digest Magazine #8.

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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]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Archie, we've been sitting on this beach all day! Can we go home now?
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Mermaid Service!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
First Line: Wow! Check out the monster wave Archie is riding on!
Synopsis: Archie is swept underwater and his life is saved by a mermaid.
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Worry Flurry

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: The girls lament over Archie knocking down their sand castle.
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Open The Door, Dilton

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Dilton Doiley
Synopsis: Three two-panel gags about Dilton walking through doors.
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Description Conniption

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Moose Mason; Midge Klump
First Line: Duh, you're beautiful, Midge!
Synopsis: Moose describes Midge's beauty.
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My Old Pal, Al

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Archie spends the afternoon with a kid from the Big Pal program.
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Disclose Notes: The Big Pal program is a spoof of the Big Brothers program.
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View Crew

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
First Line: What a delightful sight!
Synopsis: Archie and Reggie admire a beach beauty.
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Ride Chide

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley
First Line: What a scarey ride!
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica are scared to ride in Archie's car.
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Bells Are Ringing

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie tries to fix a broken door bell at the Lodges' home.
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Limo Rock

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Josie and the Pussycats [Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown; Melody Valentine]; Alexander Cabot III
Synopsis: Alex is straining his brain trying to find a new location that hasn't been done yet for the Pussycats' latest music video. That's when Josie suggests shooting it in his new super-stretch limo.
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Disclose Notes: References Cyndi Lauper (as Mindy Looper) and NTV (MTV). Mentions the Go-Go's water skiing music video.
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Grin and Bare It!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Archie, Jughead and Reggie discover the pitfalls of being barefoot.
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Lifeguard Lament

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Betty observes Archie save a swimmer.
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Tall Order

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Archie wins a prize for most unusual sandwich at the beach.
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Lip Quip

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
First Line: I'm spending too much of my pocket money on food!
Synopsis: Jughead quips about spending too much money on food.
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Short Retort

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
First Line: Reggie, I'm gonna give you a piece of my mind!
Synopsis: Reggie insults Moose and pays for it.
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The Light Touch

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica want to lay by Veronica's pool at night and stargaze but Archie and Jughead think it is a dumb idea.
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Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #265, no credits listed in this digest.
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Misdo Miscue

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis: Ethel gave Jughead money to buy hot dogs.
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Chore Score

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Jughead has to do chores while his mother is away.
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Boat Goat

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
First Line: We'll win the race!
Synopsis: Archie and Veronica are in a boat race.
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Wheel Deal

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis: Reggie makes fun of Archie's moped.
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Perfect Order

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Archie is tutoring small children and leaves an envelope of test questions on the hall table. His father has been called in for a tax audit and, of course, takes the wrong envelope.
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Disclose Notes: Lettering credit from the reprint in Archie Double Digest #241. In that reprint the script is mis-credited to Frank Doyle.
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Lass Pass

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
First Line: And how many girls did you wink at while I was away?
Synopsis: Betty and Archie spend time at the beach.
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Underwater Find

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Hearing stories from Pop about possible treasure buried at the bottom of Lake Riverdale, the gang take a scuba excursion to the bottom with high hopes.
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I Go Ape Over You

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie and Reggie get jobs at the zoo.
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Diet Riot

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: Archie offers to help Mr. Weatherbee lose weight by engaging in some fun pursuits. However, every activity they try ends with Mr. Weatherbee chancing upon an opportunity to eat. Then, poor Mr. Weatherbee gets injured and ends up in the hospital. It's okay, though. Now, he's on a forced diet.
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Aid Charade

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Will
Synopsis: Miss Grundy tries to make Veronica more self-reliant.
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Strange Change

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Veronica thinks Archie's behavior is disrespectful and she doesn't want to speak to him, at least until Betty shows up.
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Split Bit

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge has a tv monitor at the front gate so he can see who is there.
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Thank Heaven for Little Girls!!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump
Synopsis: Betty wakes up so thankful to be a girl that she decides to pamper herself.
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A Good Exercise

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Coach Kleats
Synopsis: Coach Kleats suggets Archie get some exercise while at the beach.
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Deep Sleep

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee puts Archie and Jughead to sleep with his lecture.
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Heart Art

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Cynthia
Synopsis: Archie tells Cynthia she is the only girl in the world for him.
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Flame Aim

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead can't start a campfire.
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It's a Mess

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: Archie's father tells him to clean up his room before he can go on his date with Veronica. He results to the old trick of filling his closet to the bursting point, but then gets distracted by old photos and a video game.
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Disclose Notes: Archie has a box of comic books in his room. In the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest #25, the script is mis-credited to George Gladir.
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The Jock

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Veronica Lodge; Coach Kleats; Coach Clayton; Coach Flutesnoot; John Hanson; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Dilton tries to join the football and tennis teams but he's not cut out for those sports, but he is noticed by the cross-country coach.
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Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #29, no credits listed in this digest.
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Garden of Delights

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper
First Line: The trouble with this game room, Betty, is that I've played all the games too many times!
Synopsis: Veronica provides skimpy outfits for doing gardening so they can get tanned while they work.
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Cake Flake

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Betty offers Jughead a piece of cake.
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Board Bard

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis: Jughead thinks his skateboard is beautiful.
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The Bear Facts

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis: A bear steals the girls' picnic basket, and then brings it back.
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Everyone into the Pool!!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason (cameo); Midge Klump (cameo); Chuck Clayton (cameo); Fred Andrews
Synopsis: On hearing that Archie has a new swimming pool, the whole gang descends on Archie's house to fill his small above-ground pool. Meanwhile, Veronica takes Archie's father, Archie and Jughead back to her pool, where they can swim in peace.
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Disclose Notes: Letters credit from reprint in World of Archie Double Digest #40 reprint. The reprint mis-credits the story to Frank Doyle, pencils to Dan DeCarlo, and inks to Rudy Lapick.

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