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Issue: Archie Comics Digest #236
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Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 100
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 00912846850136
Price: $2.99 CAD
$2.49 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
18 (11 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Victor Gorelick
Disclose Notes: Special 65th Anniversary Commemorative Issue!
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Digest size
Paper Stock: Cardstock cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Perfect Bound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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When Archie Meets Archie!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Rex Lindsey (signed)
Rex Lindsey ?
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?
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews (modern); Archie Andrews (1941-style)
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Miscellaneous
1
Archie: The Mirth of a Nation

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Jeffrey C. Branch
various
various
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typeset
Subject Matter
Archie
Brief history of Archie Comics, how Archie and his pals replaced the MLJ Golden Age superheroes and lasted to the present day.
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Miscellaneous
4
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Vic Bloom
Bob Montana
Bob Montana
?
?
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Gramps Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Mr. Cooper; Mrs. Cooper
Just a matter of skill.. that's all!
Archie meets Betty and gets in trouble with her father.
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Miscellaneous
6
Reprint of the first Archie story.
Archie #1

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Bob Montana ?
Bob Montana
Bob Montana ?
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?
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Who's Who in Riverdale

Character Profile  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Bob Montana ?
Bob Montana
Bob Montana
?
?
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Introduction to the main cast of characters
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Miscellaneous
1
Prom Pranks

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Bob Montana ?
Bob Montana
Bob Montana
?
?
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Mrs. Lodge; Mrs. Andrews; Mr. McQuiggan; Mr. Weatherbee
The story of how Veronica came to Riverdale.
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Miscellaneous
8
Puzzle Land

Activity  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Joe Edwards ?
Joe Edwards ?
Joe Edwards ?
?
Joe Edwards ?
Subject Matter
Bumbie; Cubby; Squoimy; Annabelle
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Miscellaneous
1
That Old Oaken Bucket

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Joe Edwards ?
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Cubby the Bear
Cubby
Cubby goes to get a bucket of water for his mom but encounters many distractions along the way.
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Miscellaneous
9
Story title appeared on the contents page of the original comic (not included in the digest reprint).
Train Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Bob Montana ?
Bob Montana
Bob Montana
?
?
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Elmer Q. Pluggett
Archie takes a train trip and causes lots of trouble for salesman Elmer Q. Pluggett
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Miscellaneous
7
Crime Wave in Bugland

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Bumbie the Bee-tective
Bumbie
In order to be a bee-tective, Bumbie needs to find his first case.
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Miscellaneous
7
Story title appeared on the contents page of the original comic (not included in the digest reprint).
Pancakes in a Blackout

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Bob Montana ?
Bob Montana
Bob Montana
?
?
Subject Matter
teen
An Archie Short
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews
Archie is cooking pancakes when the air raid siren goes off -- he has to turn off all the lights in the house and keep his pancakes from burning at the same time!
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Miscellaneous
2
Roses Are Red

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Joe Edwards ?
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Squoimy the Woim
Squoimy; Annabelle; Moe Squito
Squoimy has written a poem for Annabelle, but that bully Moe Squito keeps trying to get her attention.
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Miscellaneous
6
Story title appeared on the contents page of the original comic?
Archie's Puzzles

Activity  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
?
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?
?
Subject Matter
Archie
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Miscellaneous
1
maze, quiz, and word puzzles
The Case of the Missing Mistletoe!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Bob Montana ?
Bob Montana
Bob Montana
?
?
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Judy Price; Jughead Jones; Jerry Price
Judy Price, a new girl in town, invites Archie to her Christmas party, but she doesn't tell him she has a twin sister, which leads to several mixups.
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Miscellaneous
5
Slow and Steady Wins the Race

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
?
?
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Judge Owl's Fables
Judge Owl; Speedy Rabbit; Torty Tortoise
Speedy wants to win the race for the reputation of all rabbits everyehere, but he keeps getting distracted.
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Miscellaneous
6
Story title appeared on the contents page of the original comic (not included in the digest reprint).
Jughead's Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Bob Montana ?
Bob Montana
Bob Montana
?
?
Subject Matter
teen
Archie Featuring Jughead
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Archie wants Jughead to substitute for an injured player in their hockey game, but Jughead just knows that he'll end up getting hurt.
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Miscellaneous
6
Story title appeared on the contents page of the original comic (not included in the digest reprint).
[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Victor Gorelick
various (illustrations)
various (illustrations)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Editor's Notebook
I hope you're enjoying this trip down memory lane.
Gorelick reminisces about growing up in the 1940s and reading Archie comic books.
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Miscellaneous
2
When Archie Meets Archie...

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Fernando Ruiz; Nelson Ribeiro (Concept)
Rex Lindsey
Rex Lindsey
?
?
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee (cameo)
Archie takes a shortcut down a street he's never seen before and encounters the 1940s versions of himself, Jughead, and Betty.
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Miscellaneous
11

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