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Issue: Archie Comics Digest #12
Publication Date: June 1975
 
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Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 1975
Volume: none
Pages: 164
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 53 (44 stories, 1 cover)
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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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teen
Archie
Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Little Archie Andrews; Li'l Jinx; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie; Miss Grundy; Mr. Lodge
Archie! Am I paying you to kiss Veronica?
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There are 2 other Archie titles with similar covers to this one. They are, Pep comics #93, and Pep #144.
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Teacher's Pest

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Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy [Geraldine Grundy]; Mr. Weatherbee [Waldo Weatherbee]; Professor Flutesnoot [Benjamin Flutesnoot]
When Veronica is transferred out of his class Archie is left in a daze.
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Little Miss Fortune

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dan DeCarlo
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Subject Matter
humorous
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Veronica is overly upset when her father loses $250,000 in his business, even though he is still worth four or five million dollars. She gets little sympathy from her friends, who send her a joke "care" package and show up at a party at her house dressed in rags. Veronica doesn't appreciate the humor, but her father thinks it's hilarious.
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Pencil credit from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
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Father's Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Harry Lucey
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
Archie's father doesn't think Archie spends enough time at home. Archie compromises and takes his father along with him for the day's activities. By the end of the day, Archie's father is glad to stay home.
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A Brush With Art

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Samm Schwartz
Samm Schwartz
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Samm Schwartz
Subject Matter
teen
Jughead
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
After forgetting about his required entry in the school art exhibition, Jughead whips up an abstract painting in minutes. Reggie and Archie have great fun at the painting's expense, until someone at the exhibition offers Jughead seventy-five dollars for it.
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Wis-Dumb

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Moose
Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee
Moose comes to Mr. Weatherbee for advice but ends up confusing both of them.
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A Risky Course

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Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Archie is stumped by his math homework.
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Gone to the Dogs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Samm Schwartz
Samm Schwartz
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Reggie
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee
Reggie gets Jughead in trouble by hiding a rabbit in his desk. Mr. Weatherbee decides to make Reggie "game warden" of the high school to keep students from bringing pets to school and gives him a whistle. Jughead switches the whistle for an ultra-sonic dog whistle, so that when Reggie blows it, a pack of dogs invades the school.
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Safety Worst

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Samm Schwartz
Samm Schwartz
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Samm Schwartz
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Archie tries to teach Betty how to drive.
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Handle With Care!

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ophelia
Ophelia wonders what Veronica does to get such soft hands. Betty says she does absolutely nothing.
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Archie's Fun Page
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Time for a Change

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Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Subject Matter
childrens
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx; Hap Halliday; Mr. Sweets
Li'l Jinx can't make up her mind.
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Package Deal

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Bill Vigoda
Martin Epp ?
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Martin Epp ?
Subject Matter
teen
Jughead
Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Jughead tries to outsmart the post office.
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Hand Signals

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Credits
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Bill Vigoda
Martin Epp ?
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Martin Epp ?
Subject Matter
teen
Reggie
Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
Reggie takes Midge for a drive. Moose finds out.
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0.5
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A-Haunting We Will Go

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Sy Reit
Bob White
Bob White
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Marty Epp
Subject Matter
adventure, humorous, teen
Life With Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Waldo Weatherbee; Dilton Doily; Geraldine Grundy
As part of an initiation, the boys make Moose spend the night in the local haunted house and try to make him think the place is actually haunted. But when an actual ghost seems to appear in the house, Archie and Jughead go back to solve the mystery of who -- or what -- is behind these scary spooks.
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An issue-length story divided into four chapters: "A-Haunting We Will Go," "Calling All Spooks," "Ghost Busters" and "Ah -- Sweet Mystery."

The format of this story is similar to what would later become the formula for "Scooby-Doo."

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Returned Male!

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Moose
Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee
Mr. Weatherbee asks Moose to mail a letter.
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Signal Success

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dan DeCarlo
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
When Betty dates Archie, Veronica loans her a brooch to wear. With Veronica's usual ulterior motive, the borrowed brooch transmits a radio signal so that Veronica can keep an eye on the pair. When a cape with the brooch blows out of Archie's jalopy and is grabbed by a playful hound, Veronica has to follow the signal through some less-than-desirable places.
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The Happy Gang

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Bob Bolling
Bob Bolling
Bob Bolling
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Bob Bolling
Subject Matter
humorous
Little Archie
Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Moose Mason; Ambrose Pipps; Evelyn Evernever; Sheldon Broadbeam; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mr. Turner
Little Archie convinces the Good Ol' Gang to pose for a photo to enter in a "happy gang" contest. But when he has to go home to get film for the camera, the kids have to hold their pose, without moving, until he gets back.
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Munch Obliged

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Harry Lucey
Terry Szenics
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typeset; Terry Szenics
Subject Matter
teen
Jughead
Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
Jughead gets dragged to the principal's office for eating in class.
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Vanity Case

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Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
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Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
teen
Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Archie notices that a lot of beautiful women seem attracted to funny-looking men.
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Taken to the Cleaners

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Dan DeCarlo
Vincent DeCarlo
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Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Archie decides to stop patronizing a local tailor shop.
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Baby Quitter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle ?
Samm Schwartz
Samm Schwartz
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Samm Schwartz
Subject Matter
teen
Jughead
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Jughead gets suckered into babysitting a cherubic-looking terror.
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Blackboard Blues!

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humorous
Miss Grundy
Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews (cameo); Reggie Mantle (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo); Jughead Jones (cameo); Moose Mason
Miss Grundy can't get her students to pay attention in class. Mr. Weatherbee suggests that the only thing that interests teenagers is television, which gives Miss Grundy an idea to solve the problem.
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Call Me Brawny

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Jughead
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Reggie hears a rumor that Jughead ordered a mail-order course in body-building.
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Farced Labor

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teen
Jughead
Jughead Jones
Jughead isn't interested in a part time job.
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Shock Treatment!

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Moose
Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Moose deals with a short circuit.
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Micro-Phoneys

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Archie
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Smithers
Veronica thinks that Archie and Betty are engaged to be married so she decides to steal their thunder and get engaged to the first boy she sees, which turns out to be Jughead.
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Hook, Line and Clinker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
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Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
Veronica is distraught because George, her tropical fish, is sick. Not knowing George is a fish, Archie vows to pummel the rival who caused Veronica to break their date.
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School Daze!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Dan DeCarlo
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie's Pals 'N' Gals
Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Midge; Tommy
Archie and his friends have humorous incidents at school.
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Jughead Fun Page

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Which license plates are accurate, a crossword puzzle, find the odd numbered area and optical illusions.
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Flip-Tops

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday; Greg
Daddy teaches Li'l Jinx how to win at flipping baseball cards.
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1/3 page removed from original printing.
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Ought-To Biography

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humorous, teen
Reggie
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Archie reads "What 75 Million Women Want", and Reggie takes the book to see if they spelled his name correctly.
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Highway Robbery

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Archie
Archie Andrews
Archie gets a ticket.
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Foul Prowl

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Archie
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones
Veronica believes she heard a prowler and Archie and Reggie investigate.
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Uplifting Experience

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Frank Doyle ?
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Subject Matter
teen
Jughead
Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Alice Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
The students hear Miss Grundy may have to undergo plastic surgery to repair a broken nose. Later when Miss Grundy's young niece visits the school, everyone assumes she's Miss Grundy post-surgery.
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The Routine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dan DeCarlo
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Archie Andrews
Veronica has Archie and Mr. Lodge's daily routine timed to the minute. When Betty tries to disrupt the routine, she gets treated just the same as Archie.
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For Debt or for Worse

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Archie
Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Fred can't resist a door-to-door salesman.
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Archie Fun Page

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Color and cut out the picture frames and the pictures to put in them.
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Painting Easel

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Joe Edwards ?
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Do It Yourself for Fun
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Archie and Jughead show you how to construct your own easel.
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Grizzly Tale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Samm Schwartz
Samm Schwartz
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Samm Schwartz
Subject Matter
teen
Jughead
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
When Veronica expresses a desire for a bear skin rug for the mansion, Archie goes to Jughead to help him find one.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Samm Schwartz
Samm Schwartz
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Samm Schwartz
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
What happened to you Jug?
Archie asks Jughead about his bandaged hand.
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0.25
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Top Priority

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump
Veronica advises Midge and Betty to fill up a hope chest with the most important things. So Betty kidnaps Archie, ties him up and puts him in the chest.
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Archie's Limerick Land

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Archie Andrews
Four limericks, one about a man named Carr, one about a man named Finn, one about a girl named Psyche and one about a man named McKentum.
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Veronica's Fun Page

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Veronica Lodge
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First activity is to add up the numbers on Veronica's dress.
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Speak for Yourself!

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Archie
Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
Miss Grundy wants Archie to improve his vocabulary.
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Gift O' Gab

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Moose
Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Midge's birthday is next week.
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Dog Daze

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Harry Lucey
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Subject Matter
teen
Mr. Weatherbee
Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy
The students find a stray dog but Mr. Weatherbee makes them leave it outside in the rain.
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Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #266.
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Checkered Existence

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Jughead
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Jughead gives Archie some bad advice during a checkers game.
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Tie Score

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
Marty Gardner
Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Veronica gives Archie an ascot. He makes the best of it by changing to a whole Hollywood-style wardrobe and being insufferably pretentious.
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Baker's Dozen

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teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
The gang has a pie fight.
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Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Jughead With Archie Digest #9

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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House ad for Jughead With Archie Digest #9.

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