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Issue: Archie Comics Digest #21
Publication Date: December 1976
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Issues: #21 of 267 Issues (366 Printings)
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Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Enterprises Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 164
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000699412
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 44 (33 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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[untitled]

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Genres: teen
First Line: Archie, I presume you are concentrating on my question, "What's the shortest distance between two points?"
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[untitled]

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How to Write Comics

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Synopsis: The narrator of the story guides the reader thru how to write a comic story.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Miss Grundy! Do you mean Veronica and I must stay after school, too?
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica get Archie and Jughead out of detention.
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Lamb Stew

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Synopsis: Betty wins a baby goat in a raffle and brings him to school to keep from getting lonely.
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Muscle Bound

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Synopsis: Archie and Reggie believe men are superior to women so Miss Grundy tricks them into moving all the heavy items into her classroom.
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You're the Judge!

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Synopsis: The kids organize a flower show with Hap as the judge.
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Superstition

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The Believer

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Synopsis: A visit to a gypsy fortune-teller leaves Archie completely convinced that fortune-telling is real, and when he accurately predicts that Betty and Veronica will beat him up, he decides he must have psychic powers himself.
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Foxy Proxy

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Synopsis: Reggie gets the coach to send Archie to a meeting as a proxy for him, so Reggie can take Archie's place with Veronica at a dance. But Veronica is sick, so Jughead chooses Midge to be her proxy for the dance. A terrified Reggie tries to explain to Moose that he's really just dating Midge as a proxy for Archie, and when that doesn't seem to work, he pays Jughead to be his proxy when Moose gets back.
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Archie Crossword Fun

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Synopsis: Archie crossword. First clue across is "Advertisement (abbr)".
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[untitled]

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First Line: Good Grief!
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee questions the name "burning zeal" used for Miss Beazly's newest creation.
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The Grand Tour

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Synopsis: Mr Weatherbee needs someone to show someone around the school.
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Civilized Savages

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Synopsis: After learning that toll booths are part of the price we pay for civilization, Little Archie convinces the good ol' gang to build their own modern civilizations of "bridges, buildings and super-highways," so he can charge people money for using them.
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A Mouthful

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Synopsis: Hap tries to tell Jinx she has egg and jam around her mouth.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Yes! I told Archie he could print calendars on the...
Synopsis: Archie printed calendars with "Miss Riverdale" on the cover.
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Water On the Brain

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Synopsis: Archie receives an African rain god totem as a gift, and suddenly he can't avoid getting wet.
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Tee Time

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Synopsis: Jughead has to carry Reggie's golf bag around school, which gets him in trouble with Mr. Weatherbee.
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Rain

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Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee can't figure out why Betty and Veronica are walking through the school halls with raised umbrellas.
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[untitled]

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First Line: This will loosen up your hips!
Synopsis: Archie misses class after football practice.
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Second Time Around

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Synopsis: Veronica abandons Archie to go riding in Reggie's new convertible, until Betty shows interest in Archie.
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The Scent of Forgetfulness!

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Character(s): Unnamed villain
Synopsis: An unnamed villain uses specially-scented flowers that cause amnesia to get Mr. Lodge to sign over his empire to him. Archie, as Captain Pureheart, steps in to save the day, in his typical bumbling manner, using a perfume similar to the one used by the villain, and gets the villain to sign the empire back over to him.
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First Line: Miss Grundy! I will not have you pulling in here late...
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee wants Miss Grundy to arrive on time.
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The Advisor

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Character(s): Horace Wolfsnaggle
Synopsis: Betty is crying, but Miss Grundy tells her how to get a man.
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A Game Kid

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Synopsis: All Li’l Jinx wants to do all day is play games.
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Badger

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Art for Art's Ache

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Synopsis: Reggie is collecting items for a bonfire, Archie donates an old painting, not knowing Fred was secretly stashing cash in the frame.
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On the Ball

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Synopsis: Jughead tells the guys the story of the invention of basketball.
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[untitled]

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First Line: I'll pass chemistry if I can work this experiment!
Synopsis: Archie messes up a chemistry experiment.
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The Folk Singers!

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Synopsis: Betty, Veronica and Archie are suddenly obsessed with folk music and their practicing is driving Mr. Lodge up the wall.
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Archie for President

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Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee pits Archie and Reggie against each other in the school presidential election.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Ssssst... Archie! Where's your mother?
Synopsis: Fred sneaks off to the golf course.
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The Little Helper

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Synopsis: Li'l Jinx tries to help her parents with their chores.
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Archie's Notebook Doodles

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Synopsis: Guess what the pictures are of.
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Archie's Road Map Puzzle Puns

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Synopsis: Guess the directions based on the visual puns.
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The First Dance

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Synopsis: Ronnie wants Little Archie to take her to a masquerade dance. Little Archie thinks dancing is "sissy stuff" and prefers to spend his time playing with a pigeon he caught. Mary, who wants Little Archie to get interested in girls, encourages Ronnie to take an interest in Little Archie's hobbies, so Ronnie gets her father to buy her a very expensive pigeon.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Miss Grundy is getting very forgetful!
Synopsis: Miss Grundy forgets to buy chalk.
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Brain Gain

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Synopsis: Jughead doesn't want to flunk his business course so he enlists the help of Dilton. Together they build a machine, that for a quarter, will help students with their home work. Intrigued, Mr. Weatherbee takes a closer look and finds out that it's Dilton who is the brains inside the machine.
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Change Of Tune

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Character(s): Larry
Synopsis: Archie gets jealous when Veronica stands him up for a new, handsome baritone in the choral group.
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Tired Laughing

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Synopsis: Reggie steals the tires off Archie's jalopy and uses them to prank Archie and Jughead.
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Mr. Weatherbee Puzzle

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Laugh Comics Digest #8

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Feature(s): Laugh Comics Digest
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[untitled]

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Jughead with Archie Digest #18

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Feature(s): Jughead with Archie Digest
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