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Issue: Archie Comics Digest #23
Publication Date: April 1977
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Issues: #23 of 267 Issues (366 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Archie Enterprises Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 164
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000699404
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 35 (32 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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4 Content Items from other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagArchie's Pal Jughead #6 published June 1951 was Feast Or Famine [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagArchie's Girls Betty and Veronica #112 published April 1965 was Finny Fun [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLaugh Comics #174 published September 1965 was Smart Art [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagJughead #179 published April 1970 was The Lover [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Archie, I've used up a whole roll of film on that pose!
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Disclose Notes: Redrawn from the cover of Laugh Comics #70
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Rub-a-Dub-Dub

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Archie finds a genie in a bottle and wishes to be rich and important in the eyes of Veronica.
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Finny Fun

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Synopsis: Betty thinks she's accidentally killed one of Professor Flutesnoot's fish when Jughead suggests that the fish misbehaves because it is lonely. He then adds a larger, predator fish into the fish tank.
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First Line: Aw, come on now, boys!
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The Lover

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Miss Hipswing
First Line: Now there is a sight you don't often see!
Synopsis: The other kids think Jughead has finally fallen in love when he places flowers on the desk of the beautiful new teacher, Miss Hipswing.
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Vacuum Cleaned

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Synopsis: Archie is tricked into cleaning Veronica's car so she can go out on a date with Reggie to a concert.
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Smart Art

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: After a visit to an art museum, Jinx is inspired by pop art and op art. Jinx decides to invent her own art style--slop art!
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First Line: I forgot to tell the janitor we were decorating the gym tonight!
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Birthdaze

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First Line: Sigh!
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee has been grumpy since his birthday is coming up, so the gang and Miss Grundy decide to give him a surprise party.
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Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #297.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Ow! Those are real corn poppers!
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The Masked Marvel

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: The boys in the school are wearing monster masks as a fad. One of the girls seems frightened and Archie pursues her into a blind alley and bullies her into making a date with him. Betty and Veronica are appalled and tell the girl she doesn't have to keep the date. She replies that "some masks are more obvious than others," while removing hers.
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Feast Or Famine

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: --And because of the extraordinary thesis he wrote about "will power", Jughead will be excused from doing any homework in this class for an entire week!
Synopsis: Reggie bets Jughead that he can't go a week without hamburgers. Jughead forces himself to do so, not knowing that he sleepwalks to the diner and eats hamburgers at night. When Jughead wins the bet and Reggie buys him two dozen hamburgers, Jughead has no appetite and is afraid he's sick so he goes to the doctor.
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Archie's Quizzlers

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First Line: Here, here! What's all the arguing!
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Ludwig La Stanza, The Music Moppet

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Ludwig La Stanza; Ruben; Sheldon Broadbeam
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee asks Ludwig La Stanza to conduct the Good Ol' Gang's orchestra in his composition, "Wet Sneaker Serenade," on Parent-Teacher Night. Ludwig can't get the right sound out of the orchestra until he gets the idea of adding live animals, two chickens and a pig, to the orchestra.
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Disclose Notes: First appearance of Ludwig La Stanza, Bolling's short-lived answer to Schroeder from "Peanuts."
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To Tell the Truth

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Synopsis: Betty tells the truth, but twists it enough to get Archie in trouble with Veronica.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Veronica, you’d look beautiful in one of those wigs!
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The Big Brain

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Archie surreptitiously uses the new prototype computer at Lodge Industries to do his homework, then gets the printout switched with the one for Mr. Lodge.
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Archie One

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Eat It and Beat It

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Emmaline
First Line: Jughead had never intended to go through with it.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Oh, my word!
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Cuddle Muddle

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First Line: Hey! Fleet foot floogie! You're dropping your documents!
Synopsis: Jughead is scripting love letters for Moose to give to Midge.
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First Line: Men are so conceited!!
Synopsis: Archie counters Veronica's claim that all men are scheming to get a woman.
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Weight and See

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Coach, those are the slowest, clumsiest looking track men I've ever seen!
Synopsis: Coach has Archie and Reggie running with lead weights in their shoes, which gives Reggie an idea for a prank to play on Archie.
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Rain Catchers

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: Jinx and Greg get into a fight when Greg insults her father. However, Hap doesn't understand how he's been insulted.
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First Line: My report card!
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Doorway to Danger

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[untitled]

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First Line: Y’mean that tumbling trick we’ve learned?
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Nothing But the Tooth

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): unnamed Mayor; unnamed beaver
Synopsis: Little Archie brings a pet beaver to school.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Miss Beazly is on a hash binge again in the cafeteria!
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Cover Up

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Betty tries to avoid seeing Archie by using a variety of ineffective disguises.
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Lift and Learn

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Proving that anybody can teach something, Jughead asks Moose to lead a "teach-in" on weightlifting.
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First Line: Do you always leap into my office like a grasshopper?
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Jungle Rot

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Doctor Livingston, I presume?
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge is an explorer searching for Dr. Livingston. All he finds is a screwball collection with white hunter Archie; ape man Jughead; and jungle girls Betty and Veronica.
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Hole in One Maze

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Genres: teen
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