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Issue: Archie Comics Digest #30
Publication Date: June 1978
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Issues: #30 of 267 Issues (366 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 148
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000699406
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 43 (35 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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16 Content Items from other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagLittle Archie Giant Comics #9 [unnamed variant] published December 1958 was Taboo It May Concern [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Adventures of Little Archie #23 published June 1962 was Hits and Misses [Story on Interior Page(s)] minus one page
FlagArchie's Pal Jughead #89 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1962 was Winner Lose [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagLaugh Comics #164 published November 1964 was Color-Full! [Story on Interior Page(s)] minus one page
FlagLife with Archie #42 published October 1965 was Dessert Special [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagArchie #165 published July 1966 was Dinner Belle [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagArchie #178 published December 1967 was Stick with It! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagArchie's Girls Betty and Veronica #144 published December 1967 was Battle Lines [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagArchie's Girls Betty and Veronica #150 published June 1968 was Lonely Luxury [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagArchie's Girls Betty and Veronica #176 published August 1970 was The Dating Game [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagReggie and Me #47 published March 1971 was Teacher's Pest [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagReggie and Me #51 published October 1971 was Get the Message? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagReggie and Me #54 published March 1972 was Bell-Bottom Booty [Story on Interior Page(s)] with Archie logo
FlagReggie and Me #54 published March 1972 was Bell-Bottom Booty Part 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)] with Archie logo
FlagReggie and Me #54 published March 1972 was Bell-Bottom Booty Part 3 [Story on Interior Page(s)] with Archie logo
FlagJughead #208 published September 1972 was Alley Cat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
First Line: Archie, you goofed! This practice session is for the girls' team!
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Stick With It!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis: A Reggie prank leaves Archie stuck to a fence, and to get him to school, his friends have to saw off the fence and carry him in.
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Haggly
First Line: Miss Haggly!!
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee finds Miss Haggly sleeping in class.
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Battle Lines

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis: Veronica declares total war against Betty in the fight for Archie, starting by trying to break her spirit, and then using a personalized radar system to keep track of her movements.
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Winner Lose

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Reggie blackmails Archie into giving up Veronica for a month and it's up to Jughead to save the day.
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Miss Grundy; Miss Hagly; Mr. Weatherbee
First Line: What'd he say about the supermarket?
Synopsis: Miss Haggly can't hear Mr. Weatherbee's speech.
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Dessert Special

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: When Pop Tate injures himself doing a new dance, Archie volunteers to keep the shop running. Reggie then replaces all the vanilla ice cream with instant potatoes. The taste is so bad that all the customers desert the Choklit Shop.
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Ring Thing

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Character(s): Veronica Lodge
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
First Line: For math homework I gave my class blank income tax forms to fill out!
Synopsis: Miss Grundy gives her class blank income tax forms for a homework assignment.
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Teacher's Pest

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Coach asks Reggie to turn Archie into an athlete.
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Taboo It May Concern

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Little Archie asks Betty to a movie on Friday the 13th, and Betty goes reluctantly, worried about bad luck.
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones
First Line: In our studies of "heredity", what are some things you think are hereditary?
Synopsis: The teacher asks the class about heredity.
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The Sky Is Falling

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Dilton Doily; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Jughead can't believe it when Hot Dog starts talking to him.
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Driving Me Crazy!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Kleats
Synopsis: Archie's erratic driving costs the school a safety award.
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Svenson
First Line: What's the priceless work of art Mr. Lodge donated to the school?
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge donated a sculpture to the school but it lost it's head.
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Color-Full!

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis: To stop her from making noise, Daddy tells Li'l Jinx to color with crayons.
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Read Between the Lines

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Ethel Muggs; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Sabrina; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Beazly
First Line: We have hundreds of things today for lunch!
Synopsis: Miss Beazly serves beans for lunch.
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Bell-Bottom Booty

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle (as Blackbeard); Mr. Weatherbee (as Capt. Barnacle); Veronica Lodge (as Lady Pantaloon); Betty Cooper (as The Maid Elizabeth); Archie Andrews (as Mr. Horatio); Jughead Jones (as Mr. Hatch); Big Ethel Muggs (as Miss Bilge); Big Moose Mason (as Friday)
Synopsis: The "Mighty Archie Art Players" act out a story of piracy on the high seas.
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Bell-Bottom Booty Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle (as Blackbeard); Mr. Weatherbee (as Capt. Barnacle); Veronica Lodge (as Lady Pantaloon); Betty Cooper (as The Maid Elizabeth); Archie Andrews (as Mr. Horatio); Jughead Jones (as Mr. Hatch); Big Ethel Muggs (as Miss Bilge); Big Moose Mason (as Friday)
Synopsis: The "Mighty Archie Art Players" act out a story of piracy on the high seas.
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Bell-Bottom Booty Part 3

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle (as Blackbeard); Mr. Weatherbee (as Capt. Barnacle); Veronica Lodge (as Lady Pantaloon); Betty Cooper (as The Maid Elizabeth); Archie Andrews (as Mr. Horatio); Jughead Jones (as Mr. Hatch); Big Ethel Muggs (as Miss Bilge); Big Moose Mason (as Friday)
Synopsis: The "Mighty Archie Art Players" act out a story of piracy on the high seas.
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Cow Sense

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Letterer(s): typeset
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[untitled]

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Miss Grundy; Lunk
First Line: Lunk, if you don't get your mind off football you'll flunk math!
Synopsis: Lunk needs to get his math grades up or he won't play football.
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Lonely Luxury

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Smithers the butler; Gaston the chef; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Veronica spends a very luxurious, but very lonely night in the Lodge Mansion.
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Get the Message?

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doily; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Reggie is trying to make a funny movie.
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[untitled]

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Miss Beazly
First Line: Where's Miss Beazly?
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee advises Miss Grundy not to complain about the food.
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One of the Gang

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Genres: childrens
Character(s): Little Archie; Mr. Weatherbee; Little Reggie; Miss Grundy; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee and Miss Grundy stop a robbery at a bowling alley.
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[untitled]

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
First Line: Miss Grundy, must your boys use initials for their choice of colleges?
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee doesn't understand the initials the students are using.
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Frogs

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Gladys Jones
Synopsis: Archie, Betty and Veronica watch a scary movie about a frog invasion. Later they mistake Jughead for the alien invasion.
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Hits and Misses

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday; GaGa; Greg; Charley Hawse
Synopsis: Everyone is nice to Li'l Jinx.
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Reggie the Ego Tripper!

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Character(s): Reggie Mantle
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[untitled]

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews
First Line: Archie, a new car has built-in safety features!
Synopsis: Fred tells Archie about the safety features in new cars.
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Save Our Schools

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Mr. Parker; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
Synopsis: With the teachers threatening to strike, the students organize to help cut costs at the school to help the teachers get raises.
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The Dating Game

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Cooper; Mrs. Cooper
Synopsis: Veronica goes on a date with a boy named Cedric while Archie studies with Betty, but fate once again conspires to get Archie together with Veronica.
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Testing!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Archie is pulling petals off a flower to see if Veronica loves him.
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[untitled]

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
First Line: So this is where you've been eating lately!
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee misses Miss Beazly's cooking whenever he can.
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Alley Cat

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Al
Synopsis: After the crotchety owner of a bowling alley refuses to let him play for free, Jughead becomes the world's most demanding paying customer.
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Dinner Belle

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Smithers; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Archie gives his last goodbyes to everyone as he goes to his final destiny -- a dinner at the Lodges, cooked by Veronica.
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[untitled]

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Veronica, I thought you wanted to go out in a canoe?
Synopsis: Archie and Veronica are stuck in a canoe.
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Laugh Comics Digest #17

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[untitled]

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Jughead With Archie Digest #27

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