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Issue: Archie Annual Digest #38
Publication Date: January 1981
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Issues: #38 of 43 Issues (53 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Radio Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000699204
Price: $0.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 41 (33 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Digest size
Paper Stock: Cardstock cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inker(s): Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee (inset); Moose Mason (inset); Reggie Mantle (inset); Pop Tate (inset); Betty Cooper (inset); Dilton Doiley (inset); Veronica Lodge (inset)
First Line: No, Archie! That's not the safety poster I had in mind!
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The Rising Son

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Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): Chic Stone
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews ; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Officer Pete; Andy
Synopsis: Archie can't seem to wake up during the weekdays.
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The Final Curtain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): Chic Stone
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: When Archie is cast as a turn-of-the-century song-and-dance man in the school musical, he keeps his costume, straw hat and cane with him at all times, and his obsessive dancing leads to a lot of people getting hurt.
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie's Gag Bag
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews
First Line: Groan!" "Archie, what's wrong with your father?
Synopsis: Archie's father appears ill around April 15th.
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Flatter Chatter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Miss Robin
Synopsis: Jinx tries to butter up her teacher.
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Gym Dandies

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; Dilton Doiley; Coach Kleats
Synopsis: With Archie injured, Riverdale's chances of winning the gymnastics meet are gone, until Dilton takes his place.
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Skull Isle Maze

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Miss Grundy Gag Bag
Character(s): Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Miss Haggly
First Line: Wearing a bandana in school?
Synopsis: Miss Haggly can't find her wig.
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Voodoo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Dr. Soonpoon
Synopsis: Betty plays a voodoo drum that gives her bad luck.
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Mite and Maim

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Bob White
Inker(s): Mario Acquaviva
Colorist(s): Sal Contrera
Letterer(s): Mario Acquaviva
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero, teen
Feature(s): Pureheart the Powerful
Character(s): Pureheart the Powerful [Archie Andrews]; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Long Tom; Mayor Slade; The Octopus; Willy
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica take a picture of the Octopus assaulting Mayor Slade and must be rescued by Pureheart the Powerful.
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[untitled]

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Phlips
First Line: How is Moose making out with that job we got for him?
Synopsis: Moose got fired from his job for not remembering a telephone number.
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Woggon
Inker(s): Bill Woggon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Katy Keene
Character(s): Katy Keene; K.O. Kelly; Burro Bill
First Line: Carry on!
Synopsis: K.O. takes Katy prospecting with Burro Bill. Burro Bill can smell 14k. Not the gold kind,the eating kind.
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A Smash Hit!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx crashes her wagon.
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Dog Tired

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Bob Bolling
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling
Inker(s): Jon D'Agostino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Reggie Mantle; Smithers
Synopsis: For her birthday, Archie gives Veronica a stray dog he rescued. But the dog wrecks Veronica's party chasing her new cat.
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Reggie's Gag Bag
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
First Line: How do you like my new bumper sticker?
Synopsis: Reggie shows off his new bumper sticker.
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The Civil War

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: A brief article about the U.S. Civil War with an accompanying illustration.
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A Fishy Story

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Writer(s): Dexter Taylor
Penciller(s): Dexter Taylor
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Little Archie; Little Betty; Little Veronica; Little Reggie; Little Jughead; Miss Grundy
Synopsis: Little Archie and Little Reggie skip school to go fishing.
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Pages: 8
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Miss Phlips
First Line: It's the principal!
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee is home sick.
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Hello, Hello...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Russ
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx and Russ play with a tin-can telephone.
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The Deadly Game Part One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Malmgren
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead find a bag of white powder in a trash can. They take it to Archie's dad for advice about what to do and he sends them to the police station, but before they get there they are arrested for drug possession by two policemen who were trailing them.
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Pages: 10
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Bore Flaw!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx’s Pal Charley Hawse
Character(s): Charley Hawse
Synopsis: Everybody says Charley is boring.
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead's Gag Bag
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
First Line: This article says you shouldn't do any hard work after eating!
Synopsis: Archie reads that hard work after eating is a bad thing.
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Dandy Day

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling
Inker(s): Martin Epp ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Martin Epp
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee declares a day where students are encouraged to misbehave and Archie still can't follow instructions.
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Many Slap Happy Returns

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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Miss Grundy
Character(s): Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Miss Grundy bakes Mr. Weatherbee a birthday cake.
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About a Bout

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Halliday
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx follows her dad's advice on how to fight, but it doesn't work out well.
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French Fracas

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Credits
Writer(s): Bob Bolling
Penciller(s): John Rosenberger
Inker(s): Mario Acquaviva
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Mario Acquaviva
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge; Midge Klump; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis: A pretty exchange student from France has entranced all the boys and Veronica rallies the girls to put a stop to her.
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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Veronica Gag Bag
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
First Line: Bawww!
Synopsis: Veronica doesn't like her measurements using the metric system.
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Machine Rage

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Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mr. Svenson
Character(s): Svenson the janitor
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Disclose Notes: Put the numbered letters into the corresponding numbered blanks to find out what Svenson thinks of the vending machine he has to fix.

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Brain Drain!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx sends Charley to find Russ.
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The Prize

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Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Archie accidentally ruins Mr. Lodge's prize geraniums while lawn bowling, so Mr. Lodge uses Archie and Jughead as pins.
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Quick Review

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Archie tells Mr. Lodge about the movie that he saw with Veronica.
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Homework Helper

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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
Synopsis: Miss Grundy teaches Little Archie how to deal with a bully.
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Ride Chide

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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Veronica's horse throws Archie off.
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Take One Giant Stoop

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): Bob Bolling
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Reggie
Character(s): Reggie; Archie; Betty; Veronica; Dilton; Bruce; O. O. Wellemellen
Synopsis: Separated from the gang while on a beach picnic, Reggie is terrified by evidence of a giant -- actually props for a movie being filmed on location. When he conceitedly tries to talk himself into a movie role, the director hires him for an Egyptian epic, then binds him mouth and body with mummy wrappings.
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Pages: 8
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The Deadly Game Part Two

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Malmgren
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews
Synopsis: At the police station, Archie and Jughead try to convince the cops that they are not using or selling drugs. Archie's dad arrives to vouch for him and the police explain how they can't always tell from appearances who is or is not a drug user. The boys are released and discuss the problem of drug abuse with Mr. Andrews on the way home.
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Dangerous Mission

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Bolling
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling
Inker(s): Mario Acquaviva
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Mario Acquaviva
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; XL-9
Synopsis: A robot probe sent by an alien race to investigate the human race encounters Archie and the gang.
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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie's Gag Bag
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
First Line: Betty, the doctor put my father...
Synopsis: The doctor put Archie's father on a diet.
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Archie... Archie Andrews Where Are You Digest #18

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Little Archie Comics Digest Annual #8

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