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Issue: Archie Annual Digest #55
Publication Date: January 1989
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Issues: #55 of 43 Issues (61 Printings)
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Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: The Archie Digest LibraryView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/04/1989
Volume: none
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07189646858855
Price: $1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 57 (32 stories, 1 cover)
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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]

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First Line: This buggy of mine is the best looking thing on wheels!
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Salesman's Lament

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First Line: This is going to be the perfect summer job - nothing but fresh air and sunshine!
Synopsis: Archie gets a job selling ice cream on the beach, but he's having trouble making money at it.
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Remark Lark

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Synopsis: Reggie knows how to make Archie's allowance go further.
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Tent Taunt

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Synopsis: Moose uses Reggie as a tent pole.
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Bedrock Bowl

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Feature(s): The Flintstones; Fruity Pebbles
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Kid Stuff

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Synopsis: A child's vivid imagination proves too much for Archie.
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Here It Is Fans!

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Cable Caboodle

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Synopsis: Archie gets cable TV at his house.
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Archie's Super Poster Offer!

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First Line: Hang out with us!
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Sublime Time

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First Line: Betty! We're almost to the top!
Synopsis: Betty has the time of her life hiking with Archie. Archie, though, can't say the same.
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Feature(s): Honeycomb Cereal
First Line: Hey! Free stuff for Honeycomb Hideout Club Members only!
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First Line: Subscribe to Archie's 256 page double digest, and you'll get one issue free!!
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Disclose Notes: Promotional advertisement to subscribe for Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 Series). Shows cover for issue #33.
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Paper Pitcher

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Pizza Connection

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Fans! Join the Exciting Katy Keene Fan Club!

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Temper Temper

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Synopsis: In order to get Veronica to let him help her out, Reggie must prove to her that he can control his temper.
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Subscribe and Save $2.50 on Each Five-Issue Subscription!!

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Mate Fate

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"Trait" Trial

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Pool Party

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Synopsis: Archie and Jughead use Veronica's pool and mistake Mr. Lodge for a thief.
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Dream Drama

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Synopsis: While sleeping, Betty dreams of being a police officer and a fire fighter and rescuing Archie both times, only to have Veronica swoop in and take him from her.
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Sales Leadership Club

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Service with a Guile

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Synopsis: Betty and Archie get jobs at a summer resort, but Betty is in for a surprise when Veronica and her dad come to stay.
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Professor Pither's Pill (Part 1)

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Character(s): Professor Pither
Synopsis: Della assigns Sabrina to go up against Professor Pither from Planet Pluto, a mad scientist with plans to ruin the Riverdale Regata.
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Professor Pither's Pill (Part 2)

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Synopsis: Sabrina shrinks herself to miniature size to try and foil Professor Pither's plan to destroy the Riverdale Regata using model planes.
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You Don't Need Drugs...

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Synopsis: Reasons why you don't need drugs.
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Puff Power

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Full of Color...Full of Fun!

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Disclose Notes: Promotional advertisement and order form for Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 Series) #55.
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Look Out World!

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What Price Failure

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Josie and the Pussycats [Josie McCoy; Valerie Smith; Melody Valentine]; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Alexander Cabot II
Synopsis: Mr. Cabot books the Pussycats at his country club hoping it will be a disaster so he can use it as a tax write-off.
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Future Fatigue

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Synopsis: Veronica throws a "future party" where everyone dresses up like people from the future.
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Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #9. No credits in this issue.
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3 Issues for $2.00

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Disclose Notes: Mail-in coupon for buying individual issues of Archie comics. Three issues for $2.00.
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Plate Plight

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Synopsis: Jughead complains about the hamburger he purchased.
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Yap Flap

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First Line: Something new is happening at Archie
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Nightmare

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Glenn Scarpelli
Synopsis: Glenn has a dream where his car breaks down and he tries to make it home but no one will believe he's really the celebrity Glenn Scarpelli.
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Curses

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Synopsis: Jealous that Archie is taking Betty out for her birthday, Veronica gives Betty a cursed Egyptian ruby ring. But all the bad luck seems to be happening to Veronica.
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Big Ethyl's Beach Time Fashions

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Pool Fool

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Love Flub

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Heat Beat

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Character(s): Dr. Mezmer
First Line: Gee! It's so hot! I can't take much more of this weather!
Synopsis: Jughead and Archie have a hypnotist make them think they are cold on a hot summer day.
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Archie Fan Club

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Phone Fare

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First Line: Let me tell you...It isn't easy to be a phone!
Synopsis: Betty's telephone talks about how different calls affect his day.
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Personalized Sew-On Patches

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Crowd Control

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First Line: I can't believe you and I are going to the beach by ourselves!
Synopsis: Moose invites himself along on Betty and Archie's beach date.
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Hey Kids! Look At All These Great Archie Products Available To You!

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On the Job Training

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Synopsis: To prepare for her babysitting job, Betty plays a tape of bedtime stories in her car, which causes her to fall asleep and drive her car into the lake.
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Discount 32 Page Comic Subscriptions

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Shop Talk

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Sweet Treat

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Jughead's Double Digest Subscription Offer

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Strange Change

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Synopsis: Archie proves there is such a thing as a personality change.
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Earn Famous Name Prizes

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Feature(s): Olympic Sales Club
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Feature(s): Mr. Bubble's Tub Tales...
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