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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo [as DeCarlo] (signed)

Inker(s): Alison Flood [as Flood] (signed)

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Genres: teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

First Line: Archie, we've been sitting on this beach all day! Can we go home now?

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Mermaid Service!

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Writer(s): Mike Pellowski (credited)

Penciller(s): Bill Golliher (credited)

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman (credited); Nanci Tsetsekas (credited)

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (credited)

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason

First Line: Wow! Check out the monster wave Archie is riding on!

Synopsis: Archie is swept underwater and his life is saved by a mermaid.

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Pages: 5

Worry Flurry

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Betty and Veronica

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews

Synopsis: The girls lament over Archie knocking down their sand castle.

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Open The Door, Dilton

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Dilton Doiley

Character(s): Dilton Doiley

Synopsis: Three two-panel gags about Dilton walking through doors.

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Pages: 1

Description Conniption

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Midge

Character(s): Moose Mason; Midge Klump

First Line: Duh, you're beautiful, Midge!

Synopsis: Moose describes Midge's beauty.

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Pages: 1

My Old Pal, Al

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Writer(s): Mike Pellowski (credited)

Penciller(s): Bob Bolling (credited)

Inker(s): Henry Scarpelli (credited)

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews

Synopsis: Archie spends the afternoon with a kid from the Big Pal program.

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Pages: 5

Notes: The Big Pal program is a spoof of the Big Brothers program.

View Crew

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle

First Line: What a delightful sight!

Synopsis: Archie and Reggie admire a beach beauty.

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Pages: 0.5

Ride Chide

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Writer(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Betty and Veronica

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley

First Line: What a scarey ride!

Synopsis: Betty and Veronica are scared to ride in Archie's car.

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Pages: 0.5

Bells Are Ringing

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Writer(s): Frank Doyle

Penciller(s): Harry Lucey

Inker(s): Mario Acquaviva

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Mario Acquaviva

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones

Synopsis: Archie tries to fix a broken door bell at the Lodges' home.

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Pages: 6

Limo Rock

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): George Gladir

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr.

Inker(s): James DeCarlo

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Josie and the Pussycats

Character(s): Josie and the Pussycats [Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown; Melody Valentine]; Alexander Cabot III

Synopsis: Alex is straining his brain trying to find a new location that hasn't been done yet for the Pussycats' latest music video. That's when Josie suggests shooting it in his new super-stretch limo.

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Pages: 5

Notes: References Cyndi Lauper (as Mindy Looper) and NTV (MTV). Mentions the Go-Go's water skiing music video.

Grin and Bare It!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Frank Doyle

Penciller(s): Bill Vigoda

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate

Synopsis: Archie, Jughead and Reggie discover the pitfalls of being barefoot.

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Pages: 5

Lifeguard Lament

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Betty

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper

Synopsis: Betty observes Archie save a swimmer.

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Pages: 1

Tall Order

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews

Synopsis: Archie wins a prize for most unusual sandwich at the beach.

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Lip Quip

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Reggie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

First Line: I'm spending too much of my pocket money on food!

Synopsis: Jughead quips about spending too much money on food.

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Pages: 0.5

Short Retort

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Reggie

Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason

First Line: Reggie, I'm gonna give you a piece of my mind!

Synopsis: Reggie insults Moose and pays for it.

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Pages: 0.5

The Light Touch

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Credits

Writer(s): Frank Doyle

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr.

Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Betty and Veronica

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley

Synopsis: Betty and Veronica want to lay by Veronica's pool at night and stargaze but Archie and Jughead think it is a dumb idea.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #265, no credits listed in this digest.

Misdo Miscue

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Jughead

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs

Synopsis: Ethel gave Jughead money to buy hot dogs.

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Pages: 0.5

Chore Score

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Jughead

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper

Synopsis: Jughead has to do chores while his mother is away.

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Pages: 0.5

Boat Goat

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

First Line: We'll win the race!

Synopsis: Archie and Veronica are in a boat race.

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Pages: 1

Wheel Deal

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Writer(s): George Gladir

Penciller(s): Bob Bolling

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Reggie

Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs

Synopsis: Reggie makes fun of Archie's moped.

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Pages: 6

Perfect Order

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): Jim Ruth

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr.

Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Rod Ollerenshaw

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper

Synopsis: Archie is tutoring small children and leaves an envelope of test questions on the hall table. His father has been called in for a tax audit and, of course, takes the wrong envelope.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Lettering credit from the reprint in Archie Double Digest #241. In that reprint the script is mis-credited to Frank Doyle.

Lass Pass

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Betty

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews

First Line: And how many girls did you wink at while I was away?

Synopsis: Betty and Archie spend time at the beach.

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Pages: 1

Underwater Find

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Writer(s): Jim Ruth

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo

Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Betty and Veronica

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis: Hearing stories from Pop about possible treasure buried at the bottom of Lake Riverdale, the gang take a scuba excursion to the bottom with high hopes.

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Pages: 6

I Go Ape Over You

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Writer(s): George Gladir

Penciller(s): Stan Goldberg

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones

Synopsis: Archie and Reggie get jobs at the zoo.

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Pages: 6

Diet Riot

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Writer(s): George Gladir

Penciller(s): Dan De Carlo, Jr.

Inker(s): Jim De Carlo

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis: Archie offers to help Mr. Weatherbee lose weight by engaging in some fun pursuits. However, every activity they try ends with Mr. Weatherbee chancing upon an opportunity to eat. Then, poor Mr. Weatherbee gets injured and ends up in the hospital. It's okay, though. Now, he's on a forced diet.

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Pages: 5

Aid Charade

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Veronica

Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Will

Synopsis: Miss Grundy tries to make Veronica more self-reliant.

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Pages: 1

Strange Change

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper

Synopsis: Veronica thinks Archie's behavior is disrespectful and she doesn't want to speak to him, at least until Betty shows up.

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Split Bit

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Mr. Lodge

Character(s): Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis: Mr. Lodge has a tv monitor at the front gate so he can see who is there.

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Thank Heaven for Little Girls!!

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Betty's Diary

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump

Synopsis: Betty wakes up so thankful to be a girl that she decides to pamper herself.

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Pages: 5

A Good Exercise

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Writer(s): George Gladir

Penciller(s): Stan Goldberg

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Coach Kleats

Synopsis: Coach Kleats suggets Archie get some exercise while at the beach.

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Pages: 5

Deep Sleep

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Mr. Weatherbee

Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee puts Archie and Jughead to sleep with his lecture.

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Heart Art

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Cynthia

Synopsis: Archie tells Cynthia she is the only girl in the world for him.

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Flame Aim

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis: Archie and Jughead can't start a campfire.

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It's a Mess

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews

Synopsis: Archie's father tells him to clean up his room before he can go on his date with Veronica. He results to the old trick of filling his closet to the bursting point, but then gets distracted by old photos and a video game.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Archie has a box of comic books in his room. In the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest #25, the script is mis-credited to George Gladir.

The Jock

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): George Gladir

Penciller(s): Stan Goldberg

Inker(s): Jon D'Agostino

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Dilton

Character(s): Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Veronica Lodge; Coach Kleats; Coach Clayton; Coach Flutesnoot; John Hanson; Moose Mason

Synopsis: Dilton tries to join the football and tennis teams but he's not cut out for those sports, but he is noticed by the cross-country coach.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Credits from the reprint in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #29, no credits listed in this digest.

Garden of Delights

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Writer(s): Frank Doyle

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo

Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Betty and Veronica

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper

First Line: The trouble with this game room, Betty, is that I've played all the games too many times!

Synopsis: Veronica provides skimpy outfits for doing gardening so they can get tanned while they work.

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Pages: 5

Cake Flake

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Jughead

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper

Synopsis: Betty offers Jughead a piece of cake.

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Board Bard

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Jughead

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs

Synopsis: Jughead thinks his skateboard is beautiful.

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The Bear Facts

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Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Betty and Veronica

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs

Synopsis: A bear steals the girls' picnic basket, and then brings it back.

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Everyone into the Pool!!

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Credits

Writer(s): Jim Ruth

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr.

Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo [as James DeCarlo]

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Rod Ollerenshaw

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason (cameo); Midge Klump (cameo); Chuck Clayton (cameo); Fred Andrews

Synopsis: On hearing that Archie has a new swimming pool, the whole gang descends on Archie's house to fill his small above-ground pool. Meanwhile, Veronica takes Archie's father, Archie and Jughead back to her pool, where they can swim in peace.

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Pages: 5

Notes: Letters credit from reprint in World of Archie Double Digest #40 reprint. The reprint mis-credits the story to Frank Doyle, pencils to Dan DeCarlo, and inks to Rudy Lapick.