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Issue: Archie's Double Digest Magazine #25
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
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Pages: 260
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UPC/EAN: 02710006916425
Price: $1.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 60 (59 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: digest size (5" x 7")
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

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teen
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
This new sitcom is so bad...
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Redrawn from the cover of Laugh Comics #347.
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Report Rapport

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humorous, teen
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Sprite Spirit

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humorous, teen
Betty promised not to tell some gossip, so she writes it down instead.
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Flower Power

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humorous, teen
Archie presents Veronica with a rose, but fails to impress her enough to ditch her date with Reggie.
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Baby Face

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humorous, teen
Big Moose Mason
When Mr. Weatherbee lectures Big Moose in the school hallway, Archie makes fun of how Moose whimpers and acts like a little baby when he's caught doing something wrong, only to find himself behaving the same way when Moose confronts him.
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Shop Squawk!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous
Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge
Pop decides to make his shop more peaceful by replacing the soda fountain with an automated soda machine.
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The Closet Caper

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humorous, teen
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My Plain Ol' Self

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humorous, teen
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Propaganda Pitch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
While Archie borrows a kid's scooter to get to a date with Veronica, Jughead indoctrinates the kid in his view of women.
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Switch Pitch

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humorous, teen
Jughead sees a painter painting a bench and a girl painting her face.
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Assignment of Trouble

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childrens, humorous
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The Burger King

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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teen
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
The gang thinks Jughead has flipped when he begins to talk about imaginary insects, pesticides, grubs & regrubs, which is, of course, a scheme just to get burgers.
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No credits given for story. Art is easily identified as Samm (Sam) Schwartz's by his distinctive style.
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Danger Is Where You Find It

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, superhero, teen
Superteen [Betty Cooper]; Archie Andrews
Superteen fights a giant robot.
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A Good Eye!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
I think I found out one of our teacher's hobbies, Li'l Jinx!
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Cave Happy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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adventure, humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
The gang goes spelunking.
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The Rock People

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adventure, humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; un-named chief of the rock people; various other un-named rock people
The gang meets the rock people.
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There are lots of rock-related gags in this comic: Page 2, 4th panel: a sign reading "Buy Zilch's Rock Candy"; another sign reading "Read the Daily Gravel"; a banner reading "Pebble for mayor" / Page 3, 3rd Panel: A sign outside an inn reads "Ye Boulder Inn"; a sign outside a theater reads "Now Playing: 'Rocks In The Head' starring Rocky Hudson, Rocky Marciano" [Rock Hudson was a famous movie star; Rocky Marciano was a heavyweight boxer] / Page 3, 5th Panel: A sign in a record store window reading "Rock Around The Clock with Rock Nelson"; Jughead mentions that they have "rock 'n' rock" music instead of "rock 'n' roll".
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Archie to the Rescue

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adventure, humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; chief of rock people
Archie and Reggie must rescue the rock people from being eaten by a Tyrannosaurus rex.
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Up For Air

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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adventure, humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; chief of rock people; various other un-named rock people
In the final chapter of this adventurous story, Archie and the gang climb back into the earth ship, as another rock person runs onto the scene saying that the lab has just received a shipment of amnesia gas, a harmless gas that will make Archie and friends forget all about the rock people. The ship then burrows back out of the earth. Several hours later, they arrive at the entrance to the mine shaft and start heading for home. Reggie mentions that he doesn't like spelunking. Betty agrees. Archie says it's too boring. Jughead says that they were away all day and nothing exciting happened.
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Too Many Cooks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Uncle Herman; Mrs. Wilkin; Willie Wilkin
Uncle Herman tries to cook a turkey, with the expected results.
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Elite Conceit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Big Moose
Moose Mason; Dilton Doily; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
Moose and Dilton find out they're each number one academically, in their own way.
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Say Cheese

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Mr. Lodge has been chosen as Riverdale's Citizen of the Year, so he tries to restrain himself from reacting badly to Archie when the photographers are around.
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Al Hartley credits from the reprint in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #1.
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There'll Be Some Changes Made

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fantasy, teen
Sabrina; Harvey; Thurman
Sabrina shrinks down a bully mistreating animals (and Harvey) to give him a dose of his own medicine.
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Ruled Out

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Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge
Veronica thinks that rules don't apply to her, but her father sets her straight.
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Gas Sass

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Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Each week the girls give a cake to the boy who uses the least amount of gas!
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Candid Comment

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Mr. Weatherbee gets a call that Archie won't be at school for the rest of the week.
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Lover Come Back to Me

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anthropomorphic, humorous
Cubby the Bear
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Ding-a-Ling

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childrens, humorous
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You Are What You Eat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
After Reggie makes fun of Jughead for putting pineapple on his hamburger, Jughead offers a lecture on the importance of getting proper nutrition.
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Writer credit from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #64.
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To Your Health

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous
Miss Beazly; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
Mr. Weatherbee doesn't feel Miss Beazly is taking an impending Board of Health inspection seriously.
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Face Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
How do you report to the principal's office when he doesn't want to see your face again?
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That Cute Little Witch

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childrens, fantasy, humorous
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Story labeled "Introducing Little Sabrina" so this may be the first appearance of this iteration of the character.
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Board to Tears

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie and Jughead constantly hit Reggie while they're working with lumber.
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formerly a Reggie and Me story.
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The Great Mince Pie Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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childrens, humorous
Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Ambrose Pipps; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Ludwig La Stanza; Little Moose Mason
Fred has to go on a diet because Little Archie won't go on walks with him anymore. But when he sees three freshly-baked pies out in the woods, he takes them and eats two of them. Ambrose, who was bringing the pies to the gang's pie auction, tries to solve the mystery of who stole the pies. He gets the evidence he needs when he sees Fred hiding the last of the three pies. Little Archie is crushed to discover that his dad might be a pie thief, while Fred tries to replace the stolen pies, all the while repeating his new motto: "You just can't win."
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This and the following story, "The Shrimp From Outer Space," show Bolling becoming more ambitious in his stories and art, and more willing to explore the relationships of the characters (in this case, Little Archie's relationship with his dad).

Ludwig La Stanza hums the rhythm of the theme from the show "Dragnet" when Ambrose first appears as a detective.
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Savvy Service

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humorous, teen
Should I change the oil?
A service station attendant gives Archie some advice about his car.
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Noise Annoys

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humorous, teen
I don't like the sound of my engine!
Jughead has some news for Archie about his car's engine.
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Runner Up

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Alice Cooper
Deciding that they need to get in shape to attract the boys, the girls take up jogging.
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Script identifiable as Frank Doyle by his distinctive style and word choices.
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True Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Chuck Clayton; Floyd Clayton; Nancy Woods; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Chuck is caught in the middle between Nancy's desire for a beau who'll stand up for himself and his father's curfew for the football team.
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That's Entertainment

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mrs. Jones; Pop Tate
Jughead and Archie try to make some money by becoming wandering minstrels, complete with mandolins and medieval costumes.
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The Big Goof

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childrens, humorous
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See No Evil Hear No Evil

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humorous, teen
Love of man for woman..woman for man..parents for children..children for parents!
A student at school named Nicky is littering and writing graffiti on the walls so Archie catches him in the act and takes him to Mr. Weatherbee's office. As a way of getting revenge Nicki takes photos of Archie and doctors them to look like Archie is committing acts of vandalism and it results in Archie being suspended from school. Archie gets even and gets his name cleared by doctoring audio of Nicki and forcing him to confess.
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Loss Cross

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humorous, teen
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Food Mood

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humorous, teen
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0.33
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Gimme a Brake

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humorous, teen
Miss Phlips
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The Missing Touch!

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Subject Matter
childrens
Gigi needs some experience playing baseball so that she will look natural in a commercial she's filming, so she gets Jinx and Charley to play with her by promising them free sundaes.
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Fright Sight

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humorous, teen
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Smile Guile

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humorous, teen
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Common Scents

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teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Hot Dog
Jughead offers to give Archie a haircut because Archie had to spend half his haircut money to buy Veronica a soda.
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Handy Person

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler
Jealous of the attention Betty gets from Mr. Lodge when she fixes a faucet, Veronica decides to become proficient at plumbing herself. However, she thinks that the right outfit is the only thing she'll need to succeed.
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The Big Smack

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
childrens
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Veronica hits Archie after he kisses her.
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Motor Madness

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge; Gaston the chef; unidentified maid
Veronica has a new scooter and sees no problem with riding it in and out of traffic, in and out of the mansion, and in and out of trouble.
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Something Special

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Miss Beazly; Professor Flutesnoot; Mr. Weatherbee (cameo); Miss Grundy (cameo)
Archie tries to make Miss Beazly feel better when the others don't like her beef stew, but it only makes her give him more of it.
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Cool Rule

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humorous, teen
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Quiet Please

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Uncle Herman; Sheila Smythe
Wanting to work at home in peace and quiet, Mr. Smythe shoos a bunch of little kids away from his house, but winds up missing their noisiness.
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Credits confirmed against the credits printed in Jughead Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #184.
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Career Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Archie goes off on flights of fancy when Mr. Weatherbee asks him about his plans for a career.
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Paint Plaint

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Moose takes an art class assignment literally.
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Scale Tale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Miss Haggly
Mr. Weatherbee claims he hasn't gained any weight.
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Close Shave

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Archie and Jughead's trip to the barber causes a huge commotion.
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When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #288, script and pencils are credited to Al Hartley.
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The Bluest Angel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
When Veronica and Archie stop speaking to each other over a misunderstanding, Betty accepts a date with Archie, but feels guilty about not telling him the truth.
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Rat Takes The Cheese

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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teen
Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews
Reggie is chosen to monitor the class in Miss Grundy's absence, but a squabble with Jughead quickly sinks that plan.
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Memories

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
After he forgets about a date with Veronica and stands her up, Archie tries to save his hide by pretending he has amnesia.
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