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Issue: Archie's Double Digest Magazine #26
Publication Date: January 1987
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Issues: #26 of 204 Issues (266 Printings)
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Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 260
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 02710006916426
Price: $1.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 52 (50 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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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
First Line: Archie is wearing a lucky number for tonight's game!!
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The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword

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Take a Message

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Jughead is asked to pass messages during class.
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Playtime

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Miss Grundy gets in trouble when Mr. Weatherbee thinks she is playing with toys that she has confiscated from the students.
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Early Morning Blues

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Character(s): Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
First Line: Groan! Six o'clock in the morning?
Synopsis: Mr. Andrews is awaken at 6 AM by a phone call for his son.
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Wave Length

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Character(s): Sabrina; Archie Andrews; Della The Head Witch; Aunt Hilda
Synopsis: Sabrina goes to Della for help in controlling her unintentional spell-casting.
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A Mystery By the Numbers

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason
Synopsis: In a parody of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," Mr. Weatherbee introduces the story of Archie's attempt to find out who's giving away the school team's football signals to their rivals at Tilden High.
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Formerly an Archie and Me story.
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Matinee Monster!

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Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg
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Spin Out

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the Butler
Synopsis: All the boys are crazy over baton twirlers, so Betty and Veronica decide to teach themselves how to "kick and twirl."
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The Peacemaker

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Coach Kleats; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Midge Klump
Synopsis: At Coach Kleats' request, Archie trains Moose to control his temper.
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First Line: Pesos, lire, francs and marks!
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Muscle Bound

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First Line: Equality? Don't give me equality! This is still a man's world! Women are still discriminated against!
Synopsis: Miss Grundy shows Betty how to take advantage of Reggie and Archie's belief that men are superior.
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Charm Harm

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Synopsis: Jughead gets a job as a door-to-door salesman. As he makes his rounds, everything bad happens to him and he comes in completely disheveled. He was trying to sell good luck charms.
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Test Run!

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Character(s): Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: Miss Grundy thinks one of her students has taken the answers to her test, only to find out she left them with Mr. Weatherbee.
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Tiger By the Tail

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Coach Kleats
Synopsis: Just before a big game, Central High kidnaps the Riverdale mascot, Hot Dog, and threatens to sell him into servitude unless Big Moose is kept out of the game. Archie suggests benching Moose -- and putting Hot Dog's psychotically enraged owner, Jughead, in the game instead.
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Signs of the Times

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Dearly Departed

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Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Big Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Pop Tate
First Line: Arch! Jug! The Mantles are moving away! I'm leaving town!
Synopsis: Reggie announces that his family is moving away, so the gang throws him a party, which they come to regret.
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Cheer Chore

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Writer's Cramp

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Feature(s): Big Moose
Character(s): Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Moose commands Reggie to write a love poem that he can give to Midge.
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Reluctant Referee

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doily; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: When Veronica breaks up with Archie, Betty is prepared to pounce and get him on the rebound. But Dilton insists that her duty as a friend is to try and bring them back together.
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Candid Camera

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Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Miss Bagly
Synopsis: Reggie tries to get Little Archie into trouble, but everything he tries seems to wind up making Little Archie more popular with the teachers.
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Master Plan

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Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis: Archie helps Jughead prepare to tell Ethel to stop stalking him.
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Sale Fail!

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Synopsis: Roz is having a difficult time selling her art.
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The Secret

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Island Fun

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Synopsis: Mr. Lodge buys an artificial island, complete with palm trees, for his swimming pool. Veronica calls Archie, who cuts short a date with Betty to run over to the Lodge's pool. Betty follows and is not happy when she learns why Archie left.
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Up, Up and Away...

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Character(s): Li'l Jinx Holliday; Hap Holliday
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Fiddler's Choice

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Character(s): Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Uncle Herman; Tough Teddy; Rebel
Synopsis: Mr. Smythe and Teddy try to prove that Uncle Herman is lying about having been a professional baseball player.
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The Sound of Silence

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Genres: drama, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie helps a deaf-mute girl whose parents, thinking her affliction is a "curse," won't let her go to school or learn to communicate with the world.
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Paper Caper

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis: Tired of listening to her father praise Betty for her willingness to work for her money, Veronica agrees to earn her clothing money through a paper route.
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Double Trouble

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Character(s): Jughead Jones; Dipsy Doodle; Debbie Doodle; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis: A pair of twins, the Doodle Sisters, move to Riverdale and set their sights on befriending Jughead.
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Faulty Friend

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Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Jughead pretends to not be friends with Archie because of his own faults.
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Hostess with the Mostest

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Character(s): Miss Beazly; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: Miss Beazly tries to remake her image by being the cafeteria Maitre D' rather than head lunch lady.
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Super Star

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Coach Kleats; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis: The Riverdale High School Basketball Team is undefeated due to their Most Valuable Player.
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Confidence Game

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Character(s): Sabrina; Harvey
Synopsis: Sabrina tries to get Harvey to be more assertive and confident.
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Palm Balm

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Seal of Disapproval

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Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Gertrude; Waldo Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Jughead is watching Gertrude, his Uncle Hector's trained seal.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Archie, what you see is what you get!
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Ring of Ruin!

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Genres: superhero, teen
Character(s): Evilheart [Reggie Mantle III]; Pureheart [Archie Andrews]; The Rotter; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: The Rotter kidnaps Betty and Veronica, but Pureheart and Evilheart rescue them.
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Happy Birthday

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Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis: Jinx is confused about Greg's age.
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They're Off!

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Betty, Archie, Moose and Midge conspire to make Veronica think there's a new fad for men to carry women around on their backs. She responds by donning a riding outfit and riding Reggie, complete with a crop.
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Taster's Choice

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Character(s): Jughead Jones; Miss Beazly; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee assigns Jughead to critique the cafeteria menu in order to improve it.
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Loony Lesson

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Power Shortage

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Character(s): Josie McCoy; Alexander Cabot; Alexandra Cabot; Valerie Brown; Omar the Genie; Mr. Cabot
Synopsis: Alexandra rubs a flashlight to mock Josie and to everyone's surprise a soul brother genie appears.
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Hickory Dickory Dock

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A Day in the Life Of...

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Betty Cooper; Professor Flutesnoot; Coach Clayton; Coach Kleats
First Line: Would you believe...me?
Synopsis: A day in the life of Archie Andrews.
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Testing 1...2...

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Character(s): Greg Davis
Synopsis: Veronica tells Archie and Reggie that a big guy scared her; actually she's just testing them--he's her cousin.
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First Line: Betty, that's lovely!
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Dandy Defense

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Meddle Muddle

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Coach Kleats; Moose Mason
First Line: Williams, your school doesn't stand a chance against mine tomorrow!
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee makes a bet that the Riverdale High football team will win.
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Miss Grindstone Grundy is a Dictator!

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Homecoming

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis: Reggie tries to find out why Jughead is acting like he's lovesick for Big Ethel.
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Fit to Be Tied

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Alice Cooper; Floyd Clayton; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Reggie suggests a great prank for Veronica to play on Betty: give her a pair of slacks that's two sizes too small, so she'll think she's gained a ton of weight. But Betty's attempts to lose the weight turn her into the school's greatest athlete.
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