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Issue: Archie's Double Digest Magazine #32
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Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
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Volume: none
Pages: 260
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UPC/EAN: 02710006916432
Price: $2.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 64 (62 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
Coach Kleats; Dilton Doily; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Reggie Mantle
Betty got nine rebounds tonight!!
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Redrawn from the cover of Laugh Comics #314.
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Real Cool!

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humorous, teen
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Mail Tale

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humorous, teen
A birthday card from my aunt Harriett!
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Prime Time

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humorous, teen
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The Son Also Rises

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Mrs. Andrews has a virus so Archie and his dad help around the house.
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Cold Day in July

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humorous, teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs; Alice Cooper
Gosh, a beautiful, delicate creature like you shouldn't be carrying those heavy books!
Even Veronica becomes incensed by the cavalier manner in which Archie treats Betty and insists he take her out. But when Archie shows up for the date, Betty is so ecstatic that she becomes her own worst enemy.
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Credits from reprint.
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Finder's Fee

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Big Moose Mason
Hey, now!
Archie finds a five dollar bill on the ground, but Reggie tricks him out of getting it.
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formerly a Reggie and Me story.
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[untitled]

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humorous, teen
I think I'll get a candy bar before we get on the bus!
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from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX
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Brake Flake

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humorous, teen
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Learn Turn

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humorous, teen
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First Aid!

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childrens, humorous
Jinx scrapes her knee and her crying leads Hap to stuff cotton in his ears while he's tending to her.
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Young in Heart

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humorous
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The Case of the Hesitant Hero

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humorous, mystery
Jack Slade
A mysterious man Jack Slade rescues Betty from near death twice and then asks her out on a date. Veronica gets jealous and hires fake talent scouts to take Betty away from Jack. Veronica takes Jack over to her mansion and Jack plots to steal Mr. Lodge's riches.
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Formerly an Archie story.
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The Cooking Lesson

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Someone has been stealing the cookies that Little Betty has been leaving in Little Archie's secret hiding place.
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Tale of the Tiger

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Farley Barnswallow; Betty Cooper
Farley Barnswallow is a new kid who has caught Veronica's fancy. Archie wants to thrash him but is unable to do so. When the football team accidentally runs over Farley on the field, Archie sees his chance.
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Sweat for the Sweet

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Wilbur; Laurie; Linda; Slats
Wilbur asks Linda to wrap a box of chocolates for Laurie, which she does, after stuffing the chocolates with hot peppers. Wilbur then asks Slats to deliver the chocolates, which he does, and Slats takes credit for the gift to Laurie, then he gets all the blame.
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Clown of Renown

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humorous, teen
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Cut Rate Art

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Jughead thinks people want smaller paintings.
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Who Screams Last... Screams Best!

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adventure, humorous, teen
Super Spy
Super Spy returns and kidnaps B.E.T.T.Y., who manages to defeat C.R.U.S.H. and save her fellow P.O.P. agents by using her power of supersonic screaming.
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The splash page is the same image as used on the cover. The characters drive by stores called "Dick's" and "Vic's," a reference to editor Richard Goldwater and his assistant Victor Gorelick.
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[untitled]

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humorous, teen
You gave Miss Beazly a book on 'Proper Place Setting'?
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Mystery Mania

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
I didn't know your dad was a mystery fan!
Archie asks Mr. Lodge what he thinks is he greatest mystery of all time.
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Credits from the index of World of Archie Double Digest #49.
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Caress Cut In

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May I cut in?
Archie tries to cut in on somebody dancing with Veronica.
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[untitled]

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humorous, teen
Sabrina Tricks
Sabrina Spellman; Harvey; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
This trick is a real party starter, it's called the wet coin!
Sabrina shows us the "Wet Coin" trick.
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Credits from the reprint in Sabrina the Teenage Witch Complete Collection (Archie, 2017 series) #1.
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An Evening To Remember

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Let's see now,...I had the cheeseburger and you had the Swiss steak...
After embarrassing Veronica by asking her to split the check at a restaurant, Archie finds himself on the outs but he tries to make up for it by getting a job cleaning up a hardware store so he can take her to the country club dinner dance.
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[untitled]

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What are you doin', Moose? You lost your dollar a block and a half away! Why look here?
The old "the light's better here" gag.
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Scoop Happy

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Archie doen't think Betty and Veronica have been doing a very good job at getting scoops for the school paper so he decides to go get a story himself.
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Torrid Text

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humorous, teen
Josie; Melody; Pepper; Alexander Cabot III
Alex has gotten hold of a notebook with all the reports from the girls' sorority meetings, and the girls split up and try to get it back before he reads it. Josie and Pepper's attempts just make things worse, but Melody's unsubtle approach works like a charm.
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When reprinted in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #33, inks are credited to Vincent DeCarlo.
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My Gain Is Your Loss

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Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Miss Beazly
Miss Grundy invites Mr. Weatherbee over for dinner, but the dishes may prove to be tempting to the dieting principal.
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Polar Playmates

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Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Archie is bored as he spends his Saturday night at the North Pole.
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Parody story of Archie and the gang as eskimos at the North Pole.
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[untitled]

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humorous
Mr. Vedderbee, I--
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Write Subject

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childrens, humorous
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Good And Bad

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teen
Hilda is after Sabrina to stop using her magic to help people.
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Credits from the reprint in World of Archie, Free Comic Book Day Edition (Archie, 2013) #1.
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Tower of Trouble (Chapter One)

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humorous, mystery
Josie; Melody; Pepper; June July; August September
The girls notice that there's a light on in an old abandoned mansion. They go to investigate and find that the place is inhabited by two middle-aged people, June July and August "Augie" September. June knocks the girls out with drugged sodas and has Augie lock them in the tower room.
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Part one of a four-part, issue-length story.
Script identifiable as Doyle by his distinctive style as well as DeCarlo's statement that Doyle did "all the writing" for the early Josie issues (http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=1645).
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Pipe Dream (Chapter Two)

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Josie; Melody; Pepper; June July; August September
The girls discover that there's a network of secret passages and hidden entrances in the house. They escape from the tower room and discover that June and Augie are looking for the jewels stolen by June's late husband, the gangster Johnny July. Pepper comes up with a way to scare the crooks by convincing them that Johnny has come back from the dead.
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Part two of a four-part, issue-length story.
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Oh, Johnny, Oh! (Chapter Three)

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Josie; Melody; Pepper; June July; August September
Using the secret passages, the girls make June and Augie believe that Johnny July has come back as a ghost.
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September Song (Chapter Four)

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humorous, mystery
Josie; Melody; Pepper; June July; August September; un-named cop
After Melody gives away their scheme, the girls have to split up to try and escape from June and Augie.
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Part four of a four-part, issue-length story.
Pepper says that the only law June and Augie broke was trespassing, which isn't true (drugging people and kidnapping them is also a crime).
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The Champion

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humorous, teen
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Around the Whirl

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A travel agent comes into the Choklit Shop to talk to Pop about vacation plans. He witnesses the antics of all the gang in the store and decides that Pop doesn't need to travel to see strange sights and weird people.
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Dateline Deceit

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Reggie fools Archie into thinking it's Friday rather than Thursday, and Archie goes running to Veronica's house to keep a Friday date.
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Togetherness?

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Humph! It's raining! Now I'll be stuck inside all afternoon! I'll watch TV!
It's raining outside so Jinx and her dad play checkers.
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Weather Tether

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humorous, teen
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Wail of a Tale

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Veronica gives Archie a lame excuse for why she's driving off with Reggie.
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A Story from Space

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Mike Manus
An alien tv show comes to Earth to shoot their monster show because humans are very scary looking to them.
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Deeper and Deeper

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason
Mr. Weatherbee tries to help boost Archie's confidence by finding something he can be better at than Reggie.
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formerly an Archie and Me story.
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[untitled]

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Wow!--What super diamonds!
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Math Wrath

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Moose feels Miss Grundy isn't fair with the math problems.
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A Man's Intuition

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Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Cousin Leroy
Archie and Veronica are all alone--except for cousin Leroy.
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Safety First!

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On Leap Year Day the girls can kiss boys, so Jughead wears a catcher's mask as protection.
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Nervous with a Smile

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Betty has a toy flying saucer with spacemen that Mr. Lodge thinks is real.
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What's in a Name

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drama, humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge
Veronica comes up with a way to save Riverdale's crumbling infrastructure: change the name of the town to "Lodgeville" so her father will be willing to pour his money into rebuilding it. Everyone seems to like the idea except Archie.
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formerly an Archie at Riverdale story.
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Moon Madness

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anthropomorphic, humorous, superhero
Super Duck; Fauntleroy Duck; Major Heddache; General Nusanz
Super Duck demonstrates a new jet engine he invented for the military.
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The Loser or Did You Ever Get the Feeling the Whole World Is Against You?

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teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee
A chance encounter with a new girl after school gets Archie in trouble with Betty, Veronica and Mr. Weatherbee.
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Bad Performance

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childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx; Greg
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Kill or Cure

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Er...would it be presumptuous if I were to ask...
The gang tries to straighten out Archie's bad back.
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Brain Gain

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Jughead doesn't want to flunk his business course so he enlists the help of Dilton. Together they build a machine, that for a quarter, will help students with their home work. Intrigued, Mr. Weatherbee takes a closer look and finds out that it's Dilton who is the brains inside the machine.
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Archie's Hang Up!

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humorous, teen
Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy
tap tap tap
Mr. Weatherbee gives Archie something to put up on the bulletin board, but of course with Archie it's not so simple.
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No dialogue.

Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #298.

Formerly an Archie and Me story.
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The Callers

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Mary makes Fred help her clean up the house on the off-chance that The Graingers may stop by.
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From the sound of the dialogue coming from the television, Fred was watching Gunsmoke.
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Gift Rapped

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teen
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Date Strait

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Cara; Pop Tate
Cara, I'd like to get to know you!
Archie takes Cara on a get acquainted date.
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A Coal Goal!

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childrens, humorous
It's snowing!
While building a snowman, Hap discovers that Jinx has never seen coal before.
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[untitled]

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Jug, what's a good movie to take Betty to?
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The Date

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teen
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Archie drives his parents crazy with all of his obsessive preparations for a date with Veronica.
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When reprinted in World of Archie (Archie, 2010 series) #62, inking is credited to Henry Scarpelli.

Writer credit from the reprint information in World of Archie (Archie, 2010 series) #62.
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The School Fool

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Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Dilton Doiley [Little Dilton Doily]; Unnamed Riverdale kid; Professor Flutesnoot
Flutesnoot gets more than he bargained for when he asks Little Archie and Little Jughead to bring insects to school.
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No credits given for two page gag. Art is identified as Dexter Taylor's by his distinctive style.
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The Accident

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