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Issue: Archie's Double Digest Magazine #79
Publication Date: July 1995
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Issues: #79 of 204 Issues (266 Printings)
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Variant: Direct Edition
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: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 196
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76281646951707911
Price: $2.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 45 (41 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): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
First Line: What's this big lump on the wall?
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Wheel Fun

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis: Archie decides to take Veronica cycling in the countryside.
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The Gossip Column

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: A gossip column appears in the school paper and everyone wants to know who wrote it.
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What a Seat-uation

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Svenson
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee asks Svenson to repair his office chair before the Superintendent's inspection.
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Roll ‘Em

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Archie doesn't want to attend a screening of Reggie's home movies.
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Happy Hour

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Dilton decides to invent a device that would repair broken hearts.
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Party of the First Party

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: Jughead agrees to date the daughter of a hamburger restaurant chain owner, with a lot of help and urging from Archie.
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Quiz Fizz

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica are contestants on a game show.
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The Great Chicken Chase

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Big Barney; Waldo Weatherbee; The Creeply Brothers (Kurt and Burt); Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: After a mysterious narrator hints that some things were never meant to change, we find Archie driving Mr. Weatherbee's Yakasaki Pigeon back from the auto shop, where the repairman has fixed the dent it sustained in Archie and Me #141. But the car is commandeered by the police, chasing two crooks who just robbed a bank and took off in a getaway car disguised as a "Chubby Charlie's Chicken Shack" float in a parade through downtown Riverdale.
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Like It Is

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Archie and Reggie agree to "tell it like it is" which really allows them to openly insult each other.
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Check That Out!

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li’l Jinx’s Pal Charley
Character(s): Charley Hawse; Li’l Jinx
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Prize Packaging

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Waldo Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot; Miss Beazly; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy; Miss Haggly
Synopsis: A former student of Flutesnoot’s has won the Nobel prize.
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Lucky Lad

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
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Election Reflection

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Big Moose
Character(s): Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Nancy Woods
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Match Catch

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Veronica agrees to play tennis with Reggie.
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The Clone Zone

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Dilton accidentally creates an intellectually superior clone of Moose.
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Hi, Neighbor

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: The woman Archie almost ran down with his car turns out to be Betty's new neighbor.
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No Sale

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First Line: Jug, you were supposed to bring paper cups for our picnic!
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Appreciation Day

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie gets his mom flowers.
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Strings Attached

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Betty gets mad at Veronica to the point where she hides out when Veronica comes calling.
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Gross Encounters

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis: Aliens observe Reggie and Archie and interpret their innocent actions as dangerous to a prospective invasion.
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Talk Squawk

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Humble Pie, My Eye

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Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
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The Actor

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs; Betty Cooper
First Line: Oops! I'm sorry, madam, I was looking for the principal!
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee is trying on a Scottish outfit for a costume party and Archie accidentally throws away his clothes.
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Perfect Pitch

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Oh, no! Here comes that pushy salesman again!
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead send a door to door salesman over to bother Reggie.
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Muscle Tussle

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Coach Kleats; Geraldine Grundy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Coach Kleats has to improvise when Miss Grundy tells him that Mr. Weatherbee wants him to turn in his final grades today.
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Dog Gone

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Rebel; Tough Teddy
Synopsis: When Teddy makes fun of a seriously ill Rebel, the dog is restored to health through his sheer hatred of Teddy.
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What Was the Question

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie feels gloomy because Veronica might say no to a question he intends to ask.
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Big Hats and Short Jackets!

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper
Synopsis: No story; Betty models fashion designs sent in by readers.
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Snooze Ruse

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Jughead keeps falling asleep in the library.
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A Taste Case

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Character(s): Sabrina
Synopsis: Sabrina gets more than she bargained for from a free sample of candy.
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[untitled]

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper
First Line: That was Archie, Mom!
Synopsis: Betty receives a mysterious call from Archie.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Hold it! Don't turn the page...
Synopsis: Jinx dreams that she's a comic strip character.
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Smoke Joke

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Veronica complains about the fumes emanating from Archie's jalopy.
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Career Plan Elan

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper
First Line: He loves me...
Synopsis: Betty and Ethel look at career opportunities for women and Betty imagines herself in the various occupations.
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Perfect Pupil

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Midge; Midge's mother
Synopsis: Reggie and Archie try to get the best of Moose.
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Record Ruckus

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
Synopsis: When the students try to break different world records, Mr. Weatherbee ends up caught in the middle.
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The Computer Tutor

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Dilton wants to find a sport he's good at.
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Cowgirl Betty

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Feature(s): Betty's Color Page
Character(s): Betty Cooper
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The Bird Watchers

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doily; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis: When the psychotically jealous Veronica thinks she's caught him looking at another girl, Archie claims he was actually bird-watching. Then he has to create a bird-watchers' club to justify the lie.
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Job Jibe

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Character(s): Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis: Pop hires Jughead to work in the shop and suddenly experiences a sharp rise in overhead.
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Charm Chump

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: When Archie and Reggie seem smitten by a new girl from Acme Charm School, Betty and Veronica decide to enroll in the class.
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School for Slander

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis: Reggie is proud of his bad reputation, so Archie, Betty and Veronica set out to ruin it.
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Chicken Stricken

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Character(s): Archie Andrews
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