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Issue: Archie's Double Digest Magazine #109
Publication Date: August 1999
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Issues: #109 of 204 Issues (266 Printings)
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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)
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Pages: 196
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07189646951609
Price: $3.59 CAD
$2.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 51 (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): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: My new camera is fool-proof!
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Radio Inactive

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Smithers; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie accidentally breaks Veronica's radio and tries to fix it.
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The Moose Is Loose

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Lingo Lesson

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: Archie and his parents discuss the current teen slang.
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Quiz Fizz

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie helps Jughead study for a true/false test.
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Pictures Don't Lie, People Do!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie is annoyed that Veronica is spending time with a rich socialite, so Jughead comes up with a plan for Archie to impress her by taking photos.
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Designers' Choice

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee asks Archie and Jughead for advice on redecorating a room in the school.
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The Ordeal

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Feature(s): Archie and His Friends
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Switch Pitch!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Mr. and Mrs. Andrews are angry with Archie's behavior until they get a glimpse at the crazy teens visiting next door.
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Game Shame

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie walks the first six batters in his baseball game.
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The Phantom of Fear

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: You guys from Central High are wasting your time!
Synopsis: The guys from Central High are trying to sabotage Riverdale's racing team by abducting their best runner, The Phantom Flash. They just need to find out who it is.
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Shark Lark

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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie and the Gang
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis: The gang reacts to the shark movie Jowls.
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Sleepy Time Guy

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: Tired of going on cheap dates with Archie, Veronica demands that he get a job so he can afford to take her dancing. But the job he gets leaves him so tired that it ruins their expensive date.
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He's a Good Skate

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Genres: teen
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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis: Fred wants Archie to paint the fence.
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Record High!

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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Moose
Character(s): Midge Klump; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Moose hit a hundred.
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And Dust to Dust

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Door-to-door salesman Archie tries to sell Reggie a vacuum cleaner.
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There's a Bee in My Salad

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Waldo Weatherbee
First Line: Everybody is health-conscious today, and salads are what all the kids are eating!
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead ruin Pop Tate's new salad bar.
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Almost Anything for a Pal

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Jughead refuses to lend Archie money when he finds out Archie plans to use it to take Veronica to an expensive restaurant.
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Oh Double Rats

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Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: Wouldn't you know it? Here I am again in the principal's office!
Synopsis: Archie wonders why he's always in the principal's office.
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Video Vanity

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Chuck Clayton; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
First Line: Hi! I'm that great big TV in the sky with a message I'd like to lay on all you viewers!
Synopsis: A television set tells readers what it doesn't like about television viewers.
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The Fortune

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: What does your fortune say, Arch?
Synopsis: Archie gets conflicting fortunes from a scale.
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Sign Language

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie tries to decipher the Ferndale Ferrets' baseball signals for Coach Kleats.
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Drive Jive

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Feature(s): Reggie
Synopsis: Reggie has a list of things to help girls with their driving.
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Billboard Mentality

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Archie wants Pop to give him a job, and he has all kinds of great ideas for advertising, but they end up costing much more money than they bring in in business.
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Disclose Notes: When reprinted in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #41, writing is credited to Mike Pellowski and pencils are credited to Howard Bender.
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Plate Plight

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Feature(s): Reggie
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Betty doesn't like it when the boys watch baseball during lunch.
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Splatter Matter

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: Archie tests a can of whipped cream.
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Book Worm

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: The gang is collecting books for a charity drive, and try to get a donation from Titus Titewhad, the town curmudgeon. He throws a tantrum, and gives himself a heart attack. The teens rush him to the hospital, and he shows his gratitude by donating a rare first edition.
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It's French to Me

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis: Dilton convinces Archie to use French study tapes to help him pass his French final exam.
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Tape Jape

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
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Happy After School

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Little Archie Goes to a Party

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Genres: childrens
Character(s): Little Archie; Little Veronica; Little Betty; Little Reggie; Pewter Van Rocklander the Third; Penntelope Paddleford Peabody the Fourth; Smithers
Synopsis: Little Archie is invited to Veronica's party for her high-society friends and discovers he doesn't belong in that crowd.
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The March of Time

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Genres: childrens
Character(s): Little Archie; Mr. Weatherbee; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Spotty; Little Jughead; Little Betty; Fangs Fogarty; Little Reggie; Little Veronica
Synopsis: Little Archie dreams that he goes into a time machine and comes out thirty years in the future.
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A Love Story

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: Spotty falls in love with a skunk.
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It's My Turn

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie 1; Reggie 1; Betty 1; Veronica 1; Jughead 1
First Line: One potato, two potato, three potato, four!
Synopsis: Betty 1 and Veronica 1 invent the sport of jumping rope but the boys can't seem to master the ability.
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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie's Gag Bag
Character(s): Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews
First Line: Jogging is great for the cardiovascular system!
Synopsis: Archie and Dilton talk about jogging.
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Haxi

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis: A parody of the TV show "Taxi" starring the Archie gang.
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Motion Notion

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie's skateboarding demonstrates some important scientific principles.
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The Gene Scene

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie falls asleep while studying biology and dreams about shrinking.
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Report Support

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Archie claims that Jughead will eat anything.
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Knee Glee

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie doesn't have to get on both knees to ask Veronica out; one will be enough.
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I Saw Him First

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
First Line: I've decided to let you take me out tonight, Archie!
Synopsis: After being rejected for a date with Veronica, Archie asks out Betty. Veronica then changes her mind so he gets Jughead to call Betty and make up an excuse as to why he can't go out with her.
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Wheel Zeal

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Betty can't help comparing Archie's mode of transportation to Reggie's.
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Sum Fun

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Mary Andrews; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Both Archie and Dilton like figures, and Archie begins to dream about being successful.
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Charm Harm

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
First Line: Archie, look what we bought you!
Synopsis: The baseball team has all kinds of superstitious rituals but they make fun of Betty and Veronica for reading the astrology column in the paper.
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President Archie Andrews

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Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee imagines what things would be like if Archie were president of the United States.
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Water Tale!

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Synopsis: Archie meets a mermaid.
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Summer Job Blahs

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: If you're looking for a job, why don't you get one in that new burger place?
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Speed Deed

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Archie can't afford either of the sundaes that Veronica is torn between.
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Etomer Beach

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie, Betty and Jughead take an old badly maintained road to a new beach, not knowing there was a brand new road they could have used.
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Canoe Ballyhoo

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Jughead and Archie paddle a canoe and get nowhere.
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Generation Flap

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Grandpa Andrews
Synopsis: Archie annoys Fred with swing music, just like Fred's father did when Fred was younger.
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