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Issue: Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #31
Publication Date: March 1998
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Issues: #31 of 146 Issues (188 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: 196
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 00912846953931
Price: $2.99 CAD
$2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 49 (48 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: digest size
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Miss Beazly; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
First Line: Be careful what you say about Beazly's lunch special!
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Pop Music

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: The jukebox in Pop Tate's is broken so The Archies decide to play live, but Pop's isn't zoned for live entertainment.
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Paper Caper

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The Big Stall

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo); Jughead Jones (cameo); Moose Mason (cameo)
Synopsis: Archie keeps finding ways to put off doing his homework composition.
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An Exercise in Living

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper
Synopsis: As Betty gets ready for her aerobics exercise class everything goes wrong.
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Lib Gib

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Genres: teen
Synopsis: Archie feels that a man should be the senior partner in a relationship.
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Money Honey

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Genres: teen
Synopsis: Betty didn't lend Archie any money.
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You Got to Hand It to Him

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Through a misunderstanding, Mr. Weatherbee thinks Archie missed school because of a broken hand.
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Veronica's "Surprise Ending"

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis: When Reggie is late for a date with Veronica, she bets him that Archie would never keep her waiting, so Reggie has to come up with some way of delaying Archie.
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Little Lost Drummer Boy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): The Archies [Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper]
First Line: Wow! Ronnie's going wild on her new synthesizer!
Synopsis: When Veronica's synthesizer replaces Jughead on drums, Jughead tries out new instruments for the band.
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Jungle Drums Chapter I

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
First Line: Those savage drums...!
Synopsis: Archie and Veronica get kidnapped by poachers while on an African safari.
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Jungle Drums Chapter II

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Where are we, Jake?
Synopsis: Archie and Veronica are rescued from the poachers by a female version of Tarzan.
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Scope Scoop

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Big Ethel
Synopsis: When Jughead tells Ethel her horoscope says she'll be a success at whatever she tries, she makes a pass at him.
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Yolk Joke

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First Line: The egg drill is very important in developing stickhandling!
Synopsis: Coach Kleats wants the team to work on their stick handling by using an egg to force the players to develop a light tough.
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Footloose

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Genres: teen
Synopsis: Archie only has one shoe to wear to the dance.
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White Sail

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A Matter of Principal

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee [Waldo Weatherbee]; Miss Grundy [Geraldine Grundy]
Synopsis: Archie points out some problems with the school to Mr. Weatherbee.
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Girl Whirl

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Genres: teen
Synopsis: Jughead's fortune says he will have a long conversation with a girl.
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Getting Pretty Hairy

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee is eager to get his hands on Professor Flutesnoot's new hair-growth chemical, despite the fact that a few kinks still need to be worked out.
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The Searcher

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Adam the alien; Smithers the butler; Hiram Lodge; Throg the intergalactic peddler
Synopsis: Still in search of his roots, Adam the alien beams back down to Earth. Veronica invites him to stay over at the Lodge mansion for a while.
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Disclose Notes: Plotline continues from Archie (1962 series) #280 (May, 1979).
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On Second Thought

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrew; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead want to organize a game of touch football, but can't get any boys to play. After Betty and Veronica decide to play, all of a sudden there is a crowd of boys wanting to play.
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Sheer Fear

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge isn't going to let a little thing like a heavy snowstorm force Archie to stay overnight.
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Off the Wall

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Genres: humorous
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Sky Birds

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Lt. Eric "Ace" Gilbertson [Archie]; Betty Skoop [Betty]; Major Grumple [Mr. Weatherbee]; Cpl. Mac Kanik [Jughead]; the Baroness [Veronica]; Heinrich von Nasty [Reggie]
Synopsis: During WW I, air ace Gilbertson defeats German saboteurs with the help of girl reporter Betty Skoop.
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Jump for Joy

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Genres: superhero, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews [as Grasshopperman]; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: A grasshopper scratches Archie and the contamination turns the teen into a superhero.
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The Cut-Ups

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee
First Line: Then it's settled! Right, cats? I mean, this is what we're going to do!
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead ask Mr. Weatherbee how to divide a circle into 5 equal parts.
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Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in Jughead Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #198.

When reprinted in Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 2018 series) #1, inks are credited to Jon D'Agostino.

Formerly an Archie at Riverdale story.
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Cold Shoulder

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Genres: teen
Synopsis: Jughead wants Ethel to stop following him.
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Alibi Awry

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie's alibi for being late doesn't work with Mr. Weatherbee.
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One for the Books!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie and Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee writes a book about Archie.
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You Know It's Time to Be Suspicious When....

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Hot Dog; Mary Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Miss Beazly; Hal Cooper
Synopsis: Single panel gags playing off the premise if you see one thing it really means something else.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Where's that NASA scientist?
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Assert Yourself

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Dilton Doiley; Susan; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Dilton builds a machine to hypnotize the user and make them more assertive.
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Smell Spell

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Genres: humorous, teen
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Skin Game

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Alexandra Cabot; Mr. Cabot
Synopsis: Melody becomes a moral crusader against animal fur garments, taking her crusade right to Mr. Cabot himself.
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Odd Girl Out

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Josie and the Pussycats [Josie; Melody; Valerie]; Alexandra Cabot; Alexander Cabot III
Synopsis: Alexandra joins the group and decides to take over, using the fact that her father financially backs the group to prevent resistance. Melody uses her stupidity to get Alexandra to leave the group.
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Disclose Notes: Mr. Cabot's decision to financially back the group was featured in an issue-length story in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #540.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: How do you like Jughead's oil painting, Ethel?
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Beep Beep Beep

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Svenson; Superintendent Hassle; Ms. Phlips
Synopsis: Superintendent Hassle gives Mr. Weatherbee and Svenson both a beeper.
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Practice Shot

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Are You Game?

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis: The gang plays games in Veronica's game room.
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Sure Lure

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Karen; Sue; Melissa; Ricky Mantle; Vicky Mantle
First Line: Girls, I don't know how to break it to you but I have terrible news for the Archies!
Synopsis: Reggie's uncle invites him on a trip to Hawaii and Archie interviews some people to replace Reggie in the band while he is gone.
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Rare Scare

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Jughead relates a bad dream he had.
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Work Quirk

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Jughead explains that he does know the meaning of work.
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Economy Kick

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews
First Line: No! No! No! Send them back! B-A-C-K, back!!! And that's final, T-H-E E-N-D!!
Synopsis: Tired of her extravagant spending on wardrobe, Mr. Lodge demands Veronica get more use out of the clothing she has.
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You Never Know

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Dilton has a crush on Veronica but his attempt to convince her that they should be together has a significant flaw.
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Butt of the Joke

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: When Mr. Weatherbee complains of all the publicity Central High receives, Jughead concocts a plan involving a reporter and a goat to put Riverdale High on the map.
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Hand Tooled Torment

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: Archie's uncle Billy Bob sends him a custom made pair of cowboy boots.
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No Hope Slope

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Synopsis: The gang marvels at how Archie comes down the slope.
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Snow Ho

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Mr. Jones; Mrs. Jones
Synopsis: Jughead finds a way to get out of shoveling snow.
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Wigged Out

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Veronica decides to test Archie by donning a blonde wig to see if he'll recognize her.
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