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Issue: Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #53
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
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Pages: 196
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UPC/EAN: 07189646953053
Price: $3.69 CAD
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Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 66 (62 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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Subject Matter
teen
Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
I've been thinking of getting my ear pierced! Yak! Yak! Yak!
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In Your Uniform!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Mr. Weatherbee decides the students should have to wear a school uniform.
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6
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Updated

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childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
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Red Letter Day

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childrens, humorous
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A Photo Finish

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
Archie and Mr. Weatherbee charter a boat and go fishing, which leads to typical Archie clumsiness.
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5
formerly an Archie and Me story.
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Passed Out

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humorous, teen
Reggie gets clobbered by Moose for trying to make a pass at Midge.
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Diet Riot

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humorous, teen
Aunt Zelda stirs up some Lo-Cal Brew because she is on a diet.
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The Hobby

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teen
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Archie has taken up landscape painting. Reggie isn't impressed.
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Prize Rise

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humorous, teen
Veronica gets first prize as the most attractive girl at my party!
Reggie is giving out prizes for the most attractive girls at his party.
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Soaps Get in Your Ears

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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teen
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Ms. Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
Veronica's VCR breaks and she can no longer tape her soap opera. She decides to bring a portable TV with her to school to watch it live. Features the soap opera "The Days of All My Doctor's Children's Lives."
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Kick Shtick

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humorous, teen
Moose! In soccer you get a point...
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Polite Invite

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humorous, teen
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Jughead does not appear in this story.
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Lip Service!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Going on that camping trip did me a world of good! I'm a new man!
Archie shows off his new mustache which results in people making negative comments and jokes.
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Bowl Toll

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humorous, teen
Archie tries to subconsciously make Moose a better bowler.
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Snack Attack

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humorous, teen
Miss Crouton
Miss Crouton; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
The new Home Economics teacher uses a microwave oven to cook her snacks.
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Heads Up

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humorous, teen
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Symptomania

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teen
Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle; Floyd Clayton; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Chuck is driving everyone crazy with his hypochondria, until Dilton comes up with a solution.
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Sub Snub

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Hot Dog
Big Ethel has invited Jughead to a party but he feigns sickness, so Big Ethel asks him to send a substitute and he sends Hot Dog.
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Get Ready Get Set -- Woe!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
Reggie Mantle; Miss Beazly; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Reggie is the lunch monitor.
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Taken For Granite

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Sheila Smythe
When Bingo accidentally breaks Mr. Smythe's "America: Love It Or Leave It" statue, Sampson thinks it was broken on purpose and chases the "liberal-minded pinko" Bingo away from his house.
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Easel Does It

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous
Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
Hot Dog! What a perfect day for golf!
Fred takes up oil painting after deciding golf may be too strenuous.
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4
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
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Door Flaw

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Hi, daddy! Here's your newspaper!
Hap shows Jinx how to deliver a paper.
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Drive Jive

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humorous, teen
Sam; Lum; Andy Walnut
Reggie Mantle proves nobody can outfox Reggie Mantle --- unless maybe it's Reggie Mantle!
Despite having the best racing car, Reggie gets his kick from pulling tricks to win his races.
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6
formerly a Reggie and Me story.

Andy Walnut is a parody of Andy Warhol.
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Tower of Power

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
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Buck Jones: Teen of the Future

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Buck Jones [Jughead Jones]; Ethel Muggs
Steal our food rations, will ya?
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The Time Machine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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childrens
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Fangs Fogarty; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doily; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle
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The Play's the Thing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
childrens, fantasy, humorous
Little Sabrina Spellman; Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Dilton Doily; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda
Sabrina gets kids to help with her play of "Hansel and Gretel" by tempting them with a real candy house.
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Little Archie and the "Wishing Witch"

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childrens, fantasy, humorous
Little Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Little Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Wishing Witch
Little Archie is assigned to attract a bird to Miss Grundy's bird-feeding platform. An eccentric witch who lives at the library gives him a magical book with instructions on how to attract the most unusual bird the school has ever seen: a prehistoric pterodactyl.
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The witch says that she was studying to become a TV quiz show contestant, but there are "no more big time TV quiz shows." This is a reference to the fact that most prime-time game shows had been canceled in the wake of the quiz-show scandals of the late '50s.
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The Duel

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Aunt Zelda is on a diet.
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Change for the Better

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humorous, teen
Veronica wants to break her date with Archie so she can date a major from the exclusive Milltown Military Academy. Nobody wants to help her do it.
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Writer, Inker and Letter credit from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #62.
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Plant Chant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mrs. Mantle
Reggie tries to trick Archie into thinking Dilton's plant experiments are talking, but the tables get turned.
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Rain Pain

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Archie bundles up in rain gear to go to Veronica's in a downpour. When he gets there, he finds she now has an enclosed pool and wants him to go swimming.
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Sky High Sign

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Reggie Mantle
Readers must fill in the blanks with the letter corresponding to the number under the blank (using the legend at the bottom of the page) to see what Reggie put on a sign he hung up to help promote the school's planetarium.
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Fashion Frolic

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In an attempt to get the kids to quit wearing outlandish designs they have seen on MTV, the Riverdale faculty dress up in the same outfits to show the kids how strange they look.
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Stressful Sorcery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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fantasy, humorous, teen
Sabrina Spellman
Sabrina describes situations in which magic made her life more stressful rather than less stressful.
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Mind Grind

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle
Dilton tries various psychological therapies to help Betty stop pining for Archie.
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5
formerly a Betty and Me story.
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Goldy Oldies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Sabrina Spellman; Hilda Spellman; Cousin Ambrose
Humpf! The things in this tag sale are supposed to be antiques!
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Pet Set

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fantasy, humorous, teen
Sabrina Spellman
A pet dragon is expensive to care for.
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Model Muddle

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Jughead has been selected for a modeling school.
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Worrying

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childrens, humorous
Mort the Worry Wart and Fat Charley
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What a Pair

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Match one item from list A with an item from list B.
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Quick Review

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Archie tells Mr. Lodge about the movie that he saw with Veronica.
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Taking It to the Basket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Coach Clayton; Veronica Lodge
I find dunking the ball is no problem!
Archie tells the readers about his basketball game.
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Invitation for Disaster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy, teen
Sabrina; Cousin Ambrose
Ambrose throws a party.
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Pot Luck

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fantasy, teen
Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda
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Blear Cheer

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Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Mrs. Muggs
Jughead asks a favor.
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It's a Miracle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Veronica is mad at Archie because she had to pay the bill at Pop's. He asks for a miracle and finds a piece of jewelry that he gives to Veronica.
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formerly an Archie story.
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Reggie the Ego Tripper!

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Unscramble the phrase puzzle.
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Hobby Lobby

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
I hear Archie's latest hobby is trying to kiss every girl in school!
Archie's new hobby is trying to kiss every girl in the school.
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Southern Comfort

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Chuck does not know what to get his father for his birthday.
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Feet Feat

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Standing in front of a poster advertising a championship fight between "Jake Hurricane" and "Victor Gorilla", Reggie dances around and punches the air. He tells Jughead and Archie that one day he's going to fight Moose, and that Moose won't lay a hand on him. In the next panel, he says that this is because he's light on his feet. Moose walks up behind Reggie and says "Is that so?". Reggie runs off terrified, and Archie says that Reggie was right - he IS quick on his feet.
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He's a Good Skate

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Fred wants Archie to paint the fence.
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Record High!

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Moose hit a hundred.
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Tame Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
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That Funny Feeling

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
childrens
Li'l Jinx; Greg
Greg feels funny.
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Seeing Red

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Betty tries to talk Reggie out of getting revenge on Moose.
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Sounds Silly to Me

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Miss Beazly; Mr. Weatherbee
The cafeteria gets piped-in music.
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Slide Guide

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Dora
Reggie helps Dilton get the girl.
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Giant Sale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Betty's poster-size picture of Archie gets snatched by the wind and lands in Mr. Weatherbee's yard, right when Mr. Weatherbee wants some Archie-free time.
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formerly a Betty and Me story.
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Wit Bit

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You better keep your helmet on your head, Moose!
Moose eventually realizes that Reggie has insulted him.
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Hole Goal

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Sabrina; Harvey
If Harvey makes the putt Sabrina gets to go to the movies with him.
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Ace Place

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Sabrina; Harvey
Sabrina wonders what Harvey is thinking about.
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Help Not Wanted

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
Archie's attempts to be helpful always backfire.
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Grid Kid

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Reggie comments on Betty's shirt, which has a picture of Archie on it, saying that she isn't the only one who gets satisfaction from Archie's picture. When Betty asks if he has a picture of Archie on a shirt too, Reggie says no - just on his football, and kicks a football with a picture of Archie on it.
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Vain Swain

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Betty Cooper; Gladys (girl who dated Reggie)
Betty asks Gladys how her date with Reggie was. Glady says that Reggie took her in his arm, held her tight - and then told her how wonderful he was.
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Occupies the bottom half of the page, with "Grid Kid" occupying the top half. Gladys doesn't have a last name.
Reggie does not appear in this story.
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Inside-Out!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
Archie moves his bed into the back yard and tries to sleep outside.
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Miscellaneous
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