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Issue: Jughead with Archie Digest #53
Publication Date: November 1982
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Issues: #53 of 198 Issues (298 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: The Archie Digest LibraryView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Enterprises Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000699653
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 42 (38 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "Jughead with Archie Magazine".
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard US digest size
Paper Stock: glossy cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley
First Line: I understand Jughead and Archie are making a fortune!
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Disclose Notes: Redrawn from the cover of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #74
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Hall of Fame

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead trick a freshman into running in the halls right past Mr. Weatherbee's office.
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Awesome Audition

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: Phew! That was close!
Synopsis: Moose auditions for The Archies and smashes Jughead's drum.
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Depression Daze

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie is so incredibly depressed that his friends fear he's going to commit suicide.
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Fight Plight!

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx's Pal Greg
Character(s): Greg; Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Synopsis: Charley knocks out Greg.
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Food For Thought!

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx's Pal Fat Charley
Character(s): Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx
Synopsis: Charley runs out of his favorite study aid.
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Copy Cats

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
First Line: Terrible! Shameful!
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee orders the school to dress like Jughead in hopes of convincing him to dress normally.
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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead's Gag Bag
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews
First Line: Breakfast, boys!
Synopsis: Jughead thinks he is about get a big breakfast.
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Cautious Chemistry

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot
Synopsis: When Mr. Weatherbee learns that Archie and Jughead want to stay late to work in the chemistry lab, he orders Professor Fluresnoot to remove anything remotely explosive, but things blow up anyway.
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Hogwash

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead with Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Madam Cheetah
Synopsis: Archie consults a fortune teller who sells him a love potion to use on Veronica.
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Mixed-Up Pix

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Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Archie would like the reader to unscramble the names of some popular films.
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Only

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
First Line: Oh boy, am I tired!
Synopsis: Archie tells Mr. Lodge that he's only as old as he feels and then regrets it as Mr. Lodge joins them at Pop Tate's and tries to be like them.
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Hero to Go

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Reggie
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: The coach expects everyone to keep Reggie safe and secure so that he's in good shape for Saturday's basketball game.
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Radio Rogue

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Genres: adventure, humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Reggie uses his C.B. radio to avoid the police, but is caught speeding anyway. Later Reggie and Archie respond to a call for help that comes over the radio.
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Something in Common

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Russ
Synopsis: Jinx compares herself to several former Presidents.
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How To Cook...

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Feature(s): Miss Beazly
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Miss Beazly
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Betty's Diary

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Betty needs something to write about in her diary.
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Lame Fame

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
First Line: Simmer down, chicks!
Synopsis: Reggie gets chosen for a part in a movie being filmed in Riverdale.
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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead's Gag Bag
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
First Line: I thought you were getting paid to paint the flagpole in front of the post office!
Synopsis: Jughead is supposed to paint a flagpole.
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Reprint Notes: from Archie newspaper strips (King Features Syndicate, XX-XX-19XX)
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All About Science

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Kleats
Synopsis: Little Archie and Little Jughead help Coach Kleats build a pitching machine.
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New Spot

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Archie drives the gang to a lake, instead of the beach.
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Getting to the Bottom

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday; Greg
First Line: Buy a drink, Daddy?
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx and Greg run a lemonade stand.
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Puddle Muddle!

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Shrimpy; Cousin Kim
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Memories of Forgetfulness

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Looking through their yearbook, Archie and Reggie recall the time Jughead faked amnesia to get out of paying a debt to Reggie.
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Goof Spoof

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Betty asks Archie to bring his guitar on their picnic but she ends up carrying all the amps and speakers.
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Guys n' Spies

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Floyd Clayton; Chuck Clayton; Stan; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie, Chuck, and Coach Clayton run a sting operation, allowing Central High to steal bogus football plays from them and then running different ones in the game. Riverdale wins, 78-0.
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Words of a Witch

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Little Sabrina; Little Betty; Little Jughead; Little Archie; Little Reggie; Little Veronica; Aunt Zelda
Synopsis: Little Sabrina uses her aunt's spellbook to try to solve everybody's problems but just creates bigger problems.
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Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #251, no credits listed in this digest.
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It's Alarming!

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Character(s): Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Decode the sentence to find out what Jughead thinks of mornings.
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Lucky Lad

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Veronica needs Archie to join her band, Veronica and the Grovers.
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Way-Out Wizard

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Dilton
Character(s): Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Dilton makes Reggie think he has turned Archie and Jughead into frogs.
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As You like It

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
First Line: What kind of seat did you get?
Synopsis: Reggie demands a seat near the ring at a boxing match.
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Enough Is Enough!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Mister Weatherbee
Character(s): Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
First Line: This Archie is getting me down!
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee feels like Archie brings him down.
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Going to the Dogs

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mr. Karter; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Okay, Archie! You're hired for the weekend!
Synopsis: Archie takes a temporary weekend job at Karter's Kennels to be able to afford to take Veronica to the prom.
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Smile and Show Your Teeth!

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Genres: humorous, sports, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Coach Clayton; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Coach Wrotten
Synopsis: Archie turns around the football team to save Coach Kleat's job.
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A Dog's Life

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
First Line: I hate to brag, Reggie, but your hunting dog can't compare to mine!
Synopsis: Archie brags about his hunting dog.
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Some Sum

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: Your jalopy needs a lot of repair work!
Synopsis: Archie needs his jalopy repaired.
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Double Your Pleasure

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie learns that his Aunt Agatha is coming to visit and that he'll have to cancel his date with Veronica.
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Color Colleagues

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead both decide to paint an ocean scene.
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The Tender Trap!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
First Line: How're you feeling Arch?
Synopsis: Archie sends Jughead on a date with Veronica when he becomes too sick to take her.
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Staying Home

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: After talking with Archie, Veronica has a sudden urge to stay home with her father.
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Fly Now, Pay Later

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee (cameo); Pop Tate; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
Synopsis: While Jughead is disguised as a vampire, Archie and Reggie convince him to scare Big Moose.
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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie's Gag Bag
Character(s): Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Archie Andrews
First Line: Archie! Where have you been?
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge waits for Archie to come back with ice.
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