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Issue: Archie Comics Digest #57
Publication Date: December 1982
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Issues: #57 of 267 Issues (366 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000699457
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 43 (36 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Digest size
Paper Stock: Cardstock cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Perfect Bound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Gee, Veronica, Archie can't seem to get out of that judo hold!
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Redrawn from the cover of Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #67.
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Daddy's Boy

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Pop!
Synopsis: Archie bothers his dad in the garage and causes him to hurt his finger. Fred feels guilty about getting angry when he realizes that Archie only wanted to help him work.
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Current Events

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: You look as happy as a bug without a rug, Arch!
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge thinks he fixed an appliance, when all that happened was that Archie plugged it in.
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Potion Notion

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First Line: Watch me play a gag on Miss Grundy!
Synopsis: Archie tries to scare Miss Grundy with a rubber monster mask.
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The Music Lesson

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First Line: Mr. Weatherbee! I've got to talk to you!
Synopsis: Archie is taking up the trumpet for which he has no talent.
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Archie - All Shook Up!

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First Line: One of Archie's science school projects has kind of gotten away from him!
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It's For the Birds

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First Line: How is the birdhouse I built coming along?
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx adds a light bulb to heat an empty birdhouse, to try and get a bird to live in it.
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Wrong Number

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First Line: Don't answer the phone! It's probably for me, Archie...I'll get it upstairs!
Synopsis: When Archie overhears a phone conversation between Veronica and Reggie, he assumes that the two are dating behind his back.
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First Line: Fred, your weight ---
Synopsis: Fred tries to ignore mentions of his weight.
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A Sight For Sore Eyes

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First Line: Why are you blindfolding yourself, Reggie?
Synopsis: Reggie blindfolds himself for his date with Betty.
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Knight and Day

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First Line: I understand you gave Archie some advice about women!
Synopsis: Archie takes Mr. Lodge's advice too literally.
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Have Trick Will Treat!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Miss Stake
First Line: Ha, ha!
Synopsis: Archie's plan to exact revenge for Reggie's practical jokes backfires.
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Romance Trance

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Morning, Mom! Morning, Dad!
Synopsis: Archie's bout of love-sickness over Veronica has made him more accident-prone than usual.
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Nothing But The Truth!

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First Line: Yeow!
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx's father slips on a banana peel and asks if she knows where he found it. She guesses he found it on a banana.
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Call of the Wild!

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First Line: Glad you're enjoying this hunting and camping trip, Archie!
Synopsis: Archie and Mr. Lodge go on a hunting trip, with all the comforts of home.
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Treble Trouble

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First Line: The computer says Archie gets into trouble because subconsciously he wants your attention! --- He really likes you, Mr. Weatherbee!
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee follows the school computer's advice in dealing with Archie.
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Disclose Notes: Originally published in Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #58 under the feature "Archie".
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First Line: Good grief what's happening?
Synopsis: The student body reacts to the sounds of Mr. Weatherbee eating lunch as if it were an emergency.
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Silly Superstitions

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Gosh! Do you fellows know today is Friday the thirteenth?
Synopsis: Reggie refuses to believe in superstitions about good or bad luck.
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The Magic Show

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Mimi; The Great Martino
First Line: Run out for a pass, Little Archie!
Synopsis: Little Archie meets a new girl in town while tossing a football with Reggie. She turns out to be the daughter of The Great Martino, an old friend of Weatherbee's, and invites Archie to participate in a trick during her father's magic show for the school.
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The Big Day

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First Line: Oh, boy!
Synopsis: Archie empties his piggy bank to open an account at the bank and get a prize. The prize turns out to be a new piggy bank.
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Canoe Capers

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First Line: One thing about Betty. She was persistent.
Synopsis: Betty calls Archie and asks him for a canoe ride.
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Key Question

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First Line: Jug and I built a pollution-free dragster!
Synopsis: Archie invents a drag racer that doesn't run on fossil fuels.
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The Thought Control Caper!

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Genres: adventure, humorous, teen
Character(s): The Controller
First Line: Take over section two, V.E.R.O.N.I.C.A.! That's a C.R.U.S.H. truck up ahead!
Synopsis: The P.O.P. agents are captured by the Controller, who can control anyone's mind by attaching a tiny device called a "brain-tap."
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First Line: You gave Miss Beazly a book on "Proper Place Setting"?
Synopsis: Miss Beazly presents a very refined place setting for a cafeteria cheeseburger.
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Reprint Notes: From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.
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Nursery Time

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First Line: Henny Penny! Henny Penny! The sky is falling!!
Synopsis: Someone is using altered nursery rhymes to satirize Veronica and Archie's relationship. Veronica suspects Betty, but she can't prove it.
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Archie's "T" Shirt!

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First Line: Archie has noticed so many people are parading by with a message on their "T" shirts!
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Car Care

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First Line: Daddy! Daddy!! Did you say you wanted me to wash your car?
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx runs into the living room where her father is watching TV, and asks if he wanted her to wash his car. When her father says yes, she tells him to hurry up and put it in the driveway. When he asks her what her hurry is, she says "It might stop raining!"
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Blow Your Top!

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First Line: What in the world is that?
Synopsis: Archie shows off his skills with his diabolo top at school.
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Mail Tale

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Well, Moose, did you put those letters in the letter box?
Synopsis: Moose confuses the "letter" box with the "litter" box.
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Price Slice

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First Line: Hey, Pop, I see you cut your prices in half!
Synopsis: Archie asks Pop why he cut his prices in half.
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Combat Comedy

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First Line: Archie and the gang prove you don't have to be a soldier to get involved in the war between the sexes...
Synopsis: Military terms are applied to relationships.
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First Line: Miss Beazly, you're still leaving school through the in door, instead of the out door!
Synopsis: Miss Beazly finds a creative way to leave school.
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A-Weigh We Go

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First Line: Archie Andrews! Don't you believe in knocking before you enter??!
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee is in a bad mood because he's on a diet, but the sight of Archie makes him quit thinking about how hungry he is, so he makes Archie be his exercise partner.
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Matter Over Mind

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First Line: I'm sorry! I d-didn't hear the question, Miss Grundy!
Synopsis: Archie daydreams in class.
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Raps about Reggie

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First Line: Our fan magazine readers want to know if it's true that Reggie is vain and egostistical!
Synopsis: Reggie gets interviewed for a magazine.
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Pop Goes Pop!

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First Line: Li'l Jinx!! I know you're expecting a load of friends over for your party --
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx makes popcorn in the clothes dryer.
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Troubled Times

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First Line: Ten seconds to go.....
Synopsis: Archie isn't getting in trouble in school. Jughead explains that it's because Reggie isn't chasing Veronica, so Archie thinks he's up to something. Reggie explains that it's because Betty quit chasing Archie, so he can't get near Veronica. Betty explains that it's because of Mr. Weatherbee's speech about being satisfied with what you have. Mr. Weatherbee gives a speech to the school about ambition and everyone goes back to normal, with Archie in the principal's office again.
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Class Will Tell

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First Line: Letter from Veronica, Archie!
Synopsis: Veronica and Betty try to top each other in pageantry. Archie, tired of their one-upmanship, comes up with an ultimate entrance of his own.
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First Line: We've designed new uniforms for when we help out in the cafeteria!
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee imagines Miss Beazly in Betty and Veronica's designer cafeteria uniforms.
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Feature(s): Jughead with Archie Digest
First Line: It's a mountain of laughs when you order Jughead With Archie Comics Digest #54
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Feature(s): Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine
First Line: Free when you subscribe to Archie Double Digest Quarterly Magazine!
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Disclose Notes: Subscription advertisement for Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series).
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