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Issue: Archie Comics Digest #70
Publication Date: February 1985
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Issues: #70 of 267 Issues (366 Printings)
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Variant: U.S. Cover Price
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: 0271000699470
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 55 (41 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
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump
First Line: Archie knows the spirit of Christmas is giving!
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[untitled]

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Shopper Comes a Cropper

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
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Archie's Season Reasoning Greeting

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Breakfast in Bed

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead
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About Face

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
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The Return of Jingles

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jingles; Jangles; Jughead Jones; Jeeves; Santa Claus
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Ski Holidaze

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
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Flake Off

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
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Cleaning Up!

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Charlie Hawse;
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The Peace Maker

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
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A Crack Skater

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
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Disclose Notes: Get Archie through the maze of cracks in the ice to Veronica.
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Season's Beatings

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Leroy
Character(s): Leroy; Veronica Lodge
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; sales clerk
First Line: If you can't afford $3.00
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A Clothes Call

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
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The Show Up

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Smithers
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Little Archie and His Pals
Character(s): Little Veronica; Little Jughead; Little Archie; Santa Claus; Little Reggie
Synopsis: Riverdale's kids wait excitedly for Christmas.
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Veronica's Christmas Card

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews (as a puppet); Betty Cooper (as an tree ornament); Jughead Jones (as a tree ornament); Reggie Mantle (as a tree ornament)
Synopsis: Veronica is using an puppet of Archie
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Betty's Christmas Card

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; snowman
Synopsis: Betty is sitting on a snowman's lap
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The Bare Facts or What's New Mother Hubbard!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
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Witch Fulfillment

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Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Character(s): Sabrina; Cousin Ambrose; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda
Synopsis: Aunt Hilda proves she can give away as many toys as Santa Claus.
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Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #268, no credits listed in this digest.
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Tie Tale

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; sales clerk
Synopsis: Jughead wants a tie removed from a store window as he can't stand the sight of it.
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Uneasy Rider

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; farmer; wife
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Cool Yule or Rudolph the Red Knows Rain, Dear

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Character(s): Jughead Jones; children
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Snow Job

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Snow causes Archie to be stranded at Betty's when he is supposed to be at Veronica's, much to her annoyance.
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Gift Wrapped

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx
Synopsis: While trying to wrap a present Li'l Jinx wraps herself.
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: I'm going steady with a cute boy but my parents don't like him
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Fred's friend
First Line: Is pop working late at the office again?
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Love Finds a Way...

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mrs. Muggs.
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To Each His Own

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Smithers; sales clerks
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Saved by the Belle!

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Simpson
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Inferior Decoration

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; sales clerk
Synopsis: Jughead asks for a tie to be removed from a store window as it gives him a headache whenever he sees it.
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Loafer Laugher

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
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Good Skate

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie and Reggie want to learn to skate.
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Fit to be Tied

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Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
Character(s): Sabrina Spellman; Harvey; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
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Window Pain

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx has to replace some windows broken by her snowballs.
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Buss Stop

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
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Puddle Jumper

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
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Kid Stuff

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Mr. Cooper; Mrs. Cooper; Santa Claus
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A Christmas Story

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Santa Claus [Mr. Weatherbee]; the reindeer keeper [Veronica Lodge]; cook [Jughead Jones]; elf [Moose Malone]; elf's girlfriend [Midge Klump]; elf's rival [Reggie Mantle]
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Snow Go Go

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Lil Jinx
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Flour Child

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Gaston; Chuck Clayton; Moose Malone; Hiram Lodge
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Pages: 10
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Christmas Fun Page

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Disclose Notes: Guess the picture, solve the rebus, Christmas decoration to make, finding the correct route, making tinfoil ornaments and making candy canes from pipe cleaners
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Treasonable Facsimile

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead; Miss Grundy
Synopsis: Because they went to the same place Jughead's composition is identical to Archie's.
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Time On My Hands

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Moose; Clock repairman
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The Giving Game

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
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Bill Chill

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
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Archie's Official Checklist

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Disclose Notes: Checklist of the month's Archie Comics publications.
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A Miss Miss

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx wakes up to find she has missed Santa Claus again.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
First Line: I'm deeply touched Miss Grundy!
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Betty's Christmas Card

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Betty is painting a Christmas message with headshots of friends and family in the background (seven out of twenty visible)
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Is the mike all hooked up for my speech to the assembly?
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Keep Up With the Jones

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Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Hot Dog
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Disclose Notes: Promotional advertisement for Jughead Jones Comics Digest #32.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Double the Pages! Double the Fun!

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews (two of him)
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Disclose Notes: Promotional advertisement for Archie's Double Digest #15 and a subscription offer.

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