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Issue: Archie Comics Digest #74
Publication Date: October 1985
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Issues: #74 of 267 Issues (366 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 Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000699474
Price: $1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 40 (35 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; Jughead Jones
First Line: I'll polish off the wheels, Betty!
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Disclose Notes: Redrawn from the cover of Archie #283
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An Eye for Fashion?

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Beverly; Angela; Lola; Kitty; Martha; Debbie; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: While spending a day at the beach, Archie recognizes girls by their swimsuits and not their faces.
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Monkey Business

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead visit Reggie at his new job at the zoo, but they find he is up to his same old tricks.
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Plugged Up

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First Line: Archie can't hear us with that transistor radio plugged in his ear!
Synopsis: Since Archie has a transistor radio in his ear Betty and Veronica think they can say what they think of him without him hearing.
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Magic Moments

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Betty shows Archie and Veronica her new sleight-of-hand skills.
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Drippy Drama

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Synopsis: Jughead is stuck playing the tuba in the marching band.
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A Fine Mess-enger

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Dilton Doily
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge needs blueprints delivered quickly and the messenger service can't do it quickly enough. At Veronica's insistence he relies on Archie to deliver them on roller skates.
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Betty and Veronica's Hawaiian Vacation

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Disclose Notes: The address for Archie's home on the postcard in the picture is 241 Church Street, Riverdale, USA. 241 Church Street was, at the time, the New York address of Archie Comics Publications.
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Lame Game

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Synopsis: On the golf course, caddy Archie gives Mr. Lodge advice.
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Alley Tally

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Reggie psyches out Archie during a bowling game.
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The Brainy Bruiser

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Synopsis: Moose tells us that he's not as dumb as people think he is.
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Dollars and Scents

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: Betty! Open a window! Something died in here!
Synopsis: The perfume Jughead gave Betty for Christmas smells awful.
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A Strong Argument

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Sure I exercise! Every day! Muscle-building is very important! A guy's got to keep his body strong!
Synopsis: Archie is bragging about exercise and muscle when Mr. Lodge points out that body strength is easy and that strength of character is hard to attain. He suggests Archie give up dating Veronica. Jughead points out that by following that logic Veronica will never be able to date again. She and Archie decide character building will have to come some other time.
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Party Pooper

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis: Jughead has four servings of cake and ice cream.
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That's the Breaks!

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Synopsis: Li'l Jinx comes home with a long face after a baseball game.
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Health Hazard

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge thinks that Archie is hazardous to his health.
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews
First Line: Relax, dear
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Pain Killer

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Coach Kleats
Synopsis: Coach Kleats wants Archie to deliver a hand written note to Mr. Weatherbee when Archie notices that something is wrong with Coach Kleats' writing hand.
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[untitled]

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First Line: I see where Pleasant Acres is protesting a plan to open a gambling casino there!
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Program Notes

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Smithers
Synopsis: Veronica gets bored with Archie sitting around watching TV, so she decides to go out with Reggie.
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Half a Loaf

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First Line: How's about a little fishing, Arch?
Synopsis: Archie tries to lounge around but work keeps popping up.
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Hip Trip

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Green Scene

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump
Synopsis: Betty gives Moose advice on Midge's birthday present.
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Trance Form

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Mr. Weatherbee
First Line: Betty! Do you see what I see?
Synopsis: Reggie and Archie try to convince Jughead that he can actually hypnotize people, but lose a bet to Jughead when he turns the tables.
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Cream Scream

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie gets a part-time job selling ice cream.
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Live and Learn

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Synopsis: Archie agrees to help Betty with her driving test.
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Prize Winners

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Veronica has an extra ticket to an event and Archie and Reggie violently compete to be the one to use it.
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Some Catch!

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Professor Jughead Lectures on Proper Table Manners

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Wit Bit

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Super Stupor

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Synopsis: Jughead figures out how much an average guy sleeps in a lifetime (approximately 12,264,000 minutes).
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School Daze

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: With the end of term impending, Betty and Veronica go around the school browbeating the other students into not thinking it's a good thing as a favor to Miss Grundy.
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Chain Pain!

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Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: Daddy! Daddy!! I just got a letter that is going to bring me...
Synopsis: Jinx receives a chain letter.
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
First Line: How do you like that?
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Long Count

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Synopsis: Jughead and the gang are playing hide and go seek.
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Runner Up

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Archie asks Veronica to go jogging on the beach as dawn but she refuses.
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Tables Turned

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: The food is all ready for the masquerade party!
Synopsis: Jughead sneaks food at the masquerade party by leaving his suit of armor in a chair and hiding under the buffet table.
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In a Whirl

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Veronica's baton twirling is deadly.
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Sad Situation

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Neither of the girls have heard from the boys lately.
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Photo Fun

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Harold
First Line: Oh, take my picture for your magazine, Harold!
Synopsis: Archie photographs girls on the beach under the pretense of printing them in the newspaper. Moose insists Archie photograph Midge and claims he will clobber him if the picture isn't printed. Archie gets the photographs in the newspaper but Betty and Veronica find out.
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