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Issue: Laugh Comics Digest #21
Publication Date: March 1979
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Issues: #21 of 200 Issues (279 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000699703
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 34 (27 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard US digest size
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Have you had your first ski lesson, Archie?
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Snow Fun

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Betty Cooper, you should be ashamed of yourself!! What a childishly immature thing to do!!
Synopsis: Everyone seems to be into playing in the snow except Veronica, who sees it all as far too juvenile.
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The Acrobat

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Egad!
Synopsis: Archie joins the tumbling team, and impresses Mr. Lodge and Smithers with his new ability to flip-flop around the house without breaking anything. Unfortunately he's still as clumsy as ever when he's just walking.
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Archie, how can you nose down our ice sculpture in this freezing temperature?
Synopsis: Archie accidentally encases Mr. Weatherbee's car in ice.
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Screen Scene

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Miss Hopkins; Nanette
First Line: I shall prove to you reporters, that our latest release will be a huge success!
Synopsis: A Hollywood studio tries to get Jughead's "typical teenager" opinion on its upcoming movie, "Cycle Queen" starring the beautiful Nanette. Of course Jughead cares more about the studio commissary than the movie.
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Snow Job

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Oh, this is too much!
Synopsis: Betty tells Reggie to look inside himself and figure out why he's so mean to Archie.
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Archie, what you see is what you get!
Synopsis: Miss Grundy gives Archie a bad grade.
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Devil Woman

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Today Betty will wear her new twelve dollar cashmere to school!
Synopsis: We're presented with a day in the life of Veronica Lodge, and all the mischief and deviltry she can spread around in eight short hours.
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Snow Job

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Jack Frost
First Line: Sigh!... Not a drop of snow this winter! What's wrong, Daddy?
Synopsis: Jinx wants snow so she calls a Jack Frost she finds in the phone book.
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First Line: Look hard at the above diagram sometimes you will see three cubes and sometimes you will see five.
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Sir, this is the hottest item I'm selling for the "Ahso Taki Co."!
Synopsis: Archie tries to sell Mr. Lodge an item to help conserve energy.
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A Spell of Shovelling

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Genres: fantasy, humorous, teen
First Line: Well this is where I came in! Golly that was a long movie!
Synopsis: A man sees Sabrina magically making snow disappear, and wants to get her into show business. Aunt Hilda tries to shut him up by turning him into a snowman.
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Bully For You

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Miss Plumm
First Line: Uh oh! Here comes that big bully, Fangs Fogarty!
Synopsis: Fangs Fogarty is always bullying Little Archie, hitting him with snowballs and stealing his lunch, but when Little Archie retaliates, Fangs complains to the teacher. Little Archie realizes that Fangs is really a coward at heart, and comes up with a way to prove that when they have to fight fair, bullies always get "cold feet."
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Christopher Columbus saw a sign that said, See America First!
Synopsis: Miss Grundy is not happy with Jughead's report on Christopher Columbus.
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The Pack-Rat Rat-Race

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Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
First Line: *!!!@* Pack rat! You thief! Scram!
Synopsis: Super Duck is tormented by a pack-rat.
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A Winter Wonderland

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Remember, Linda! Tomorrow night we have a date to go dancing!
Synopsis: Wilbur dates Linda every night for two weeks. Linda finds out Laurie's been out of town skiing. Thinking that's why she's been getting Wilbur's attention, Linda waits to see if he will keep their date for the following day. Wilbur goes to get Linda a box of chocolates. He's told he'll get them for free if he'll deliver some first. After he's delivered the last box his car breaks down. When Wilbur finally shows up at Linda's,she slams the door in his face. Rejected, he takes the candy to Laurie's only to find she is upset with him since he's been spending so much time with Linda.
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Oh, Arch, Betty sent over a pecan pie for you!
Synopsis: Jughead delivers a pie to Archie.
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What Kind of Ghoul Am I

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Ralph; Charlie
First Line: Girls! I've got you a gig you're going to flip over! You've been asked to play for royalty!
Synopsis: Alex gets the Pussycats an audition at Ghostly Estates for someone claiming to be a real live Count. Instead he turns out to be a dead count, a Vampire - and the whole house is full of monsters and ghostly creatures.
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Frightening Friendship

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Bobby Vance
First Line: Boys and girls, I want you all to meet Bobby Vance! He's going to be in our class!
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica fight over the new boy in class.
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Hooky
First Line: Hooky, you've got to be more career oriented!
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee tries to get a student to be more career oriented.
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Reprint Notes: From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.
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Memories

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Don't worry your little head about Veronica getting to the ball game, Arch! I'll personally escort her myself!
Synopsis: Archie's demands from the Board of Education lands him in hot water.
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Faulty Friend

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Through? Really through?... You and Archie?
Synopsis: Jughead pretends to not be friends with Archie because of his own faults.
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Call Your Shots!

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Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: Snow! Hurray! It's snow! Snow!
Synopsis: The boys throw snow at the girls, who are too weak to retaliate.
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: But those boys aren't learning their Latin!
Synopsis: Miss Grundy finds a way to teach Latin to her students on the hockey team.
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Mr. Justice and the Cosmic Terror

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): the Force Being (also called The Cosmic Terror)
First Line: I must rescue the city below from this flaming menace!
Synopsis: Mr. Justice saves the city a huge meteorite that threatens to destroy it. But out of the meteor comes a being made of pure force and intent on destroying the city.
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First Line: Can you identify this illustration pertaining to finance?
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Disclose Notes: Finance puzzle; block puzzle; illustration completion; riddles; word square; lookalike puzzle; missing object puzzle.
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Jughead! You were hired to entertain at this party, not eat!
Synopsis: Jughead was hired to be a magician at Veronica's party.
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It's a Gift

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Mr. Purdy
First Line: Archie! Is that you?
Synopsis: Archie braves a blizzard to deliver a package to Veronica.
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Cover Girl

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Veronica! Aren't you cold?
Synopsis: Betty's parents refuse to allow Betty to wear her miniskirt and mesh stockings and no coat out in twenty degree weather just because Veronica did it.
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Pesos, lire, francs and marks!
Synopsis: Archie is studying exchange rates.
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Feature(s): Archie Annual Digest
First Line: It's a giant digest of stories and puzzles and fun for everyone... in full color!
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #34.
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Feature(s): Archie Comics Digest; Jughead with Archie Digest
First Line: Fantastic! Good things come in little packages!
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Disclose Notes: House ad for Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #35 and Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #31.
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