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Issue: Laugh Comics Digest #34
Publication Date: May 1981
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Issues: #34 of 200 Issues (237 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
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: 0271000699705
Price: $0.95 USD
$0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 39 (31 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John L. Goldwater
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is "Laugh Comics Digest Magazine".
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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
Format Notes:  
Disclose Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In3
Disclose Reprinted From8
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[untitled]

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Dilton Doily; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Li'l Jinx; Josie; Bingo Wilkin; Little Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Katy Keene; Randy Keene
First Line: Dilton, what's the world's most powerful magnet?
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Disclose Notes: Redrawn from the cover of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #78
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Blank Pages

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The Learning Process

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: Archie is too frequently careless at home so his father decides that anyone who breaks the dishes next will have to wash all the windows. Of course Archie's father is next to break some dishes.
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From Content Item: FlagArchie #233 published March 1974
was The Learning Process [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Money Pile

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie's Gag Bag
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Archie makes a comparison of Mr. Lodge's wealth in a way Jughead can understand.
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Roof Goof or Goofy Roofer

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead help Archie's dad fix the roof.
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Pages: 8
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Forget-Me-Not

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Veronica
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: a maze
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Walking The Dog!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's father
Synopsis: Jinx is sick so her father walks a neighbor's dog, discovering where Jinx goes when the dog leads him.
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Who Blew The Brew?

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sabrina
Character(s): Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Della
Synopsis: Sabrina refuses to take up the deviltry of witchcraft as practiced by her family. The Head Witch, Della, attempts to discipline her, but Sabrina is protected by love.
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From Content Item: FlagSabrina, the Teenage Witch #12 published June 1973
was Who Blew the Brew? [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Metric Gas

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mr. Flutesnoot Gag Bag
Character(s): Mr. Flutesnoot; Dilton Doily; Reggie Mantle (cameo); Archie Andrews (cameo)
Synopsis: Dilton uses Archie's gasoline buying habits as an example when converting metric units.
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The Unwanted

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jodie; Jodie's father; Jodie's grandfather
Synopsis: Jodie's family is found camping on the Lodge's property and during a scuffle to get them to move out, their van careens down a hill with Jodie inside. But Archie saves the day with a daring jump.
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From Content Item: FlagLife with Archie #158 published June 1975
was The Unwanted [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: In two Parts.
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Teased Hair

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Antoinne; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: The girls get new hairdos but the boys don't notice.
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Pages: 6
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Daddy's Little Grown Up

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Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): That Wilkin Boy
Character(s): Sampson Smythe; Samantha Smythe; Shiela Smythe; Bingo Wilkin
Synopsis: Samantha is tired of her dad treating her like a little girl and accidentally scares her dad when he overhears her conversation with Bingo and misinterprets it as a marriage proposal.
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From Content Item: FlagThat Wilkin Boy #25 published October 1973
was Daddy's Little Grown Up [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: In one panel, Samantha's shirt loses its color.
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In Step

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sampson Smythe
Character(s): Sampson Smythe; Samantha Smythe; Bingo Wilkin (cameo); Mr. Wilkin
Synopsis: Sampson tries to show how connected he is with his daughter by dancing, but he dances a waltz to a boogaloo song.
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From Content Item: FlagThat Wilkin Boy #25 published October 1973
was In Step [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Parting Gesture

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir
Penciller(s): Stan Goldberg
Inker(s): Chic Stone
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; student; professor
Synopsis: Miss Grundy gets a new job at a private school, but Archie finds a way to show her she won't fit in, before she makes the final decision.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #36 [Direct Edition] published March 2014
as Parting Gesture [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #36, no credits listed in this digest.
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Procrastinating

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Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
Character(s): Waldo Weatherbee; Svenson
Synopsis: Svenson has let maintenance backlog too long.
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That Settles It

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: In trying to help Betty and Veronica settle an argument, Archie and Reggie come to blows.
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It's A Draw!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's father
Synopsis: Variation on the old "draw a horse and the horse will draw the wagon" gag.
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The Challenge

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sabrina's Aunt Hilda
Character(s): Aunt Hilda; Pushy Products salesman; Sabrina Spellman
Synopsis: Hilda resorts to witchcraft and even physically throws out a salesman who won't take no for an answer... and Sabrina walks in and buys from him.
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From Content Item: FlagSabrina, the Teenage Witch #12 published June 1973
was The Challenge [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: In one panel, Hilda's hat loses its color.
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Don't Let It Puzzle You!

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Subject Matter
Synopsis: puzzle page
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Belle Vista

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie's Pop Gag Bag
Character(s): Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews (cameo); farmer
Synopsis: Fred walks into a farm field thinking a sign offers it for sale, only to find it is the farmer's bull that's for sale.
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Freddie The Finder

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Freddy; Dilton Doily
Synopsis: Freddy wants attention, so he grabs things when no one is looking and then claims to "find" them, to accolades from everyone.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: In final panel, Freddy's shirt is missing some black lines.
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Plots To You

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Veronica is acting strangely, not speaking to Archie. He discovers it's a plot of Betty's to keep Veronica from going to the dance this weekend.
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Disclose Notes: Includes two illustrations.
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To Her Credit!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's father
Synopsis: Jinx refuses to throw out a broken doll and claims to sell it to Gigi to prove its value.
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To Grandmother's House

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Josie
Character(s): Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown; Melody Valentine; Alexandra Cabot; Alan M. Mayberry (cameo); club owner
Synopsis: Valerie goes away to take care of a sick grandmother but the girls don't believe her and blame her leaving on a club owner, so they play poorly on purpose.
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Something To Crow About

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Big Ethel
Character(s): Big Ethel Muggs; Betty Cooper; Ralph; Flabbus Lippum; Hi Jacks
Synopsis: Ethel's new parrot, Ralph, flies away each night and one night lays an egg in an abandoned house used by crooks. Ralph makes such a ruckus repeating crime show scenes that the crooks fall into the basement of the house and are trapped.
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Pages: 6
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Auto-Magic

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Archie shines up his old jalopy but it's still just as noisy as ever so Veronica refuses to ride in it. But Betty both sees the beauty and welcomes any excuse to be with Archie.
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Pages: 6
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Randy's Rocket

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Katy Keene
Character(s): Katy Keene; Sis; Billy; Randy Van Ronson
Synopsis: Sis buys Billy a space helmet for his birthday and uses a fishbowl for a helmet for herself, becoming stuck and unable to enjoy the birthday goodies.
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Pages: 5.67
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Statement of Ownership

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Louis H. Silberkleit (business manager)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: For October 1, 1980. Editor: John L. Goldwater, Managing Editor: Richard H. Goldwater, Publisher: Close-Up Inc., Sales through dealers (average copies each issue): 132,167, Subscriptions (average copies each issue): 17.
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3 On A Date

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Veronica
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Veronica accidentally invites both guys on a date, where Reggie shows off so much that she finally sneaks away with just Archie.
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Pages: 6
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Stuck With Luck

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pat The Brat
Character(s): Pat; Susie; Blinky; Pat's mother
Synopsis: Pat believes in superstitions such as walking under a ladder being bad luck, but gets the worst end of things trying to avoid them.
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Pages: 4.67
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Easy Does It!

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Synopsis: Plans to build a ball toss target, and a vocabulary quiz.
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Pages: 0.33
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Delay Action

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Reggie delays Archie from an appointment with Veronica, only to find they were planning his surprise birthday party.
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Fed Up!

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rebel
Character(s): Rebel; Willie Wilkin; Mrs. Wilkin
Synopsis: Rebel believes the statistics on accidents in the kitchen refer to the meals-gone-bad that he has to eat.
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From Content Item: FlagThat Wilkin Boy #25 published October 1973
was Fed Up! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Homework Happy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dexter Taylor
Penciller(s): Dexter Taylor
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Archie
Character(s): Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
Synopsis: Archie fails a test and Miss Grundy recommends he study with Betty and Veronica, who both aced it. But Betty spends the time playing house and Veronica becomes angry, so the only subject he does well in is war.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #45 published December 1999
as Homework Happy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #222 published November 2011
as Homework Happy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Credits from the printed credits in the reprint in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #222
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On The Prowl

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Herbie; woman; police officers; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead dress up in some old Scottish costumes, accidentally scare a neighbor, and pay off Herbie with ice cream so he won't tell the police who scared the neighbor.
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From Content Item: FlagArchie #234 published April 1974
was On the Prowl [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Go Go Go...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's friend
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx has trouble spelling Mississippi.
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Pages: 1
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Airports

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jughead's Gag Bag
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Jughead opines about why airports are far out of towns.
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[untitled]

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Credits
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Jughead Jones Comics Digest #17
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
First Line: Get Your Act Together...
Synopsis: Order form for comic book.
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Fantastic! Good Things Come In Little Packages!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Comics
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: House ad for Archie digest comics.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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