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Issue: Laugh Comics Digest #70
Publication Date: May 1987
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Issues: #70 of 200 Issues (279 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: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 02710006997370
Price: $1.50 CAD
$1.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 38 (37 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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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): The Archies [Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper]; Mr. Lodge
First Line: Where exactly is your headache, Mr. Lodge?
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Disclose Notes: Redrawn from the cover of Everything's Archie #20
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Meeting of the Mimes

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Rock Yock

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
First Line: This is daddy's big yacht!
Synopsis: Veronica is showing off her daddy's big possessions and Jughead thinks the boulder in front of her house must be Mr. Lodge's pet rock.
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Pleasant Screams

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Veronica has a nightmare that she is doing housework.
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The Presentation

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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis: Archie is showing off the trick coat he uses for his magic act. Just then, Mr. Lodge (late for a board meeting) grabs it, thinking it's his own coat. During the meeting, birds and rabbits pop out of the coat at opportune times and make Mr. Lodge's presentation a big hit.
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Back Attack

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Extra Sensory Palaver

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead don't believe in extra-sensory perception until they notice that the girls can carry on a conversation while never completing a sentence.
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Disclose Notes: Inking credit changed from Rudy Lapick to Dan DeCarlo on 8/6/13, per credits on reprint published in Laugh Comics #362. Lettering credit added per same reprint.
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Amusing Choosing

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Archie wishes students could pick their teachers.
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Paper Caper

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis: Moose wants to help cut the budget.
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Hound Bound

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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Hot Dog
Synopsis: Hot Dog hears Jughead in the fridge.
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Bus Fuss

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Ah-Chew

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton
Synopsis: While Dilton tells everyone how bubble gum is made, the others enjoy themselves chewing it.
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A Clean Sweep

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Rebuffed by his father, Archie tries to think of a way to earn money for concert tickets.
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Mirthful Mayhem

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Josie McCoy; Alexander Cabot III; Valerie Brown; Alexandra Cabot
Synopsis: Alex has been given a post-hypnotic suggestion by his psychiatrist that causes any pain or anger toward him to have the opposite effect.
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Chancy Romance

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Gladys
First Line: Poor Gladys has a date with Reggie!
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica warn Gladys about Reggie's narcissism.
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Ding-a-Ling

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Genres: humorous, teen
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[untitled]

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx's Daddy
First Line: Hey!! What's the story?
Synopsis: Hap is mystified about when children sleep.
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Shape Up

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Genres: teen
Synopsis: When Mr. Weatherbee insists that the boys be given more time to shower at the end of gym class, the new assistant coach states that he thinks Weatherbee himself could use a good workout.
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The Nose Knows

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Genres: fantasy, teen
Character(s): Jasper
Synopsis: Jasper's new dog keeps barking at Sabrina, so Jasper suspects Sabrina is not what she seems.
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Disclose Notes: Script/Pencil/Ink credits from the credits printed in Betty and Veronica Double Digest #199.
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Muddy Waters

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica think it's awful that there's going to be a female mud wrestler event in town. Veronica is shocked to see that her father's company is holding the event. He says it's not big deal but changes his mind when Veronica tells him that she's going to compete.
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Pen Yen

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Reggie brags that his new pen can write underwater. Jughead responds by saying that his pen can write on water. Reggie tells Jughead to prove it, so Jughead sits down on a frozen lake, puts a piece of paper on the ice and starts writing on the paper.
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Cube Boob

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Synopsis: Jughead tells Reggie that he can prepare him for the ski season. Reggie says it's a deal and hands Jughead some money. Jughead puts some ice cubes on a chair and tells Reggie to sit on them. When Reggie asks how this will prepare him for the ski season, Jughead says that it will prepare him for sitting on the icy ski lifts.
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Enemy Action

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Willie Wilkin; Sheila Smythe; Wilma Wilkin
Synopsis: The Wilkins go to a movie. The Smythes are there too, and Mr. Wilkin and Mr. Smythe start feuding again, until both families are kicked out of the theatre. Upon which the two men bond over having a common enemy -- the theatre manager.
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A Foot Note

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Tweeters & Woofers

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Hot Dog; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge gets annoyed when Archie ties up both his home phone line and his business phone line at once.
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Sign of the Times

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Chester Snavely
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead meet a storekeeper who agrees to put up a poster for their concert only after they clean his window display, and even then he tries to cheat them.
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The Rebel

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Reggie starts speaking with a Southern accent. The other guys laugh at him until they realize that the girls are actually falling for the Southern act. So Jughead finds a way to convince Moose that when Reggie calls him "You all," it's an insult.
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Mum's the Word

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Genres: humorous
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The Dream Girl

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper
Synopsis: Betty has an intense dream about Archie. When Archie and Betty get caught in a wind storm the next day and arrive at the house with their hair and clothes all disheveled Betty's mother wishes their relationship had been kept on a dream basis.
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Weight Fate

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Miss Grundy tells Jughead to eat a balanced meal.
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Squawk Talk

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Reggie talks to his plants the same way he does people.
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Charm Chatter

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Jughead claims one of his good luck charms earned the buyer a 'C' in algebra. Reggie isn't impressed until Jughead reveals the buyer was Big Moose; Reggie buys 12 charms.
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Load Episode

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Jughead gives directions.
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Canine Caper

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Jughead's new dog, a "sneezer" named Pepper, gets revenge on Reggie for making fun of him.
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Scheme Scamp

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Incensed that Archie gave Betty a job on the school paper because he felt sorry for her, Veronica conspires to make her look like the most popular girl in Riverdale.
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Flip Quip

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
Synopsis: Archie has the power to send Betty into record-setting gymnastic feats.
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Whatz my Line?

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Message Service

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Genres: teen
Synopsis: It's tough for parents to keep up with a teen's social life.
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