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Issue: Laugh Comics Digest #74
Publication Date: January 1988
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Issues: #74 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: 02710006997374
Price: $1.50 CAD
$1.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 48 (30 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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Go To The Detention Room!

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
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Robot Antics

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Dilton builds a robot that looks like Archie and Mr. Lodge uses it as a servant.
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What happens every time you bite into a striped Chips Ahoy?

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Feature(s): Nabisco
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Ward Reward

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Archie is in the hospital and Jughead thinks Archie is lucky as he will miss school.
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Dazzle Frazzle

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First Line: Ethel, let's go check out the modern art exhibit!
Synopsis: Archie gains a new appreciation of Ethel's beauty after they visit a modern art exhibit.
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Betty and Veronica Double Digest

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Race Pace

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Synopsis: Hoping to be near Archie, Betty agrees to help him train for a marathon race.
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Tragic Magic

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Character(s): Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Jughead manages to win an amateur magician contest, even though he isn't entered.
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Archie's Christmas Offer

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Test Jest

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Synopsis: Moose gives Reggie an eye test.
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Grid Grade

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First Line: If you can't answer this simple problem you can't play football this Saturday!
Synopsis: Moose needs to answer a simple math problem or he can't play football, so Coach explains the problem to him in terms he understands.
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Archie Fan Club

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Rubbed the Wrong Way

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Character(s): Aunt Hilda; Harvey; Genie; Sabrina
Synopsis: Harvey finds an old lamp that Aunt Hilda tricks him into thinking is a magic lamp.
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Sneaker Snicker

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Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Gigi; Charley; Greg
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx and Gigi challenge Charley and Greg to a basketball game.
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Archie's Posters

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Pep Rep

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
Synopsis: Jughead buys new dog food for Hot Dog.
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Play to Win

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Genres: drama, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Cyrus T. Gotrocks; Waldo Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Coach Kleats; Moose Mason; Coach Clayton
Synopsis: Cyrus T. Gotrocks-- a very wealthy man-- promises to donate enough money to get a new library for Riverdale High School, then tries to weasel out of the agreement.
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Archie's Double Digest Subscription Offer

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The Rejection

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Veronica and Nancy overhear Archie plead with Betty that he needs her, and Betty reject his entreaties.
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Score Lore

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Synopsis: Dilton's computer expertise has helped the football team to analyze their opponents and win games but Dilton wants to actually play in a game.
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Katy Keene Digest

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Foot Brawl

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Synopsis: Charley tells Greg not to worry about the big guy he has to play against in the football game.
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Fear Fare

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First Line: I'm worried sick about Moose!
Synopsis: Reggie is scared that Moose is going to pull his arms off.
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Flying High

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Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee reads Archie's suggestion from the suggestion box.
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Ding Dong Calling

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Josie; Valerie; Alexandra; Alan M.
Synopsis: Josie gets a job with the Ding Dong Company selling cosmetics door-to-door, so Alexandra tries to compete to sell more.
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Lover's Leap

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Freddy Findley
Synopsis: A new student at Riverdale can jump so high they think they have a secret weapon for the basketball team.
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Archie's Checklist

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Roll 'Em

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Genres: teen
Synopsis: Archie doesn't want to attend a screening of Reggie's home movies.
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The Back and Blues

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Synopsis: Archie mishears a private conversation between Mr. Weatherbee and Miss Grundy, then spreads the rumor that Mr. Weatherbee is retiring.
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Katy Keene Fan Club

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Borrow Sorrow

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie tries to borrow money from his friends to take Veronica to the movies but everybody is broke.
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The Cold Truth

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Chuck Clayton; Mrs. Clayton; Archie Andrews; Floyd Clayton
Synopsis: Chuck nearly suffers frostbite in order to look fashionable.
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Sweet Talk!

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Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Gigi; Charley
Synopsis: Gigi can't continue her story when Charley shows up.
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Punch Crunch

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Synopsis: Archie lost a boxing match.
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Credit Crumb

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First Line: Hey, Pop, how's my credit?
Synopsis: Jughead asks Pop Tate about his credit, which Pop finds incredibly humorous.
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Personalized 'Sew-On' Patches

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The Fencing Problem

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Sampson Smythe; Willie Wilkin; Sheila Smythe
Synopsis: Bingo's dad tries to get Samantha's dad to stop leaning on his fence.
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The Eyes Have It

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Character(s): Gloria; Kim;
Synopsis: In her own unique way, Betty spots the football game for coach Kleats.
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Discount 32 Page Comics Subscriptions

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Tap Flap

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First Line: Tap! Tap! Tap!
Synopsis: Jughead is making a sculpture of Archie.
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Pie Pal

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Jughead has a new friend, because they ordered pizza.
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You Don't Need Drugs...

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The Thing Maker

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Character(s): Jughead 1; Archie 1; Betty 1; Veronica 1; Reggie 1; Moose 1
Synopsis: Nobody knows what Jughead's invention is.
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Subscribe and Save

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The M&M Quartz Watch

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