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Issue: Laugh Comics Digest #83
Publication Date: July 1989
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Issues: #83 of 200 Issues (279 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07695614542383
Price: $1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 29 (28 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]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Uh-oh! This is one substitute teacher we better not hassle!
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Helping Hands That Are All Thumbs

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Genres: teen
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Telltale Signs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Reggie is glad that Veronica missed his miserable race.
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Say Cheese

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Jughead
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Basket Banter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): Vango
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper
Synopsis: Veronica schemes to lure Archie away from his basketball practice with Betty, so Betty schemes to make Archie too tired to keep his date with Veronica.
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Critics' Choice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Betty Cooper
First Line: Mr. Weatherbee! I'm getting very worried about Betty Cooper!
Synopsis: Archie, Miss Grundy, and Mr. Weatherbee cheer up a depressed Betty, who has little confidence in her paintings.
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Pages: 5
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Stretching Exercise

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Feature(s): Beazly
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Dilton's Formula Equals Music!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): The Archies [Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge]; Dilton Doiley and the Destroyers [Dilton Doiley; Bob; Leon; Vinny]; Mr. Edwards; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Dilton puts together a band.
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Dotty Date

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Linda
Synopsis: Reggie drives his date around the block.
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The Unforgivable

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee
First Line: Hey! Comin' at ya, Arch!
Synopsis: Reggie conspires to get Archie in trouble with Mr. Weatherbee.
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Prize Praise

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
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The Secret of the Old Music Hall

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
First Line: Watch out!
Synopsis: The Archies rehearse at a music hall that's said to be haunted by the ghost of an actress that was murdered there many years ago.
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Early Bird Special

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Frankie Valdez; Maria Rodriguez
Synopsis: Archie and Maria try to get Frankie to wake up earlier so he won't trample other people's property on the way to school.
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Spaced Out

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Geraldine Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot
First Line: What the blue blazers is going on?
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee has a headache but Archie can't keep from making noise. In a fit of anger, Mr. Weatherbee expels Archie from school.
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Surprise Prize

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
First Line: Attagirl Betty!!
Synopsis: Betty competes in a gymnastics tournament but doesn't want to win because the prize trip would take her away from Archie.
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Cheap Heap

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Reggie
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Reggie offers to sell Archie his car.
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Snap Flap

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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Reggie
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Veronica's photos of Archie didn't come out very well.
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Input and Outlay

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
First Line: Golly, Mr. Weatherbee! You got a computer!
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee buys a new computer and gets Archie to program it.
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Pages: 6
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Prom Preem

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie
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Pages: 1
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Night Sight

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis: Archie is woken up by strange sounds from downstairs.
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Trash Bash

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Ethel Muggs
First Line: Gee, Bets! I really admire the way you try to make Riverdale beautiful by picking up trash!
Synopsis: Archie and Betty make some cash by taking scrap paper and aluminum cans to be recycled.
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Bath Wrath

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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Reggie
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Reggie hides in the tub Hot Dog is getting a bath in.
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The Flashlight Zone!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: fantasy, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Reggie Mantle (as the king of the castle)
Synopsis: Parody of "The Twilight Zone" TV show. After hitting a tree with his car, Archie is in :"The Flashlight Zone" where he must slay a dragon.
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Voice Your Choice

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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Veronica rejects Archie for Reggie.
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M*A*S*H*E*D

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Genres: humorous, military, science and technology
Character(s): Dilton Doiley as Dilly; Archie Andrews as Captain Andrews, head surgeon; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge as Daddy; Jughead Jones as Corporal Jones; Mr. Weatherbee as General Chicken
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Disclose Notes: Parody of M*A*S*H.

Credits appear at the end of the story.

This story appeared in print over a year after the airing of the series finale of M*A*S*H.
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The Prom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Oh, Betty! That prom dress is awesome!
Synopsis: Betty makes her own outfit for the prom while Veronica flies to Paris for the latest fashions. Reggie shows up in a chauffeur-driven limousine while Archie shows up on a moped.
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Tarzan of Riverdale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: This costume is great, Betty!
Synopsis: Archie dresses up as Tarzan for a school play and ends up rescuing a child from a burning building.
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Fill-osophy

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley
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Priority One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee
First Line: Archie, my lad, did you bring your car to school today?
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee sends Archie to the bank to withdraw $500 and two guys try to mug Archie afterward.
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Pages: 5

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