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Issue: Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine #1
Publication Date: February 1977
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Issues: #1 of 114 Issues (139 Printings)
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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: 164
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000695861
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 44 (36 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Digest size
Paper Stock: Cardstock cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Y'know, Arch --- I have a strange feeling we took a wrong turn at that last intersection!
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Trail's End!

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First Line: Ah! How lovely! How lovely, lovely, lovely is the footprint of my love!
Synopsis: Archie sees a trail of dainty footprints in the snow, accompanied by bigger footprints, and becomes convinced that the prints are those of Veronica and Reggie.
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The Payoff

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First Line: Now remember! I'm not buying you these hamburgers out of the kindness of my heart!
Synopsis: Veronica bribes Jughead to not go with Archie to the Saturday night basketball game, so she can take Archie on a date. Then she finds out Betty bribed him first for the exact same reason.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: What? You haven't told this new boy that because his grades are low he's off the team?
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee decides to give a student a second chance.
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The Drummer Boy

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Jughead drives the entire Riverdale High School faculty up the wall with his incessant drumming, until Mr. Weatherbee is forced to order an impromptu "Archies" concert so Jughead can get it out of his system.
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Archie Meets Dr. Demon!

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Character(s): Dr. Demon; Basil
First Line: We made it to the bank in time, Ronnie!
Synopsis: Archie asks himself "What would James Bond do?" when he goes up against Dr. Demon, a diabolical supervillain whose henchmen use paralysis gas to steal the school's money.
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First Line: You let Archie go alone to buy an outfit??
Synopsis: Mr. Andrews does not approve in Archie's taste in clothes.
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Reprint Notes: From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.
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Charm Harm

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First Line: Sorry, Arch, but I can't go skating with the gang this afternoon!
Synopsis: Jughead gets a job as a door-to-door salesman. As he makes his rounds, everything bad happens to him and he comes in completely disheveled. He was trying to sell good luck charms.
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Getting the Point

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First Line: You're the best daddy in the whole, wide world, daddy!
Synopsis: Jinx doesn't want to get a flu shot.
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Feature(s): Fun Page
First Line: The drawings below are clues to the name of a famous baseball player.
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Ice Going

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First Line: Heh! Heh! What a clever gag! I'm so clever, it's more than I can bear!
Synopsis: Reggie creates a scam involving ice-skating that backfires on him.
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First Line: Miss Grundy has her whole class making snowmen this recess!
Synopsis: Miss Grundy's class makes unique snowmen.
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Mrs. Clean

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First Line: Whoops!!
Synopsis: When Veronica spills something on her dress, everyone assumes Betty did it because Veronica could never fail to be neat and clean.
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That's the Spirit

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First Line: Yippee!
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee gives Archie and Reggie the choice of remaining in detention or volunteering to decorate the gym for the New Years Eve 1976/1977 party.
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Feature(s): Jughead Fun Page
First Line: Archie's drawing lesson.
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Dream Theme

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Character(s): Dr. A. N. Alysis
First Line: Doc, I've been having bad dreams lately!
Synopsis: Jughead tells a psychiatrist about his dream.
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First Line: Jughead, what's this physical-culture kick you and Archie are on?
Synopsis: Jughead explains his and Archie's weightlifting regimen.
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Practice Makes Perfect

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First Line: Good practice, boys! I didn't think you had it in you!
Synopsis: Archie and Reggie put on disguises and attend the girls' basketball practice.
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Part Time Job

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First Line: Can I have money for candy?
Synopsis: Hap will give Jinx a dollar for shoveling the sidewalk. Jinx only does enough to earn a nickel.
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The Ski's The Limit!

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Character(s): Pierre
First Line: Ya-hooooooo
Synopsis: The gang goes on a skiing trip with Mr. Lodge, and everyone has to rescue Archie after he skis off a cliff.
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Jet-Repelled!

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First Line: Pop Tate was worried.
Synopsis: Jughead attaches rockets to his bike to make it a hot rod.
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First Line: Anyone have a game they'd like to play?
Synopsis: Jughead surprises Coach Kleats when he arranges a human pin bowling game.
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The Chick Chase

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First Line: Arch, ol' buddy! Your bad habits are starting to multiply!
Synopsis: Archie get girls to chase after Jughead and he dresses as a tramp to escape them.
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Winter Wonderland

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Joey
First Line: Tiny powder puffs... soft as a baby's cheek! Crunchy cool and crystal clear! How magnificent is winter in its marvelous mantle of white!
Synopsis: Betty and Archie are marveling at the wonder of winter while the local children pelt them with snowballs.
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In a Spin

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First Line: Get ready --- get set ---
Synopsis: Charley challenges Jinx to see who can spin on the soda fountain seats the longest.
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Feature(s): Jughead Fun Page
First Line: Color this one!
Synopsis: Includes a picture to color, a joke, a picture riddle and a number maze.
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First Line: He was giving the boxing team a few pointers.
Synopsis: Professor Flutesnoot tries his hand at boxing.
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The Flash

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Joe
First Line: A lot of funny things have happened to Little Archie -- but like any other boy, he's had his serious adventures too...
Synopsis: Little Archie and his dad go up to Wilderness Mountain to take photos. Little Archie takes the camera and wanders off alone into the forest, where he is chased by a hungry wolf.
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Book Shnook!

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First Line: So this is your new job? A second-rate character in a second rate book shop!
Synopsis: Reggie makes fun of Jughead working in a book shop, but he finds something interesting in one of the books, what appears to be a personal note from William Shakespeare to Marc Antony, the subject of the play. Jughead has been adding the personal touch to improve sales.
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First Line: Why so glum, chum?
Synopsis: Archie complains about the noise in his car, so Jughead suggests he let Veronica drive, implying that she is the noise.
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First Line: Archie, why do you always go for Veronica instead of me?
Synopsis: Archie explains why he prefers Veronica.
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Mad Doctor Doom's Dupe!

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Genres: adventure, humorous, superhero, teen
First Line: On the outskirts of Riverdale in an old abandoned pretzel factory, an evil man, Mad Doctor Doom, is working furiously towards an evil end... the domination of the world!
Synopsis: Mad Doctor Doom cons Evilheart into testing out a deadly world-domination device, the killer robot Computo.
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Whose Views

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First Line: Dash, flash, rash, abash
Synopsis: How girls and boys view the same words differently.
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First Line: Good grief! Jughead is out of control!
Synopsis: Archie and Betty are concerned about Jughead's skiing skills.
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The Lip of Disaster

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First Line: Forsythe P. Jones!
Synopsis: A bit of lipstick on Jughead's handkerchief creates an escalating series of rumors that gives Jughead a new, humiliating reputation as a ladies' man.
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There Are Smells That Make Us Happy!

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First Line: Hey, Arch! This is an expensive joint!
Synopsis: Archie wants to buy perfume for his girl friend, but when the salesman learns Archie has only two dollars, he kicks him out of the store.
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First Line: Certainly Jughead is excused if he is sick!
Synopsis: Jughead is excused for being (home) sick.
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Games

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Buster Phipps
First Line: It's a great game! We leave one blindfolded member in some strange part of the city, with no money!
Synopsis: A cruel party game backfires.
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Young "Doc" Andrews

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First Line: Look at the petals on my little buttercup! Suede jacket -- matching micro-mini mesh stockings!...
Synopsis: When Veronica is catching a cold due to her skimpy winter outfit, Archie gives her an elaborate remedy to stave off the cold.
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First Line: Do you think it's safe to wear that thing to school?
Synopsis: Archie's hat attracts snowballs.
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Feature(s): Laugh Comics Digest
First Line: It'll be one big laugh after another, when you order Laugh Comics Digest No. 9
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #9.
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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: Advertisement for Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #22 and Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #19.
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