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Issue: Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine #7
Publication Date: August 1978
 
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Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
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Pages: 164
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UPC/EAN: 0271000695808
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 39 (35 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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Archie! Betty! What are you doing out here?
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Redrawn from the cover of Laugh Comics #174.
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Poetic License

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Look! Isn't that lovely?...Footprints in the sands of time!
When Veronica accuses him of lacking poetry and romance, Archie brushes up on poetry and starts talking in flowery language all the time.
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Poems referred to in the story include Longfellow's "A Psalm of Life" ("Footprints on the sands of time"), Kipling's "The Female of The Species" and Kipling's "The Vampire" ("A rag and a bone and a hank of hair").
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Twin Towers

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Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doily; Ethel Muggs
Betty makes a dress for Ethel using Jughead as the model.
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I’m your student teacher while Miss Anthrope is out!
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Little Miss Fixit

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humorous, teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
Hello there, you pretty little bird! Come fly with me! Come fly with me!
Veronica is jealous of Betty's skill with a needle and thread.
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Little Archie Stamps Out the Hubcap Snatchers!

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adventure, humorous
Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; Chic Cooper; Vikki Baylor; Chester Punkett; un-named thief
Little Archie wants to get some rare stamps from Chic Cooper's collection, while Chic wants to get an introduction to a beautiful new girl in town. They both get their chance after they see two punks trying to steal the hubcaps from the girl's car.
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The first story to feature Chester without Mad Doctor Doom. He would appear this way several times more; apparently when he's not hanging out with Doom, he's working as a petty thief.
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humorous
I'm all for wearing seat belts...
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from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX
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A Wrapping Session with a Dummy!

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humorous, teen
Quick, Mr. Weatherbee! Do you know where I can get a couple of boxes of bandages?
Archie borrows the schools bandages so he and Jughead can make a mummy for the school's ancient history exhibit.
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Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #57, no credits listed in this digest.
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I hate waking up to this darned alarm!
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Basebrawl

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
Archie, our regular coach is sick! Would you like to coach us today?
Archie coaches the girl's baseball team.
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Credits from the reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #261, no credits listed in this digest.
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Dolly Folly!

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childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx gets a new "Janie" doll and spends all her money buying clothes for it.
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Janie is a takeoff on Barbie, who had been introduced by Mattel in 1959. "Ben," Janie's boyfriend, is a takeoff on Ken, introduced in 1961.
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Jug-Scary Phobias Puzzle

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Jughead Jones
Fill in the letters that correspond to the numbers in the code key to discover the definitions of various phobias.
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Archie, can’t you pass anything!?
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Call Me Loser

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Betty is depressed because of her ongoing streak of losing Archie to Veronica in any situation.
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Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #222, no credits listed in this digest.
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Slick Chick

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humorous, teen
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Hey! Remember we said we'd pull a gag on Reggie today?..
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First in Friendship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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drama, humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Dilton Doily; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
It's yearbook time, and though he's not in the graduating class, Archie ponders the things that he will miss when he eventually leaves Riverdale High, starting with the loyalty of his best friend, Jughead.
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Bees Are Beautiful

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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drama, humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Dilton Doily; Waldo Weatherbee; Moose Mason
Archie talks to Dilton about another thing he'll miss when he graduates: Mr. Weatherbee. He recalls the time Mr. Weatherbee helped Moose pass a test so he could play in the big game.
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Yes, Archie! In my business I sign my name a lot!
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Birds Do It

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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drama, humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Still looking through the yearbook, Archie recalls his feelings about Betty, Veronica and Reggie.
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The last panel of this story is a huge drawing of Archie's head, with most of the regular Archie characters (plus a few from Sabrina and Josie) spinning around it.
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Home Is Where the Heart Is

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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drama, humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
After remembering what a great teacher Miss Grundy is, Archie teaches us the words of the Riverdale High School song ("Blue and Gold," sung to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne").
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Is your dog's hair still falling out?
Jughead asks Archie about his dog.
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What Are Friends For?

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humorous, teen
Big Moose Mason
Aha! I caught you, Reggie! Trying to make time with my girl behind my back, huh?
Reggie wishes Moose would break his leg, and he does.
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Credits from the reprint in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #19, no credits listed in this digest.
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Teacher's Pet

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humorous, teen
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Hot Dog; Veronica Lodge
Atta boy, Hot Dog! You learn fast!
Jughead has been training Hot Dog through imitation and Hot Dog takes to the training too well.
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I knew the principal was chaperon, but I didn’t know he danced!
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Lost Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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adventure, humorous
Little Archie Andrews; Mad Doctor Doom; Chester Punkett; Waldo Weatherbee; Little Veronica Lodge; Winky; Cap'n Sleeg
Mad Doctor Doom and Chester plan to finance their world domination schemes with pirate treasure buried on Idle Island. To be able to search without interference, they saw the island off at its foundation and set it adrift in the sea. But fate has decreed that there should be one other person on that island when they steal it: that "meddlesome brat," Little Archie.
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Archie Andrews; Professor Flutesnoot
Archie, don't you understand this formula?
Archie's mind is on TV not class.
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The Quiet Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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drama, humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Nick Barker
Over Archie's objections, Veronica goes for a ride with the fast-living, fast-driving Nick Barker, but Archie decides against telling Mr. Lodge about what kind of company his daughter is keeping.
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The truck on page 4 is from "DeCarlo's Landscaping," a reference to Lucey's fellow Archie artist Dan DeCarlo.
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Gag Bag

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humorous, teen
Road hog! Why didn't you drive around me?
A collection of two-panel gags starring Jughead. First gag, a large man asks Jughead why he didn't drive around him. Gag two: Jughead want pizza and quiet. Gag three: Jughead can't pay his bill. Gag four: Jughead can only afford a taxi for his suitcase. Gag five: Jughead comments on Miss Grundy's looks. Gag six: Jughead and Archie go to a drive-in movie. Gag seven: Jughead frets about Ethel. Gag eight: Jughead cracks a barber joke.
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The Great Apes

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typeset
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nature, non-fiction
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Moose’s Home Run Maze

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Now, class, we're going to learn all about checking accounts!
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Sting Rays

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humorous
Frustrated when their parents won't buy them sting ray style bikes, Jinx and the other kids decide to form a rock band like The Beatles in order to make money like The Beatles do.
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Last Man Out

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humorous, teen
Mr. Weatherbee, where do I put the math books?
It's the last day of school and Mr. Weatherbee doesn't have time for Archie's problem.
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W Is for Mr. Weatherbee!

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humorous, teen
Wanderlust: the urge to wander or travel!
Various words that start with W that have something to do with Mr. Weatherbee's day.
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Credits from reprint in World of Archie Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #61.
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Don’t you love to hear Archie picking his banjo?
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Destruct

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers
Archie's on vacation, hurray, hurray...
Mr. Lodge and Smithers celebrate the fact that Archie is away on vacation, until they become gripped by the fear that he could return any minute and break everything.
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When reprinted in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #69, lettering is credited to Mario Acquaviva.
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The Choice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doily; Moose Mason
Archie tells us the story of how he chose to stand Veronica up for a date in order to protect Jughead from being beaten up by a bully.
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I told you I’d pay the bill if you’d replace the brakes in your jalopy!
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