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Issue: Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine #12
Publication Date: November 1979
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Issues: #12 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: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000695811
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 33 (29 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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[untitled]

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Genres: teen
First Line: Veronica, doesn't Archie know how to say good night?
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Disclose Notes: Redrawn from the cover of Pep #269
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Wham Wham Whammy

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Archie accuses his friends of putting a "whammy" on him.
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Disclose Notes: The truck in the story is from "Doyle's Farm Fresh Eggs," referring to Archie head writer Frank Doyle, and the driver appears to be a caricature of Doyle.
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The Brush Off

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Jughead and Reggie annoy Archie while he's painting the house.
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Disclose Notes: When reprinted in Archie & Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #29, inks are credited to Harry Lucey.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Hey, Pop!
Synopsis: Archie tells Pop Tate he'll be back for two to go, but never tells him two what.
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Sacrifice Play

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Synopsis: Veronica suspects that Betty's new boyfriend is actually a gold digger who's dating Betty to get to her.
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The Late Archie Andrews

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Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee tries an experiment: seeing if Archie can be on time for school if he sleeps overnight in the faculty lounge.
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First Line: What’s up?
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Frisbee Fracas

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Synopsis: Archie tells Reggie his secret for meeting girls. But Reggie doesn't get the same results when he tries it.
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Nothing but the Tooth

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Character(s): unnamed spoiled brat; unnamed brat's mother
Synopsis: Jughead practices his part as a vampire in the school play and scares a little child into doing what his mother tells him.
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Disclose Notes: Transylvania is a historic region in Romania. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transylvania for more information.
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[untitled]

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First Line: As you can see, I've cut her in half!
Synopsis: Archie is a stage magician cutting a woman in half. Jughead wants him to do the same with food prices.
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Hands Up!

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First Line: Okay, Daddy! This is the fifth time I've guessed which hand my allowance is in!
Synopsis: Jinx has ESP.
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Lonesome Lou

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Synopsis: Archie and Dilton study animal psychology at the zoo.
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Archie, It Makes Cents

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First Line: Jug, you were supposed to bring paper cups for our picnic!
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The Secret

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Synopsis: Little Archie tries out for the baseball team for the 12-year-olds even though he is not old enough.
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Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #19, no credits listed in this digest.
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Fleet Feet

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First Line: At the tender age of seven, he saved my life!
Synopsis: Archie tells about the time Jughead saved his life.
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Impossible Journey

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Synopsis: Reggie keeps sabotaging Archie to prevent him from getting to a date with Veronica.
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Eat Treat

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Synopsis: To stop Betty from monopolizing the boys with her homemade food, Veronica brings a catering service to the beach.
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Sheik Ali Bei and I are concluding a business deal!
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Archie Meets The Kreeps

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Character(s): The Kreeps [Wendy (a magical shapechanger); Boris (an invisible groundskeeper); Wolfie (a large guard wolf); Igor (a spooky butler); Percy (a singing bat); Mr. Kreep; Mrs. Kreep; Rex (a t-rex)]
Synopsis: Archie saves Wendy from being hit by a car, and she then falls for her red-headed knight. She drops a love potion in Archie's soda, and he falls for her. Veronica watches this and hides in the back of his car as he and Wendy go to meet her extended family, the Kreeps.
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First Line: Boiling rose petals to extract the essential oils!
Synopsis: Professor Flutesnoot makes a perfume.
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Think Big

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Synopsis: Li'l Jinx gets a piggy bank.
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Secret Love

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Synopsis: Jughead tries to confess his feelings for Ethel, but she keeps fainting before he can finish.
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Disclose Notes: Script credits confirmed from reprint in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #189.
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First Line: Last week the little theatre group did 'Les Miserables'!
Synopsis: Jughead couldn't make a showing of the local theatre group.
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The Rebel

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Synopsis: Archie's dad sends him to his room for talking back, and Archie tries to escape.
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Coach's Daffynition

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First Line: Mr. Weatherbee, you know that manuscript you sent to the publisher?
Synopsis: A publisher thanks Mr. Weatherbee for his manuscript, it cured his insomnia.
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The Haunting Hour

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Synopsis: The kids picnic next to the old cemetery and tell ghost stories. While pretending to be a ghost, Little Jughead accidentally captures a burglar.
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Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #303.
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Pool of Loneliness

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Synopsis: Mr. Lodge tries to find out why the boys would rather hang out at the beach than his private pool.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Arch, when did you notice you were maturing?
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If the Spirit Moves You

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: The Archies hold a seance.
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Lost in Space Maze

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