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Issue: Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine #55
Publication Date: April 1988
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Issues: #55 of 114 Issues (139 Printings)
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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: none
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 02710006958455
Price: $1.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 44 (42 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: teen
Character(s): Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
First Line: So you and Veronica are dining at the Ritz! Going to start the evening on a full stomach, eh, Archie?
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Deep Freeze

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Mary Andrews; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones; Svenson; Geraldine Grundy
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Girl Whirl

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie has girls on his mind.
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Show Woe

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Mrs. Andrews preempts Archie's TV show.
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Cause for Alarm

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper
Synopsis: Betty's dad realizes that with a teenage daughter he's in a no win situation.
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Dancing Fool

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
First Line: Gee, Archie, I wish we could go on dancing like this forever!
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That's What Counts!

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
First Line: Li'l Jinx! Stop playing with that calculator!
Synopsis: Jinx counts sheep on a calculator when trying to go to sleep.
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Hokey Pocus

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Uncle Fred; Alice Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Smithers the butler
Synopsis: While entertaining at Veronica's party with some magic tricks she learned from her uncle, Betty gets in some digs at Veronica that don't go over well.
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Triangle Wrangle

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie becomes upset when he thinks Betty is seeing another guy.
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A Mouthful

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Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
First Line: Oh, boy! I just love jawbreakers!
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Fall Guy

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Waldo Weatherbee
First Line: Okay, Archie! It's your turn to climb the rope!
Synopsis: Archie is worried about falling while climbing a rope in gym.
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A Date with a Dream

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews
First Line: Ooohwheee!!
Synopsis: Betty is overly excited about the possibilities of what could happen when Archie comes over for help with a math problem.
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Live and Learn

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
First Line: We've walked many suns! My feet hurt!
Synopsis: Prehistoric versions of Archie and his friends discover fruits and have a food fight.
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Fite Fright

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Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Reggie trains for a boxing match against Moose.
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Wry Reply

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Character(s): Dilton Doily; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Dilton's new computer wants to be a solo act.
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Equation Situation

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Character(s): Dilton Doily; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Dilton develops a mathematical cure for inflation.
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Girl Whirl

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mr. Humphries
Synopsis: Pressured by his dad to get his mind off girls, Archie sets career goals for himself, the only way he knows how.
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Action Faction

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Miss Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee wants to address Miss Grundy's class on energy conservation.
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Burn Concern

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Character(s): Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: Veronica is proving to be an inept cook again.
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Not a Chance

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Coach Kleats; Professor Flutesnoot
Synopsis: The faculty challenges the student's basketball team to a game.
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A Crying Shame

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Betty's father becomes incensed by the cavalier way Archie treats his daughter in his dream.
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The Handy-Man Can

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Waldo Weatherbee; Coach Kleats
First Line: Archie, how is your injured hand coming along?
Synopsis: Archie takes advantage of his injured hand as everyone waits on him hand and foot but he accidentally reveals over the school intercom that his hand has been better for the last two days but he enjoyed the attention too much to let everyone know.
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A Window Pain!

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Feature(s): Li'l Jinx's Chum Charley
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse; Hap Holliday
First Line: Li'l Jinx! Do you know anything about our neighbor's broken window?
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Delightful Sightful

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie is going to watch girls on the ski slope from the comfort of the ski lodge.
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Pin Din

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Feature(s): Big Moose
Character(s): Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
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Cool Fool

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Feature(s): Big Moose
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Greek Treat

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee
First Line: You realize you look pretty silly! Don't you, Archie?
Synopsis: Archie has to come to school wearing the uniform of a Greek soldier, complete with spear.
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Spoilsport

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
First Line: Not only do I shoot a good stick at the table, love, but here's an Andrews talent you weren't aware of!
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge is impressed by Archie's juggling skills and apologizes for thinking of him as so clumsy but as soon as Veronica kisses Archie he becomes clumsy again.
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Team Esteem

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee looks for the school basketball team news in the entertainment section.
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Gobble Squabble

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead argue over the last piece of pie.
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The Sportsman

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Slanguage Problem

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee
First Line: Archie, you're looking rather pale today!
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee doesn't like Archie's use of uncouth language.
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Conversation Consternation

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Veronica demands that Archie apologize, but Archie demands that Veronica apologize. Soon nobody knows what they are apologizing for.
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Copy Caper

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Big Ethel
Character(s): Big Ethel Muggs; Helen; Arthur
Synopsis: Ethel takes Helen's new boyfriend to the copy center.
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The Reject

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Jughead tries to convince Betty that she has to play hard-to-get if she is going to win Archie.
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Uptight Foresight

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica overhear Archie in Mr. Weatherbee's office, sounding like he's telling the principal off.
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Traveler's Aid

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Character(s): Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Smithers
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge thinks Veronica is moving away with Archie.
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Yolk Joke

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Character(s): Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Coach Kleats wants the team to work on their stick handling.
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News Muse

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee
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There's Nothing Like the Present

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Big Ethel
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs
First Line: I'll bet you'd never guess who's birthday it is today!
Synopsis: Ethel reminds Archie that it's Betty's birthday.
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Blizzard Wizard

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Svenson; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead use a snow machine to convince Mr. Weatherbee that a blizzard happened and he closes the school.
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Cape Caper

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Bill Chill

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
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Hide Your Hide

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: To prevent punishment from Moose, Reggie unwisely gets Archie to hide him.
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