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Issue: Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine #3
Publication Date: June 1987
 
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Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Enterprises Inc.
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Volume: none
Pages: 132
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UPC/EAN: 02710006925603
Price: $1.35 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 78 (30 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: digest size (5" x 7")
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
This is what I call psyching out your opponent!
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Redrawn from the cover of Pep #278
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[untitled]

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Inside front cover.
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Hitting the Roof

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Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
Veronica has Archie come over to install a satellite dish.
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Betcha Bite a Chip

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Chips Ahoy
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Cookie Mania!

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teen
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Decode the message puzzle.
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Joke of the Month Club

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Archie Presents
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12 gags, one for each month. January - what do Kings and draftsmen have in common.
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Katy Keene Fan Club

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House ad for the Katy Keene fan club.
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The Eyes Have It Puzzle

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Code maze puzzle with a telephone theme.

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A Heavy Message

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Find the hidden message puzzle.
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Losers Keepers

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Decipher the code puzzle.
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Phone Phind!

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On the Nose!

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Paint Box Puzzle

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Crossword puzzle.
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Double Agent

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humorous, teen
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
The girls bribe Jughead to find out where Archie was last night, but the information he gives them just leaves them wanting more.
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Tall Brawl

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Milo
A tall boy is tired of jokes about his height.
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Packs of fun for everyone!

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M&M's
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Face Case

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Mr. Lodge can't stand the sight of Archie's face.
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Tree Spree

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Big Moose
Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Moose tries to carve Midge's name in a tree.
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Admit One

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humorous
Jinx and Greg have an argument.
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Discount 32 Page Comic Subscriptions!

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The Ladies' Man

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A string of coincidences cause Betty and Veronica to constantly see Archie with girls he doesn't know.
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Southern Comfort

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humorous, teen
Chuck does not know what to get his father for his birthday.
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Music Fun Puzzle

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Two puzzles.
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Getting Through

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Moving Right Along

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Get Walkin'

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Down Below

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teen
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Maze puzzle leading to a pirate treasure.
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Inflation Hunter

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Fill in the missing letters puzzle.
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Archie's Checklist

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House ad for other Archie comics.
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[untitled]

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humorous
There's nothing wrong with this bill, M'sieur!
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Musicade

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Now You See It -- Now You Don't

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Melody can't decide what to wear to a party.
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Test Jest

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Archie and Jughead are warned by a sign which tells them their Algebra test is going to be hard.
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Believe It or Don't

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Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
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One two-panel and three one-panel gags. Two-panel gag about Jughead and midnight snacks.
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Love Story

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Reggie has turned over a new leaf and goes out of his way to be nice to Archie. Archie can't believe it. Jughead doesn't.
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Bill Chill

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Archie keeps Veronica's picture close to his money.
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Bent Lament

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Archie has hurt his back at karate class.
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Out of Order!

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Jinx finds out the toaster doesn't work with marshmallows.
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Cents and Nonsense

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Follow the path to find out what Jughead thinks of dollars and cents.
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Funny Stuff!

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Foot Sore

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Betty and Veronica both wear comfortable shoes to the dance, but don't get the reactions they hoped for from their dates.
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When reprinted in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #32, writing is credited to George Gladir, pencils to Dan DeCarlo Jr. and Inks to Jim DeCarlo.
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Dish Wish

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Why Worry?

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Square Rigged

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humorous
Seeing that Miss Grundy is nervous about a square dancing date, Betty gets Reggie to help build her confidence.
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Loan Groan

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Jughead offers to loan Archie five dollars.
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A Green "One"

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Lead Mr. Weatherbee's golf ball through the maze to the hole.
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I Dig That Puzzle!

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Fred Andrews
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"A Plus" Puzzle

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List all the things in the picture that start with A.
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Cactus Maze

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Scary Ingredients

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Aunt Zelda
Aunt Zelda
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Birthday Presents I'd Like...

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Birthday presents Hot Dog would like to receive.
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Stadium Maze

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Weed Talk

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Special Double Digest Subscription Offer

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Dinner Winner

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humorous
Gregory heard that Jinx had Charley over for supper the night before.
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Aquatic Antics

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teen
Karen; Donna; Miss Haskins; Cousin Bob (Cooper?)
Betty and Veronica train to become competitive swimmers so Archie and Reggie will look at them the way they look at Riverdale swimmers Karen and Donna.
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Country Style

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May Mantle
Reggie brings his cousin May to Riverdale so that she can go to the dance.
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Subscribe to Katy Keene

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Cold Shoulder

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Archie tries to get out of a test by faking sickness.
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Voice Control

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Stanley;
Reggie gets more than he bargained for when he steals a package Jughead was carrying.
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Prizes or Cash

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Sales Leadership Club
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Fighting Words

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Fangs Fogerty
Mr. Weatherbee catches Fangs hitting Little Archie.
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Archie Fan Club

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The Winnah! (Maybe?)

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Archie and Reggie have a race to see who will take Veronica to the charity ball.
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Florida

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Turn Around!

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Barbecue Time!

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Answer the clues to find the most important thing at the barbecue.
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Atomic Cocktail!

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Got Your Number!

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Spacey Cross-Word Puzzle

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Little Archie
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Cross-word puzzle.
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Subscribe and Save

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Heap Cheap

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Reggie figures out the cheapest way to camp is not to go camping.
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Sight Rite

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Mr. Weatherbee gets contacts to replace his glasses.
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You Don't Need Drugs To...

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Anti-drug PSA.
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The Swinger

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Veronica and her family arrive from Hawaii and are greeted by the gang. Veronica shows the gang her Hula girl outfit and starts to dance. She has an extra one for Betty and they both start to hula. But Veronica speeds up the tempo and Betty hurts herself. Since Betty can't go to the dance that night injured, Archie has to take Veronica instead.
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Prizes or Cash

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Olympic Sales
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Ugly Balls

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Bonkers! Chewy Candy
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