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Issue: Archie's Double Digest Magazine #209
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Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/15/2010
Volume: none
Pages: 164
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76281646951720911
Price: $3.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 57 (29 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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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Moose Mason
This net is lower than I thought!
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Moonshadow Rise of the Ninja
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Inside front cover.
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Click Trick

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Archie can't sleep because of the blinking lights outside his window.
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Cartoon Network
Unnatural History
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Lunch Counter-Sign

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humorous, teen
Archie thinks a sign at a diner is misspelled.
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Double Trouble

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Sharon Taylor; Karen Taylor
Archie has a date with Sharon Taylor and Reggie has a date with her twin sister Karen Taylor. Things get confusing when they are both at the same restaurant.
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Super Dupe-er

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mark
Archie helps his friend Mark at a comic book convention by dressing up as Hamsterman.
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Stuck with You!

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Archie gets a moving van stuck in a McBurger drive-thru.
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That Rat Reggie

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Archie
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Locate how many times the name Reggie is in the puzzle.
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Garden Fools

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Archie and his dad attempt to make a garden.
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FlagArchie #427 [Direct Edition] published September 1994
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Archie comics Freshman Year is the #1 most downloaded comic ever!!!
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Archie's digital download program.
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Archie receives stamp of approval
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All Archie's Girls

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Helen; Carrie
When Veronica and Betty stumble on Archie's address book they think he has lots of girlfriends all over town, but they learn that he is simply helping with elderly shut-ins.
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The Invaders

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Irma; Willie; Jimmy; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones
A family of grifters fakes an injury caused by Archie and Reggie to crash at the Lodge mansion.
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Archie Marries Betty and Veronica
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Subscription information for Life With Archie magazine.
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"Will You Marry Me"

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Bird Word

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humorous, teen
Archie is given a pet parrot by Betty.
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Smoochfest

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Find the words puzzle.
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Waste Not Want Not

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
The boys are fishing on Mr. Lodge's boat while Veronica relaxes in her bikini. After he sees Jughead throw a sandwich wrapper into the water, Mr. Lodge gives the boys a lecture on the evils of water pollution and how individual acts of pollution contribute to a big problem.
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FlagArchie #221 published September 1972
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Spat Chat

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humorous, teen
Archie tells Veronica there are always two sides to every argument.
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Gag Bag

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humorous, teen
Archie makes a bad joke and winds up in detention.
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Jughead's Chili

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FlagEverything's Archie #148 [Direct] published March 1990
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Find the Words puzzle.

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Man at Work

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humorous, teen
Archie borrows a hair pin from Betty to fix his old jalopy.
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The two greatest bands in comic book history...
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House ad for Archie #608 and 609.
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Battle of the Bands!
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The Big Surfari

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humorous, teen
Adam North
While trying to impress some girls, Archie exaggerates his surfing ability.
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Clown Frown

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humorous, teen
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Betty's experience working as "Betzo The Clown" at birthday parties to earn extra money serves her when Archie takes her to the circus and the circus clowns accidentally scare the tots in the audience.
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FlagBetty #87 [Direct Edition] published July 2000
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Love Showdown
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House ad for the "Love Showdown" collection.
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Archie & Friends All Stars
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Ordering information for The Best of Betty's Diary graphic novel.
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Pharaoh Foul

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humorous, teen
Archie and Jughead are slaves in ancient Egypt.
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FlagArchie's TV Laugh-Out #19 published July 1973
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It's Hokey Man

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humorous, teen
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Jughead teaches Archie how to play "hokey-ball", a new fad.
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Hokey-Ball is a parody of Pokemon.
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New Endings for Old Sayings

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Humorous looks at various funny sayings.
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Scheme Scamp

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humorous, teen
Archie's fairy Aunt gives him three wishes. Too bad it's all a dream.
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Are you ready...
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House ad for Jughead #202.
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The Name is Andrews. Archie Andrews.
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House ad for Archie #610-613.
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Little Archie and Friends

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childrens
Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge
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Illustration used as the title page for the next section featuring Little Archie reprints.
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Dog Gone!

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childrens, humorous
Little Archie Andrews; Spotty; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Little Dilton Doiley; Svenson; Waldo Weatherbee
Archie skips out of school to find his lost dog Spotty.
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The Big One

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childrens, humorous
Little Veronica invites both Little Archie and Little Reggie for a day on her father's yacht, where Mr. Lodge shows them how to fish for tuna... but catches a submarine.
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FlagArchie's TV Laugh-Out #53 published November 1977
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Archie Comics Graphic Novels Take 'Em With You!
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Order form for various Archie graphic novels.
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[untitled]

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Endgame is Here
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Ad for Sonic the Hedgehog Archives volume 13.
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Lost Cause

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
When Archie borrows Veronica's car he gives its GPS system a nervous breakdown.
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Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #280, no credits listed in this digest.
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On Line?

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humorous, teen
Fred is having problems with the family's new computer.
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The Legend of King Koala

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Reggie Mantle; King Koala; Jughead Jones (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo); Chuck Clayton (cameo); Dilton Doiley (cameo); Moose Mason (cameo); Pop Tate (cameo); Clark Kent (cameo)
Hiram Lodge leads an expedition to a remote island and brings back a giant Koala.
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Parody of the movie King Kong, including the battle between the King Koala and a dinosaur and also the Koala taking Veronica and climbing a skyscraper.
Clark Kent is seen walking away from a phone booth as Archie approaches.
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The Situation just got... complicated
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House ad for Archie & Friends #145 featuring The Situation from the TV show Jersey Shore.
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Betty and Veronica's Beach Party
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Information on a new Archie collection titled Betty & Veronica's Beach Party.
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Spill Frill

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humorous, teen
Archie and Jughead go surfing and Archie loses his board.
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Making End$ Meet

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Maze puzzle.
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Big Bass Blowout or She Went Fishing For Compliments, Part 1

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humorous, teen
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones
Betty offers to substitute for an under-the-weather Jughead so Archie can stay entered in the Loon Lake Bass Tournament. Veronica gets wind of it and offers to partner with Reggie so she can keep an eye on them. And a man dressed as a viking steals the Riverdale Ruby from the Museum of Natural History.
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FlagBetty #87 [Direct Edition] published July 2000
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[untitled]

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Archie Americana Series
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Order form for various Archie Americana volumes.
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[untitled]

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Archie got married! Now read the Epilogue
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House ad for Archie #606.
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Big Bass Blowout or It Was On A Large Scale, Part 2

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humorous, teen
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Leon The Chameleon (villain)
Reggie and Veronica interfere with Archie's casting, forcing him to move to a spot near the highway bridge. There he and Betty stumble onto the stashed loot from the Museum heist.
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FlagBetty #87 [Direct Edition] published July 2000
was Big Bass Blowout or It Was on a Large Scale, Part 2 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Bottle Blonde

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jeannie
Jughead finds a bottle in the ocean and tricks Veronica into thinking that a Genie came from it.
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FlagArchie #427 [Direct Edition] published September 1994
was Bottle Blonde [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Brush Up

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones
Archie finds the perfect still life to paint, Jughead sleeping.
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[untitled]

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Archie Digest Subscriptions!!!
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Subscription information for the Archie Digest line.
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[untitled]

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Next month in Archie's Double Digest #210
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House ad for Archie's Double Digest #210 and indicia.
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"It only takes a spark."

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Forest Service
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PSA on fire safety.

Inside back cover.
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Big Problems Call for Big Solutions
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Back cover.

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