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Issue: Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine #4
Publication Date: May 2011
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Issues: #4 of 33 Issues (69 Printings)
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Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: The Archie LibraryView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/06/2011
Volume: none
Pages: 164
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 76281646953100411
Price: $3.99 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 52 (24 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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Cyber Adventures Part 4 of 5

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
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In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Archie Comics #2 published January 2012
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My Comics Are Archie Comics

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[untitled]

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Synopsis: Recap of the previous installments.
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Adventures in the Wonder Realm Part Four

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Genres: adventure, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Cheroby; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Chuck Clayton
Synopsis: Archie, Jughead and Betty finally find Veronica and manage to escape the rock people.
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Muddle Huddle

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Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Moose tries to count to ten when Reggie makes him angry.
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Archie Comics Book Club

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archiedigital.com

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The Dilton Doiley Story

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Character(s): Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Bev
Synopsis: Dilton tells of his childhood.
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Comic Book Fairs

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The Champion

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Character(s): Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Gronko; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Albino Rhino
Synopsis: Moose wins an arm-wrestling contest.
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Personal Disappearance Part One

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Allegra; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Allegra, a pop singer, accidentally runs into Archie's car after a mall appearance.
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[untitled]

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[untitled]

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Personal Disappearance Part Two

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Character(s): Allegra (pop star); Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: A disguised Allegra spends the day with Archie and his friends.
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Balance Diet?

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica try to teach Archie and Jughead to eat a balanced diet.
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The Big Break

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): The Archies [Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge]; Hiram Lodge; Pop Tate; Strolling Bones [Mr. Jogger]
Synopsis: The Archies are hired to be the roadies for the legendary band The Strolling Bones for their Riverdale gig.
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Get the Archie Comics App

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Buy Three Books and get the Fourth Free!

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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Archie's Weird Mysteries
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[untitled]

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Yesterday Starts Tomorrow

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Genres: humorous, mystery, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Geraldine Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Beaumont; Father Time; Tick-Tock; Bessie; Monica; Benjamin Franklin; Thomas Edison; Louis Armstrong
Synopsis: When Archie, Jughead and Dilton realize that not only is time running backward, but nobody else seems to notice this, they go to Beaumont for help who sends them to find Father Time.
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Mega-Man

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Feature(s): Mega-Man
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The world of Sonic the Hedge-Hog is in your hands.

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Too Good to be True

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Chuck Clayton; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis: Reggie has a new girlfriend and is so nice to everybody that the gang is starting to wish for the old Reggie back.
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Pugilist Prediction

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Moose Mason
Synopsis: Moose goes to a fortune teller.
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School Daze

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Synopsis: Unscramble the letters to form words for school subjects.
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A Limp Excuse

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Midge
Synopsis: Reggie fakes a sprained ankle to get out of calisthenics.
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From Content Item: FlagArchie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #45 published December 1999
was A Limp Excuse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Windows Pain

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Reggie is having trouble installing Windows on his laptop.
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Spring Has Sprung

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dilton Doiley; Hot Dog
Synopsis: Dilton wonders who his certain special someone is.
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Go West Young Action Hero

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Chuck Clayton; Arnie Sylvester (actor); Nancy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: When Arnie Sylvester quits the action movie that is filming in Riverdale various people try out for the part but eventually they decide to use Hot Dog to finish the movie.
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From Content Item: FlagArchie & Friends #67 [Direct Edition] published April 2003
was Go West Young Action Hero [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Archie & Friends All Stars

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Politics Unusual!

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I'll Second That

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Miss Grundy; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Moose answers the question of how many seconds are in a year.
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Chef Ahoy

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews; Super Chef
Synopsis: Archie is entered in a TV cook-off against his hero, the Super Chef.
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The Long Count

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Archie tries to count sheep to get to sleep and ends up counting pretty girls.
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Archie Freshman Year

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From the band that brought you "Sugar, Sugar"

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[untitled]

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Wieners Over Riverdale

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie assists Jughead on a shopping trip to refill his supply of hot dog pills.
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From Content Item: FlagArchie 3000 #1 [Newsstand] published May 1989
was Wieners Over Riverdale [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Book Number 5 of the New Look Library

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Best of the Eighties Book 2

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Eaten Up!

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Character(s): Pop Tate
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Unconventional Fun

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead with Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie and Reggie take the girls to a comic convention. Veronica is bored while Betty has a good time.
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Talk Balk

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Denise; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie has to write sentences on the chalkboard for talking in class.
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Name Game

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Character(s): Dilton Doiley
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Chick Kick

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump
Synopsis: Archie tells Moose that he should have his picture taken with lots of "chicks" to make Midge jealous. Unfortunately Moose mis-understands.
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Bottle Battle

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton
Synopsis: Archie and the gang learn about the environmental dangers of plastic bottles.
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Archie Comics Double Digest Subscriptions

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Next Month in Archie & Friends Double Digest #5

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Escape from Zombieville USA

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Feature(s): Zombie Chasers
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Get Fired Up!

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