(June 1984)

Archie, 1977 Series
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1.00 USD
Pages
132
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bi-monthly in Feb., April, June, Aug., Oct. and Dec.
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Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
The Archie Digest Library
Barcode
0271000695832
Editing
Richard H. Goldwater (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mr. Weatherbee, what do you think of my one man show?
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason

Indexer Notes

Redrawn from the cover of Archie and Me #89.

To Be or Not To Be (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Archie's Inventions (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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We got the job replacing signs on the newly painted school walls!
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humor; teen
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In Arch We Trust (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Baseball Short Stops (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Brain Strain (Table of Contents: 6)

Big Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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George Gladir
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Barry Grossman
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Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Moose Mason
Synopsis
Moose thinks he has chicken pox.
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Earth-Mirth (Table of Contents: 7)

Big Ethel / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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George Gladir
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Barry Grossman
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Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
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Ethel Muggs; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Betty asks Ethel's opinion about the space race.
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Star Struck (Table of Contents: 8)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Stan Goldberg
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Jon D'Agostino
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Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
The girls are swooning over singer Tom Jonah but the boys are not impressed.
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Indexer Notes

Pencil/Ink credits from the reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #245.
Formerly an Archie story.

Two Sides (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Disc-Tsk (Table of Contents: 10)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
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Barry Grossman
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Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Roz
Synopsis
Jinx is disappointed with her new record album, but not because of its musical content.
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Private Eye - Public Nuisance (Table of Contents: 11)

Reggie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Dick Malmgren ?
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Stan Goldberg
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Stan Goldberg
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Barry Grossman
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Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Reggie mimics a forties film noir detective just to con a woman into meeting him for dinner.
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Puck Pluck (Table of Contents: 12)

Coach Kleats / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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George Gladir
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Al Hartley
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Al Hartley
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Barry Grossman
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Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
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Coach Kleats; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Coach Kleats has his older players impart words of wisdom onto his younger players.
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Hid Kid (Table of Contents: 13)

Leroy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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George Gladir
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Al Hartley
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Al Hartley
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Barry Grossman
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Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Cousin Leroy; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Leroy takes eavesdropping to a new level.
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What If? (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie and Me / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Bob Bolling
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Mario Acquaviva
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Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
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Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Mr. Weatherbee imagines what life would be like if Archie were his son.
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Travel Time (Table of Contents: 15)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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The School Play (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Bob Bolling
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Bob Bolling
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Rudy Lapick
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Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
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Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Veronica has trouble distinguishing lines in the school play from real life.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Archie's Teachers / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Since Easter your grades have been getting worse, Archie
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humor; teen
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Betty's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Betty! You've been talking for an hour!
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humor; teen
Synopsis
ffrom Archie daily or Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX
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The Unwanted (Table of Contents: 19)

Archie at Riverdale / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Ramon Rodriguez; Maria Rodriguez
Synopsis
The new vice-principal, Ramon Rodriguez, is met with protests by the students who feel Miss Grundy should have had the job. But the boys warm up to Rodriguez after they meet his beautiful daughter Maria, and even Veronica has to come around when her father reveals that Mr. Rodriguez is also a best-selling author.
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Indexer Notes

The debut story for Ramon Rodriguez and Maria Rodriguez, though other stories they appeared in had been published earlier in the year. Ramon didn't last long as vice-principal, but Maria remained in the comics intermittently for the next few years.

Time & Tide (Table of Contents: 20)

Betty / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Bob Bolling
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Jon D'Agostino
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Barry Grossman
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Jon D'Agostino

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What makes the water come in and go out of the shore?
Genre
nature; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie explains to Betty how tides work.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Betty's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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I get along well with my philodendron!
Genre
humor; teen
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  • from Archie daily or Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX

Those Were the Days! (Table of Contents: 22)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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humor; teen
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Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie and Reggie reminisce about the carefree days of their youth.
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Keywords
nostalgia

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Veronica Pin Up Page / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Golly, Archie...if Mr. Weatherbee catches us kissing in school we'll get two weeks of detention!
Genre
teen
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Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
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Air Affair (Table of Contents: 24)

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Change of Heart (Table of Contents: 25)

Betty and Me / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Dick Malmgren
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Al Hartley
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Jon D'Agostino
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Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
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Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Alice Cooper; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Fed up with Archie's cavalier treatment, Betty begins to consider dating someone else.
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Quick Justice (Table of Contents: 26)

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Mad Fad (Table of Contents: 27)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Dan DeCarlo
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humor; teen
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica are arguing about which one started the backwards fashion fads.
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Keywords
fad

It's in the Bag, Dad! (Table of Contents: 28)

The Archies / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Puzzle Page (Table of Contents: 29)

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Wire Mire (Table of Contents: 30)

Jughead / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Shades of Grey (Table of Contents: 31)

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That Manly Way (Table of Contents: 32)

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Take Five (Table of Contents: 33)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Fill In the Blanks (Table of Contents: 34)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
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children
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Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
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Error Terror (Table of Contents: 35)

Moose / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Moose has speed!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica lists all of Moose's pluses as a hockey player.
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Tire Ire (Table of Contents: 36)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Tuff Stuff (Table of Contents: 37)

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War of the Weirds (Table of Contents: 38)

Archie and Me / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Dick Malmgren
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Bob Bolling
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Rudy Lapick
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Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
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Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Mr. Weatherbee has a bad day, but this time it's his own fault, not Archie's.
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Stroke Joke (Table of Contents: 39)

Hot Dog / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
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Lipstick (Table of Contents: 40)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Dick Malmgren
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Al Hartley
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Al Hartley
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Barry Grossman
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Al Hartley ?

Genre
teen
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Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica wants Archie to be more sophisticated.
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Neat Treat (Table of Contents: 41)

Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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The Defenders (Table of Contents: 42)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Dan DeCarlo
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Rudy Lapick
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Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
teen
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Carol Craven; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica team up to keep a new girl from infringing on their territorial rights.
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Who Said That? (Table of Contents: 43)

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Spring Fever (Table of Contents: 44)

It's All in the Mind / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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humor; teen
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Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones
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Blue Plate Special (Table of Contents: 45)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Archie is helping Reggie in his campaign for class president.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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I think our whole educational system is wrong!
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humor; teen
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  • from Archie daily or Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX

Dreamsville (Table of Contents: 47)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Roped In (Table of Contents: 48)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
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Barry Grossman ?
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Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
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Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis
Greg accuses Jinx of showing off.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 49)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Don't you love to get out in the country in the springtime, Ronnie?
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humor; teen
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  • from Archie daily or Sunday (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Mr. Weatherbee, what do you think of my one man show?"]
    Archie
  2. 1. To Be or Not To Be
    Archie
  3. 2. Archie's Inventions
    Archie
  4. 3. ["We got the job replacing signs on the newly painted school walls!"]
    Archie
  5. 4. In Arch We Trust
    Archie
  6. 5. Baseball Short Stops
    Archie
  7. 6. Brain Strain
    Big Moose
  8. 7. Earth-Mirth
    Big Ethel
  9. 8. Star Struck
    Betty and Veronica
  10. 9. Two Sides
    Archie
  11. 10. Disc-Tsk
    Li'l Jinx
  12. 11. Private Eye - Public Nuisance
    Reggie
  13. 12. Puck Pluck
    Coach Kleats
  14. 13. Hid Kid
    Leroy
  15. 14. What If?
    Archie and Me
  16. 15. Travel Time
    Jughead
  17. 16. The School Play
    Archie
  18. 17. ["Since Easter your grades have been getting worse, Archie"]
    Archie's Teachers
  19. 18. ["Betty! You've been talking for an hour!"]
    Betty's Gag Bag
  20. 19. The Unwanted
    Archie at Riverdale
  21. 20. Time & Tide
    Betty
  22. 21. ["I get along well with my philodendron!"]
    Betty's Gag Bag
  23. 22. Those Were the Days!
    Archie
  24. 23. ["Golly, Archie...if Mr. Weatherbee catches us kissing in school we'll get two weeks of detention!"]
    Veronica Pin Up Page
  25. 24. Air Affair
    Archie
  26. 25. Change of Heart
    Betty and Me
  27. 26. Quick Justice
  28. 27. Mad Fad
    Archie
  29. 28. It's in the Bag, Dad!
    The Archies
  30. 29. Puzzle Page
    Archie
  31. 30. Wire Mire
    Jughead
  32. 31. Shades of Grey
    Archie
  33. 32. That Manly Way
    Archie
  34. 33. Take Five
    Betty and Veronica
  35. 34. Fill In the Blanks
    Li'l Jinx
  36. 35. Error Terror
    Moose
  37. 36. Tire Ire
    Jughead
  38. 37. Tuff Stuff
    Jughead
  39. 38. War of the Weirds
    Archie and Me
  40. 39. Stroke Joke
    Hot Dog
  41. 40. Lipstick
    Archie
  42. 41. Neat Treat
    Veronica
  43. 42. The Defenders
    Betty and Veronica
  44. 43. Who Said That?
  45. 44. Spring Fever
    It's All in the Mind
  46. 45. Blue Plate Special
    Archie
  47. 46. ["I think our whole educational system is wrong!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  48. 47. Dreamsville
    Archie
  49. 48. Roped In
    Li'l Jinx
  50. 49. ["Don't you love to get out in the country in the springtime, Ronnie?"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
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