(October 2008)
Archie,
1984 Series
- Price
- 3.69 USD
- Pages
- 196
- Indicia Frequency
- 10 times a year (monthly except Jan. and July)
- On-sale Date
- 2008-08-13
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 071896469516 91
- Printer
- Printed in Canada
- Editing
- Mike Pellerito (credited) (managing editor); Victor Gorelick (credited) (editor/editor in chief)
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (signed as
Ruiz) - Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (signed as
D'AGOSTINO) - Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, what do you think about what I've done with my car?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton
A Sign of the Times
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Feature Logo
Archie- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Dave; Celia Baker
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Listed on cover.
Wet and Wild!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Pat Kennedy (credited)
- Inks
- Ken Selig (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- While spending the day at a water park, Archie convinces Betty and Veronica to ride a scary ride that turns out to be too scary for him.
- Reprints
Strange Change
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica thinks Archie's behavior is disrespectful and she doesn't want to speak to him, at least until Betty shows up.
- Reprints
-
from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #260 (September 1979)
-
Beach Speech
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie thinks he's in charge until Veronica shows up.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #261 (October 1979)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Of course it's a seascape!!
- Feature Logo
Archie Pin Up [slanted]- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica objects because the sea scape Archie is painting has a little too much girl in it.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #271 (November 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
Worry Flurry
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie confesses the things that worry him on the beach.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #30 (September 1993)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
Out of the Ordinary
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hermione Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica gets upset when Archie says she's ordinary.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #80 (October 1998)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
Boys Will Be Boys
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- When Archie goes on vacation with the Coopers he ends up spending all his time with Betty's dad instead of Betty.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #66 (October 1998)
-
[no title indexed]
Hey Guys! / letters page / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Indexer Notes
Jack Rory provides advice to boys' questions as the Archie characters.
Kiddie Pool Cue
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #476 (October 1998)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
The Fixer-Uppers
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mr. Forrester
- Synopsis
- Fred inherits a cabin in the woods.
- Reprints
- in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #270 (August 2016)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
Get a Job
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- All Archie's summer jobs end up costing Fred money.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #24 (September 1992)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
Easy Does It
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Chic Stone
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- Barry Grossman; Nanci Dakesian
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If this pizza isn't delivered to the Baxter household on time Jiffy Pizza loses money on the deal!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie gets fired as a pizza delivery driver and as a stock boy for being too slow at his job.
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #54 (1989)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
Delightful Eyeful
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Archie wants to sit on the beach and watch girls.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #261 (October 1979)
-
Repeat Performance
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Gloria Grandbilt; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Charlie
- Synopsis
- The gang tries to help Archie get rid of his hiccups.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #165 (July 1966)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
Bucket Brigade
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- At the beach, Archie puts buckets on his feet to protect them from the hot sand.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #195 (November 1969)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
The Thing Maker
Archie 1 / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey! Look at what I made!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie 1; Betty 1; Jughead 1; Moose 1; Reggie 1; Veronica 1
- Synopsis
- Prehistoric version of Jughead invents the wheel.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #97 (October 1981)
-
- Keywords
- Cavemen
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
Artists and Models
Archie 1 / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie 1; Betty 1; Grundy 1; Jughead 1; Reggie 1; Veronica 1; Weatherbee 1
- Synopsis
- The prehistoric teens discover how to make things out of clay and find one more thing to argue about.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #132 (November 1987)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
The Wet and the Wild
Archie 1 / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There goes that fool friend of yours, showing off again!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie 1; Betty 1; Jughead 1; Reggie 1; Veronica 1
- Synopsis
- Jughead 1 tames a dinosaur so he can water ski behind him.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #131 (September 1987)
-
- Keywords
- cavemen; dinosaur; water skiing
Indexer Notes
No credit in this reprint.
Great Date!
Archie / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #96 (January 1966)
-
Indexer Notes
Word search about Archie and Betty's date.
The Choice
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie tells us the story of how he chose to stand Veronica up for a date in order to protect Jughead from being beaten up by a bully.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #223 (December 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
Little Archie and Friends!
Little Archie / illustration / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (signed as Ruiz)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (signed as D'AGOSTINO)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Jughead Jones; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Sabrina Spellman; Spotty
Indexer Notes
Introduction to the Little Archie reprint section.
The Die Is Cast
Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
Little Archie- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Caramel; Little Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty hires Little Archie, Super Sleuth to search for her missing cat Caramel.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #570 (September 1987)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
The Love-Birds
Little Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- These are the best lovebirds in my store, Betty!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Betty Cooper; Little Jughead; Mr. Johnson
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #177 (August 1982)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
Shoe Shine Man
Little Ambrose / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
Little Ambrose- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Ambrose; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Little Jughead and Little Archie put Little Ambrose in charge of their shoe shine business while they go to eat.
- Reprints
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #77 (July 2001)
- in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #5 (July 2014)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #109 (July 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
Winning Ways
Little Veronica / comic story / 7 pages
- Feature Logo
Little Veronica- Genre
- humor; children; teen
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Fangs Fogarty; Little Veronica Lodge; Spotty
- Synopsis
- Ronnie keeps trying to tag along with Little Archie and Spotty. He's so busy running away from her that he doesn't notice he's wandered into the territory of Fangs Fogarty and the South Side Serpents. Ronnie beats Little Archie up herself to prevent the Serpents from doing it.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #150 (January 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
Just Fun
Little Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
Little Archie's Rival Little Reggie- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie; Little Reggie; Little Veronica; Smithers
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #79 (July 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
no credits in this reprint.
Fan Art
Archie / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Fan art by Priscilla J., Aaliyah D. and J-Mel R.
Direction Finder
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #320 (November 1982)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
No Couth
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Eeek!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; ;
- Synopsis
- Veronica thinks Archie doesn't act the way a gentleman should.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #87 (September 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
Club Hopping
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Angelo De Cesare
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; J. B. Fernroller
- Synopsis
- Archie gets a job at Mr. Lodge's club.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #474 (August 1998)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
Hooked Again
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are you going to watch the ball game on T.V. today, son?
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #293 (August 1975)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
[no title indexed]
Archie Pin Up / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This sport combines sailing and surfing!
- Feature Logo
Archie Pin Up- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #28 (September 1973)
-
The Body Beautiful
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Are you finished practicing already?
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie's practicing karate bothers Mr. Weatherbee because of the yelling.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #114 (October 1979)
-
- Keywords
- beach; dumbbells; swimsuits
Indexer Notes
No credits in this is reprint.
Jest Jogging
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie jogging on the beach.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #554 (October 1985)
-
Indexer Notes
Wordless story. No credits in this reprint.
The Egg Beater
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Grrrr!...He made me so mad I should have belted the flaky, big mouthed weirdo!
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- When Veronica is offended by a new student in school, Archie offers to teach him a lesson until he learns that the new student is much bigger than he is.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #80 (December 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
Play Plight
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In our play Reggie plays both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde!
- Feature Logo
Reggie- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie explains why he doesn't need make-up to play Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #46 (August 1978)
-
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
The Brachiosaurus
Archie News / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Reader submitted article by Tristan G.
Wheel Zeal
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boy! Look at all these skateboarders!
- Feature Logo
Archie and the Gang [and the Gang to the right and stacked]- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Danny
- Synopsis
- Veronica falls for Danny, a skateboarder, but he is too busy with his skateboard to pay her any attention.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #59 (August 1977)
-
- Keywords
- skateboard
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #291.
Getting Your Way
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Henry Scarpelli
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman; Nanci Dakesian; Caryn Antoniuk
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Feature Logo
Jughead- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Archie gets a weekend without the girls so he can spend time with the guys, but he's miserable the whole time.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
Mike Pellowski credited as scripter in reprint.
Rich Koslowski credited as inker in reprint.
Shrewd Dude
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie finds a way to distract all the other guys on the beach from the female life guard.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #237 (October 1977)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, Arch!
- Feature Logo
Archie's Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead learns to ride the waves.
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #33 (1978) which is reprinted
- from Archie newspaper strip 19xx-xx-xx
- from Archie newspaper strip 19xx-xx-xx
-
Indexer Notes
No credits in this reprint.
Turnabout is Foul Play
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Feature Logo
- Archie
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty is excited about the new school bond issue being passed and explains to the guys what it will mean for improvements to their school.
- Reprints
- in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #15 (October 2015)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Archie, what do you think about what I've done with my car?"]
Archie -
1.
[Dinosaurs at your command!]
Sega; Nintendo DS -
2.
A Sign of the Times
Archie -
3.
[Heck: Where The Bad Kids Go]
Heck -
4.
[Subscribe to Archie Digest Books and Save!]
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5.
Wet and Wild!
Archie -
6.
Strange Change
Archie -
7.
Beach Speech
Archie -
8.
[Take this show on the road!]
Nintendo DS -
9.
[Archie Americana Series]
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10.
["Of course it's a seascape!!"]
Archie Pin Up -
11.
Worry Flurry
Archie -
12.
Out of the Ordinary
Archie -
13.
Boys Will Be Boys
Archie -
14.
[Batman Battle Rolls]
Fruit Roll-ups -
15.
[no title indexed]
Hey Guys! -
16.
Kiddie Pool Cue
Archie -
17.
The Fixer-Uppers
Archie -
18.
Get a Job
Archie -
19.
[Archie Digest Book Collector Sets]
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20.
[Archie Comic Book Collector Sets]
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21.
Easy Does It
Archie -
22.
Delightful Eyeful
Archie -
23.
Repeat Performance
Archie -
24.
Archie and Friends and Sabrina on DVD
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25.
Archie Comic Shop
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26.
Bucket Brigade
Archie -
27.
The Thing Maker
Archie 1 -
28.
Artists and Models
Archie 1 -
29.
The Wet and the Wild
Archie 1 -
30.
Great Date!
Archie -
31.
[Jughead's New Look!]
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32.
Three Great Graphic Novels Offer
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33.
The Choice
Archie -
34.
Archie Comics and Digest 2007 Collector's Set
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35.
[Cheryl's Back]
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36.
Little Archie and Friends!
Little Archie -
37.
The Die Is Cast
Little Archie -
38.
The Love-Birds
Little Betty -
39.
Shoe Shine Man
Little Ambrose -
40.
Winning Ways
Little Veronica -
41.
Just Fun
Little Reggie -
42.
[Little Archie & Camp Tales]
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43.
Fan Art
Archie -
44.
Direction Finder
Archie -
45.
No Couth
Archie -
46.
[Sonic Checklist]
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47.
[Sonic Graphic Novel Checklist]
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48.
Club Hopping
Archie -
49.
Hooked Again
Archie -
50.
["This sport combines sailing and surfing!"]
Archie Pin Up -
51.
The Body Beautiful
Archie -
52.
Jest Jogging
Archie -
53.
Archie Comic Book Subscription offer
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54.
["Hey, fashionistas!"]
Katy Keene -
55.
The Egg Beater
Archie -
56.
Play Plight
Reggie -
57.
[Archie's Three on a Soda Merchandise Offer]
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58.
The Brachiosaurus
Archie News -
59.
Wheel Zeal
Archie and the Gang -
60.
Getting Your Way
Jughead -
61.
Shrewd Dude
Archie -
62.
Sabrina for Everyone
Sabrina -
63.
[Archie Freshman Year]
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64.
["Gee, Arch!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
65.
Turnabout is Foul Play
Archie -
66.
[Archie Double Digest Subscription Offer]
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67.
[Next Issue #192]
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68.
[Get Your Game Face On.]
MLB Power Pros 2008 -
69.
["With its wicked liquid center Hubba Bubba Glop blows other bubble gums away!"]
Hubba Bubba Glop
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- Peter Croome
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
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