(February 1975)
Archie,
1973 Series
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 164
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Editing
- ?
The Phantom
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Moose; Archie Andrews; Midge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Moose is going to clobber Archie after school, so Archie tries to get in trouble to be kept after school.
- Reprints
-
from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #160 (January 1963)
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Kiss Bliss
Moose / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Midge; Moose
- Synopsis
- Midge and Moose are by the kissing rock and she wants him to kiss her.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #82 (October 1962)
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Hunger Strike
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Moose
- Synopsis
- Jughead doesn't feel like eating and Reggie decides to take advantage of that.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #24 (December 1963)
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V.I.P.
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Synopsis
- Greg was elected president of the club and he has some papers to sign.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #24 (December 1963)
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The Wrong And Short Of It!
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie wants to join the football team because he heard the coach will throw a special dance for the football team and their girls and Reggie is already on the team.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #1 ([December] 1954)
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The Mimic
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie likes Betty's new jacket until he learns Veronica doesn't and he starts agreeing with Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #75 (March 1962)
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Glue Stew
Archie / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica loses a heel, but Archie glues it back on.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #162 (May 1963)
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Sad Sit-uation
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Mr. Lodge; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Midge; Moose
- Synopsis
- Betty is late for Veronica's party and there are no seats available.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #74 (February 1962)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
The Steele Trap!
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Mr. Romani; Jughead Jones [as Stainless Steele]; Antonio; Pancho Villain; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Stainless Steele must stop the dastardly plot of Pancho Villain and his attempt to corner the enchilada market.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #129 (February 1966)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
On Time
Little Archie / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Little Archie tries to get from Shallow Pond to school in 5 minutes.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie Giant Comics (Archie, 1957 series) #14 (Spring 1960)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Open 'n' Shut Case
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx's dad is taking her to the dentist and she won't shut up.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #24 (December 1963)
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Two Seconds To Go
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica have Archie and Reggie fight it out in the ring while wearing what the girls consider to be fashionable attire.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #8 (Spring 1959)
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Bus Flop
Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; unidentified kids
- Synopsis
- Veronica gets a ride from Archie so she won't have to ride the crowded bus.
- Reprints
Fun Page
Jughead / activity / 0.5 page
- Synopsis
- Place a 4 in eight of the squares so they add up to 500, jokes, name the state and go through the maze making only two stops.
Book Mark
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Bert
- Synopsis
- To keep Betty out of her hair Veronica has been writing love notes to Betty pretending to be a handsome guy.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #90 (June 1963)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
The Misfit
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Vincent DeCarlo
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Vincent DeCarlo
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica yells at Jughead for eating the peanut brittle she spent hours making. Later she sees Jughead at the docks looking despondent and worries that he's going to kill himself.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #129 (February 1966)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Small Talk!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday; Smarty Marty
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx invited Smarty Marty over while his mother took his parakeet to the hospital.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #159 (November 1962)
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Loco Motion
Moose / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Moose; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Moose is trying to get around with a bum leg by putting it in a wheelbarrow.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #17 (Summer 1961)
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Petal Pushers
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Finster; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose
- Synopsis
- Archie is working as a delivery boy for Finster's Flower Shoppe, but he doesn't want Veronica to know because her family is having a feud with the Finsters.
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #99 (March 1959)
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A Touch Of Flattery
Archie's Teacher Miss Grundy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; unnamed bum
- Synopsis
- A bum asks Miss Grundy for a dime.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #1 ([December] 1954)
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Fun Page
activity / 0.5 page
- Synopsis
- Word ladder, 2 jokes, re-arrange the letters to spell the name of a famous baseball player, find the area of the even number that is not touched by an odd number.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #1 ([December] 1954)
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Dial P For Panic
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie asks Betty on a date , but she can't figure out what look would be good.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #90 (June 1963)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
The Cabinet Fakers!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- To punish Jughead and Archie, Mr. Weatherbee has them straighten the files in his file cabinet then carry it up to the third floor.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #1 ([December] 1954)
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Sleigh It Isn't So
text story / 1.67 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty takes the punishment for Archie's spilling ink on Miss Grundy's desk.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #18 (May 1955)
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The Loan Arranger!
Archie / comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie wonders what Jughead does with all his money because he's always broke.
- Reprints
Message Man!
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie is delivering telegrams and is giving Veronica some things Archie wired her.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #17 (Summer 1961)
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The Tender Trap!
Jughead / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie is sick and can't leave the house for a few days so he asks Jughead to date Veronica.
- Reprints
Skate Fate
Little Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Jughead Jones; Little Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Little Archie is telling his friends what a good skater his dad was and they want to see him do some tricks.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie Giant Comics (Archie, 1957 series) #14 (Spring 1960)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Home Groan!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx and her dad are eating home-grown vegetables.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #83 (November 1962)
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Car Hoppy!
Archie / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; police officer; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead see a clown car at the circus and decide to add trick gadgets to Archie's jalopy.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #1 ([December] 1954)
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Fickle Fella
Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Veronica hasn't seen Archie for a week and wonders if he has another girl.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #75 (March 1962)
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Art for Art's Ache
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Professor Lowe
- Synopsis
- Veronica is telling Betty what she likes about one of Professor Lowe's paintings.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #75 (March 1962)
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Picture Crossword Fun
activity / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Write the names of the pictures in the crossword.
- Reprints
Finders Weepers
Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Reggie found a solid gold watch band and he wants to keep it, but his friends want him to put an ad in the paper about it.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #165 (September 1963)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Cured Ham
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mrs. Cooper; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Archie gets the male lead in the school play opposite Betty, so Veronica tries to make Betty sick and take her place.
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #99 (March 1959)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
For Adults Only
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday; Greg; Gi Gi
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx and her friends are annoyed that it's an adult world.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #155 (June 1962)
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Go for Broke!
Archie / comic story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Jughead finally went out with a girl, but they split expenses.
- Reprints
Guest Pest
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Uncle Squattley
- Synopsis
- Archie and family have had to take care of his freeloading Uncle Squattley.
- Reprints
All Aboard
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Archie is taken to the principal's office for childish behavior.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #16 (Spring 1961)
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Dream Boy
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Mrs. Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Gladys Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead is having dreams of Betty and Veronica fighting over him... and he likes it.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #129 (February 1966)
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- Keywords
- hypnotism; nightmare
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Audience Reaction
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Moose; Midge
- Synopsis
- Reggie knocks off Archie's hat with a snowball and Archie compliments him on a good job.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #154 (May 1962)
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Kitchen Scholars
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Mary Baxter; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- What the girls learned in home economics.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #74 (February 1962)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Signed, Sealed & Delivered
Archie / comic story / 3.67 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee's notary seal is broken so he tells Archie to pick up a seal.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #1 ([December] 1954)
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Fun Page
activity / 0.33 page
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Unscramble the words to find what Jughead had for lunch; two riddles and complete the unfinished heads.
Lola-bye
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Lola Brigida; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Walt; Bob; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica are upset that all the boys in town are going crazy over new girl Lola.
- Reprints
Fight Sight
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx is a mess after a fight with Greg.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #147 (August 1967)
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Reflections
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Smithers; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie doesn't believe in gremlins.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #157 (September 1962)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the index to the original printing.
Money Over Honey
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Cathy; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie cares more about money than his dates.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #83 (November 1962)
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Lens Me Your Heart!
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee has a way to take Archie's mind off Veronica.
- Reprints
Fill 'er Up
Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica is upset that Jughead is drinking the punch at her costume party.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #16 (Spring 1961)
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A Matter Of Opinion
Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica is at the ski lodge with her family and Archie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #16 (Spring 1961)
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Stamp Champ
Veronica / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Joe
- Synopsis
- Veronica is bored with Archie's stamp collecting hobby and feels that she should be his only hobby.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #82 (October 1962)
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Dates The Limit!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie has made two study dates with Betty and Veronica on the same night and uses Jughead's motor scooter to commute back and forth.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #155 (June 1962) which is reprinted
- from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #96 (November 1958)
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Table of Contents
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0.
["Wow!! It looks like the "Crusher" is getting the worst of it!"]
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
The Phantom
Archie -
3.
Kiss Bliss
Moose -
4.
Hunger Strike
Jughead -
5.
V.I.P.
Li'l Jinx -
6.
The Wrong And Short Of It!
Archie -
7.
The Mimic
Betty and Veronica -
8.
Glue Stew
Archie -
9.
Sad Sit-uation
Betty -
10.
The Steele Trap!
Jughead -
11.
On Time
Little Archie -
12.
Open 'n' Shut Case
Li'l Jinx -
13.
Two Seconds To Go
Archie -
14.
Bus Flop
Veronica -
15.
Fun Page
Jughead -
16.
Book Mark
Betty and Veronica -
17.
The Misfit
Jughead -
18.
Small Talk!
Li'l Jinx -
19.
Loco Motion
Moose -
20.
Petal Pushers
Archie -
21.
A Touch Of Flattery
Archie's Teacher Miss Grundy -
22.
Fun Page
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23.
Dial P For Panic
Betty and Veronica -
24.
The Cabinet Fakers!
Archie -
25.
Sleigh It Isn't So
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26.
The Loan Arranger!
Archie -
27.
Message Man!
Reggie -
28.
The Tender Trap!
Jughead -
29.
Skate Fate
Little Archie -
30.
Home Groan!
Li'l Jinx -
31.
Car Hoppy!
Archie -
32.
Fickle Fella
Veronica -
33.
Art for Art's Ache
Betty and Veronica -
34.
Picture Crossword Fun
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35.
Finders Weepers
Reggie -
36.
Cured Ham
Betty and Veronica -
37.
For Adults Only
Li'l Jinx -
38.
Go for Broke!
Archie -
39.
Guest Pest
Archie -
40.
All Aboard
Archie -
41.
Dream Boy
Jughead -
42.
Audience Reaction
Archie -
43.
Kitchen Scholars
Betty and Veronica -
44.
Signed, Sealed & Delivered
Archie -
45.
Fun Page
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46.
Lola-bye
Betty and Veronica -
47.
Fight Sight
Li'l Jinx -
48.
Reflections
Archie -
49.
Money Over Honey
Betty and Veronica -
50.
Lens Me Your Heart!
Archie -
51.
Fill 'er Up
Veronica -
52.
A Matter Of Opinion
Veronica -
53.
Stamp Champ
Veronica -
54.
Dates The Limit!
Archie -
55.
[no title indexed]
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