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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: Archie
Title: Archie Giant Series Magazine
Page Count: 68
Genre: Children, Humor, Teen
Era: Silver
Cover Price: 0.25 USD
Cover Date: October 1968
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Country: United States
Eager to prove his manliness to Veronica, Archie volunteers to chop down a tree, and dragoons Jughead into helping. The tree is huge, but they seem to have done well until they discover that the fallen trunk blocks Mr. Lodge's driveway.; Archie has the hiccups, and nothing seems to stop them. Jughead arranges for Midge to kiss Archie, enraging Moose and terrifying Archie out of the hiccups.; Archie is having "one of those days" -- when he, and everyone around him, suffer endless accidents. Everyone avoids him, and even Mr. Weatherbee bars him from school. When a Civil Defense drill evacuates the whole town, fears rise even higher.; Archie makes up a super-heavy book as a gag. Mr. Lodge gets hold of it and panics, terrified that he has lost all his strength.; Mr. Lodge sets up electronic defenses to warn him when Archie's near. Archie unwittingly thwarts them all.; Archie starts out the day with Veronica, then spends time with Jughead, then Betty, and finally Reggie... leaving Veronica with Betty, and very confused.; Reggie is forming a soap sculpture of Veronica. When Jughead mangles the sculpture, she assumes that Reggie is insulting her.; Jughead tames Reggie with an aerosol wild animal tranquilizer. Archie does the same to Moose, so he can make time with Midge. When Veronica finds out, he wishes he had a tranquilizer for her.; The teacher says Li'l Jinx is a promising student, because she's always promising to be good.; Archie and Jughead visit a haunted castle.; While Li'l Jinx's dad is asleep, Li'l Jinx practices being a barber.; Jughead and Archie are talking about science fiction when Betty's large jello slips away from her. Archie thinks its the Blob!; Archie tries the hammer throw, and launches himself instead.; As the first teenager in space, Archie comes home with a purple hair on his shoulder.; Tommy is a jazz musician who needs an interpreter for his beat speech.; Dilton wonders how they should face their beach umbrella. Reggie wants it toward the redhead.