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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: Archie
Title: Archie's Double Digest Magazine
Page Count: 260
Genre: Children, Humor, Teen
Era: Copper
Cover Price: 2.25 USD
Cover Date: September 1988
UPC: 07695614560736
ISBN:
Country: United States
Mr. Weatherbee goes to the beach to exercise.; Archie's Riverdale pride gets him in trouble with some guys from Central City while at the beach.; Reggie tricks Archie into creating a Men's Liberation march asking for equal rights for men when it comes to dating, hoping that Veronica will cancel her date with Archie.; Archie tries to water ski.; Bingo and Samantha break up, to the approval of their fathers, but their mothers decide to get them back together again.; Jealous of Betty occupying Archie's time with her new camera, Veronica buys a Polaroid to one-up her.; Reggie thinks he knows why the girls are attracted to Archie and tries to become more like Archie, which ends up angering Mr. Lodge.; Jughead encourages Archie to stand up to Veronica and refuse an invitation to her house.; Veronica is spending most of her time with a jerky guy who loves to take pictures of her. His camera-happiness causes trouble when he loses control of a boat when trying to photograph Veronica while it's moving.; Moose thinks everyone on the beach is trying to get with Midge and his jealousy is ruining the day for Midge.; A couple of little wise guys insult Archie and get him in trouble with Veronica. It turns out the kids were put up to the task by Reggie, so Archie pays them to get Reggie in trouble.; Veronica mistakenly makes a date with both Archie and Reggie, and she and Archie spend the date being bored by Reggie's bragging.; Reggie thinks safety rules are for squares.; Archie and Jughead go fishing with Betty and Veronica, but the girls only cause chaos.; Archie has a singular talent for infuriating members of the Lodge family in different ways.; When Veronica accuses him of lacking poetry and romance, Archie brushes up on poetry and starts talking in flowery language all the time.; Archie decides to apply to become a lifeguard. Realizing that lifeguards are always surrounded by beautiful girls, Betty and Veronica try to keep him from getting the job.; When Betty and Veronica arrive at the beach in identical bathing suits, Veronica ruins Betty's suit by getting raspberry jelly all over it.; Archie sees Betty leave a travel agency with a plane ticket to Baghdad, and imagines ghastly scenarios for why she's leaving the country. Then she passes the ticket to Jughead, and Archie imagines what will happen to him in exotic lands. Then Jughead gives the ticket to Veronica...; Veronica manipulates Archie into staying with her at her pool instead of going to the beach.; Veronica and Betty are chagrined that no one seems shocked or excited by their bikinis.; Midge stops going steady with Moose. After seeing Midge date Reggie without repercussions, Archie decides it's time to see less of Veronica and start playing the field.; Betty and Veronica drag Archie off his couch and make him go outside.; Archie is asked to umpire a girls softball game.; The Lodges' Southern cousin Samantha comes to visit, bringing bad luck to everyone, until Archie drives her away by being an even bigger jinx than she is.; Archie has Veronica store a present he bought for his mother. While he's there, he tries out Mr. Lodge's new golf clubs, with the usual chaotic results.; It's such a scorching hot day that the boys don't pay any attention to Josie and Pepper. Melody has the opposite problem: she has to keep completely covered up or the boys will pay too much attention to her.; Archie tries to get revenge on Reggie by asking Moose to deliver a "message" to him.; Dogs are not allowed on the beach but an exception is made for Hot Dog after he saves a policeman from drowning.; The gang unsuccessfully tries to cool off on a scorching hot day.; Teddy plans to make time with Samantha while Bingo is in the next town running an errand for her father, but something always prevents Bingo from leaving.; Archie vehemently denies that he lets Veronica treat him "like a pet poodle," but obeys whenever he hears her say "sit."; Archie only talks nautically and then finds a note in a bottle.; Jughead tries using his acting ability to con some free food out of some strangers on the beach.; Betty and Veronica begin teasing Archie at the beach to try to get him to show some life.; Jughead finally sticks up for Big Ethel when he hears her being insulted and mocked by a bunch of strangers.; Jughead gives us some tips on what makes a couple good at tandem surfing, using Archie and Betty to illustrate.; Veronica tries to teach Betty to play it cool around handsome strangers.; Moose catches Reggie with his girl Midge.; The baby Betty is babysitting will eat everything except applesauce.; Moose tries to buy pennies in a department store.; Jughead decides that wearing socks in the swimming pool would be a handy way of washing them.; Li'l Jinx ruins Greg's kite.; Archie can't carry all the gear at the beach, and Jughead is no help.; Archie and Moose go to see the King Tut exhibit.; Reggie finds something the girls can serve.; Two gag strips, first Dilton ties to explain to Moose that ants are very industrious. In the second Moose takes a watermelon to Dilton's house.; Reggie thinks Moose is too busy water-skiing to notice him talking to Midge.; Jughead thinks the beach is too crowded so he goes home to his own back yard.; Jughead hurts his foot but Archie takes his mind off it.; Mr. Lodge had his medical checkup.; Veronica finds a way to stop Reggie.; Jinx tries out for Greg's baseball team.; Fred thinks a plot of land is for sale, but the sign refers to a bull for sale.; Veronica is disappointed with Archie's dedication to baseball.; Jughead and Archie commiserate about the high school baseball team being short-handed.