Archie Annual Digest #53 (1988) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Series: Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series)
Issue: #53
Publication date: 1988
Key date: 1988-00-00
On-sale date: 1988
Indicia publisher: Radio Comics Inc.
Price: $1.35
Pages: 132
Barcode: 07695614548553
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Dan DeCarlo	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge
1	Summer Simmer	comic story	5	script: George Gladir; pencils: Chic Stone; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Nanci Dakesian, Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Dilton Doiley, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle
2	Trash Bash	comic story	1		Midge Klump, Moose Mason
4	A New You!	comic story	1	script: Dick Malmgren; pencils: Jon D'Agostino; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge
5	Friendly Fracas	comic story	1		Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle
6	This Girl For Hire	comic story	5	script: George Gladir; pencils: Bob Bolling; inks: Rudy Lapick; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Alice Cooper, Betty Cooper, Dilton Doiley, Gladys Jones, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle, Moose Mason, Ethel Muggs
7	Rank Prank	comic story	5	script: George Gladir; pencils: Bob Bolling; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Hiram Lodge, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle
8	Betty and Veronica's Breezy Summer Fashions	illustration	2	pencils: Dan DeCarlo	Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge
9	Monkey Business	comic story	6	script: Dick Malmgren; pencils: Dick Malmgren; inks: Jon D'Agostino; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Moose Mason
10	Hitter Critter	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews, Coach Kleats, Jughead Jones
11	Toe Woe	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones
12	Don't Get Pushy	comic story	6	script: George Gladir; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge
13	The Clutch of the Idol, Part I	comic story	6	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Stan Goldberg; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Hiram Lodge, Veronica Lodge
14	The Clutch of the Idol, Part II	comic story	5	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Stan Goldberg; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Hiram Lodge, Veronica Lodge
15	Get the Point	comic story	5	script: Dick Malmgren; pencils: Dick Malmgren; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Hiram Lodge, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle
16	Blear Cheer	comic story	1	script: George Gladir	Jughead Jones, Ethel Muggs
17	The Cheerleaders	comic story	5	script: Bob Bolling; pencils: Bob Bolling; inks: Rudy Lapick; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Miss Grundy, Jughead Jones, Hiram Lodge, Veronica Lodge
18	Keen Machine	comic story	1		Archie Andrews, Dilton Doiley, Hot Dog
19	Chore Score	comic story	1		Archie Andrews, Mary Andrews, Jughead Jones
20	Shark Lark	comic story	5	script: George Gladir; pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Samm Schwartz	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle
21	Munch Crunch	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones
22	Desolation Situation	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews, Dilton Doiley, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle
23	-And Puppy Dog's Tales	comic story	11	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Stan Goldberg; inks: Jon D'Agostino; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews
24	Birthday Business	comic story	1		Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones
25	You Big Sinker	comic story	1		Betty Cooper, Reggie Mantle, Ethel Muggs
26	Tut-O-Mania	comic story	1		Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Dilton Doiley, Hot Dog, Jughead Jones, Hiram Lodge, Veronica Lodge
27	Drink Kink	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Moose Mason
28	Broke Joke	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews, Veronica Lodge
29	Cabin Fever	comic story	6	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Stan Goldberg; inks: Rudy Lapick; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Hiram Lodge, Veronica Lodge
31	Neat Feat	comic story	1	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Joe Edwards	Merry Holliday, Li'l Jinx
32	The Solitude Seekers	comic story	6	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Jim DeCarlo; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Valerie Brown, Josie McCoy, Melody Valentine
33	For Whom the Bowl Tolls	comic story	6		Archie Andrews, Dilton Doiley, Reggie Mantle, Moose Mason
34	Split Bit	comic story	1	pencils: Samm Schwartz; inks: Samm Schwartz; letters: Samm Schwartz	Gladys Jones, Jughead Jones
35	Sailor Beware	comic story	5	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Stan Goldberg; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge
36	Loan Groan	comic story	1		Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge
37	Bat Chat	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle
38	Nag Gag	comic story	0.5		Reggie Mantle
39	Health Education	public service announcement	1
40	A Word to the Wise	comic story	5		Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

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