''Tales from Riverdale'' was a comic digest magazine by Archie Comics Publications, first printed in 2005. The format changed from the old books, with ''Tales from Riverdale'' having one multi-part feature story, and the rest reprints or new stories.

Issues

The first issue was in the form of a school scrapbook, depicting the events of the previous year at

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's school, Riverdale High. Issue #3 introduced the

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version of ''Josie and the Pussycats''. ''

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'' stories were also present in this digest, but in the format of the animated series and '' Sabrina: Friends Forever''. In this version Sabrina was made 12 again by Repulsa, Queen of the Goblins, and the stories follow her adventures as a pre-teen. The Spooky Jar and Uncle Quigly were also present.

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and Zelda Spellman were much younger too, most likely in their mid-to-late teens. These also ended up appearing occasionally in Betty and Veronica Digests. However these stories and styles were also shown in 1999-2002

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's first appearance was ''Tales From Riverdale'' Digest #10 (2006). Issue #22 featured a story titled "Civil Chores." In this story Archie, Jughead and other friends go head to head on the issue of allowance: one side wanting their allowances raised, the other side saying no, but possibly with an ulterior motive. Originally meant to be a two-part story, it ended up as a three-part story.

Conclusion

The title ended in August 2010 with issue #39, along with all four regular-sized digest titles, to make room for two new double digest titles.

References

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