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Issue: Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #253
Publication Date: January 1977
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Issues: #253 of 347 Issues (359 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000696001
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Dan DeCarlo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
First Line: Arch, do you think we'll ever have another sugar shortage?
Synopsis: Jughead worries about an impending sugar shortage. Sandwiched between Betty and Veronica, Archie hasn't a care.
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Pages: 1
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Fish Or Cut Bait

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Smithers the butler
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica invite themselves along on the fishing trip Archie and Jughead were planning. But when Veronica sees what's involved in fishing, she summons Smithers to do all the dirty work for her.
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Pages: 6
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dilton Doily; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
First Line: Archie Digest
Synopsis: Advertisement for Archie Digest #22.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad art is the same for ads for Archie Digest #18-21.
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: Pick A Winner Every Time
Synopsis: Advertisement for the Archie Quarter Comics offer.
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Pages: 0.5
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Kiosk Caper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis: The Mayor approves Betty's request to build a kiosk in the children's section of the park, and Betty hires Archie as her assistant. To split them up, Veronica convinces the Mayor that the kiosk is a political liability.
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Pages: 6
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Strained Relations

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Veronica shows off a portrait gallery of wealthy Lodge ancestors, but is stunned to discover that Jughead and Betty's relatives accomplished more than hers.
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In Content Item: FlagBetty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #38 published September 1989
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Pages: 5
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A Real Tough Break

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
Synopsis: When Veronica breaks a date with Reggie, he replies that no girl can break a date with him, and that if he feels like breaking a date, he'll do it. Veronica seems to go along with his sexist macho ways, and then quietly gets her revenge.
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