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Issue: Archie #279
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000696504
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Goldwater
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.; then standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Yahoo! No school tomorrow!
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Miscellaneous
1
Later redrawn for the cover of Archie... Archie Andrews Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine #54.
Words of Wisdom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Jim DeCarlo
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Archie tries to learn how to be a great lover by reading the book "How To Succeed in Romance" by self-help guru Willard Waters. When Veronica pretends to respond to the Waters technique, Archie goes out and buys every book Waters ever wrote.
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Miscellaneous
6
Snow Show

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Jim DeCarlo
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
Reggie explains that no two "flakes" are alike.
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FlagArchie's Giant Kids' Joke Book #[nn] published January 2012
as Snow Show [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Montana
Bob Montana
Bob Montana
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie's Gag Bag
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
We’ll clean up this morning!
A daily newspaper strip with color added.
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Miscellaneous
0.25
To the Point Puzzle

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
?
Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Archie
Archie Andrews
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Miscellaneous
1
Skid Row

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Jim DeCarlo
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Leroy
Veronica's bratty cousin Leroy humiliates Archie and Jughead at the old-fashioned art of ice sliding.
Reprinting
FlagArchie & Friends Double Digest Magazine #2 [Direct Edition] published March 2011
as Skid Row [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
Slide Walks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
?
Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx tries to avoid falling on the ice.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Comics Digest #71 published April 1985
 
Miscellaneous
1
Net Loss

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Coach Kleats; Waldo Weatherbee
Archie and Chuck are horrified at the new school rule: no swimming in the pool without a hair net.
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Miscellaneous
5
Josie Has the Answer

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Dan DeCarlo
?
Barry Grossman
?
Subject Matter
Josie; Hostess Fruit Pies
Josie; Alan M.; Alexandra Cabot; Alexander Cabot III; Valerie
When Alan M. is knocked out, the only thing that can revive him is Josie's promise of delicious Hostess Fruit Pies.
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Miscellaneous
1
Bleary Theory

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Jim DeCarlo
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
In a freezing mountain cabin, Archie tries to follow a scientific theory that if you keep your temples, wrists and feet warm, you don't have to wear anything else no matter how cold it is.
Reprinting
FlagArchie Comics Digest #71 published April 1985
FlagBetty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #18 published April 1990
as Bleary Theory [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5

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