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Issue: Archie #283
Publication Date: August 1979
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Issues: #283 of 565 Issues (689 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie Series; Archie Comics GroupView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000696508
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
First Line: I'll polish off the hubcaps, Betty!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Later redrawn for the cover of Archie Comics Digest #74
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Right Now With the I.C.A.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Miss Beazly; Tommy Sloan
Synopsis: Archie makes a pitch for contributions to the International Children's Appeal, a charitable organization raising money to help children in accordance with the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of the Child.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Shortly after this story was published, the I.C.A. was exposed as a fraudulent charity by a report on ABC's 20/20. Unknown to Archie Comics, the organization was actually a front for money laundering and other criminal activity.
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Strangers in the Night

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie doesn't have a date for a big dance, so Jughead decides to take it upon himself to get his buddy a date by randomly asking the first girl he meets on the street.
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Pages: 6
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Something Phoney

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis: Fred tries to make an important phone call, but Archie's friends keep tying up the line.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie's Double Digest Magazine #55 published November 1991
as Something Phoney [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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In My Opinion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Li’l Jinx
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie's Gag Bag
First Line: Arch! We broke our backs since daylight, digging these clams, and you want to bury them??
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Pages: 0.25
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie's Gag Bag
First Line: Wow! This is the worst flood I’ve ever seen!
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Pages: 0.25
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Easy Does It...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Ruth
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Archie tries to help a little kid by getting a cat down from a tree.
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Pages: 4

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