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Issue: Archie #285

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Publication Date: October 1979

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Issues: #285 of 565 Issues (689 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Archie Publications, Inc.

Brand: Archie Series; Archie Comics Group

Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0271000696510

Price: $0.40 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)

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Format

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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1 Content Item
- Garden of Despair [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (11 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews

First Line: Archie, what subjects are you taking next fall?

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Pages: 1

Notes: Later redrawn for the cover of Archie's Double Digest Magazine #24

Josie Goes to the Beach

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Feature(s): Josie; Hostess

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Pages: 1

Notes: Ad for Hostess Fruit Pies. Inside front cover.

Super Secret

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): George Gladir

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr.

Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Roger Desmond (introduction); Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis: Roger, a new kid in town, goes on a double date with Archie but doesn't want to reveal to the girls that he has super powers.

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Pages: 6

Show Me!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Joe Edwards

Penciller(s): Joe Edwards

Inker(s): Joe Edwards

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Joe Edwards

Subject Matter

Genres: childrens

Feature(s): Li'l Jinx

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Pages: 0.5

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Feature(s): Archie's Gag Bag

First Line: Will you please hit the ball, Archie!

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Pages: 0.25

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Feature(s): Archie's Gag Bag

First Line: I'd like to speak to you about the new scheduling, Mr. Weatherbee!

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Pages: 0.25

Archie's Fashions for Any Occasion

Illustration on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Synopsis: Fashions as designed by readers: Sam Schwartz, Marvin Gerber, Alisa Merrill, Jeff Gershon, Susan Lefel and David Gershon.

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Pages: 1

Notes: The contributor of the first fashion, "Sam Schwartz from Miami, Florida," is longtime Archie artist Sam[m] Schwartz, who at that time had just moved to Miami from New York. Another contributor, Alisa Merrill, was in the Archie production department.

Sea Jet Set

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): George Gladir

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr.

Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis: Archie, Betty and Jughead build their own sea jet.

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Pages: 5

Up in the Air

Activity on Interior Page(s)

Credits

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Subject Matter

Feature(s): Archie

Synopsis: Maze with a balloon getting to Riverdale.

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Pages: 1

Garden of Despair

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Frank Doyle

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr.

Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Feature(s): Archie

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis: The guys have to weed their gardens.

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In Content Item: Flag

Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #241 [Direct Edition] published August 2013
as Garden of Despair [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 5

Cheer Fear

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): George Gladir

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr.

Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Feature(s): Archie

Synopsis: Archie signs up for cheerleading.

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Pages: 5