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Issue: Archie #287
Publication Date: December 1979
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Issues: #287 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: 0271000696512
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)
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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): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
First Line: Archie, what's the saddest thing you ever read?
Synopsis: Archie has another traumatic experience with the gas pump.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Later redrawn for the cover of Archie Comics Digest #215
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The Star

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: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie is desperate to take Veronica to a dance where Reggie is squiring a professional actress, in order to try to be as impressive as he fears Reggie will be.
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Pages: 6
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Stop, Look and Glisten

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
Synopsis: Jinx misinterprets her father's demands.
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie's Gag Bag
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
First Line: You’ll find that’s a very fine pair of binoculars for forty-five dollars, sir!
Synopsis: Jughead spots a bargain. Moose gets a lesson.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: These are reprints of two late seventies era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.
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Getting Your Letter

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: activity
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Maze puzzle.
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Pages: 1
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The Skin Game

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; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead decide to market the mud from their fishing hole as a beauty treatment.
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Pages: 5
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A Fuel Fool

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; Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Sick of paying through the nose for gasoline, Archie goes to Dilton in hopes the genius can solve his fuel problems.
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Pages: 5
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Reserve Decision

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; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Smithers the butler
Synopsis: With Smithers' help, Archie tumbles to the scam Reggie is using to impress Veronica.
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Pages: 6

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