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Issue: Archie Giant Series Magazine #8
Publication Date: October 1960
 
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Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/28/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 84
ISBN:
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Price: $0.35 CAD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
34 (14 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: perfect bound; later saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Betty and Veronica Summer Fun

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Modern Split Level Doll House with Electric Lights

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A Day at the Beach

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Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
"Go to the beach?" Why, Archie! There's a big dance tonight!
Archie suggests to Betty and Veronica that it would be relaxing to spend a day at the beach before going to a big dance. He soon finds it's relaxing for them, not for him.
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Cuckoo Clock

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humorous, teen
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Sold by Best Values Co.
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Buckle a Belt on Your Finger or Wrist!

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Bottom half page ad for jewelry from Medford Products of Bethpage, New York. Ad follows page 3 of first story.
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[untitled]

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Veronica Lodge
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Outfit designed by Steffie Kendall (fan art)
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Outfit designed by Sheldon Brodsky (fan art)
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Dinner for One

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Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
So you're giving an intimate little dinner party?
Veronica invites the gang to her house for a dinner but nobody shows up after seeing a book on how to cook octopus that she had left behind.
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There Is a Santa Claus!

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humorous
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Order blank for current issue of Archie's Christmas Stocking.
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Skip, Hop, and Thump!

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
A 'sock hop'! What's that?
Archie and Reggie throw a sock hop dance where girls have to get the sock of a guy they want to dance with.
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Hop Flop!

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Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Going to the Friday nite hop, Betty?
Archie doesn't want to go to the dance because he doesn't know how to Samba or Mambo so Betty teaches him the Samba.
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You, Too, Can Be Tough!

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Fee for Two

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Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
There's what gets me!
Reggie tells Betty and Veronica that Archie is just stringing them along
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[untitled]

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Suggestion for coloring page and costumes by Susan Roux
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Trying for Sighs

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Veronica, look... A lipstick sale!
Betty tries out some cheap lipstick to see if Archie can tell the difference
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Amazing Wrist Radio

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Ad for wrist radio with private ear phone for $2.98, from Honor House Prod. Corp.
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8 Latest Record Hits $1

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Play Ball

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Babe Ruth; Lou Gehrig
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Kiss and Kill

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Boy! What a mess!
Betty and Veronica discover that Archie is going steady with both of them so they confront him and make him decide which one to go with.
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[untitled]

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Betty's Summer Fashions
Betty Cooper
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Cut-out paper dolls
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[untitled]

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Veronica's Fashions
Veronica Lodge
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Cut-out paper dolls
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Fish and Flips

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humorous, teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Isn't Archie simply the handsomest?
Reggie dresses up in a shark costume at the beach to try and scare Archie
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Questions and Answers!

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childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Jinx gets kept behind at dance shool
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Here They Are!

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Archie Giant Series
Archie Andrews
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Promo for Archie Giant Series comics (also called Archie Quarter Comics)
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The Short Way Home

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humorous, teen
Pipsqueak
I hope you know where we're going, pooch!
Pipsqueak takes a shortcut home
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Fiddle-Faddle

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
There she goes!
Betty and Jughead are both second fiddles to Archie and Veronica
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Muscle and Bustle

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Really, Betty!
Betty and Veronica meet Archie and Reggie in the early morning hours to exercise on a deserted beach.
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Record Your Voice at Home

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'Swingingest' Way to Save!

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Ad for "Juke Box Bank" which plays real music, for $1.98 from Medford Products.
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His Honor, the Jug

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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Geronimo!
Jughead tries to get out of judging a cooking contest with Betty and Veronica
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Country Girls

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Betty and Veronica's Pin-up
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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A Thousand to One

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Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper
Veronica! Where is Betty with my cigars?
Mr. Lodge accidentally gives Betty a thousand dollar bill as a tip and she still thinks it's a dollar bill. When shop keepers see her with that money they treat her like royalty.
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Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men! Win a Beautiful Signet Ring

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Do You Need Extra Money?

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Ad for selling greeting cards from Cheerful Card Company.

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