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Issue: Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #80
Publication Date: August 1962
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Issues: #80 of 347 Issues (382 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/22/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 12 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Personally, I think they're carrying automation a bit too far!
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Pages: 1
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Dream Boy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Veronica tells Betty her dream of refusing her father's money, marrying Archie, and settling down to a happy life of love and poverty. Betty tells Veronica her dream of becoming a glamorous movie star. Both start to fear that Archie will abandon his poor wife Veronica for rich and famous Betty.
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In Content Item: FlagJughead with Archie Digest #9 published July 1975
as Dream Boy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?; Barbara Willis (idea)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: I’m flattered that you asked me to pose for you, Archie…
Synopsis: Archie uses Betty as the model for a painting of Veronica.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Pin-up page suggested by Barbara Willis, White Plains, N.Y.
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The Perfect Spot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Synopsis: Jinx has to find a place where her mother will find a note after returning from a luncheon. She decides to put it on the bathroom scale.
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Pages: 1
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Strength and Health

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Veronica is exercising in her gym with weights. Archie makes himself a physical wreck trying to do the same exercises she does. Then Betty steps in and gets him by acting weak and helpless.
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In Content Item: FlagJughead with Archie Digest #9 published July 1975
as Strength and Health [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: An example of how Betty's character had not yet become the pure goody-two-shoes she later became: in this story, Veronica is the one who cares about getting in shape, while Betty is the one who argues that it's unfeminine.
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Here's Fun in the Sun

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Betty and Veronica Summer Fun #18 with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, along with original artwork.
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It's All Relative

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Veronica tells Archie that her father is forcing her to date her cousin Gaylord. Of course, she doesn't have a cousin Gaylord.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #15 published December 1975
as It's All Relative [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Fun with the Popsicle Kids

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Popsicle Kids
Synopsis: The Popsicle Kids get a baseball glove and a gold chain necklace by sending in Popsicle wrappers.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Popsicle frozen treats.
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Alfred Bernard Nobel

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: biography, historical, informational, non-fiction
Synopsis: Biography of Alfred Bernard Nobel, who invented dynamite and established the Nobel Foundation.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text with 1/3 page illustration.
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Row Woe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: The girls watch Jughead participate in a team rowing race.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #14 published October 1975
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Top Priority

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Veronica advises Midge and Betty to fill up a hope chest with the most important things. So Betty kidnaps Archie, ties him up and puts him in the chest.
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Pages: 2
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Windy Report

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Veronica shows Betty that her yacht's wardrobe is arranged according to wind velocity.
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Pages: 3

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