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Issue: Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #83
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/21/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Goldwater
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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
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Title Page
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Assets1
 
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
George Gladir
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
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Victor Gorelick
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Judy
Meet Judy! She's the one who starts all the mad fads in Riverdale!
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Miscellaneous
1
Commercial Caper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
?
Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Betty blows up "Archie Loves Betty" balloons and sends them flying all over town. A furious Veronica makes Archie retrieve the balloons at cost to life and limb.
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FlagJughead with Archie Digest #7 published March 1975
FlagArchie: The Best of Dan DeCarlo #1 published May 2010
as Commercial Caper [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Money Over Honey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Dan DeCarlo
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?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Cathy
Betty and Cathy complain that Reggie neglects them by scavenging for money while on a date. Veronica says that won't happen to her, but makes the mistake of having a picnic by a creek where gold was once found.
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Miscellaneous
2
Fun with the Popsicle Kids

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Creig Flessel
Creig Flessel
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?
Subject Matter
Popsicle Kids; Popsicle
Popsicle Kids
The kids show off the baseball glove and gold chain necklace that they received by sending in Popsicle wrappers.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Ad in comic format for Popsicle frozen treats.
Backfire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Dan DeCarlo
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?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Archie writes an article on male superiority for the school paper which makes Veronica and Betty angry. Veronica drops Archie, with Betty only too willing to pick him up. Archie decides to become a "lone wolf" and check out other girls.
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Miscellaneous
6
Here's Fun in the Sun

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Harry Lucey
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?
?
Subject Matter
Betty and Veronica Summer Fun
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Miscellaneous
1
Promo for Betty and Veronica Summer Fun #18, with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, along with original artwork.
Strike Bawl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Sam
Betty and Veronica go bowling and with Moose's help turn the bowling alley into a shambles.
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Miscellaneous
5
Rick Nelson Teenage Troubador

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
biography
Rick Nelson
Brief biography of Rick Nelson.
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Miscellaneous
1
Text with 1/3 page illustration.
Home Groan!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
Hap is proud of the vegetables he raised in his back yard. Jinx says they taste just as good as the ones you buy at the store.
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Miscellaneous
1
Out on a Limb

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Dan DeCarlo
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?
Subject Matter
humorous
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Mr. Smith (school superintendent)
Mr. Weatherbee thinks it's disgraceful when the high school girls wear skirts that show the knee and demands they wear longer skirts.
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Miscellaneous
5

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