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Issue: Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #85
Publication Date: January 1963
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Issues: #85 of 347 Issues (359 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: 10/25/1962
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John L. Goldwater
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1963 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): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: Get her! What some girls won’t do to dance with Archie!
Synopsis: Betty resorts to giving out premiums to get Archie to dance with her.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Big Blowup

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Veronica gets her hair teased into a bouffant to be trendy and in style, then finds everybody hates it.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Americana Series #8 published January 2008
as The Big Blowup [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jane Startz
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper
First Line: Ronnie, it’s no fun telling Ginger a secret…
Synopsis: Betty is on the phone, complaining about Ginger's sense of confidentiality.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The gag for this page was submitted by reader Jane Startz.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Billy Sutherland
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Veronica’s Pin-Up
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; unnamed members of the Riverdale football team
First Line: Maybe if we dressed the cheerleaders like Eskimos we might win a game!
Synopsis: The football team can't concentrate on the plays when Veronica is on the field in her cheerleader uniform.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The gag for this page was submitted by reader Billy Sutherland.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob White
Inker(s): Bob White
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie; US Rubber
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Did You Know This
Synopsis: Archie, Betty and Veronica admire the US Royal bicycle tire made by United States Rubber Company.
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Pages: 0.5
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The Hard Way

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie's flip remark to Betty and Veronica give them the wrong impression of what he intends to do.
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Pages: 6
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): Harry Lucey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: The Time Of The Year
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Archie Giant Series #20
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Sports Lovers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Fed up with striking out with Archie, Betty begins flirting with every boy who'll look at her. This gets Veronica worried that Betty will out-do her in the number of boys interested in her, and suddenly Archie can't get to first base with anybody.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie: The Best of Dan DeCarlo #3 published December 2011
as Sports Lovers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The King Of Twist

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Rosenberger ?
Inker(s): John Rosenberger ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Synopsis: A short biography of singer Chubby Checker.
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Pages: 1
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Bed-Lam

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: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg; Hap Holiday
Synopsis: Greg doesn't care for his new alarm.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Rest Cure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mickey Morse; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Veronica forces her family doctor to convince Archie he's sick, in order to get him out of town for a few days so she has a clear field to date new school hottie Mickey Morse.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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