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Issue: Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #281
Publication Date: May 1979
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Issues: #281 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: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000696005
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 12 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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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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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews (picture)
First Line: What you need is a self-cleaning oven!
Synopsis: Betty disagrees with a commercial spokesman on television as to what she really needs in life.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Searcher

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Adam the alien; Smithers the butler; Hiram Lodge; Throg the intergalactic peddler
Synopsis: Still in search of his roots, Adam the alien beams back down to Earth. Veronica invites him to stay over at the Lodge mansion for a while.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Plotline continues from Archie (1962 series) #280 (May, 1979).
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A Capital Idea

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx's Pal, Gigi
Character(s): Gigi; Charley Hawse
Synopsis: Gigi zings Charley.
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Beazley; Archie Andrews
First Line: This is the day our cooking teacher lets us cook our own favorite recipe!
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee samples dishes from the Home Economics class. Mr. Lodge gets a Doberman for Archie.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Judging from the style of dress, this is probably a reprint of two middle to late sixties era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.
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Veronica's Monster Menu

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Number code puzzle with a costume party theme.
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Pages: 1
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Mental Image

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis: Betty's physical tics when she's concentrating are getting fantastic results for her, but they're annoying everyone around her.
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Pages: 6
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Know Your Enemy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica get ambushed by Archie and Jughead throwing snowballs. So later Veronica arranges it so that Moose thinks Archie and Jughead ambushed him.
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In Content Item: FlagBetty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #17 [U.S. Cover Price] published February 1986
as Know Your Enemy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBetty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #18 published April 1990
as Know Your Enemy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Josie Has the Answer

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Josie McCoy; Alexandra Cabot; Alan Mayberry; Valerie Brown
Synopsis: While rollerskating, Alan falls and is dazed. Josie brings him out of his daze with Hostess Fruit Pies.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Betty and Veronica]
Subject Matter
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: A Friend of Mine
Synopsis: "Betty" and "Veronica" answer reader letters
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
First Line: You Won't Stop Laughing
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Joke Book Comics Digest Annual #4.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: Here's Your Archie 3 For $1.00 Checklist
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Checklist of eligible titles for the "Three Issues For $1.00" offer.
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Heat Rave

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Veronica is impervious to the bitter cold because her clothing is wired for heat.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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