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Issue: Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #283
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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: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000696007
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)
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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
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Dan DeCarlo
Dan DeCarlo
Barry Grossman ?
?
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty's blind date
Ronnie! I thought you said my blind date was dark and handsome!
Betty's date for the roller disco is less than she hoped for.
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Going, Going, Gone

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle ?
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman ?
?
Subject Matter
teen
Josie; Hostess
Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown
Finding Valerie mentally exhausted from reasoning with Melody, Josie offers to lift her spirits with Hostess Twinkies.
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Inside front cover.

Ad in comic form.
All for Nothing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo
Jim DeCarlo ?
Barry Grossman ?
?
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
Betty finds an old fur muff in the attic and takes it to school to show her friends. They don't react the way she anticipates, though.
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Cold Cuts

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Barry Grossman ?
Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
humorous
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
Jinx has her own definition of "cold cuts".
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Montana
Bob Montana
Bob Montana; Joe Edwards
Barry Grossman ?
Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica Gag Bag
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Leroy
Hi, Miss Grundy!
Miss Grundy watches educational TV. Archie and Leroy watch a parade.
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Judging by the style of dress and the four panel continuity, this is probably a reprint of two late fifties era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.
A Clothes Call

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Barry Grossman ?
Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
teen
Veronica
Veronica Lodge
Combination maze and code puzzle with a clothing theme.
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Konfessions of a Kook

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo
Jim DeCarlo ?
Barry Grossman ?
?
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Veronica confesses to Betty that she's an honest-to-goodness spell-casting witch.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Dilton Doily; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
Think Small
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Advertisement for Archie Comics Digest #37.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Here's Your Archie 3 For $1.00 Checklist
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0.5
Checklist of titles eligible for the Three Issues For $1.00 offer.
The Early Bird

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman ?
?
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler
Veronica swears off dating to devote her time to protecting endangered species.
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FlagJughead with Archie Digest #71 published November 1985
 
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Eda Edwards [as Betty and Veronica]
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Barry Grossman ?
Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Dear Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Did your ever have
"Betty" and "Veronica" answer reader letters.
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1
Fashions

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dan DeCarlo
Dan DeCarlo
Barry Grossman ?
?
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
No story; Betty and Veronica model fashion designs submitted by readers.
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One of the designs is credited to "Barry G. of East Brunswick, New Jersey". Colorist Barry Grossman, perhaps?
The Knitpicker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Dan DeCarlo
?
Barry Grossman ?
?
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
When Betty shows off her knitting skills by knitting herself a scarf and Archie a sweater, Veronica decides that she has to master knitting as well.
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FlagBetty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #16 published December 1985
FlagBetty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #18 published April 1990
as The Knitpicker [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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