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Issue: Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #284
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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: 05/22/1979
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000696008
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from The Comic Reader #169.
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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
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
Notation
Watermark
publishers watermark for digital distribution
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Getting back to nature, makes one appreciate the finer things in life!
Betty and Veronica are hiking through the woods and Veronica is less than thrilled by it.
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Miscellaneous
1
Later redrawn for the cover of Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #20.
The Fisherpersons

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
The girls intrude on Archie and Jughead's evening of fishing and camping and immediately prove to be better at it than they are.
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Miscellaneous
6
Ego-Mania

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx; Greg
Jinx and Greg discuss whether men are egotists.
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Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Those two have been gabbing all day!
The girls gossip from remote locations. Veronica buys a shirt for Archie.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Judging from the four panel continuity, this is a reprint of two late seventies Archie syndicated newspaper strips.
Extra-Sensory Deception

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Flutesnoot; Mr. Weatherbee
Reggie and Veronica con Archie and Betty into thinking Reggie has ESP and can see visions of people in other places and events in other times.
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Miscellaneous
5
Summer Fashions

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
teen
Veronica Lodge
No story; Veronica models fashion designs submitted by readers.
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Miscellaneous
1
One of the designs is credited to Alisa G., East Brunswick, New Jersey, who may be related to colorist Barry Grossman.
Royal Flush

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Cousin Albert (Cooper?); The King Of Baldonia
Veronica brags to Betty about how she'll be able to meet Baldonian royalty at the country club. But a twist of fate allows Betty to meet him first.
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FlagBetty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #16 published December 1985
 
Miscellaneous
5
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
I Think Archie Is Nuts
"Betty" and "Veronica" answer reader letters.
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
It'll Be One Big Laugh
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Advertisement for Laugh Comics Digest #24.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Here's Your Archie 3 For $1.00 Checklist
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Miscellaneous
0.5
Checklist of eligible titles for the Three Issues For $1.00 offer.
Noteworthy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Nancy Woods
The entire high school is buzzing over the mystery of who is posting the "Archie loves Betty" notes all over school.
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FlagJughead with Archie Digest #71 published November 1985
 
Miscellaneous
5

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