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Issue: Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #322
Publication Date: February 1983
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Issues: #322 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: none
UPC/EAN: 0271000696002
Price: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Betty and Veronica half-naked on the cover, the story titles "Fast and Loose," "Heavy Date," and "Moanin' Low," and Cheryl Blossom's aggressive sexuality have led Archie fans to speculate that "something" happened "between the lines" of this issue.
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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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reprinted 3 times as Content Items in other Issues.
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Who Gets to Be Archie's Princess?

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Ticked Off

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis: A package arrives at Riverdale High for Mr. Weatherbee but the delivery boy gives it to Betty who discovers that the package is ticking. Betty rushes the package to school's pool but since it is "boy's day" gives it to Archie who throws it in the pool. Only then does Mr. Weatherbee reveal that he ordered a cuckoo clock. Mr. Weatherbee retrieves the package before the clock is damaged by the water but when the clock is on his office wall the mainspring lets go and the clock explodes.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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A Good Start

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Gigi
Synopsis: Gigi writes a love letter to Santa.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters page with incidental artwork.
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Fast and Loose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Cheryl Blossom; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jason Blossom; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Betty introduces new-girl-in-town Cheryl Blossom to Archie and Reggie. Cheryl immediately lets the guys know she is available for anything they might have in mind and lets Betty know that she is serious about it. Veronica catches Archie and Cheryl in a mildly compromising situation and is outraged until Jason Blossom arrives and sweeps her off her feet. Jughead arrives and uses his "magic pin that makes him irresistible to women" to save Archie from Cheryl. Cheryl and Jughead walk off arm in arm.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie's Love Showdown Special #1 published January 1994
as Fast and Loose [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Archie Comics #[1] [unnamed variant] published August 2011
as Fast and Loose [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Super Special #2 published May 2013
as Fast and Loose [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #233, Rudy Lapick is credited as the inker.
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Heavy Date

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie overhears Mr. Lodge chastising Veronica for only dating Archie when she can't get a better date and blows up. Archie turns to Betty for solace but doesn't care for being second choice any more than Archie did. Betty and Veronica, now both without dates, end up going to a jazz concert with each other. Archie, who boasted that there were plenty of girls he could date goes with Jughead.
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Pages: 5
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Christmas Fashions

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Reader submitted fashion designs.
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Moanin' Low

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Geraldine Grundy; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Betty is depressed over the apparent futility of life. Archie and Veronica throw a party to cheer her up but Betty is still depressed. Sick of her attitude, Veronica, Archie, and Jughead dump a punch bowl over Betty's head.
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Pages: 5

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