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Issue: Archie Giant Series Magazine #8
Publication Date: October 1960
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Issues: #8 of 332 Issues (502 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie Giant SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/28/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 84
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 34 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: perfect bound; later saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Betty and Veronica Summer Fun

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Genres: teen
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In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Betty and Veronica Summer Fun #[nn] published January 1991
as The Best of Betty and Veronica Summer Fun [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover, as part of cover illustration
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Modern Split Level Doll House with Electric Lights

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Disclose Notes: Ad, with order coupon, from Honor House Products Corp.
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A Day at the Beach

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
First Line: "Go to the beach?" Why, Archie! There's a big dance tonight!
Synopsis: Archie suggests to Betty and Veronica that it would be relaxing to spend a day at the beach before going to a big dance. He soon finds it's relaxing for them, not for him.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Betty and Veronica Summer Fun #[nn] published January 1991
as A Day At The Beach [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBetty & Veronica Summer Fun #1 published January 2003
as A Day At The Beach [Story on Interior Page(s)]original comic is titled Betty & Veronica Summer Fun #8 on the cover
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Cuckoo Clock

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Genres: humorous, teen
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Disclose Notes: Sold by Best Values Co.
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Buckle a Belt on Your Finger or Wrist!

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Disclose Notes: Bottom half page ad for jewelry from Medford Products of Bethpage, New York. Ad follows page 3 of first story.
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[untitled]

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge
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Disclose Notes: Outfit designed by Steffie Kendall (fan art)
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[untitled]

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Disclose Notes: Outfit designed by Sheldon Brodsky (fan art)
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Dinner for One

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
First Line: So you're giving an intimate little dinner party?
Synopsis: Veronica invites the gang to her house for a dinner but nobody shows up after seeing a book on how to cook octopus that she had left behind.
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There Is a Santa Claus!

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Order blank for current issue of Archie's Christmas Stocking.
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Skip, Hop, and Thump!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
First Line: A 'sock hop'! What's that?
Synopsis: Archie and Reggie throw a sock hop dance where girls have to get the sock of a guy they want to dance with.
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Hop Flop!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
First Line: Going to the Friday nite hop, Betty?
Synopsis: Archie doesn't want to go to the dance because he doesn't know how to Samba or Mambo so Betty teaches him the Samba.
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You, Too, Can Be Tough!

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Fee for Two

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
First Line: There's what gets me!
Synopsis: Reggie tells Betty and Veronica that Archie is just stringing them along
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[untitled]

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Disclose Notes: Suggestion for coloring page and costumes by Susan Roux
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Trying for Sighs

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Veronica, look... A lipstick sale!
Synopsis: Betty tries out some cheap lipstick to see if Archie can tell the difference
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Amazing Wrist Radio

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Disclose Notes: Ad for wrist radio with private ear phone for $2.98, from Honor House Prod. Corp.
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8 Latest Record Hits $1

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Disclose Notes: Sold by Rembrandt Co.
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Play Ball

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Genres: informational, non-fiction, sports
Character(s): Babe Ruth; Lou Gehrig
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Kiss and Kill

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Boy! What a mess!
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica discover that Archie is going steady with both of them so they confront him and make him decide which one to go with.
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[untitled]

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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty's Summer Fashions
Character(s): Betty Cooper
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Disclose Notes: Cut-out paper dolls
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[untitled]

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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Veronica's Fashions
Character(s): Veronica Lodge
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Disclose Notes: Cut-out paper dolls
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Fish and Flips

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: Isn't Archie simply the handsomest?
Synopsis: Reggie dresses up in a shark costume at the beach to try and scare Archie
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In Content Item: FlagBetty & Veronica Summer Fun #1 published January 2003
as Fish and Flips [Story on Interior Page(s)]original comic is titled Betty & Veronica Summer Fun #8 on the cover
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Questions and Answers!

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Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis: Jinx gets kept behind at dance shool
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Here They Are!

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Feature(s): Archie Giant Series
Character(s): Archie Andrews
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Giant Series comics (also called Archie Quarter Comics)
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The Short Way Home

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Pipsqueak
First Line: I hope you know where we're going, pooch!
Synopsis: Pipsqueak takes a shortcut home
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Fiddle-Faddle

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
First Line: There she goes!
Synopsis: Betty and Jughead are both second fiddles to Archie and Veronica
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Muscle and Bustle

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Really, Betty!
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica meet Archie and Reggie in the early morning hours to exercise on a deserted beach.
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In Content Item: FlagBetty & Veronica Summer Fun #1 published January 2003
as Muscle And Bustle [Story on Interior Page(s)]original comic is titled Betty & Veronica Summer Fun #8 on the cover
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Pages: 5
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Record Your Voice at Home

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Disclose Notes: Honor House Products Corp. ad for record voice recorder.
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'Swingingest' Way to Save!

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Disclose Notes: Ad for "Juke Box Bank" which plays real music, for $1.98 from Medford Products.
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His Honor, the Jug

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Geronimo!
Synopsis: Jughead tries to get out of judging a cooking contest with Betty and Veronica
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Pages: 6
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Country Girls

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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica's Pin-up
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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A Thousand to One

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper
First Line: Veronica! Where is Betty with my cigars?
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge accidentally gives Betty a thousand dollar bill as a tip and she still thinks it's a dollar bill. When shop keepers see her with that money they treat her like royalty.
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Boys! Girls! Ladies! Men! Win a Beautiful Signet Ring

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Do You Need Extra Money?

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Disclose Notes: Ad for selling greeting cards from Cheerful Card Company.

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