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Issue: Archie Giant Series Magazine #487
Publication Date: October 1979
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Issues: #487 of 332 Issues (502 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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: 07/24/1979
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000698310
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 13 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the Comic Reader #171.
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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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hot Dog
First Line: See guys! I told you my Hot Dog was a great hunting dog!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Josie Goes to the Beach

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Valerie Brown; Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Several un-named guys
First Line: You sure are taking a lot of stuff to the beach, Josie!
Synopsis: An ad for Hostess Fruit Pies. Josie is going to the beach with Valerie and Melody, and has three things that she needs to compete with Melody - a new bikini, fancy sunglasses, and a bag full of Hostess Fruit Pies.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad appears on the inside front cover
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UFO Woe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; various un-named Riverdalians
Synopsis: As they're returning home after seeing a UFO movie, Archie and Jughead start discussing life in space, and keep mistaking various objects for UFOs - a pizza, a plate (thrown out the window by someone who's tired of a cat carrying on outside his window) and an iridescent frisbee. As they continue their walk home, a real UFO flies in front of them, but they refuse to believe that it is actually a UFO. Annoyed that the earthlings refuse to acknowledge them, the aliens contact their base and say they're heading to a different planet where residents are more hospitable.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #20.
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Thumb Fun

Story  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; un-named Riverdalians
Synopsis: Archie walks by Jughead's backyard, where Jughead is lying in a hammock, making strange motions with his hand. When Archie asks him what he's doing, Jughead responds that he's practicing for that night's championship. Archie walks off, assuming Jughead was giving him a silly answer due to his silly question. In the last panel, we see Jughead at the Valley Pinball Championship, using the same motion he was practicing earlier to pull the plunger on the pinball machine.
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In Issue: FlagJughead with Archie Digest #71 published November 1985
In Content Item: FlagArchie's Giant Kids' Joke Book #[nn] published January 2012
as Thumb Fun [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagJughead's Double Digest #181 [Direct Edition] published July 2012
as Thumb Fun [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Quiet! Genius at Work!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous, teen
Synopsis: Roz is busy painting and comments that making the paintings has made her exhausted. The gag comes when the painting is revealed - consisting of one large green dot and a smaller red dot.
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Pages: 1
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Jug's Riddlers

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: activity
Character(s): Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Readers must black out the letters A, B, C, F, G, I, J, K, M, P, Q, V, X and Z to find the answers to each of three different riddles.
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Pages: 1
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Oceans of Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; un-named guys at the beach
Synopsis: Jughead shows off his pet clam named Shelley.
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Pages: 6
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The Balancing Bungler

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Samm [Sam] Schwartz (Cameo; Holding "Vote For Sam" sign); Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason (Appears on tiny picture on Jughead's wall)
Synopsis: Jughead is balancing pies on his nose, and keeps "accidentally" hitting Veronica and Reggie with them after they criticize his act.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagJughead #244 published September 1975
was The Balancing Bungler [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Classic Samm [Sam] Schwartz gag in the first panel - in the background, he can be seen peaking over a hill, holding up a "Vote for Sam" sign with his picture on it. Art is identifiable as Samm's (especially with the gag).
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Archie Club News

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Instead of the usual winning articles, this month's club news features a promo for their latest contest - a "Youth Day Contest". Club members are to write a letter (150 words or less) telling Archie why there should be a Youth Day (to go along with Mother's Day and Father's Day) and how they would celebrate it.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: A regular feature in most issues at the time. Bottom half of the page features an offer to join the Archie Club
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Be an Archie Club Member

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Typical offer to join the Archie club.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Mountain of Laughs
Synopsis: An ad for Jughead with Archie Comics Digest #35. Readers could order the comic for 75 cents plus 25 cents postage by sending the money in along with the order form that could be cut out of the page.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: All characters depicted in "Mount Rushmore" style next to Abe Lincoln.

Bottom half of the page is the standard "3 for $1.00 Checklist" offer.
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3 for $1.00 Checklist

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Readers can check off their favorite titles and send in the form along with their payment to get 3 issues for $1, or single issues for 35 cents each.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: This month's titles: Archie's Joke Book #262; Betty and Veronica #287; Laugh #344; Pep #355; Life With Archie #209; Jughead #294; Little Archie #148; Archie #286; Archie at Riverdale High #67; Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #136; Everything's Archie #79; Betty and Veronica Summer Fun #484. Last issue was part of the "Giant Series". Offer expired January 31st, 1980. Occupies the bottom half of the page. Top half is "Mountain of Laughs" offer.
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Wiped Out

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Jughead convinces Archie to not wait for Veronica and spend all his hard-earned cash on Jughead.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagJughead's Double Digest #170 published July 2011
as Wiped Out [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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