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Issue: Archie Giant Series Magazine #494
Publication Date: May 1980
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Issues: #494 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: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000698406
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Betty! I thought you said you could keep a secret!
Synopsis: Veronica asked Betty why the secret she confided is now public knowledge.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Logo for this issue is Betty & Veronica Spectacular.
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Attack of the Ice Creatures

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Josie McCoy; Alan Mayberry; Valerie Brown; Alexander Cabot III
Synopsis: The gang is attacked by a gang of ambulatory snowmen after their Hostess Fruit Pies.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Red Letter Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: To distract Betty from going out with Archie, Veronica circles a date on Betty's calendar in red knowing her friend will obsess over it.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Whole Truth?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx's Chum, Roz
Character(s): Roz; Charley Hawse
Synopsis: Roz wants an honest opinion of her art.
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
First Line: Hi, Betty! What kind of costume is that?
Synopsis: Betty explains her costume to Jughead.
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Reprint Notes: from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 197x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: This is a reprint of a late seventies era Archie syndicated newspaper strip.
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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Statement of Ownership
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Filed October 1, 1979; Owners Archie Comic Publications, Inc, and Archie Enterprises, Inc, both of 1116 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10021; Publisher Archie Comics Publications, Editor John L. Goldwater, Managing Editor Richard Goldwater; Total Paid Circulation, avg 12 months: 112,123.
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Fashions Future Look

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: No story; Betty and Veronica model designs submitted by readers.
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Pages: 1
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Swing Thing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Mr. Weatherbee's niece (unnamed)
Synopsis: When a new girl in school swings her hips provocatively and all the boys go crazy for it, Betty and Veronica decide to fight fire with fire.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Date-Time Drama

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Veronica tries to steal a boy away from Betty.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: During the story, Veronica asks rhetorically who would possibly want to date Betty Cooper. Immediately Jughead begins to rattle off the names of boys until Veronica orders him to stop. Among the names he rattles off are Richard (Goldwater), Dan (DeCarlo), Frank (Doyle), George (Gladir), Barry (Grossman), Garry (?), and Bill (Yoshida), all Archie Comics contributors.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Thank you for your great comics
Synopsis: "Betty" and "Veronica" answer reader letters.
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Pages: 1
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Race Chase

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Smithers the butler; Hiram Lodge; Roger the pest
Synopsis: To keep Betty from catching Archie in Riverdale's version of Sadie Hawkins Day, Veronica plots with Archie to rig the game.
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In Issue: FlagBetty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #19 published June 1986
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6

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