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Issue: Archie Giant Series Magazine #498
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000698410
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)
Disclose Notes: This is the first of two issues with October, 1980, cover dates.
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Disclose Format
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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; unidentified sales clerk
These new swimsuits spell 'glamour'!
Betty shops for a swimsuit in her price range.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The cover logo of this issue is "Betty and Veronica Spectacular".
Getting Noticed

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Dan DeCarlo
Jim DeCarlo
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Josie; Hostess
Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown; Alan Mayberry
Josie and Valerie take a break from a marathon race to enjoy some Hostess Fruit Pies. Soon everybody in the race is joining them.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
The Secret

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo
Jim DeCarlo
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Veronica assigns Betty to find out why Archie turned down a date with her.
Reprinting
FlagBetty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #20 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1986
 
Miscellaneous
6
Country Girl Fashions

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dan DeCarlo
Dan DeCarlo
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
No story; Betty and Veronica models designs submitted by readers.
Wheel Zeal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley
When Betty captures the attention of the boys due to her skateboarding prowess, Veronica starts working to convince her that skateboarding is unfeminine.
Reprinting
FlagArchie's Girls Betty and Veronica #250 published October 1976
was Wheel Zeal [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Eda Edwards [as Betty and Veronica]
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Barry Grossman
Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Dear Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
I've been friends...
"Betty" and "Veronica" answer reader letters.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
That's My Bag

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo
Jim DeCarlo
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews
Because of a broken seam in her "lucky purse", Betty keeps losing items, then meeting the cute boys who return her lost objects.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
What a Card

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Barry Grossman
Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
humorous
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx Holliday; Greg
Jinx gets a blank postcard from Charley.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Michael Gallagher ?
Dan DeCarlo
Joe Edwards
Barry Grossman
Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica Gag Bag
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Daddy, Bill’s car won’t start!
Veronica wants to borrow her father's car. Jughead offers to get Betty a tube top.
Reprinting
from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 197x-xx-xx
Miscellaneous
0.5
These are reprints of two mid-seventies era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.
Hot Stuff

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Riverdale is having a heat wave and Veronica isn't coping too well with it.
Reprinting
FlagArchie's Girls Betty and Veronica #250 published October 1976
was Hot Stuff [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5

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