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Issue: Archie Giant Series Magazine #508
Publication Date: September 1981
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Issues: #508 of 332 Issues (390 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: 0271000698609
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Victor Gorelick (art director)
Disclose Notes: This is the first of two issues cover dated September, 1981. The logo for this issue is Betty and Veronica Summer Fun.
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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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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Dan DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Veronica, you girls are supposed to be saving lives!!
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica have a unique method for saving lives at the beach.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Growling Grizzlies

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Sabrina; Hostess
Character(s): Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda
Synopsis: Sabrina's nature hike with some young girls is interrupted by a pack of grizzly bears after their Hostess Fruit Pies.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Play It Cool

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Smithers the butler
Synopsis: Driven to inspiration by the oppressive heat, Veronica takes to the pool without even bothering to change out of her designer tennis outfit.
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Pages: 6
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Betty and Veronica's Aqua Action Fashions

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Betty and Veronica Summer Fun #[nn] published January 1991
as Betty and Veronica's Aqua Action Fashions [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: No story; Betty and Veronica model fashion designs submitted by readers.
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Escape Hatch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: One of Veronica's friends spots Archie and Betty having a romantic interlude in the park and reports it to Veronica.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Betty and Veronica Summer Fun #[nn] published January 1991
as Escape Hatch [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Sail Tale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Veronica is determined to make a big splash at the local windsurfing contest after hearing everyone praise Betty's entry.
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Eda Edwards [as Betty and Veronica]
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dear Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: A girl in school...
Synopsis: "Betty" and "Veronica" answer reader letters.
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Pages: 1
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Scheme Theme

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida [as Willie Y.]
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Archie Andrews; Fifi the maid; Guido Ferrangi
Synopsis: Veronica dumps Archie on Betty so she can go out with the handsome son of one of Mr. Lodge's business associates.
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Pages: 5

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