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Issue: Archie Giant Series Magazine #520
Publication Date: September 1982
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Issues: #520 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: $0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Goldwater
Disclose Notes: This issue re-introduces the larger number of panels that Archie comics had used in the late '50s and early '60s, with at least four panels on the first page of most stories and at least one extra small panel on the other pages.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Boys are all alike, Betty!!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Joke reused, with a gender switch, for the cover of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine #5.
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Figures in the Sand

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: The girls arrive at the beach to stun the boys with their new bikinis, but the guys are too occupied with building sand castles to notice them.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Dear Betty and Veronica

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): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Pages: 1
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The Beach or Bust!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Claire Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Smithers
Synopsis: Veronica refuses to go to the beach unless she can bring a ton of things that barely fit in Archie's car.
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In Issue: FlagArchie's Double Digest Magazine #60 [Newsstand] published August 1992
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Take It Off

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Someone is always wearing the same swimsuit as Veronica, no matter how expensive the suit. So she asks Betty to make her an original suit.
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In Issue: FlagThe Jughead Jones Comics Digest #46 [U.S. Cover Price] published August 1987
In Issue: FlagArchie's Double Digest Magazine #60 [Newsstand] published August 1992
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Sea Scene

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inker(s): Jim DeCarlo
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Veronica's Fashions
Character(s): Veronica Lodge
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Leroy Was Here

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: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Smithers
Synopsis: Cousin Leroy is visiting and makes life heck for Archie by putting green dye in the suntan lotion.
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Pages: 5

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