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Issue: Archie's Love Showdown Special #1
Publication Date: January 1994
 
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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/1994
Volume: none
Pages: 56
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 07189647001701
Price: $2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (6 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: one-shot
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Cheryl Blossom; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Betty? Veronica?... Who are they?
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Pages: 1
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Love Showdown Re-Cap!

Reprise  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This is a one page recap of the Love Showdown from Archie #429 (November 1994), Betty #19 (November 1994), Betty and Veronica #82 (December 1994), and Veronica #39 (December 1994).
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Love & War (Part 1)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie's Love Showdown
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Midge Klump; Hermione Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica bring Ethel and Midge up to date on the Archie/Cheryl romance. Then Ethel goes undercover to find out more, but ends up making matters worse.
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Pages: 7
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Fast and Loose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Cheryl Blossom; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jason Blossom; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Betty introduces Cheryl to the gang, who is instantly attracted to Archie.
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From Content Item: FlagArchie's Girls Betty and Veronica #322 [unnamed variant] published February 1983
was Fast and Loose [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This reprint appears as a flashback between pages 3 and 10 of the previous story.
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Love & War (Part 2)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie's Love Showdown
Character(s): Cheryl Blossom; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Jason Blossom
Synopsis: In order to break Cheryl and Archie up, Veronica invites them, Jughead, Betty, and Reggie to the Lodges' ski lodge for the weekend. But when Veronica and Reggie fail to get Archie jealous, Jughead plays a trump card: Jason Blossom, Cheryl's brother who has a crush on Betty. This causes Archie to see red, exactly the reaction the girls were hoping for.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: The reprint in the next sequence appears between pages 15 and 21 of this story.
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It's Friendship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Cheryl Blossom; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate (cameo)
Synopsis: Cheryl and Betty get into a vocal cat fight.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: This reprint appears as a flashback between pages 15 and 21 of the previous sequence.
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Sharing a Soda at Pop's

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie's Love Showdown
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: This poster appears between pages 21 and 22 of sequence 4.
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Love and War (Part 3)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie's Love Showdown
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jason Blossom; Reggie Mantle; Cheryl Blossom; Moose Mason (cameo flashback); Midge Klump (cameo flashback); Jughead Jones
Synopsis: After Archie makes a fool of himself, Betty goes off with Jason, Cheryl goes off with Reggie, and Veronica tells Archie to call her when he grows up.
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Pages: 5
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Dear Cheryl

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Cheryl
Character(s): Cheryl Blossom; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Sara Algase gives "advice" to readers as "Cheryl".
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Pages: 1
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Love and War (Part Four)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie's Love Showdown
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs (Jones); Jughead Jones; Cheryl Blossom (Mantle); Reggie Mantle; Queen Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper (Blossom); Jason Blossom (all in a dream sequence); Mary Andrews; Savannah Smythe
Synopsis: Archie has a dream where all of his friends are older and married, and he ended up all alone. He wakes up to find there's still time for him to be with someone. Betty and Jason have broken up, and just as Archie is about to ask Betty something, he is captivated by Savannah Smythe, a new student.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: In the character appearances for this story, Ethel is married to Jughead, Cheryl is married to Reggie, and Betty is married to Jason. Hence, the names in the parentheses.

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