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Issue: Archie & Friends All Stars #18
Publication Date: January 2012
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Issues: #18 of 23 Issues
Title: Archie: Love Showdown
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/2012
Volume: none
Pages: 132
ISBN: 9781936975211
UPC/EAN: 978193697521150999
Price: $10.99 CAD
$9.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 14 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Victor Gorelick (editor-in-chief)
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: Color
Dimensions: 6 inches x 8 3/4 inches most issues; #14 (8 inches by 11 inches)
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Binding: Trade Paperback
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Credits
Inker(s): ? (alterations)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica engage in an actual tug-of-war with Archie.
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Pages: 1
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Love Showdown, Part 1 Chapter 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dan Parent
Penciller(s): Stan Goldberg
Inker(s): Henry Scarpelli
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews
Synopsis: Archie is entranced by a mysterious letter and Betty and Veronica assume it's another girl.
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Pages: 6
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Love Showdown, Part 1 Chapter 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dan Parent
Penciller(s): Stan Goldberg
Inker(s): Henry Scarpelli
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Reggie hears about the mystery letter of Archie's. Playing a prank, he tells Betty and Veronica separately that the other wrote the letter. However, the prank erupts in an all-out war between the girls for Archie's affections.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Part 1 of the four part, inter-title crossover story "Love Showdown". Storyline continues in Betty #19.
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Love Showdown, Part II

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Golliher
Penciller(s): Doug Crane
Inker(s): Ken Selig
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper; Smithers the butler; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: In round two of their battle over Archie, Veronica plants tickets to the Lodge Charity Ball with the wrong date on them in Betty's possession, so Betty will ask Archie on the wrong date and leave him free to take Veronica.
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Story continues from Archie (Archie, 1962 series) #429. Story continues in Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #82.
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Love Showdown, Part III

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dan Parent
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Alison Flood
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; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: In order to get Archie's attention away from the love note he received, Betty decides to change tactics. When she shows up at a party trying to out-glamor Veronica, and succeeds, Veronica tries to out-domestic Betty to compete.
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: This storyline is continued from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #19. It continues in Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #39.
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Love Showdown Chapter 4 Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Golliher
Penciller(s): Stan Goldberg
Inker(s): Henry Scarpelli
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Veronica
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Fresh from her badness training with Reggie, Veronica lures Betty away from Archie at Pops, then shows off a great dress and some killer dance moves. At the end of their ropes, the girls decide to get fresh makeovers and their best clothes for a final showdown the next day-- super soakers at High Noon, winner take all.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story continued from Betty and Veronica #82.
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Love Showdown Chapter 4 Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Golliher
Penciller(s): Stan Goldberg
Inker(s): Henry Scarpelli
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Veronica
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Cheryl Blossom
Synopsis: The girls are decked out and have their soakers ready. Reggie counts them down to fire, which they do simultaneously and accidentally catch Archie and Cheryl in the crossfire and drenching them. The original love letter was from Cheryl, and Archie decides to start dating her instead of the feuding girls.
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Pages: 4
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Love & War (Part 1)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dan Parent
Penciller(s): Dan Parent
Inker(s): Mike Esposito
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
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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Love & War (Part 2)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dan Parent
Penciller(s): Dan Parent
Inker(s): Mike Esposito
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
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
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Love and War (Part 3)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Golliher
Penciller(s): Bill Golliher
Inker(s): Mike Esposito
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
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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Love and War (Part Four)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Golliher
Penciller(s): Bill Golliher
Inker(s): Mike Esposito
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
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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"She's Ba-a-ack!" Love Showdown II

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dan Parent
Penciller(s): Dan Parent
Inker(s): Jon D'Agostino
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Jon D'Agostino
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Pop Tate; Michelle Williams
Synopsis: Cheryl returns to Riverdale after having sold the story of the Betty/Veronica/Archie love triangle to a movie studio who wants to film right in Riverdale.
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Story continues in Archie & Friends #79.
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Lights, Camera, Action! Love Showdown 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dan Parent
Penciller(s): Dan Parent
Inker(s): Jon D'Agostino
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Vickie Williams
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie & Friends
Character(s): Cheryl Blossom; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Brigitte; Miss Grundy; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Brigitte discovers that the "movie" that is being shot in Riverdale is really a reality TV show starring Cheryl.
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Page one is a recap. Story is in two parts.
Continued from Betty and Veronica Spectacular #64.
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The Trophy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir
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; Archie Andrews; Cheryl Blossom; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Synopsis: Cheryl continues to beat Betty and Veronica's time with Archie at the ski lodge.
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Pages: 6

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