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Issue: Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #243
Publication Date: March 1976
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Issues: #243 of 347 Issues (359 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: 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
Inker(s): Dan DeCarlo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Archiekins! You must be exhausted from all this hard work!
Synopsis: Betty is thrilled with Archie's snow sculpture, so Veronica can't resist letting the air out of her balloon.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagB&V Friends Double Digest Magazine #230 [Direct Edition] published February 2013
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Later redrawn for the cover of Archie Comics Digest #71
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The Eyes Have It

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle: Pop Tate (cameo)
Synopsis: Betty acts very emotional over the slightest things.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Crossword Puzzlement

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, informational, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie solves a crossword puzzle he's working on with the word "Twinkies."
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Hostess Twinkies.
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Flower Power

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Montana
Inker(s): Bob Montana
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie's Gag Bag
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
First Line: Veronica, do you have your lunch money for the week?
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Due to the style of clothing and the four-panel continuity, this is probably a reprint of two late fifties era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.
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It's in the Bag

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Geraldine Grundy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Veronica brings a purse to school but misplaces it several times.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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My Ideal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Betty describes the man she intends to marry to the Lodges, but doesn't understand why they laugh when she says her description matches Archie -- when it doesn't at all.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Archie Comics #2 published January 2012
as My Ideal [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Credits confirmed against the credits printed in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #2.
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The Advertising Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica both want to go to the dance with Archie, but decide neither will remind him or compete for him. Except Veronica cheats.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: One of the few DeCarlo stories since the early '60s where Betty wears her hair long instead of in a ponytail.

Inking credit from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #249.

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