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Issue: Archie Giant Series Magazine #238
Publication Date: October 1975
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Issues: #238 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: 1975
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (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 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
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
First Line: I hear Archie lied to you about the size of his yacht!
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica discuss Betty's last date with Archie.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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For the Birdie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge invites Betty and Veronica to golf with him and Veronica promises to tell Betty all she knows about golf.
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In Content Item: FlagBetty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine #225 [Direct Edition] published September 2014
as For the Birdie [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #225, the pencils are credited to "Goldberg and D. DeCarlo" and the inks are credited to "D'Agostino and J. DeCarlo".
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Kit Wit

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 Holliday; Hap Holliday
Synopsis: Jinx likes playing doctor - - especially the billing part.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Montana
Penciller(s): Bob Montana
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie's Gag Bag
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
First Line: Where'd you get all the books, Betty?
Synopsis: Archie finds some interesting reading at Betty's house; Archie finds something valuable to Mr. Weatherbee.
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Reprint Notes: from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX, 19XX-XX-XX
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: These are reprints of two mid-sixties era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.
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Blast from the Past

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Veronica
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Aunt Cora Lodge; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle; Hermione Lodge
Synopsis: After enduring one of her Aunt Cora's lectures on how the good old days were better, Veronica has a dream that she's living in the 1890s.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Things Could Be Worse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones; Alice Cooper
Synopsis: Betty tries to cheer up Ethel, who is dateless and down in the dumps.
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In Content Item: FlagB&V Friends Double Digest Magazine #240 [Direct Edition] published October 2014
as Things Could Be Worse [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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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: I always read
Synopsis: "Betty" and "Veronica" answer reader letters.
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Pages: 1
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The World of Jughead

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Hot Dog
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Archie Giant Series #239.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason
First Line: Think Small
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Archie Comics Digest #14.
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Scheme Theme

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; Ethel Muggs; Nancy Woods
Synopsis: Veronica tricks Betty and Ethel into swimming in water contaminated by an oil slick to get them out of the way so she can cosy up to movie star Ty Hardin by herself.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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