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Issue: Archie #581
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Brand: Archie ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76281646747658111
Price: $2.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Mike Pellerito; Victor Gorelick (editor-in-chief)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Silver Age U.S.; then Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Archie! Is this where you've been shopping for my gifts?!
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Miscellaneous
1
Forget Me Not

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate (cameo); Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason
Archie remembers the anniversary of his first date with Veronica and buys her a gift to commemorate the occasion-- a lamp shaped like a turtle.
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Miscellaneous
6
Messterpiece

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Noodnick (an artist); Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Veronica Lodge
Mr. Lodge invites a well-respected artist to show his latest paintings. But the artist has spoiled each of the paintings by throwing paint over the pictures in an artistic inspiration. Mr. Lodge sees the marred paintings and assumes Archie is to blame.
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FlagWorld of Archie Double Digest #34 [Direct Edition] published January 2014
as Messterpiece [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
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Miscellaneous
0.67
The first 2/3 of the page is an Archie art page with reader submitted artwork and the remainder is the Statement of Ownership.
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
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Miscellaneous
0.33
Just Plain Wrong

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Boswick (a client of Mr. Lodge's); Chris Boswick; Betty Cooper
Veronica cancels a date with Archie when her father asks her to entertain a client's son. When Archie goes to Veronica's to dispute the matter, everyone finds out that Chris is actually a lovely girl. So Archie ends up going out with her -- all paid for by Mr. Lodge -- and Veronica stays home.
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FlagArchie Double Digest #246 [Direct Edition] published January 2014
as Just Plain Wrong [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
5
When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #246, inks are credited to Mike Esposito.
Surprise

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Dilton Doiley; Nancy Woods; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Dilton tells Archie about kleptomania at the same time that Betty reads an article about leaving anonymous gifts for a guy as a romantic gesture. So Betty buys small gifts from Archie and manages to sneak them into his pocket. Archie finds the gifts and thinks he's become a kleptomaniac.
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FlagArchie Double Digest #238 [Direct Edition] published April 2013
as Surprise [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Credits in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #238 list writer as Kathleen Webb and inker as John Lowe.

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