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Issue: Archie #279
Publication Date: April 1979
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Issues: #279 of 565 Issues (998 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie Series; Archie Comics GroupView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/30/1979
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000696504
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the Comic Reader #165.
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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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
First Line: Yahoo! No school tomorrow!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Later redrawn for the cover of Archie... Archie Andrews Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine #54.
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Words of Wisdom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Archie tries to learn how to be a great lover by reading the book "How To Succeed in Romance" by self-help guru Willard Waters. When Veronica pretends to respond to the Waters technique, Archie goes out and buys every book Waters ever wrote.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Snow Show

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Reggie explains that no two "flakes" are alike.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie's Giant Kids' Joke Book #[nn] published January 2012
as Snow Show [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
First Line: We’ll clean up this morning!
Synopsis: A daily newspaper strip with color added.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
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To the Point Puzzle

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews
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Pages: 1
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Skid Row

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Leroy
Synopsis: Veronica's bratty cousin Leroy humiliates Archie and Jughead at the old-fashioned art of ice sliding.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie & Friends Double Digest Magazine #2 [Direct Edition] published March 2011
as Skid Row [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Slide Walks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx tries to avoid falling on the ice.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #71 published April 1985
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Net Loss

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Coach Kleats; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis: Archie and Chuck are horrified at the new school rule: no swimming in the pool without a hair net.
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Pages: 5
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Josie Has the Answer

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Josie; Alan M.; Alexandra Cabot; Alexander Cabot III; Valerie
Synopsis: When Alan M. is knocked out, the only thing that can revive him is Josie's promise of delicious Hostess Fruit Pies.
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Pages: 1
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Bleary Theory

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis: In a freezing mountain cabin, Archie tries to follow a scientific theory that if you keep your temples, wrists and feet warm, you don't have to wear anything else no matter how cold it is.
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In Issue: FlagArchie Comics Digest #71 published April 1985
In Content Item: FlagBetty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #18 published April 1990
as Bleary Theory [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5

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