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Issue: Archie #285
Publication Date: October 1979
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Issues: #285 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: 07/31/1979
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000696510
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the Comic Reader #171.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews
First Line: Archie, what subjects are you taking next fall?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Later redrawn for the cover of Archie's Double Digest Magazine #24
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Josie Goes to the Beach

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Hostess Fruit Pies. Inside front cover.
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Super Secret

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Roger Desmond (introduction); Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Roger, a new kid in town, goes on a double date with Archie but doesn't want to reveal to the girls that he has super powers.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Show Me!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
First Line: Will you please hit the ball, Archie!
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Pages: 0.25
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
First Line: I'd like to speak to you about the new scheduling, Mr. Weatherbee!
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Pages: 0.25
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Archie's Fashions for Any Occasion

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Synopsis: Fashions as designed by readers: Sam Schwartz, Marvin Gerber, Alisa Merrill, Jeff Gershon, Susan Lefel and David Gershon.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The contributor of the first fashion, "Sam Schwartz from Miami, Florida," is longtime Archie artist Sam[m] Schwartz, who at that time had just moved to Miami from New York. Another contributor, Alisa Merrill, was in the Archie production department.
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Sea Jet Set

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie, Betty and Jughead build their own sea jet.
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Pages: 5
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Up in the Air

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Synopsis: Maze with a balloon getting to Riverdale.
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Pages: 1
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Garden of Despair

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: The guys have to weed their gardens.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #241 [Direct Edition] published August 2013
as Garden of Despair [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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Cheer Fear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Synopsis: Archie signs up for cheerleading.
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Pages: 5

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