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Issue: Betty and Veronica #53
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Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Brand: A Archie ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 2
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.25 CAD
$1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie loves me!
Betty and Veronica stand nose to nose, loudly debating who Archie loves while plucking a daisy to death.
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Miscellaneous
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A Moving Experience

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Gwendolyn Grubbs
When the editor of the school paper has to transfer to another school, both Betty and Veronica apply for the position. Mr. Weatherbee decides to give the job to the one who can get the best story.
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FlagBetty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #223 [Direct Edition] published June 2014
as A Moving Experience [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #223, writing is credited to Frank Doyle and inks to Rudy Lapick.
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
This month I'd like
Editor Gorelick promotes Archie #402, Archie & Friends #1, and Betty & Veronica #54. The cover to Archie & Friends #1 illustrates the article.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
We're in the Money

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Muffy; Mr. Dinero
At the invitation of a friend, Veronica takes Betty on a tour of Poshly High, where the children of Riverdale's elite go to school.
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Miscellaneous
5
Good Skate Bad Skate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Vernon; Melvin
Both the girls and Mr. Lodge have dangerous encounters with a pair of eight year old skateboarders.
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Miscellaneous
5
One of the skateboarding children is drawn by Dan DeCarlo to look decidedly female, even though Frank Doyle's script names the child "Vernon".
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
I would enjoy
Readers write in seeking advice.
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Miscellaneous
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Quiz Fizz

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Betty takes a magazine quiz to see how well she knows her best friend, and Veronica feels her friend's answers are way off.
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Miscellaneous
5
Archie's Recycling Facts

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie and Veronica demonstrate the advantages of paper recycling.
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Miscellaneous
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Inside back cover.

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