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Issue: Betty and Me #169
Publication Date: August 1988
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Issues: #169 of 200 Issues (299 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07695614504108
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 18 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint interior; glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; carnival patrons
First Line: Archie, would you like to test your skill?
Synopsis: Jughead suggests Archie and Betty try their hand at ball toss, but they have another game they want to play.
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: What happens every time you bite into a Striped Chips Ahoy?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Ad for Striped Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies from Nabisco, featuring a scrambled word game.
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Magic Mania

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Uncle Max Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Veronica's date with Archie is ruined when he shows up handcuffed to Betty.
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Pages: 6
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Surprise Ending

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Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica go for a picnic in the Sunkist Fun Fruits Jungle, not knowing Archie and Jughead had the same idea.
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Pages: 1
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: Subscribe And Save
Synopsis: Subscription solicitation for the Archie Digest Line.
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Pages: 1
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Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
First Line: Cartoon Celebrities
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Archie character medallions in gold, silver or bronze, commemorating Archie's forty-fifth anniversary.
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Prizes or Cash

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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated ad for selling greeting cards and related items for Sales Leadership Club, 45 Warwick St., Springfield, MA 01102.
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Sand Blast

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doily; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Bert Summersong
Synopsis: Betty and Archie recruit volunteers to build a sand castle in the Riverdale Mall to raise money for charity. All the gang volunteers to help, except Veronica and Reggie. They're too busy having fun.
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In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #30 [Direct Edition] published August 2013
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Pages: 5
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Feature(s): Archie Fan Club
Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: Fans! Now you can join the exciting Archie Fan Club
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for membership in the Archie Fan Club. Cost is $3.00.
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Make 'em Laff Joke Contest

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): The Laffy Taffy Bunch
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Laffy Taffy candy. Bottom of page is rules for "Make 'em Laff Joke Contest."
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A Date To Remember

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Archie keeps his spending low while on a date with Betty so he'll have money to spend on Veronica later in the week.
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Let's Do The Fruit Slush Mush

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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Smithers the butler
Synopsis: The Archies perform at a party being held by Veronica. However, the real hit of the party is Wyler's Fruit Slush treats.
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Blonde Bombshell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Archie and Betty's afternoon on the beach is interrupted by some bullies.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Letterer confirmed in reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #310.
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Over $8,000 in Prizes Awarded Monthly

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Illustrated ad for Art Instruction Schools, 500 S. Fourth St., Minneapolis, MN 55415.
Placed between pages 2 & 3 of the previous story.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Betty]
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper
First Line: Dear Betty
Synopsis: "Betty" answers reader letters.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art is clip art, not an original illustration.
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Prizes or Cash

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Captain "O"
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated ad for selling greeting cards for Olympic Sales Club, Inc., Enfield, CT 06082.
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Health Education

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Mr. Weatherbee
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Anti-AIDS public service message with phone number for Center for Disease Control's Hotline listed.
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Bedrockin' Shakedown

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Fred Flintstone; Barney Rubble; Dino
Synopsis: Barney pretends to be a rock singer to swipe Fred's Fruity Pebbles cereal.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Ad in comic format for Post Fruity Pebbles breakfast cereal.

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