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Issue: Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #158
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Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.12 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 19 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

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humorous, teen
Archie, do you like our Indian fashions?
Veronica and Betty's new American Indian-influenced fashions go over well with the boys.
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Do you need extra money?
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Advertisement for the greeting card sales kit from Cheerful Card Company.
Inside front cover.
It's A Gift

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Please, Ronnie! I'd rather not!
Veronica keeps giving everyone expensive gifts and the gang thinks she's trying to buy their friendship.
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FlagArchie Comics Digest #2 published October 1973
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Miscellaneous
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Includes indicia at bottom of first page.
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RCA
Everything's Archie
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Advertisement for the first Archies album on record and 8 cartridge tape, manufactured and distributed by RCA.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Recently I started to go with a boy in my town!
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"Betty" and "Veronica" answer letters from R.M. (Bough Rough, La.), W.L. (Beaumont, Texas) and H.G. (Muscatine, Iowa).
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
Betty, do you think I can get Archie to date me with my Squaw dress?
Veronica asks Betty's opinion of her new dress.
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Hi! I'm Jeri Lawrence - Jeri of Hollywood!
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Advertisement for celebrity photographs from Jeri of Hollywood.
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Romantic-exciting fall!
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Advertisement for wigs (including a 'beautiful, glamorous, French velvet, stretchable band') from Beauty Aids Co.
Just Desert

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humorous, teen
I see in the paper that the new discotheque on Main Street is going to have a grand opening tonight!!
Veronica overhears Archie tell Jughead that he intends to take Betty dancing, so she lays in wait to catch him.
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FlagArchie Comics Digest #2 published October 1973
as Just Desert [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Archie Comics
Get in the groove for a giant fun-in! Fill out the coupon below and order the comics of your choice!
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Advertisement for the following Archie comics: Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #20; Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #9; Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #50; Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #51; Archie's Madhouse Annual (Archie 1962 series) #6; Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #153, #154, #155, #158, #159, #160, #161.
Dog Gone

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Hi, Archie! Where's your furry buddy, Hot Dog?
Betty hears that Hot Dog has "kicked the bucket" and is desperate to console Archie.
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In this story Hot Dog is portrayed as Archie's dog.
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Man International
The look you want - when you want it!
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Advertisement for men's facial hairpieces from Man International.
In A Manner Of Speaking

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Take your mitts off my doll --- Off! Off!!
Hap tries to teach Jinx some manners.
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FlagLi'l Jinx Giant Laughout #33 published September 1971
as In a Manner of Speaking [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagJughead with Archie Digest #9 published July 1975
as In A Manner Of Speaking [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Large, large characters - many over a foot tall!
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Advertisement for The Beatles Yellow Submarine art decorations from Golden Press.
A Ripping Good Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty, darling, I don't want to hurt your feelings, but where did you get that terribly tacky ensemble?
Betty and Veronica get into a huge fight over their outfits.
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Amazing $1 art offer!
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Advertisement for reproductions of oil paintings of wide-eyed kittens by Gig from Colonial Studios.
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10 way hairpiece!
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Advertisement for women's hairpieces from Beauty Aids Co.
Pete Duncan - 'Dropout'

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Pete Duncan; Bob Sholl; Helen
'When I turned 16, I wanted to really start living...'
Pete's life improves when he takes courses from International Correspondence Schools.
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Advertisement for high school courses offered by International Correspondence School.
Inside back cover.
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Even if you had a bike with a gyroscopic stabilizer, solid propellant rocket boosters, 10-speed automatic transmission...
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Advertisement for the Cadet speedometer from Stewart-Warner.
Back cover.

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