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Issue: Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #255
Publication Date: March 1977
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Issues: #255 of 347 Issues (382 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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: 0271000696003
Price: $0.30 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (6 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]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
First Line: Archie, you came here with me!
Synopsis: At the bowling alley, Betty objects to Archie snuggling with Veronica.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Later redrawn for the cover of Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #6
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Fighting Females

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: The guys say that if the girls want equality, they should fight over boys the way men have traditionally fight over women. So Betty and Veronica come up with some enjoyable ways of fighting.
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In Content Item: FlagThe Best of Archie #[nn] published January 1980
as Fighting Females [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Smart Alex

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Josie McCoy; Alex Cabot; Valerie Brown; Alexandra Cabot
Synopsis: Hostess Ad
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Pages: 1
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Toast and Boast!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Russ; Li'l Jinx
Synopsis: Russ and Jinx discuss toasters.
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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
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Beazley; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Must you use ice-cream scoops for everything?
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Judging from the style of dress and the four-panel continuity, this is probably a reprint of two late fifties to early sixties era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.
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It's a Natural

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Inker(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: The girls learn that the "natural look" is in. Betty goes entirely without makeup, while Veronica buys tons of natural-looking cosmetics. When Archie sees them, he praises Veronica's natural look and tells Betty to go easy on the makeup.
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Pages: 6
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The Shadow Knows

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Veronica recounts a dream she had, where she and Betty looked the same as they always do, but their shadows were fat and gross.
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In Content Item: FlagBetty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #12 published April 1989
as The Shadow Knows [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Dilton Doily; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
First Line: Archie Digest
Synopsis: Advertisement for Archie Comics Digest #23.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Ad art is the same as previous ads for Archie Comics Digest #18-22.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews
First Line: Pick a Winner Every Time
Synopsis: Advertisement for the Archie Quarter Comics offer.
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Pages: 0.5
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Extra Sensory Palaver

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead don't believe in extra-sensory perception until they notice that the girls can carry on a conversation while never completing a sentence.
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In Content Item: FlagLaugh Comics / Laugh #362 published May 1981
as Extra Sensory Palaver [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #24 [Direct Edition] published February 2013
as Extra Sensory Palaver [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Inking credit changed from Rudy Lapick to Dan DeCarlo on 8/6/13, per credits on reprint published in Laugh Comics #362. Lettering credit added per same reprint.

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