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Issue: Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #289
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/01/1979
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000696001
Price: $0.40 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the Comic Reader #174.
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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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
?
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; sales clerk
It's our most expensive perfume!
Veronica samples the latest high-end perfume.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Voices of Change

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Veronica feels the social lives of the students are being negatively impacted by too much homework. So she goes to Mr. Weatherbee to get him to scale back homework assignments.
Reprinting
FlagBetty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #199 [Direct Edition] published April 2012
as Voices of Change [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
A Boy In My Class
"Betty" and "Veronica" answer reader letters.
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Miscellaneous
1
Charley Makes Sense!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Charley demonstrates his sixth sense.
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Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Betty, why are you so upset?
Betty tells Veronica that Archie beat her. Jughead has issues with the new teacher.
Reprinting
from ?
Miscellaneous
0.5
Judging from the four panel continuity, this is probably a reprint of two late seventies era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
A Real Christmas Boot
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Miscellaneous
1
Advertisement for the various Christmas Specials published by Archie Comics.
Fools and Kings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Andy
Betty and Veronica team up to get a fellow student to gain some respect for his father.
Reprinting
FlagBetty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #24 published April 1987
 
Miscellaneous
5
Credits officially added in the digest reprint.
Chills and Fever

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica debate whether the cold weather is a state of physics or a state of mind.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Career Sphere

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge (dream only); Archie Andrews (dream only); Molly
While reading a booklet on career opportunities, Betty daydreams about how she might succeed at various careers. However, Veronica always seems to intrude upon her successes.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5

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