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Issue: Archie Giant Series Magazine #224
Publication Date: September 1974
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Issues: #224 of 332 Issues (502 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie Giant SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/02/1974
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 12 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Pocket Checklist page of Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #108, July 1974.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US; later standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: perfect bound; later saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagThe Best of Betty and Veronica Summer Fun #[nn] published January 1991 as Betty and Veronica Summer Fun [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)] cover
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Denise; Dilton Doily; Reggie Mantle
First Line: What's with Denise?!? All of a sudden she's the most popular girl on the beach!
Synopsis: Due to the early '70s energy crisis, all the boys flock to a fat girl whose father owns a gas station.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Plan of Battle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Veronica Lodge, a self-described spoiled rich darling of the jet set, guides the reader step by step through her latest plan to break up a date between Betty and Archie at the beach.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Most of this story is told using narrative captions where Veronica addresses the reader directly, including a moment where she warns us not to be spoiled and mean like her: "I'm rich and spoiled and it's expected of me!"
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Sea Sure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Russ
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx and Russ contemplate the ocean.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Believers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis: Big Ethel tells Betty and Veronica that she dreamed she was kissed by a prince, and claims the dream will come true.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Chaperone Chef

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper
Synopsis: When Veronica hears that Archie is coming over to Betty's house to "study," she convinces Betty's mother that they shouldn't be alone without a chaperone. So Jughead is called over, and Betty uses the lure of food to get him to leave her alone with Archie.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Pool Pal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Betty, Veronica and another girl argue about who has the best pool.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
First Line: I hear you -- I hear you!
Synopsis: Veronica won't let Archie in because she's engrossed in a TV soap opera.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The TV dialogue consists of the names "John" and "Marsha," a reference to the famous comedy record by Stan Freberg.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica give advice to their readers.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Mind Jogger!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Character(s): Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx and Charley have put on some weight from eating ice cream pops all summer.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: A puzzle involving things that "male chauvinists" say to Betty when she learns to drive.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Dames at Sea

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Boat thieves hijack Betty and Veronica's houseboat and take it to an island hideout, with the girls in hot pursuit thanks to Betty's ability to fix anything with a bobby pin.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Beauty on the Beach

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: At the beach, Jughead admires the birds, while Archie watches two very special "birds," Betty and Veronica, doing exercises in their skimpy bikinis.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Spectacular: Summer Daze #[nn] published January 2014
as Beauty on the Beach [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBetty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #223 [Direct Edition] published June 2014
as Beauty on the Beach [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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