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Issue: Archie's Vacation Special #3
Publication Date: January 1995
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Issues: #3 of 8 Issues (20 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/01/1995
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76281646989000311
Price: $2.50 CAD
$2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 14 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
First Line: Archie, I don't recall inviting you!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover redrawn from Archie #256
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Here Comes the SUNscreen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Mr. Fred McMann (celebrity spokesman, ex-host of "The $150 Octagon")
Synopsis: Veronica and company try to market Dilton's new invention -- mess-free sunscreen -- but it happens to have an inconvenient side effect.
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Pages: 6
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Beach Banter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Hot Dog doesn't like the heat but loves the food at the beach.
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Pages: 1
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Lonesome Pine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Archie goes on a camping adventure and finds that the best thing about camping is that it's a great way to meet girls.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #230 [Direct Edition] published August 2012
as Lonesome Pine [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #230, script is credited to Fernando Ruiz and inks are credited to Al Nickerson.
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Pressure Gauge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: teen
Synopsis: Jughead chokes at the pressure of winning the baseball game.
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Pages: 1
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Summer Blues

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Bruce
Synopsis: Veronica invites Archie to Lake Arrowhead Country Club, but winds up ignoring him when a male acquaintance of hers turns up at the lake, leaving an opening for Betty to spend time with Archie, who had to stay behind initially to get a summer job but managed to land her gig at Lake Arrowhead.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #234.
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Archie's Club News

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Synopsis: Fans send in reports to Archie's Club News.
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Pages: 1.75
Disclose Notes: Featuring reports from: Rosemarie B. Papel (Gaithersburg, MD) "Elephants"; Michelle Webb (So. Newfane, VT) "Polar Bears"; Sarah Gorsine (Beverly Farms, MA) "Pogs."
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Editor's Notebook

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
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The Gamblers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Synopsis: Veronica gets frustrated by the tendency of everyone around her to gamble at the beach.
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Pages: 6
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Directional Signals!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Synopsis: Archie tries to teach Moose how to navigate in the woods.
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The Long Wait

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee spends his entire time at the summer camp grounds waiting for Archie to mess up, and can't relax until he does.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #231 [Direct Edition] published September 2012
as The Long Wait [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #231.
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[untitled]

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Getting into the act!
Synopsis: Svenson builds a ramp so a handicapped student can try out for the school play as Juliet.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: PSA from United Cerebral Palsy Associations.
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Alarmed

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Synopsis: Archie thinks he is late for school, until his mom reminds him it's summer vacation.
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Double Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Synopsis: Archie mistakenly invites both Veronica and Betty on dates to the fair on the same day and has to juggle activities with each without her running into the other girl until the dates with both are over.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #231 [Direct Edition] published September 2012
as Double Trouble [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #231, inks are credited to Rich Koslowski.

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