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Issue: Archie #581

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Publication Date: March 2008

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Issues: #581 of 565 Issues (998 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Archie Publications, Inc.

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.

On Sale Date: 2008

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 00912846747481

Price: $2.25 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
7 (4 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.; then standard Modern Age U.S.

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Archie #581 [Direct Edition]

Archie #581 [Newsstand]

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Content Items (7 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

First Line: Archie! Is this where you've been shopping for my gifts?!

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Pages: 1

Forget Me Not

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate (cameo); Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason

Synopsis: Archie remembers the anniversary of his first date with Veronica and buys her a gift to commemorate the occasion-- a lamp shaped like a turtle.

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Pages: 6

Messterpiece

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Noodnick (an artist); Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis: Mr. Lodge invites a well-respected artist to show his latest paintings. But the artist has spoiled each of the paintings by throwing paint over the pictures in an artistic inspiration. Mr. Lodge sees the marred paintings and assumes Archie is to blame.

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Pages: 6

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

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Pages: 0.67

Notes: The first 2/3 of the page is an Archie art page with reader submitted artwork and the remainder is the Statement of Ownership.

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Statement of Ownership on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

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Pages: 0.33

Just Plain Wrong

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Boswick (a client of Mr. Lodge's); Chris Boswick; Betty Cooper

Synopsis: Veronica cancels a date with Archie when her father asks her to entertain a client's son. When Archie goes to Veronica's to dispute the matter, everyone finds out that Chris is actually a lovely girl. So Archie ends up going out with her -- all paid for by Mr. Lodge -- and Veronica stays home.

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Pages: 5

Notes: When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #246, inks are credited to Mike Esposito.

Surprise

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Dilton Doiley; Nancy Woods; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones

Synopsis: Dilton tells Archie about kleptomania at the same time that Betty reads an article about leaving anonymous gifts for a guy as a romantic gesture. So Betty buys small gifts from Archie and manages to sneak them into his pocket. Archie finds the gifts and thinks he's become a kleptomaniac.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Credits in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #238 list writer as Kathleen Webb and inker as John Lowe.