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Issue: Archie #581
Publication Date: March 2008
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Issues: #581 of 565 Issues (998 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: 01/09/2008
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76281646747658111
Price: $2.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Forget Me Not

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Messterpiece

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWorld of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #34 [Direct Edition] published January 2014
as Messterpiece [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose 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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[untitled]

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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Just Plain Wrong

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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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In Content Item: FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #246 [Direct Edition] published January 2014
as Just Plain Wrong [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: When reprinted in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #246, inks are credited to Mike Esposito.
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Surprise

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagArchie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #238 [Direct Edition] published April 2013
as Surprise [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Credits in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #238 list writer as Kathleen Webb and inker as John Lowe.

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