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Archie Giant Series Magazine #472 (1978) · The Collector

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Archie Giant Series Magazine (1954)
#472

Archie#472

Archie Giant Series Magazine

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Archie Giant Series Magazine #472

The Stand-In / On The Wrong Track! / Pool Your Talents / The Numbers Game / Floaters

Publisher: Archie
Cover date: September 1978
Cover price: $0.35
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Credits

Writers: Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards, Michael Gallagher, Bob Montana
Pencillers: Dan DeCarlo, Joe Edwards, Bob Montana
Inkers: Jim DeCarlo, Joe Edwards
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Betty tells Veronica that she's going to change her campaign to win Archie. After doing a "scientific analysis" of all the people Archie likes best, Betty has decided that she's going to be the female version of Jughead. Betty and Archie toss a baseball around and her plan seems to be working. But Archie asks Veronica to go for a walk through the park, tosses the baseball to Betty and walks off with Veronica. As Archie tells Veronica that Betty has changed and is "comfortable - like an old shoe", we see a baseball flying towards Archie's head.

Barry Grossman

Letterers

Bill Yoshida, Joe Edwards

Cover

Dan DeCarlo

Cover colors

Barry Grossman

Editor

Richard H. Goldwater

Cover letters

Bill Yoshida

Characters

Alice Cooper
Archie Andrews
Betty Cooper
Hap Holliday
Hiram Lodge
Jughead Jones
Li'l Jinx
Marty
Pop Tate
Reggie Mantle
un-named female cousin of Dilton's
unnamed guest of Mr. Lodge
Veronica Lodge

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