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Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #281 (1979) · The Collector

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Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (1950)
#281

Archie#281

Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica

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Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #281

The Searcher / A Capital Idea / Mental Image / Know Your Enemy / Heat Rave

Publisher: Archie
Cover date: May 1979
Cover price: $0.40
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Credits

Writers: Frank Doyle, Joe Edwards, Bob Montana
Pencillers: Dan DeCarlo, Joe Edwards, Bob Montana
Inkers: Rudy Lapick, Joe Edwards, Bob Montana, Jim DeCarlo
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Still in search of his roots, Adam the alien beams back down to Earth. Veronica invites him to stay over at the Lodge mansion for a while.

Barry Grossman

Letterers

Joe Edwards, Bill Yoshida

Cover

Dan DeCarlo

Cover colors

Barry Grossman

Editor

John L. Goldwater

Managing editor

Richard H. Goldwater

Characters

Adam the alien
Archie Andrews
Betty Cooper
Charley Hawse
Gigi
Hiram Lodge
Jughead Jones
Miss Beazley
Miss Grundy
Moose Mason
Mr. Weatherbee
Smithers the butler
Throg the intergalactic peddler
Veronica Lodge

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