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285October 1979
$0.40

Archie #285

Archie · October 1979 · on sale 1979-07-31

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Identification plate

Series
Archie (Archie, 1959 series)
Issue
#285
Publication date
October 1979
Key date
1979-10-00
On-sale date
1979-07-31
Indicia publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Price
$0.40
Pages
36
Barcode
0271000696510
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Rudy Lapick; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill YoshidaDilton Doiley; Archie Andrews
2Super Secretcomic story6script: George Gladir; pencils: Dan DeCarlo Jr.; inks: Jim DeCarlo; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill YoshidaArchie Andrews; Roger Desmond (introduction); Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
3Show Me!comic story0.5script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards
4-comic story0.25
5-comic story0.25
6Archie's Fashions for Any Occasionillustration1pencils: Dan DeCarlo
7Sea Jet Setcomic story5script: George Gladir; pencils: Dan DeCarlo Jr.; inks: Jim DeCarlo; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill YoshidaArchie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
8Up in the Airactivity1
9Garden of Despaircomic story5script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo Jr.; inks: Jim DeCarlo; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill YoshidaArchie Andrews; Jughead Jones
10Cheer Fearcomic story5script: George Gladir; pencils: Dan DeCarlo Jr.; inks: Jim DeCarlo; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

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Series context

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