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490January 1980
$0.40

Archie Giant Series Magazine #490

Archie · January 1980 · on sale 1979-11-01

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Identification plate

Series
Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series)
Issue
#490
Publication date
January 1980
Key date
1980-01-00
On-sale date
1979-11-01
Indicia publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Price
$0.40
Pages
36
Barcode
0271000698801
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Dan DeCarloArchie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Coach Clayton; Coach Kleats; Dilton Doiley; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones; Miss Beazly; Miss Haggly; Moose Mason; Mr. Svenson; Principal Waldo Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Nancy Woods
1The Swinging Santacomic story6script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Stan G.; inks: Stan G.The Archies [Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge]; Barney; Pop Tate
2It's About Time!comic story1script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe EdwardsLi'l Jinx
3Archie's Messageactivity1Archie Andrews; Santa Claus
4The Guestscomic story5script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Stan Goldberg; inks: Rudy Lapick; letters: Bill YoshidaArchie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Mary Andrews; Miss Beazly; Mr. Svenson; Veronica Lodge
5Too Many Cookscomic story5Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
6Archie Club Newsletters page1letters: typeset
7From the Heartcomic story6Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Ernie; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge

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

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