Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #277 (1979) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Dan DeCarlo	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews
1	Was It the Impossible Dream?	comic story	6	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Jim DeCarlo; colors: Barry Grossman	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Cheryl; Lori
2	A Colorful Question	comic story	0.5	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Joe Edwards	Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
3	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bob Montana; pencils: Bob Montana; inks: Bob Montana; colors: Barry Grossman	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Beazley
4	-	letters page	1	pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; colors: Barry Grossman	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
5	Winner Take All	comic story	5	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Rudy Lapick; colors: Barry Grossman	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Miss Grundy
6	Melvin's Angels	comic story	5	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Rudy Lapick; colors: Barry Grossman	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Olga
7	The Payoff	comic story	6	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Jim DeCarlo; colors: Barry Grossman	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews
8	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Archie Andrews; Santa Claus
9	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5		Pureheart The Powerful
10	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5		Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

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

Collection	Year
Best of the Seventies ISBN 1-879794-05-5	1998	On eBay ›
Archie's Double Digest Magazine #50	1991	On eBay ›
Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine #62	1986	On eBay ›
Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #16	1985	On eBay ›
The Best of Archie Comics #3 ISBN 978-1-936975-61-7	2013	On eBay ›
World of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #51	2015	On eBay ›
Archie Comics Spectacular Friends Forever #[nn] ISBN 978-1-62738-956-3	2015	On eBay ›
Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest #4	2017	On eBay ›

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