Archie #253 (1976) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Stan Goldberg; inks: Rudy Lapick; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Geraldine Grundy; Sabrina Spellman; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
1	Test Case	comic story	6	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy; Moose Mason
3	Okay! Okay!	comic story	0.5	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards	Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
4	-	comic story	0.5	script: Bob Montana; pencils: Bob Montana; inks: Bob Montana	Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones
5	Tarbland of the Grapes	comic story	6	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Chic Stone; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews [as Tarbland]; Betty Cooper [as Jane]; Veronica Lodge [as Slinky Von Gotgelt]; Reggie Mantle [as Intrepid Sureshot]; Cheeter
6	Growing Pains	comic story	5	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Chic Stone; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
7	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset
8	Cartastrophe	comic story	5	pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

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

Collection	Year
Betty and Me #118	1981	On eBay ›
Reggie and Me #124	1980	On eBay ›
Archie's Double Digest Magazine #61	1992	On eBay ›
Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #43	1994	On eBay ›
Jughead with Archie Digest #66	1985	On eBay ›
Archie Comics Digest #66	1984	On eBay ›
Archie Comics Digest #104	1990	On eBay ›
Jughead's Double Digest #2	1989	On eBay ›
Jughead's Double Digest #90	2003	On eBay ›
Jughead and Archie Double Digest #16	2015	On eBay ›

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Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
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