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Publishers / Archie / Archie Giant Series Magazine (1954) / #461
461September 1977
$0.35

Archie Giant Series Magazine #461

Archie · September 1977 · on sale June 28, 1977

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Identification plate

Series
Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series)
Issue
#461
Publication date
September 1977
Key date
September 1977
On-sale date
June 28, 1977
Indicia publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Price
$0.35
Pages
36
Barcode
0271000698409
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Archiecover1Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
1A Fool for Coolcomic story5Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hubert Smithers; Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper
2Vacation Deflationcomic story1Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews
3Play Matescomic story0.5script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe EdwardsHap Holliday, Li'l Jinx
4Archie’s Gag Bagcomic story0.5Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge
5Three Spreecomic story6Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
7The Measure of a Mancomic story10Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge

Plus 0.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Best of the Seventies
ISBN 1-879794-05-5
1998On eBay ›
Archie's Double Digest Magazine #541991On eBay ›
The Best of Archie #[nn]
ISBN 0-399-50493-1
1980On eBay ›

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