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488December 1979
$0.40

Archie Giant Series Magazine #488

Archie · December 1979 · on sale 1979-11-01

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Identification plate

Series
Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series)
Issue
#488
Publication date
December 1979
Key date
1979-12-00
On-sale date
1979-11-01
Indicia publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Price
$0.40
Pages
36
Barcode
0271000698112
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Archiecover1Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
1Christmas Close-Upcomic story6Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
2Up-to-datecomic story1script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe EdwardsLi'l Jinx; Greg
3Now Is the Timeactivity1
4Christmas Togethernesscomic story5script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo Jr.; inks: Jim DeCarlo; letters: Bill YoshidaArchie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
5The Spoilercomic story5Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle
6-letters page1
7Christmas Lovecomic story6Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Beazley

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

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