Archie Giant Series Magazine #497 (1980) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Dan DeCarlo	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge
2	Stop the World	comic story	6	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Rudy Lapick; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Moose Mason
3	Room for Improvement	comic story	0.5	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards	Li'l Jinx, Russ
4	-	comic story	0.5		Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
5	Lost and Found!	activity	1
6	Poetry in Motion	comic story	6	script: Tom DeFalco; pencils: Chic Stone; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Fred Andrews
7	Name Game	comic story	5	script: Tom DeFalco; pencils: Chic Stone; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton
8	Archie Club News	letters page	1
9	The Retriever	comic story	5	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo Jr.; inks: Jim DeCarlo; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

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

Collection	Year
Jokebook Comics Digest Annual #10	1982	On eBay ›
Archie Comics Digest #79	1986	On eBay ›

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