Archie Giant Series Magazine #597 (1989) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Dan DeCarlo; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Valerie Brown, Alexander Cabot III, Josie McCoy, Melody Valentine
1	The 1002nd Arabian Flight	comic story	5	script: Bill Webb; pencils: Stan G.; inks: Rudy Lapick; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Josie McCoy, Valerie Brown, Melody Valentine
2	Josie's Favorite Comics!	activity	1	script: Rod Ollerenshaw; pencils: Rod Ollerenshaw; inks: Rod Ollerenshaw; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Rod Ollerenshaw
3	Down Under in Australia Part 1 and 2	comic story	10	script: George Gladir; pencils: Stan G.; inks: Rudy Lapick; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Valerie Brown, Alexander Cabot III, Josie McCoy, Melody Valentine
4	-	public service announcement	1		Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Nancy Woods
5	-	letters page	1	script: ? (as Josie); pencils: ? (logo illustration); inks: ? (logo illustration)
6	Bride to B Flat!	comic story	5	script: Kathleen Webb; pencils: Stan G.; inks: Rudy Lapick; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill Yoshida	Alexandra Cabot, Melody Valentine, Josie McCoy, Valerie Brown
7	-	in-house column	1	script: Victor Gorelick

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 07189646776509
Canadian	price 1.15 CAD; barcode 07189646776509

Collection	Year
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