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602October 1989
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Archie Giant Series Magazine #602

Archie · October 1989 · on sale 1989-06-27

First appearance: January McAndrews2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series)
Issue
#602
Publication date
October 1989
Key date
1989-10-00
On-sale date
1989-06-27
Indicia publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Price
$0.95
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of January McAndrews - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Unstuck in Timecover1pencils: Doug Crane; inks: Jon D'Agostino; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill YoshidaJughead Jones, January McAndrews First, Pop Tate, George Washington
1Unstuck in Timecomic story21script: Rich Margopoulos; pencils: Doug Crane; inks: Tom Moore; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill YoshidaJughead Jones, Abraham Lincoln, Reggie Mantle, January McAndrews First, George Washington
2You Don't Need Drugs...public service announcement1pencils: Rex Lindsey; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Bill YoshidaArchie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Dilton Doiley, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Nancy Woods
3-letters page1pencils: Ellen Leonforte; inks: Ellen Leonforte; colors: Barry Grossman
4-in-house column0.5script: Victor Gorelick; pencils: Ellen Leonforte; inks: Ellen Leonforte
5Jughead's Family Treecomic story2script: Rod Ollerenshaw; pencils: Rod Ollerenshaw; inks: Rod Ollerenshaw; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Rod OllerenshawJughead Jones

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Canadianprice 1.15 CAD; barcode 07189646788810
Newsstandbarcode 07189646788810

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Jughead Jones Comics Digest #901994On eBay ›
Jughead's Double Digest #621999On eBay ›
Jughead's Double Digest #1942013On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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