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Publishers / Archie / Life with Archie (1958) / #188
188December 1977
$0.35

Life with Archie #188

Archie · December 1977 · on sale October 4, 1977

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Identification plate

Series
Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series)
Issue
#188
Publication date
December 1977
Key date
December 1977
On-sale date
October 4, 1977
Indicia publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Price
$0.35
Pages
36
Barcode
0271000696312
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Dragon of the Deepcover1Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge
1Business Is Booming!comic story11Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Pop Tate
2Sign Off!comic story1script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe EdwardsLi'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
3-letters page1letters: typeset
4Quake Shakecomic story1Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle
5Dragon of the Deepcomic story11Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Archie Comics Digest #1481997On eBay ›
Jughead's Double Digest #411997On eBay ›
Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #521991On eBay ›

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Series context

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