Archie #429

(November 1994)

Love Showdown, Part 1 Chapter 1 (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Henry Scarpelli

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews

Synopsis

Archie is entranced by a mysterious letter and Betty and Veronica assume it's another girl.

Reprints

• in Love Showdown Collection (Archie, 1994 series) (1994)
• in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #[1] (August 2011)
• in Archie & Friends All Stars (Archie, 2009 series) #18 - Archie: Love Showdown (2012)
• in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #185 (November 2012) [First 5 pages only]
• in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #229 (November 2012) [First 5 pages only]
• in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #20 (November 2012) [First 5 pages only]
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #233 (November 2012) [First 5 pages only]
• in Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2016 series) #1 (2016)
• in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #9 (June 2017)

Bus Fuss (Table of Contents: 2)

Punchy / advertisement / 4 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Bill Goliher ?

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Characters

Punchy; Poochie; various kids

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Hawaiian Punch fruit drink.

Love Showdown, Part 1 Chapter 2 (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Henry Scarpelli

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Reggie hears about the mystery letter of Archie's. Playing a prank, he tells Betty and Veronica separately that the other wrote the letter. However, the prank erupts in an all-out war between the girls for Archie's affections.

Reprints

• in Love Showdown Collection (Archie, 1994 series) (1994)
• in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #[1] (August 2011)
• in Archie & Friends All Stars (Archie, 2009 series) #18 - Archie: Love Showdown (2012)
• in Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2016 series) #1 (2016)
• in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #9 (June 2017)

Indexer Notes

Part 1 of the four part, inter-title crossover story "Love Showdown". Storyline continues in Betty #19.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Catch Supersonic Fun

Characters

Sonic The Hedgehog

Indexer Notes

Subscription ad for Sonic the Hedgehog.

Singin' in the Rain (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Henry Scarpelli

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doily; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy

Synopsis

Veronica inspires the gang to go running in the rain in their swimwear to end summer vacation with a bang.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #183 (October 2001)
• in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #263 (September 2015)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Summer Supplies

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Archie logo items.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Special Giant Offer

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Reggie's Revenge #2, Archie's Super Teens #1, and Jughead's Baby Tales #2.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Editor's Notebook / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Victor Gorelick

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Editorial by Victor Gorelick promoting the "Love Showdown" crossover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie's Club News / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ellen Leonforte

Pencils

Ellen Leonforte

Inks

Ellen Leonforte

Colors

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Letters

?

Indexer Notes

Essay from Jaime Mejia on the "Corythosaurus", illustrated by the editor.

Pain in the Neck (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Henry Scarpelli

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Dr. Dobson

Synopsis

Archie is experiencing neck pains after a day at the beach.

Reprints

• in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #162 (August 2005)
• in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #59 (July 2016)

Keywords

beach volleyball; surfing

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Ellen Leonforte

Inks

Ellen Leonforte

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Archie's Super Savers

Indexer Notes

Subscription offer for the entire Archie Comics Line.