Archie Giant Series Magazine
#588
[Canadian]
(October 1988)
Archie,
1954 Series
- Price
- 0.95 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 13 times a year
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Barcode
- 076956145249 10
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #588 [Direct].
There exist further variants:
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- C'mon, you wimp! You can do better!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
in ![Cover Thumbnail for Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #588 [Canadian]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1180/w200/1180890.jpg?7881126890928917843)
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Health Education
Archie / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Announcement supporting AIDS education and including hotline number for the Centers for Disease Control.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Deliverance
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- The new pizza parlor in town is getting lots of business by using pretty delivery girls, so Betty and Veronica offer to deliver food orders for Pop Tate.
- Reprints
-
in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #125 (August 2004), #244 (August 2016)
-
Veronica's Flamingo Pink Fashions
Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- fashion; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- fashion page
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
designs submitted by Terri Blomgren
Twisted Sitters!
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Georgie; Hank; Dave
- Synopsis
- Veronica tries to take over Betty's babysitting job when she thinks the kid's older brother is a handsome hunk.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #184 (July 2003)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #122 (August 2008)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #30 (August 2013)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #284 (August 2020)
-
Two of a Kind
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews (cameo); Reggie Mantle (cameo); Hiram Lodge (cameo flashback)
- Synopsis
- In this story, the captions explain how the lives of Betty and Veronica seem similar, while the pictures show how different they really are.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #34 (August 1998)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #209 (September 2004)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #183 (October 2010)
- in World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #16
-
Josie's Puzzle Page
Josie / activity / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy
Indexer Notes
word scramble puzzle
Ice Creamed
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- The girls are jealous because Archie attracts the attention of a pretty ice skating instructor.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Eda Edwards (credited as Betty and Veronica)
- Inks
- ? (illustration)
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
Indexer Notes
inside back cover; advice column
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["C'mon, you wimp! You can do better!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Health Education
Archie -
2.
Deliverance
Betty and Veronica -
3.
Surprise Ending!
Archie; Sunkist -
4.
Veronica's Flamingo Pink Fashions
Veronica -
5.
Twisted Sitters!
Betty and Veronica -
6.
Two of a Kind
Betty and Veronica -
7.
Josie's Puzzle Page
Josie -
8.
Let's Do the FruitSlush Mush!
Archie; Wyler's -
9.
Ice Creamed
Betty and Veronica -
10.
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica
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- Derek Reinhard
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