Archie Giant Series Magazine
#589
[Direct]
(October 1988)
Archie,
1954 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 13 times a year: once in July and Nov., three times in Jan. and Sept., and five times in Oct.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
- Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick; Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Silver Age US; later Standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- Perfect Bound; later Saddle-Stitched
- Publishing Format
- Was Ongoing Series
Issue Notes
This issue has variants.
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jughead, when do the really big fireworks start?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- Keywords
- beach; night; swimsuits
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A Public Service Message from Archie Comics
public service announcement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton
Indexer Notes
AIDS awareness.
Malice Props
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Hal Smith
- Pencils
- Dan Parent
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie! Betty! What are you doing here?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- When Betty and Archie land leading roles in a play, Reggie and Veronica try to sabotage them.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #63 (October 1993) - in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #36 (October 1998)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #79 (July 2018)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Romp (Archie, 2018 series) (2018)
-
- Keywords
- summer theater
The Best Catch
Mr. Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Joe Edwards (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah! It's a perfect day for fishing!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; Elmer Flutesnoot
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee and Professor Flutesnoot have a fishing competition; the loser of which has to buy the other a lobster dinner.
- Reprints
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #9 (September 2011)
-
Chow Hounds
Little Ambrose / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hot Dogs!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ambrose; Little Jughead; Little Reggie; Little Archie
- Synopsis
- The guys only let Ambrose come on their picnic if he carries the food and does the cooking.
- Reprints
- in Little Archie Digest Magazine (Archie, 1991 series) #11 (November 1993)
-
True Clue
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Mike Pellowski
- Pencils
- Dan Parent
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't try to kid us, Arch!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie was scared while riding the roller coaster.
Ice Cream Break
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Mike Pellowski
- Pencils
- Dan Parent
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look at those boys fighting to get near the ice cream truck!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Country Clubbing
Reggie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Joe Edwards
- Pencils
- Hy Eisman
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come back, Flopsie!
- Genre
- humor; animal; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Lori; Chauncey; Pip
- Synopsis
- When Reggie saves Lori's dog she invites him to the country club, but her and her friends make fun of Reggie.
- Reprints
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #30 (October 2013) [In the original story the script is credited to Joe Edwards and the pencils are credited to Hy Eisman.]
-
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Jughead, when do the really big fireworks start?"]
Archie -
1.
A Public Service Message from Archie Comics
-
2.
Malice Props
Archie -
3.
Surprise Ending!
Archie and his friends; Sunkist Fun Fruits -
4.
Sabrina Wacky Music Puzzle
-
5.
The Best Catch
Mr. Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot -
6.
Chow Hounds
Little Ambrose -
7.
Let's Do the FruitSlush Mush!
The Archies; FruitSlush -
8.
True Clue
Reggie -
9.
Ice Cream Break
Betty and Veronica -
10.
Country Clubbing
Reggie -
11.
Archie's Club News
Archie Club -
12.
Bedrockin' Shakedown
Post Pebbles Cereal; The Flintstones
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