Archie Giant Series Magazine
#625
[Direct]
(November 1991)
Archie,
1954 Series
- Price
- 1.00 USD; 1.20 CAD; 0.75 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- ten times per year
- On-sale Date
- 1991-07-23
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Archie Annual Digest Magazine #59. Issue is titled "Veronica's Summer Special".
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Veronica / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I wonder if anyone noticed my new swimsuit?!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica's new swimsuit causes mass confusion on the beach.
- Keywords
- bikini
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The Good Earth
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan Parent; Dan DeCarlo (main character faces only)
- Inks
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "Why," you ask? Why is Riverdale's most glamorous, gorgeous debutante grubbing in the ground for weeds like a common, ordinary person? - To make this old Earth a better place, of course!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Veronica cons Betty, Archie and Jughead to help her manicure the Lodge Estate lawn. But she comes to regret it when Archie and Jughead get hold of the lawn tractors.
- Reprints
-
in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #152 (August 2007) - in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #263 (September 2018)
-
- Keywords
- landscaping
[Little Archie Digest Magazine #3]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Little Archie Andrews
Why Is Mr. Lodge So Happy?
Mister Lodge / activity / 0.5 page
- Script
- Rod Ollerenshaw [as RGO] (signed)
- Pencils
- Rod Ollerenshaw [as RGO] (signed)
- Inks
- Rod Ollerenshaw [as RGO] (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Rod Ollerenshaw [as RGO] (signed)
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge
Indexer Notes
Word find puzzle.
[no title indexed]
Editor's Notebook / text article / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now That Summer Vacation
- Synopsis
- Editor Gorelick promotes Archie Giant Series #625 and 626, and urges readers to enter the Archie Interview Contest.
Bring Your Own Bag
Archie's Environmental Tips / public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm just going to the store for a few things, daddy!!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica is environmentally conscious by taking a fabric tote bag to go shopping. But she's not very conscious of Mr. Lodge's finances by taking a dozen tote bags to go shopping.
Think Tank
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (page 1); Dan Parent (pages 2-5)
- Inks
- Alison Flood
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I think I can! I think I can! I think I can! I think I can!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica is skeptical about Betty's attempt to psyche herself up to win a swimming contest.
- Keywords
- beach; swimsuit
Indexer Notes
Dan DeCarlo redrew the faces of Archie, Betty and Veronica on pages two through five.
[no title indexed]
Veronica / illustration / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Howdy, Partners
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Two page spread of Veronica posing in a vaguely Old West outfit.
- Reprints
- in The Best of Betty and Veronica Summer Fun (Mary Smith, 1991 series) #[nn] (1991)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #136 (September 1997)
-
The Champion
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (pages 1-2, faces on pages 3-5); Dan Parent (pages 3-5)
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ronnie, do you know what an embarrassment of riches is?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler
- Synopsis
- Betty tries to educate Veronica on how "riches" can mean more than just money.
- Reprints
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Explosion (Archie, 2014 series) ([July] 2014)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #225 (September 2014)
-
- Keywords
- swimsuits
Indexer Notes
Dan DeCarlo redrew the faces of the main characters on pages three through five.
When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #225, writing is credited to Mike Pellowski, pencils are credited to Dan DeCarlo and inks are credited to Jim DeCarlo.
[Discount 32 Page Comic Subscription!]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Big Gig
Sabrina's Cat, Salem / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why am I letting this dumb bozo chase me?
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Salem
- Synopsis
- Salem uses magic to escape a menacing dog.
[Archie's Riverdale High #8]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Cousin Brucie
Balloon Bonanza
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan Parent; Dan DeCarlo (main character faces only)
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty! Look! Look! All those balloons are floating this way!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Charlie; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- When an advertising stunt leaves the beach littered with balloons, Betty and Veronica organize the beach crowd to clean them up.
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #144 (September 2006), #213 (August 2013)
- in World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #17
-
- Keywords
- beach; swimsuit
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I wonder if anyone noticed my new swimsuit?!"]
Veronica -
1.
[The Great Cap'n Crunch Caper]
-
2.
The Good Earth
Veronica -
3.
[Koosh Kins]
-
4.
[Little Archie Digest Magazine #3]
-
5.
[Capri Sun Pacific Cooler]
-
6.
Why Is Mr. Lodge So Happy?
Mister Lodge -
7.
["Now That Summer Vacation"]
Editor's Notebook -
8.
Bring Your Own Bag
Archie's Environmental Tips -
9.
[Archie's Checklist]
-
10.
[Archie T-shirt]
-
11.
Think Tank
Veronica -
12.
["Howdy, Partners"]
Veronica -
13.
The Champion
Veronica -
14.
[Discount 32 Page Comic Subscription!]
-
15.
[It's Archie's 50th Anniversary Fan Club Offer]
-
16.
Big Gig
Sabrina's Cat, Salem -
17.
[Archie's Riverdale High #8]
-
18.
[Archie's Special Digest Subscription Offer]
-
19.
Balloon Bonanza
Veronica -
20.
[Makin' it with Olympic!]
-
21.
[G.I. Joe Trading Cards]
-
22.
[New Ultra Koosh Ball]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Igor Dybzinski
- Merlin Haas
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
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