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Series: Archie's Love Showdown Special

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Publisher: Archie

Title: Archie's Love Showdown Special
Issue: 1
Page Count: 56
Publish Date: 1994
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Contributors: Editor: Scott Fulop; Victor Gorelick; Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

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Archie's Love Showdown Special #1 CGC SS 9.8
Owner: Liam Sturgess

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Features:Archie
Pages:1
Pencils:Dan Parent (signed)
Inks:Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Genre:humor; teen
Characters:Archie Andrews; Cheryl Blossom; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge


Story Title: Love Showdown Re-Cap! - recap
Features:Archie; Betty and Veronica
Pages:1
Pencils:Dan Parent
Inks:Mike Esposito
Colors:Barry Grossman
Letters:Bill Yoshida
Genre:teen; humor
Characters:Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom


Story Title: Love & War (Part 1) - comic story
Features:Archie's Love Showdown
Pages:7
Pencils:Dan Parent
Inks:Mike Esposito
Colors:Barry Grossman
Letters:Bill Yoshida
Genre:teen; humor
Characters:Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Midge Klump; Hermione Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis:Betty and Veronica bring Ethel and Midge up to date on the Archie/Cheryl romance. Then Ethel goes undercover to find out more, but ends up making matters worse.


Story Title: Fast and Loose - comic story
Features:Betty and Veronica
Pages:6
Pencils:Dan DeCarlo ?
Inks:Dan DeCarlo ?
Genre:teen; humor
Characters:Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Cheryl Blossom; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jason Blossom; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:Betty introduces Cheryl to the gang, who is instantly attracted to Archie.


Story Title: Love & War (Part 2) - comic story
Features:Archie's Love Showdown
Pages:9
Pencils:Dan Parent
Inks:Mike Esposito
Colors:Barry Grossman
Letters:Bill Yoshida
Genre:humor; teen
Characters:Cheryl Blossom; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Jason Blossom
Synopsis:In order to break Cheryl and Archie up, Veronica invites them, Jughead, Betty, and Reggie to the Lodges' ski lodge for the weekend. But when Veronica and Reggie fail to get Archie jealous, Jughead plays a trump card: Jason Blossom, Cheryl's brother who has a crush on Betty. This causes Archie to see red, exactly the reaction the girls were hoping for.


Story Title: It's Friendship - comic story
Features:Archie
Pages:5
Pencils:Dan Decarlo?
Inks:Dan DeCarlo?
Genre:teen; humor
Characters:Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Cheryl Blossom; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate (cameo)
Synopsis:Cheryl and Betty get into a vocal cat fight.


Story Title: Sharing a Soda at Pop's - illustration
Features:Archie's Love Showdown
Pages:2
Pencils:Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks:Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors:Barry Grossman
Genre:teen; humor
Characters:Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom


Story Title: Love and War (Part 3) - comic story
Features:Archie's Love Showdown
Pages:5
Pencils:Bill Golliher
Inks:Mike Esposito
Colors:Barry Grossman
Letters:Bill Yoshida
Genre:humor; teen
Characters:Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jason Blossom; Reggie Mantle; Cheryl Blossom; Moose Mason (cameo-flashback); Midge Klump (cameo-flashback); Jughead Jones
Synopsis:After Archie makes a fool of himself, Betty goes off with Jason, Cheryl goes off with Reggie, and Veronica tells Archie to call her when he grows up.


Story Title: Dear Cheryl - letters page
Features:Cheryl
Pages:1
Colors:Barry Grossman
Letters:typeset
Genre:Teen; Humor
Characters:Cheryl Blossom; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:Sara Algase gives "advice" to readers as "Cheryl".


Story Title: Love and War (Part Four) - comic story
Features:Archie's Love Showdown
Pages:6
Pencils:Bill Golliher
Inks:Mike Esposito
Colors:Barry Grossman
Letters:Bill Yoshida
Genre:humor; teen
Characters:Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs (Jones); Jughead Jones; Cheryl Blossom (Mantle); Reggie Mantle; Queen Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper (Blossom); Jason Blossom (all in a dream sequence); Mary Andrews; Savannah Smythe
Synopsis:Archie has a dream where all of his friends are older and married, and he ended up all alone. He wakes up to find there's still time for him to be with someone. Betty and Jason have broken up, and just as Archie is about to ask Betty something, he is captivated by Savannah Smythe, a new student.


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