Archie#287
Cover: Dan DeCarlo & Jim DeCarlo
Archie #287
“The Star”
In "The Star," Archie faces his biggest social challenge yet: impressing Veronica at the school dance, especially when Reggie’s date is a real-life actress. With Dan DeCarlo Jr.’s expressive art and Dan DeCarlo’s iconic cover, this 1979 issue captures Archie’s nervous charm and high-stakes crush in a single, relatable moment.
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writer Frank Doyle · artist Dan DeCarlo Jr. · inker Rudy Lapick · colorist Barry Grossman · letterer Bill Yoshida · cover Dan DeCarlo, Jim DeCarlo
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Cast · 2 characters
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writer Frank Doyle
artist Dan DeCarlo Jr.
inker Rudy Lapick
colorist Barry Grossman
letterer Bill Yoshida
cover pencils Dan DeCarlo
cover inks Jim DeCarlo
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Archie is desperate to take Veronica to a dance where Reggie is squiring a professional actress, in order to try to be as impressive as he fears Reggie will be.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).