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Pages: 36
Editing: Victor Gorelick (editor)
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Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks:
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Letters:
  • Genre:teen; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:C'mon, you wimp! You can do better!
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Reprints (1)
This issue has 2 variants

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: Archie Giant Series
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
  • 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
  • Printer: ?

Health Education
(Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / public service announcement / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
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Letters:
?
  • 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
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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Letters:
  • Genre:teen; humor
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 (4)

Surprise Ending!
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Archie; Sunkist / advertisement / 1 page

Veronica's Flamingo Pink Fashions
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Veronica / illustration / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:fashion; teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
fashion page
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

designs submitted by Terri Blomgren

Twisted Sitters!
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
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Inks:
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Letters:
  • Genre:teen; humor
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 (4)

Two of a Kind
(Table of Contents: 6)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
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Letters:
  • Genre:teen; humor
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 (4)

Josie's Puzzle Page
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Josie / activity / 0.5 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Josie McCoy

Indexer Notes

word scramble puzzle

Let's Do the FruitSlush Mush!
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Archie; Wyler's / advertisement / 1 page

Ice Creamed
(Table of Contents: 9)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:teen; humor
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 (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 1 page

Script:
Eda Edwards (credited as Betty and Veronica)
Inks:
? (illustration)
Letters:

Indexer Notes

inside back cover; advice column

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["C'mon, you wimp! You can do better!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. Health Education
    Archie
  3. Deliverance
    Betty and Veronica
  4. Surprise Ending!
    Archie; Sunkist
  5. Veronica's Flamingo Pink Fashions
    Veronica
  6. Twisted Sitters!
    Betty and Veronica
  7. Two of a Kind
    Betty and Veronica
  8. Josie's Puzzle Page
    Josie
  9. Let's Do the FruitSlush Mush!
    Archie; Wyler's
  10. Ice Creamed
    Betty and Veronica
  11. [no title indexed]
    Dear Betty and Veronica
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