Price: 0.60 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1981-11-10
Editing: Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Victor Gorelick (art director)
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Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks:
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What the world needs this Christmas is peace and love!..
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Betty reflects on the traditional aspects of Christmas, while Veronica laments the more modern aspects.
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: Archie Giant Series
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: 12 times a year: twice in Jan., Sept., Oct., and Dec. and once in March, April, June and Aug.
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?
  • Barcode: 0271000698912

Indexer Notes

This is the second of two issues cover dated December, 1981. The title of this issue is Betty and Veronica Christmas Spectacular.
On sale date from the Comic Reader #196.

Bucolic Frolic
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Hostess Cup Cakes; Josie / comics-form advertising / 1 page

The Dog Who Saved the Day
(Table of Contents: 2)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Letters:
  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Smithers the butler; Gaston the chef; Hot Dog
Synopsis:
Veronica gets a cursed doll for Christmas.
Reprints (2)

Betty and Veronica's Christmas Fashions
(Table of Contents: 3)

Betty and Veronica / illustration / 2 pages

Pencils:
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks:
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Indexer Notes

No story; Betty and Veronica model fashion designs submitted by readers.

The Man in the Red Suit
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Martha
Synopsis:
Veronica gets the urge to sculpt a Santa statue out of snow and thinks nothing of using a gallon of food coloring to achieve the proper effect.
Reprints (4)

[no title indexed]
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Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 1 page

Script:
Eda Edwards (as Betty and Veronica)
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Letters:
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:My younger brother...
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
"Betty" and "Veronica" answer reader letters.

Pursuit of Pleasure
(Table of Contents: 6)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
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Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis:
Through a charity she's working with, Veronica gets a letter to Santa from a poor child who neglects to put his address on the envelope. Using Betty's deductive skills, the girls track the child's mother down and provide the child with a merry Christmas.
Reprints (5)

Days Daze
(Table of Contents: 7)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Li'l Jinx Holliday; Charley Hawse
Synopsis:
Charley laments the wait until Christmas.
Reprints (3)

Branch Line
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
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Letters:
  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hal Cooper
Synopsis:
The necessary pruning of the giant fir on the Lodge Estate has Mr. Lodge depressed over the upcoming holiday season. But Betty's father unintentionally gives her an inspiration as to how to cheer Mr. Lodge up.
Reprints (6)
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["What the world needs this Christmas is peace and love!.."]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. Bucolic Frolic
    Hostess Cup Cakes; Josie
  3. The Dog Who Saved the Day
    Betty and Veronica
  4. Betty and Veronica's Christmas Fashions
    Betty and Veronica
  5. The Man in the Red Suit
    Betty and Veronica
  6. ["My younger brother..."]
    Dear Betty and Veronica
  7. Pursuit of Pleasure
    Betty and Veronica
  8. Days Daze
    Li'l Jinx
  9. Branch Line
    Betty and Veronica
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