Price: 1.75 USD
Pages: 100
Editing: Nanci Dakesian (credited) (editor); Victor Gorelick (credited) (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (credited as Richard Goldwater) (editor-in-chief)
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Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Why would Veronica buy a forklift?
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Issue Data

Doll Face!
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Fernando Ruiz (credited)
Inks:
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Nanci Dakesian (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Mrs. Smith
Synopsis:
Betty donates her Bebe doll collection to a charity sale and then regrets her decision.
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Bebe doll is a parody of the Barbie doll.

It's a Gas
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Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages

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Betty is working at a gas station and delays Archie from making his date with Veronica on time.
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Food for Thought!
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:humor; children
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Hap thinks Jinx is not spending enough time developing her brain, so he buys a set of encyclopedias and other educational toys.
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The Girl from Upper Begonia
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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Veronica pretends to be an exchange student from Upper Begonia to fool Reggie.
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Betty's Spring Fashions
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Betty / illustration / 1 page

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  • Genre:fashion; teen
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Featuring fashion ideas from: The Spellman family of Larchmont, NY [Kelly Spellman; Delia Spellman; Martin Spellman; Elizabeth Spellman].
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Rebound Abound
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Sabrina / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Dan Parent (credited)
Pencils:
Dan Parent (credited)
Inks:
Rudy Lapick (credited)
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Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
Characters:
Trudy
Synopsis:
Sabrina uses her magic to make Harvey and Trudy get into a fight.
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Editor's Notebook / in-house column / 1 page

Owe No
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Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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When Betty comes down sick with the flu she has Veronica sub as den mother for a group of forest explorers.
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Phantom of the Bopera
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The Mighty Archie Art Players / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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The Phantom [Archie Andrews]; Christine [Betty Cooper]; Claudine [Veronica Lodge]; Rocky [Reggie Mantle]; Kaycee [Chuck Clayton]; Jojo [Jughead Jones]
Synopsis:
Parody of The Phantom of the Opera
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Mind Over Matter
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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Hap's constant criticism doesn't allow Jinx to enjoy her dinner.
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[no title indexed]
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Betty and Veronica's Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page

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Betty is put off because Archie holds his car door open for Veronica but not for her.
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Indexer Notes

Veronica's fashions sent in by Ann Marie P. of Erie, PA.

The Zoomin' Broom!
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Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages

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Charlie
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Sabrina is embarrassed when her aunts give her a broom instead of a car for her birthday, but she recovers by fastening the broom to the bottom of a skateboard, which makes her a skateboarding champion.
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Stamp Collection
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Betty / activity / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
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Wishful Thinking
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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Jinx's dad corners her into cleaning up her room.
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Where There's Smoke
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Archie / comic story / 12 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Archie
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:We can thank the powers that be, that they don't make evil geniuses like Bang-Bang Cooperstock every day!
  • Keywords:bank robbery
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Bang-Bang Cooperstock
Synopsis:
The mysterious master robber known as "B.B. Cooperstock" loses the money he stole in his latest bank job. Archie and Veronica find it, and are accused of being Cooperstock's henchmen. To clear their names, they have to catch the real B.B. Cooperstock, but their only clue is the smell of cigar smoke on the money.
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Indexer Notes

B.B. Cooperstock is a take-off on D.B. Cooper.
Story is told in two parts; logo only appears on first page of Part II.

[no title indexed]
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Betty and Veronica's Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page

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Veronica comments on Betty's body sweater.
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Limo Blues
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The Archies / comic story / 5 pages

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The Archies Justin Gotbux; Mr. Gotbux
Synopsis:
When the power goes out the Archies have to play their latest gig in a giant stretch limousine.
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Top This
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Betty / comic story / 5 pages

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Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
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Synopsis:
Betty searches for a gift for Archie's birthday that Veronica can't top with her millions.
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Here’s Looking Achoo, Kid!
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Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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Archie's allergic reaction to Veronica's perfume leads him to wear an unusual costume to the costume party.
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Tree Glee
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Archie / comic story / 0.75 page

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[Statement of Ownership]
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statement of ownership / 0.25 page

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Over and Out
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Betty / comic story / 6 pages

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Bill Yoshida (credited as Saburo Y.)
  • Genre:humor; teen
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Synopsis:
Archie is suddenly obsessively attentive to Betty's feelings and Betty loves it.
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The Secret Language of Boys
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Tommy Cook
Synopsis:
Betty explains the "secret language" of boys to Veronica.
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Indexer Notes

Archie's face is seen in a background girl's sunglasses even though he isn't in the story yet.

Archie rents a Kung Fu video starring "Chuck Morris" (Chuck Norris).

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Why would Veronica buy a forklift?"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. Doll Face!
    Betty and Veronica
  3. It's a Gas
    Betty's Diary
  4. Food for Thought!
    Li'l Jinx
  5. The Girl from Upper Begonia
    Betty and Veronica
  6. Betty's Spring Fashions
    Betty
  7. Rebound Abound
    Sabrina
  8. [no title indexed]
    Editor's Notebook
  9. Owe No
    Veronica
  10. Phantom of the Bopera
    The Mighty Archie Art Players
  11. Mind Over Matter
    Li'l Jinx
  12. ["How come Archie never holds the door for me?!?"]
    Betty and Veronica's Pin Up
  13. The Zoomin' Broom!
    Sabrina
  14. Stamp Collection
    Betty
  15. Wishful Thinking
    Li'l Jinx
  16. Where There's Smoke
    Archie
  17. ["You knitted that body sweater yourself?"]
    Betty and Veronica's Pin Up
  18. Limo Blues
    The Archies
  19. Top This
    Betty
  20. Here’s Looking Achoo, Kid!
    Archie
  21. Tree Glee
    Archie
  22. [Statement of Ownership]
  23. Over and Out
    Betty
  24. The Secret Language of Boys
    Betty and Veronica
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