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Issue Details

Issue #12
Published August 1988
Frequency monthly except for January and May
Cover Price 0.75 USD
Pages 36
Editing Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "Inferiority Complex"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Veronica just beat Betty in tennis.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Fantasy Fun"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis The boys and the girls trade barbs over whose fantasizing is more pathetic.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Archie; Sunkist advertisement "Surprise Ending"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis The boys go hiking in the Sunkist Fun Fruits Jungle, where they run into the girls and their Sunkist Fun Fruits.
Genre Teen
Pencils Jon D'Agostino ?
Inks Jon D'Agostino ?
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Betty And Veronica story "A Critical Condition"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Betty and Veronica review student-made short films (a la Siskel & Ebert).
Genre Teen
Script Hal Smith
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Loser Takes All"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Veronica obsessively spends the afternoon searching for some game she can beat Betty at.
Genre Teen
Script George Gladir
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes On page 3, panel 1, Jughead is seen reading a copy of Pep Comics.

1 page The Archies; Wyler's advertisement "Let's Do The Fruit Slush Mush"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Smithers the butler
Synopsis At a lawn party being thrown by Veronica, The Archies entertain, the guest compete to see who can do the best version of the "Fruit Slush Mush", and everyone enjoys Wyler's Fruit Slush.
Genre Teen
Inks Jon D'Agostino ?
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Dear Betty And Veronica letters page "I Am Prettier"

Synopsis Advice is given to problems submitted by readers.
Pencils Dan DeCarlo Jr. ?
Inks Dan DeCarlo Jr. ?
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Rod Ollerenshaw ?

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Up The Creek"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis While guiding their canoe down a river, Betty and Veronica encounter a young man fishing. Veronica immediately decides his company is preferable to Betty's and makes a play for him.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Archie public service announcement "Health Education"

Characters Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Mr. Weatherbee teaches a class in AIDS awareness.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Inside back cover.