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Issue Details

Issue #18
Published March 1989
Frequency monthly except January and May
Cover Price 0.75 USD
Pages 36
Editing Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "Trendy Supermarket"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Betty and Veronica browse the trendy new supermarket.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks Jim DeCarlo (signed)
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Veronica's Karma"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Hiram Lodge; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis Thieves ditch a stolen Egyptian necklace in Veronica's car. Veronica finds it, wears it and begins believing she is the reincarnation of an Egyptian queen.
Genre Teen
Script Terry Valle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Betty's hair is mistakenly colored orange on page 3, panel 5.

1 page Archie; Sunkist advertisement "Scared Happy"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis While walking through the Sunkist Fun Fruits Jungle, the gang are confronted with aliens, and ghosts bearing Sunkist Spooky Fruit and Sunkist Space Shapes.
Genre Teen
Pencils Jon D'Agostino ?
Inks Jon D'Agostino ?
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

Half page Veronica story "Late Date"

Characters Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Veronica keeps Archie waiting while she shops for clothes.
Genre Teen
Script Mike Pellowski
Pencils Stan Goldberg [as Stan G.]
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

Half page Sabrina story "Mad Memento"

Characters Sabrina; Aunt Hilda
Synopsis Sabrina finds an antique doll house.
Genre Teen
Script Mike Pellowski
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Teamwork"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Coach Pepper; Mr. Flutesnoot; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis Riverdale's women's athletics coach, Coach Pepper, contacts a local TV station, pushing them to do a story on the unselfish teamwork of Betty and Veronica.
Genre Teen
Script George Gladir
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Frozen Out"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Veronica's attempts at winter sports on the local frozen pond prove to be a menace to the life and limb of all.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Betty illustration "Betty's Mail Order Fashions"

Characters Betty Cooper
Synopsis No story; Betty models fashion designs submitted by readers.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo Jr. (signed)
Inks Dan DeCarlo Jr. (signed)
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Veronica illustration "Veronica's Runabout Fashion Hits"

Characters Veronica Lodge
Synopsis No story; Veronica models fashion designs submitted by readers.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo Jr. (signed)
Inks Dan DeCarlo Jr. (signed)
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Betty On The Brain"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Tired of Veronica's dirty tricks to separate her from Archie, Betty trails the couple to the mall, then begins walking into Archie's line of sight while wearing different clothes and wigs, in order to convince him he's so obsessed with Betty that he's seeing her face on other women.
Genre Teen
Script Rich Margopoulos
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Dear Betty And Veronica letters page "I Found Out"

Synopsis Readers write in seeking advice.
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Rod Ollerenshaw ?
Notes The illustrations of Betty and Veronica are stats taken from the first story in this issue. Column appears on the inside back cover.