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Issue Details

Issue #34
Published February 1996
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 1.50 USD; 1.65 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "I Know The Play Isn't For Three Months"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Betty insists on a lot of rehearsal with Archie for the school play - - particularly the love scene.
Genre Teen
Pencils Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty story "A Very Merry Christmas"

Characters Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Caramel; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Betty tells Ethel how much the holiday season has her jumpy and frazzled.
Genre Teen
Script George Gladir
Pencils Doug Crane
Inks Ken Selig
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Betty And Veronica advertisement "Toe Stop Twist"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Archie literally runs into Betty while in-line skating, much to Veronica's chagrin, because he wasn't using Street Cruisers from Seneca Sports with toe stop action.
Genre Teen
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Archie public service announcement "Food For Thought"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; unidentified youth
Synopsis Archie's sprained foot convinces him to convince Pop Tate to put a handicap ramp into the Choc'lit Shoppe.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes PSA co-sponsored by United Cerebral Palsy Associations.

11 page Betty Cooper, Super Sleuther story "Give Me A Ring"

Characters Betty Cooper; Caramel; Veronica Lodge; Smithers the butler; Hiram Lodge; unidentified Tangapoonian nationals; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Betty gets an ancient ring from the country of Tangapoon, one of dozens of artifacts recently purchased from the country by Mr. Lodge, stuck on her finger. That makes her a target of radicals from the country determined to reclaim the ring at any cost.
Genre Teen
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Doug Crane
Inks Mark Brewer
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Cheryl's Everywhere"

Characters Cheryl Blossom
Notes Advertisement for the Cheryl Blossom Specials and the Cheryl Blossom mini-series.

Half page Editor's Notebook text article "One Of The Most"

Synopsis Editor Gorelick promotes World Of Archie #18 and Archie's Superteens #4.
Script Victor Gorelick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters typeset

1 page Betty story "Feeling Reeling"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Betty knows something Veronica doesn't and it's driving Veronica crazy.
Genre Teen
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Mike Worley
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "It's Your Last Chance"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom; Archie Andrews
Notes Advertisement for The Love Showdown Collection gold edition.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Two Tails Are Good"

Characters Tails
Notes Advertisement for the Tails mini-series.

2 page Dear Betty letters page "I Have A Friend"

Characters Betty Cooper
Synopsis "Betty" answers reader letters.
Script Sara Algase
Pencils Ellen Leonforte
Inks Ellen Leonforte
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Ellen Leonforte; typeset

5 page Betty story "Thinking Of Whom?"

Characters Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews (flashbacks only)
Synopsis Betty proposes to spend the entire day with her mother, but despite her best intentions just can't get Archie off of her mind.
Genre Teen
Script Mike Pellowski
Pencils Doug Crane
Inks Ken Selig
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida