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Issue Details

Issue	#247
Published	July 1976
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.30 USD
Pages	36
Editing	John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)

Cover Details - "Anything Special To Recommend"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Betty has an ice cream vending route and she collects a different price from Archie for her novelty bars than from other people.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Progress Report"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis	At an antique sale in the school gym, the kids tout the revolutionary, environmentally-friendly virtues of all the appliances that work without electricity.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Colors	Barry Grossman ?
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Josie; Hostess advertisement "Special Date"

Characters	Josie McCoy; Alan Mayberry; Alexandria Cabot
Synopsis	Hostess ad.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo

Half page Li'l Jinx story "On The Record"

Characters	Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Genre	Humor
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Colors	Barry Grossman ?
Letters	Joe Edwards

Half page Betty And Veronica story "Betty And Veronica's Gag Bag"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Bob Montana
Inks	Bob Montana
Colors	Barry Grossman ?
Notes	Judging by the style of dress and the four-panel continuity, this is probably a reprint of two late fifties to early sixties era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Here's Health"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis	Veronica goes on a physical-fitness kick, but finds that Betty can easily do all the exercises that wear her out.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Colors	Barry Grossman ?
Letters	Bill Yoshida

5 page Betty And Veronica story "The Producers"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Smithers the butler
Synopsis	Betty and Veronica mistake a geeky door-to-door salesman for the son of a famous movie producer.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Colors	Barry Grossman ?
Letters	Bill Yoshida

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Archie Digest"

Characters	Dilton Doily; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Advertisement for Archie Comics Digest #19.
Notes	Ad art is the same for Archie Comics Digest #18 ad that ran in the May 1976 issues.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Pick A Winner Every Time"

Characters	Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Advertisement for the Archie Quarter Comics offer.

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Stairway To The Stars"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis	The girls have the knob at the bottom of the Lodges' stairway removed, so that they can take turns sliding down the bannister. Furious at these kids for turning the house into "some sort of cheap carnival," Smithers waxes the bannister to make it extra-slippery.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Jim DeCarlo
Colors	Barry Grossman ?
Letters	Bill Yoshida