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Issue Details

Issue #309
Published September 1981
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.50 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Victor Gorelick (art director)

Cover Details - "Weaknesses"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Betty asks Veronica for a scouting report on their tennis opponents.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Sabrina; Hostess advertisement "Growling Grizzlies"

Characters Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; unidentified campers
Synopsis Leading a youth hiking trip in the woods, Sabrina and Aunt Hilda contend with a grizzly bear intent on their stash of Hostess Fruit Pies.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Dan DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Inside front cover.

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Wanta Kid Around?"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Veronica's "come dressed as a five year old kid" party quickly becomes the bane of Smithers' existence.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Dear Betty And Veronica letters page "My Friend And I"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis "Betty" and "Veronica" answer reader letters.
Script Eda Edwards [as Betty and Veronica]
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards

1 page Veronica illustration "Veronica's Avante-Garde Fashions"

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

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Aquatic Antics"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Karen; Donna; Miss Haskins; Cousin Bob (Cooper?)
Synopsis Betty and Veronica train to become competitive swimmers so Archie and Reggie will look at them the way they look at Riverdale swimmers Karen and Donna.
Genre Teen
Script George Gladir
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Fashion Compassion"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Miss Haggly; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Synopsis Betty and Veronica take all the vintage clothes Miss Grundy discards from the faculty rummage sale and build a market for them by holding a nostalgia party at the mansion.
Genre Teen
Script George Gladir
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Split Decision"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Veronica wears a provocative dress with a skirt slit to the hip to the local dance to attract attention, and she gets it.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida