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Issue Details

Issue	#40
Published	January 1959
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Does a mousetrap chase a mouse?"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Harry Lucey

5 page Betty and Veronica story "Joyful Journey"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Fred Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis	After hearing Mr. Weatherbee's lecture on the importance of spreading happiness, Betty decides to spread joy to everyone in her life, but her "joyful" pronouncements set off a class war between the Andrews and Lodge families.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick

Half page Archie activity "A Crack Skater"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	The reader has to draw a line to let Archie skate to Veronica without falling through cracks in the ice.
Script	Tom Moore
Pencils	Tom Moore
Inks	Tom Moore
Letters	Tom Moore

Half page Leroy filler "Season's Beatings"

Characters	Leroy; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	Leroy gets a drum for Christmas.
Script	Tom Moore
Pencils	Tom Moore
Inks	Tom Moore
Letters	Tom Moore

1 page text article "World of the Past"

Genre	fact; history
Pencils	Ken Hultgren
Inks	Ken Hultgren
Letters	Typeset

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "The Warning!"

Characters	Li'l Jinx; Greg
Genre	children; humor
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Letters	Joe Edwards

7 page Veronica story "Fish Fried"

Characters	Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis	Archie comes up with an elaborate scheme that will allow him and Veronica to get more dating money out of Mr. Lodge. The first step is for Veronica to feign an interest in collecting extremely expensive tropical fish.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick

4 page Archie story "Tree To Get Ready"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump
Synopsis	Archie breaks the Christmas tree decorations, so the gang makes decorations out of food, but Jughead promptly eats them.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bill Vigoda

1 page Nature's Notebook text article "Man's Best Friend"

Genre	fact; nature
Pencils	Ken Hultgren
Inks	Ken Hultgren
Letters	Typeset

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Nope!"

Characters	Li'l Jinx
Genre	children; humor
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Letters	Joe Edwards

6 page Betty and Veronica story "Those Are the Breaks!"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mrs. Cooper; Chuck Thomas
Synopsis	Trying to get a date with a handsome boy that Archie is setting up with Betty, Veronica pretends to be Betty and bad-mouths Veronica, eventually convincing both Chuck and Archie that Veronica is no good.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick