| Issue | #40 |
| Published | February 1972 |
| Cover Price | .25 |
| Pages | 52 |
| Characters | Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle |
| Genre | teen; humor |
| Characters | Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones |
| Synopsis | Betty is admiring the fall, while Archie admires the other girls around him. When Betty runs away hurt, Archie decides to give her a plant in order to make up-- except the plant is poison ivy. |
| Genre | teen; humor |
| Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
| Inks | Dan DeCarlo |
| Notes | Credits taken from the Who's Who project. |
| Characters | Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge |
| Synopsis | Betty and Archie both get jobs working together at a local grocery store. Both are using the earned money for the Prom, but Archie's is for taking Veronica to the Prom, not Betty. |
| Genre | teen; humor |
| Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
| Inks | Dan DeCarlo |
| Notes | Credits taken from the Who's Who Project. |
| Characters | Li'l Jinx; Fat Charley Hawse; Gigi |
| Synopsis | The kids talk about want they want to be when they grow up. |
| Genre | humor; gags |
| Script | Joe Edwards |
| Pencils | Joe Edwards |
| Inks | Joe Edwards |
| Letters | Joe Edwards |
| Characters | Betty Cooper |
| Synopsis | Betty gives advice to readers. |
| Genre | teen; advice |
| Characters | Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Fred Andrews |
| Synopsis | Archie and Betty are on a date in the country when he gets a flat tire on his jalopy. While Betty waits in the car, the jack slips and the car rolls into the lake. Archie wades in to rescue Betty, then slips with her on his shoulders, drenching them both. Deciding they need help, they go to a local motel, and sign in as Mr. and Mrs. A. Andrews to get dry and call a tow truck. Once in the room, Archie starts a fire and the two get out of their wet clothes and dress in blankets, putting their clothes near the fire to dry. Betty calls her father and mother to let them know she'll be late, but when they discover that she and Archie are in a motel room together, they become angry and race to aid their daughter. When they arrive at the motel, Archie explains what happened, but the Coopers don't believe him. To protect his daughter's honor, Mr. Cooper demands that Archie and Betty get married. |
| Genre | teen; humor |
| Script | Dick Malmgren |
| Pencils | Gus LeMoine |
| Notes | A very racy story for Archie, although Archie and Betty never see each other undressed and nothing romantic or lustful happens in the motel. Art identifiable as Gus LeMoine by his style. See: http://www.toughguygoods.com/weekly_fastwillie.html Script uncredited, but identifiable as Dick Malmgren by his distinctive writing style. |
| Characters | Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews |
| Synopsis | Betty and Archie have very different ideas about what marriage is like. |
| Genre | teen; humor |
| Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
| Inks | Dan DeCarlo |
| Notes | Credits taken from the Who's Who Project. |