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Issue Details

Issue #81
Published February 1977
Cover Price 0.30 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Story continues from last issue.

Cover Details - "Betty Cooper, Betty Cooper!"

Characters Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; the Limping Man; Felicity Goodbody (as a spirit)
Genre teen; humor; soap opera
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Colors Barry Grossman
Notes Story continues from last issue.

6 page Betty story "Betty Cooper, Betty Cooper! (Part I)"

Characters Betty Cooper (as her normal self and possessed by Felicity Goodbody); Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; the Limping Man; Count Drago; Forsythe P. Jones II; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis The Limping Man almost catches up to Jughead, who ducks into the hospital only to be saved by his father. Count Drago is paranoid that Count Stabinsky plans to do him in. Archie's sickness is getting worse, and Felicity takes over Betty again.
Genre teen; humor; soap opera
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx story "SILENCE!"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Fat Charley Hawse
Synopsis Li'l Jinx and Charley maintain their silence in a library, even after Charley drops a book on Jinx's head.
Genre children; humor; gags
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

5 page Betty story "Betty Cooper, Betty Cooper! (Part II)"

Characters Betty Cooper (possessed by Felicity Goodbody); Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews; the Limping Man; Jughead Jones; Forsythe P. Jones II; Count Stabinsky; Count Drago
Synopsis Felicity laughs as Archie goes deeper into a coma and then she tortures other creatures as well. The Limping Man corners Jughead with murder on his mind, but Jughead escapes thanks to his dad's intervention. A group of bats helps Count Drago -- while in his bat form -- escape from Count Stabinsky. Touched by the gesture, Count Drago vows to remain in his bat form forever and stay with his new family.
Genre teen; humor; soap opera
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Betty story "Betty Cooper, Betty Cooper! (Part III)"

Characters Betty Cooper (as herself and possessed by Felicity Goodbody); the Limping Man; Jughead Jones; Forsythe P. Jones II; Veronica Lodge; the Gypsy Lady
Synopsis Cornering Jughead, the Limping Man reveals he was injured by the elevator operator twelve years ago and decided to wreak vengeance on the operator's children. Forsythe tells the man he's targeting the wrong group of people, as the elevator that injured him was in another building. Humbled, Jughead offers the Limping Man a pepper sandwich -- one of Jughead's favorites. It is so hot that the man's limp is cured. Meanwhile, Betty and Veronica visit the Gypsy Lady, but Felicity possesses Betty at that moment, only to find that the Gypsy Lady has been possessed by the spirit of Felicity's mother.
Genre teen; humor; soap opera
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page letters page "Dear Betty"

Characters Betty Cooper
Notes Betty answers readers' questions.

5 page Betty story "Betty Cooper, Betty Cooper! (Part IV)"

Characters Betty Cooper (as herself and possessed by Felicity Goodbody); Veronica Lodge; The Gypsy Lady; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis As Betty is again possessed by Felicity, the Gypsy Lady is possessed by the spirit of Felicity's mother, who spanks the spirit of the willful child out of Betty forever. With Felicity gone, Archie quickly recovers and Jughead tells the group about the end of the Limping Man mystery.
Genre teen; humor; soap opera
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Josie; Hostess Fruit Pies advertisement "The Unveiling"

Characters Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown; Alexandra Cabot; Noochy (a famous sculptor)
Synopsis Inspired by the girls and Hostess Fruit pies, a sculptor creates his greatest work yet.
Genre teen; humor; ad
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Notes Located on the back cover.