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Issue Details

Issue #159
Published January 1969
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 68
Editing Richard Goldwater
Notes Cover title: Betty And Veronica Christmas Spectacular.

Cover Details - "Golly! I Hope You Two Are Having As Much Fun As I Am!"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Betty plays a party game while Veronica and Archie make out.
Genre humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty and Veronica story "The Protector"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jingles; Santa Claus
Synopsis Trying to prove that he's not just a "delinquent brownie," Jingles tells Betty and Veronica that he will protect them from all harm.
Genre humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx story "If the Shoe Fits"

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

1 page Betty and Veronica illustration "Christmas Pin-Up"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Betty makes a giant snow sculpture to express her obsessive anger at Archie.
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick

6 page Veronica story "Merry Misery"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Veronica becomes sick of the conformist Christmas spirit, and along with Reggie, she hatches a plan to prove that greed is stronger than sickening sweetness.
Genre humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty and Veronica story "The Show Up"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis Veronica decides to get Betty a very expensive gift to make her gift look even cheaper by comparison.
Genre humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Veronica illustration "Christmas Pin-Up"

Pencils Dan DeCarlo

5 page Veronica story "No Waiting"

Characters Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Veronica gets a package and refuses to wait until Christmas to open it.
Genre humor
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Stan Goldberg

2 page Dear Betty / Veronica letters page "Dear Betty / Veronica"

Letters typeset

1 page Betty story "Christmas Card"

Genre humor

1 page Veronica story "Christmas Card"

Genre humor

1 page Li'l Jinx story "Cold Cuts"

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

1 page Veronica story "A Great Idea"

Characters Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Archie says he'll be at Veronica's party "with bells on."
Genre humor
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Stan Goldberg

6 page Veronica story "Takes Up Light Housekeeping, or, His Business Went On the Rocks"

Characters Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Archie goes up in a plane to help deliver supplies to the lighthouse keepers on Mr. Lodge's property.
Genre humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Bob Bolling
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Betty illustration "Christmas Pin-Up"

6 page Betty and Veronica story "The Archie Doll"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Veronica literally gives Archie to Betty for Christmas as a "real live Archie doll."
Genre humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Betty and Veronica illustration "Pin-Up"

1 page Betty and Veronica story "Snow Woe"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Genre humor
Script George Gladir
Pencils Stan Goldberg

5 page Betty and Veronica story "Christmas Color"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis To Mr. Weatherbee's horror, everything at school is red and green during the Christmas season.
Genre humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Betty and Veronica illustration "Pin-Up"