Issue | #494 |
Published | June 1980 |
Frequency | Twice in Jan., Sept., Oct., and Dec.; Once in March, April, June and August |
Cover Price | 0.40 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor) |
Characters | Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge |
Synopsis | Veronica asked Betty why the secret she confided is now public knowledge. |
Genre | teen |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo (signed) |
Inks | Dan DeCarlo (signed) |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Notes | Logo for this issue is Betty & Veronica Spectacular. |
Characters | Josie McCoy; Alan Mayberry; Valerie Brown; Alexander Cabot |
Synopsis | The gang is attacked by a gang of ambulatory snowmen after their Hostess Fruit Pies. |
Genre | Teen |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Inks | Jim DeCarlo |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Notes | Inside front cover. |
Characters | Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews |
Synopsis | To distract Betty from going out with Archie, Veronica circles a date on Betty's calendar in red knowing her friend will obsess over it. |
Genre | Teen |
Script | Frank Doyle |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Inks | Dan DeCarlo |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Characters | Roz; Charley Hawse |
Synopsis | Roz wants an honest opinion of her art. |
Genre | Humor |
Script | Joe Edwards |
Pencils | Joe Edwards |
Inks | Joe Edwards |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Joe Edwards |
Characters | Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews |
Synopsis | Betty explains her costume to Jughead. |
Genre | Teen |
Script | Michael Gallagher ? |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Inks | Joe Edwards |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Joe Edwards |
Notes | This is a reprint of a late seventies era Archie syndicated newspaper strip. |
Reprinted | from ? |
Script | Louis Silberkleit |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Filed October 1, 1979; Owners Archie Comic Publications, Inc, and Archie Enterprises, Inc, both of 1116 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10021; Publisher Archie Comics Publications, Editor John L. Goldwater, Managing Editor Richard Goldwater; Total Paid Circulation, avg 12 months: 112,123. |
Characters | Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge |
Synopsis | No story; Betty and Veronica model designs submitted by readers. |
Genre | Teen |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo (signed) |
Inks | Dan DeCarlo (signed) |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Characters | Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Mr. Weatherbee's niece (unnamed) |
Synopsis | When a new girl in school swings her hips provocatively and all the boys go crazy for it, Betty and Veronica decide to fight fire with fire. |
Genre | Teen |
Script | Frank Doyle |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Inks | Rudy Lapick |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Reprinted | from Archie's Girls, Betty And Veronica (Archie, 1950 Series) #241 |
Characters | Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews |
Synopsis | Veronica tries to steal a boy away from Betty. |
Genre | Teen |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Notes | During the story, Veronica asks rhetorically who would possibly want to date Betty Cooper. Immediately Jughead begins to rattle off the names of boys until Veronica orders him to stop. Among the names he rattles off are Richard (Goldwater), Dan (DeCarlo), Frank (Doyle), George (Gladir), Barry (Grossman), Garry (?), and Bill (Yoshida), all Archie Comics contributors. |
Reprinted | from Archie's Girls, Betty And Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #249. |
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 |
Characters | Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Smithers the butler; Hiram Lodge; Roger the pest |
Synopsis | To keep Betty from catching Archie in Riverdale's version of Sadie Hawkins Day, Veronica plots with Archie to rig the game. |
Genre | Teen |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Inks | Jim DeCarlo |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |