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Issue Details

Issue #345
Published December 1986
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.75 USD
Pages 36
Editing Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "Help! An Intruder"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cousin Leroy
Synopsis Veronica has an electronic lock on her diary to keep Cousin Leroy from reading it.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors Barry Grossman

1 page Archie public service announcement "Buckle Up And Stay Safe!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
Synopsis Archie and his friends tell readers to buckle their seat belt.
Pencils Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks Stan Goldberg (signed)
Notes Inside front cover.

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Veronica's Diary"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis To compete with Betty, Veronica decides to keep a diary of her own.
Genre Teen
Script Kathleen Webb
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Archie; Quaker Oats advertisement "Free The Cap'n Mystery"

Characters Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis Mr. Weatherbee solicits help from the students to aid Cap'n Crunch against the Sogmaster.
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Stan Goldberg
Colors Barry Grossman

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Save! Subscribe!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Notes Subscription solicitation for Archie's Double Digest.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Step Right Up"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Notes Checklist of eligible titles for the Two Issues For $1.00 offer.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Two For A Buck"

Characters Archie Andrews
Notes Special offer on the Archie Christmas specials.

Half page Sabrina story "Telltale Sign"

Characters Sabrina; unidentified friend
Synopsis Sabrina can tell Aunt Hilda has arrived at school to pick her up.
Genre Teen
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Discount 32"

Characters Archie Andrews
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Rod Ollerenshaw
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Rod Ollerenshaw
Notes Subscription solicitation for the Archie Comics line.

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Sweet Little Fourteen"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Veronica's second cousin, Pamela, has always been a willful, spoiled child. Well, now she's a willful, spoiled well-built fourteen year old girl and she's taken a shine to Archie.
Genre Teen
Script Kathleen Webb
Pencils Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Betty And Veronica story "The Value Of Pie"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Veronica is convinced she won't be able to get married until she can bake a perfect pie, so she badgers Betty to show her how.
Genre Teen
Script Kathleen Webb
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Subscribe To Katy Keene"

Notes Subscription solicitation for Katy Keene Comics.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "New From The Archie Digest Library"

Characters Archie Andrews
Notes Advertisement for Archie's Story And Game Comics Digest.

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Do It This Way"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Mr. Lodge starts to tape a message for his board, then is interrupted. Veronica and the gang find the camera and decide to make an aerobic video with it.
Genre Teen
Script Jim Ruth
Pencils Dan DeCarlo (layouts); Jim DeCarlo (finished pencils)
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Dear Betty And Veronica letters page "A Boy In My Science Class"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis "Betty" and "Veronica" answer reader letters.
Script ? [as Betty and Veronica]
Pencils Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Letters Rod Ollerenshaw
Notes Inside back cover.