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Issue Details

Issue #313
Published January 1982
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.50 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Victor Gorelick (art director)

Cover Details - "Archie's Yacht"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; unidentified hair dressers
Synopsis At the beautician's, Veronica tells Betty about Archie's latest escapade.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Josie; Hostess advertisement "Bucolic Frolic"

Characters Josie McCoy; Alan Mayberry; Alexandra Cabot; Valerie Brown
Synopsis Alan leaves Alexandra and her picnic lunch in the dust when he sees Josie and Valerie have brought Hostess Cup Cakes along on their nature hike.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Dan DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty And Veronica story "God Bless The Working Girl"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Adolph Squint; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Mr. Lodge forces Veronica to get a waitress job at a restaurant to earn her clothing money.
Genre Teen
Script Claire Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Writing originally credited to Frank Doyle; actually one of the early '80s stories written by his daughter Claire.

1 page Li'l Jinx's Chum, Charley story "Make Believe"

Characters Charley Hawse; Greg
Synopsis Charley makes excuses for his lack of football prowess.
Genre Humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards

1 page Betty And Veronica illustration "Betty And Veronica's Fall Fashions"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis No story; Betty and Veronica model fashion designs submitted by readers.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Dan DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty And Veronica story "The Invitation"

Characters Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Hal Cooper; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper
Synopsis Nancy convinces Betty to become more aggressive concerning Archie, and her father isn't certain he likes the idea.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Despite the logo at the beginning of the story, Veronica Lodge does not appear. The ending of this story, where Mrs. Cooper says that Betty's aggressive behavior will give her "a lot more fun than I ever had," has been changed in recent digest reprints. In the '90s, the final balloon was re-lettered to read "that kind of behavior landed me a husband!" Another reprint, in the '00s, not only changed the final line but re-drew Mr. Cooper to remove the pipe he smokes in the final panel.

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Number One Guy"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Chuck Clayton; Floyd Clayton
Synopsis Chuck's recent football success has gone to his head and the girls decide to introduce him to a little humility.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Dear Betty And Veronica letters page "Recently I Had"

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

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Share The Pain"

Characters Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis Veronica develops a toothache and can't attend a concert with Archie, so she guilt-trips Archie into giving up the concert as well to make sure he won't go with Betty or anyone else.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Despite the logo on page one, Betty Cooper does not appear in this story.