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Issue Details

Issue #85
Published January 1963
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing John L. Goldwater

Cover Details - "Get Her"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Betty resorts to giving out premiums to get Archie to dance with her.
Genre Teen
Pencils Bob White
Inks Rudy Lapick ?

6 page Betty And Veronica story "The Big Blowup"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Veronica gets her hair teased into a bouffant to be trendy and in style, then finds everybody hates it.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

1 page Betty illustration "Betty Pin Up"

Characters Betty Cooper
Synopsis Betty is on the phone, complaining about Ginger's sense of confidentiality.
Genre Teen
Script Jane Startz
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo
Notes The gag for this page was submitted by reader Jane Startz.

1 page Veronica illustration "Veronica Pin Up"

Characters Veronica Lodge; Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; unnamed members of the Riverdale football team
Synopsis The football team can't concentrate on the plays when Veronica is on the field in her cheerleader uniform.
Genre Teen
Script Billy Sutherland
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo
Notes The gag for this page was submitted by reader Billy Sutherland.

Half page Archie; US Rubber advertisement "Did You Know This"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Archie, Betty and Veronica admire the US Royal bicycle tire made by United States Rubber Company.
Genre Teen
Pencils Bob White
Inks Bob White

6 page Betty And Veronica story "The Hard Way"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Archie's flip remark to Betty and Veronica give them the wrong impression of what he intends to do.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Time Of The Year"

Characters Archie Andrews
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Harry Lucey
Notes Advertisement for Archie Giant Series #20

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Sports Lovers"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Fed up with striking out with Archie, Betty begins flirting with every boy who'll look at her. This gets Veronica worried that Betty will out-do her in the number of boys interested in her, and suddenly Archie can't get to first base with anybody.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

1 page text article "The King Of Twist"

Synopsis A short biography of singer Chubby Checker.
Genre biography
Pencils John Rosenberger ?
Inks John Rosenberger ?
Letters typeset

1 page Li'l Jinx story "Bed-Lam"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Greg; Hap Holiday
Synopsis Greg doesn't care for his new alarm.
Genre Humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Rest Cure"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mickey Morse; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Veronica forces her family doctor to convince Archie he's sick, in order to get him out of town for a few day so she has a clear field to date new school hottie Mickey Morse.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo