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Issue Details

Issue #98
Published December 1978
Frequency monthly except for January, June and November
Cover Price 0.35 USD
Pages 36
Editing John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)

Cover Details - "Mind Your Own Business"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Cousin Leroy
Synopsis On the carousel with Archie, Betty isn't eager for Veronica's Cousin Leroy to help.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle ?
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty And Me story "Hire Mire"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper
Synopsis Betty talks her father into hiring Archie to do some yard work so Archie can earn some money for the school dance - - until she realizes he'll probably take Veronica.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

Half page Li'l Jinx's Chum, Fat Charley story "A Run Down"

Characters Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx
Synopsis Charley's new calculator is little help to him.
Genre Humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards

Half page Archie story "Archie's Gag Bag"

Characters Mr. Weatherbee; Mr. Oberture; Miss Phlips; Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Mr. Weatherbee hunts down a mysterious expenditure, then searches for the key to the supply closet.
Genre Teen
Script Bob Montana
Pencils Bob Montana
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards
Notes These are reprints of two mid-sixties era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.
Reprinted from ?

1 page Betty activity "I Kid You Not Puzzle"

Characters Betty Cooper
Synopsis Readers must black out certain letters to solve the puzzle.
Genre teen
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards

5 page Betty And Me story "Serve Verve"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Betty starts her own messenger on roller skates business and the fringe benefits might be a concert date with Archie.
Genre Teen
Script Bob Bolling ?
Pencils Bob Bolling ?
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Betty And Me story "Mother Love"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper
Synopsis When Jughead spots Betty carrying a "precious bundle" in a wicker basket, he assumes she's talking about a child. Soon everyone in the area assumes that Betty has a baby.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Reprinted from Archie's Girls, Betty & Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #217

1 page Dear Betty & Veronica letters page "Something Very Puzzling"

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 Me story "Rival Arrival"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Helga
Synopsis Dilton makes Archie a sexy android that can do everything Betty can do, except for one crucial thing.
Genre Teen
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida