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Issue Details

Issue	#186
Published	June 1971
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	36
Editing	?

Cover Details - "A Ringing Success"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis	Veronica and Betty model dresses made entirely from soda can pull tabs.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo

6 page Betty And Veronica story "All Booked Up"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis	When Archie needs to do a book report, Betty checks out all three books he was thinking of reading, so he'll have to come to her to get them. Veronica counters this strategy by taking Archie to get a book from her father's private library.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Notes	Script identifiable as Frank Doyle by his distinctive style and word choices.

1 page Betty story "Taking Her Out"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo

1 page Veronica story "Take A Message"

Characters	Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Dan DeCarlo

6 page Betty And Veronica story "The Thrill Is Gone"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the Butler
Synopsis	Veronica is puzzled by the incredible thrill Betty feels when she gets a package. Mr. Lodge explains that when you're rich, there's no thrill in getting anything.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick

6 page Betty story "The Play's The Thing"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
Synopsis	Archie and Jughead mock Betty's obsession with Shakespeare-style dialogue.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Dan DeCarlo
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page L'il Jinx story "Word Sense"

Characters	L'il Jinx; Dad
Genre	Humor
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Letters	Joe Edwards

5 page Betty And Veronica story "The Steering Committee"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis	When the singer Tom Grones is in town, Veronica knows where he's going to be staying, so naturally she tells Betty he's somewhere else.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Bill Yoshida