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Issue Details

Issue #55
Published September 1992
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 1.25 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "Distraction"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Archie is slightly distracted from his billboard-posting duties by the sight of Betty and Veronica in microscopic bikinis.
Genre Teen
Script Dan DeCarlo ?
Pencils Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks Alison Flood (signed)
Colors Barry Grossman

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Lunch Break"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Gaston the chef; Jughead Jones; The DeCarlo Mutt; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Betty and Veronica try to have an afternoon of fun at the beach and still protect their picnic lunch.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Alison Flood
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes "The DeCarlo Mutt" is a scraggly little dog that Dan DeCarlo often snuck into the background outdoor scenes of his stories or cartoons. This is one of the few stories that the animal takes a prominent role in the story.

1 page Veronica activity "Swimsuit Styles"

Characters Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Word find puzzle with a swimsuit style theme.
Genre teen
Script Rod Ollerenshaw [as RGO] (signed)
Pencils Rod Ollerenshaw [as RGO] (signed)
Inks Rod Ollerenshaw [as RGO] (signed)
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Rod Ollerenshaw [as RGO] (signed)

5 page Betty And Veronica story "The Victory"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Coach Clayton; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mrs. Clayton; Chuck Clayton
Synopsis Learning from Veronica that Betty swims better when she's angry, Coach Clayton conspires with Veronica, Archie and Jughead to make Betty furious before the big Swim Meet.
Genre Teen
Script George Gladir
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Alison Flood
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Dear Betty & Veronica letters page "You Always Write A Diary"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis "Betty" and "Veronica" answer reader letters.
Script ? [as Betty and Veronica]
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters typeset

1 page Archie; Club Med advertisement "This Year...Take Home A Club Med Vacation"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Archie and the gang extol the virtues of a Club Med family vacation.
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Stan Goldberg
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Betty And Veronica story "The Hitter"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Sally
Synopsis Archie and Jughead convince a new kid in the neighborhood to play with their baseball team after seeing the skill the teen demonstrates. It takes Veronica and Betty to convince the newbie to admit to the boys that she's a girl.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Alison Flood
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

Half page Editor's Notebook text article "I'm Still Receiving Entries"

Synopsis Editor Gorelick asks readers to stop sending entries to the Digest Writer's Contest. Then he promotes Archie & Friends #2 and World of Archie #2. The cover for World Of Archie #2 illustrates the article.
Script Victor Gorelick
Pencils Rex W. Lindsey (signed)
Inks Rex W. Lindsey (signed)
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters typeset

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Nature Calls"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis Tired of Veronica monopolizing the male attention because of her name and status, Betty talks her into going on an environmental hike where nobody will know who she is.
Genre Teen
Script Mike Pellowski
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Alison Flood
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida