Issue Details

Issue	#80
Published	August 1962
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Personally, I think they're carrying automation a bit too far!"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bob White
Inks	Bob White

6 page Betty and Veronica story "Dream Boy"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Veronica tells Betty her dream of refusing her father's money, marrying Archie, and settling down to a happy life of love and poverty. Betty tells Veronica her dream of becoming a glamorous movie star. Both start to fear that Archie will abandon his poor wife Veronica for rich and famous Betty.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick

1 page Betty story "Betty's Pin-Up Page"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Archie uses Betty as the model for a painting of Veronica.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "The Perfect Spot"

Characters	Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday; Merry Holliday
Genre	children; humor
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Letters	Joe Edwards

6 page Betty and Veronica story "Strength and Health"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis	Veronica is exercising in her gym with weights. Archie makes himself a physical wreck trying to do the same exercises she does. Then Betty steps in and gets him by acting weak and helpless.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Notes	An example of how Betty's character had not yet become the pure goody-two-shoes she later became: in this story, Veronica is the one who cares about getting in shape, while Betty is the one who argues that it's unfeminine.

5 page Betty and Veronica story "It's All Relative"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis	Veronica tells Archie that her father is forcing her to date her cousin Gaylord. Of course, she doesn't have a cousin Gaylord.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick

1 page text article "Alfred Bernard Nobel"

Genre	fact; history
Pencils	Ken Hultgren
Inks	Ken Hultgren

1 page Betty and Veronica story "Row Woe"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis	The girls watch Jughead participate in a team rowing race.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	George Gladir
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick

2 page Betty and Veronica story "Top Priority"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump
Synopsis	Veronica advises Midge and Betty to fill up a hope chest with the most important things. So Betty kidnaps Archie, ties him up and puts him in the chest.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick

3 page Betty and Veronica story "Windy Report"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	Veronica shows Betty that her yacht's wardrobe is arranged according to wind velocity.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	George Gladir ?
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick