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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