Issue Details

Issue	#34
Published	February 1996
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	1.50 USD; 1.65 CAD
Pages	36
Editing	Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "I Know The Play Isn't For Three Months"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Betty insists on a lot of rehearsal with Archie for the school play - - particularly the love scene.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks	Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty story "A Very Merry Christmas"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Caramel; Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Betty tells Ethel how much the holiday season has her jumpy and frazzled.
Genre	Teen
Script	George Gladir
Pencils	Doug Crane
Inks	Ken Selig
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Betty And Veronica advertisement "Toe Stop Twist"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis	Archie literally runs into Betty while in-line skating, much to Veronica's chagrin, because he wasn't using Street Cruisers from Seneca Sports with toe stop action.
Genre	Teen
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Archie public service announcement "Food For Thought"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; unidentified youth
Synopsis	Archie's sprained foot convinces him to convince Pop Tate to put a handicap ramp into the Choc'lit Shoppe.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks	Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida
Notes	PSA co-sponsored by United Cerebral Palsy Associations.

11 page Betty Cooper, Super Sleuther story "Give Me A Ring"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Caramel; Veronica Lodge; Smithers the butler; Hiram Lodge; unidentified Tangapoonian nationals; Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Betty gets an ancient ring from the country of Tangapoon, one of dozens of artifacts recently purchased from the country by Mr. Lodge, stuck on her finger. That makes her a target of radicals from the country determined to reclaim the ring at any cost.
Genre	Teen
Script	Bob Bolling
Pencils	Doug Crane
Inks	Mark Brewer
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Cheryl's Everywhere"

Characters	Cheryl Blossom
Notes	Advertisement for the Cheryl Blossom Specials and the Cheryl Blossom mini-series.

Half page Editor's Notebook text article "One Of The Most"

Synopsis	Editor Gorelick promotes World Of Archie #18 and Archie's Superteens #4.
Script	Victor Gorelick
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	typeset

1 page Betty story "Feeling Reeling"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	Betty knows something Veronica doesn't and it's driving Veronica crazy.
Genre	Teen
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Mike Worley
Inks	Mike Esposito
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "It's Your Last Chance"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom; Archie Andrews
Notes	Advertisement for The Love Showdown Collection gold edition.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Two Tails Are Good"

Characters	Tails
Notes	Advertisement for the Tails mini-series.

2 page Dear Betty letters page "I Have A Friend"

Characters	Betty Cooper
Synopsis	"Betty" answers reader letters.
Script	Sara Algase
Pencils	Ellen Leonforte
Inks	Ellen Leonforte
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Ellen Leonforte; typeset

5 page Betty story "Thinking Of Whom?"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews (flashbacks only)
Synopsis	Betty proposes to spend the entire day with her mother, but despite her best intentions just can't get Archie off of her mind.
Genre	Teen
Script	Mike Pellowski
Pencils	Doug Crane
Inks	Ken Selig
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida