Issue Details

Issue	#460
Published	September 1977
Frequency	Twice in Jan., Sept., Oct., and Dec.; once in March, April, June and August
Cover Price	0.35 USD
Pages	36
Editing	John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)

Cover Details - "What's The Riskiest Thing About Surfing"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; unidentified TV reporter; unidentified males
Synopsis	While Archie is surfing, Betty and Veronica are drawing a crowd of admirers.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Joe Edwards ?
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Sculpture Scuffle"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Rogers; Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Reggie has a plan to con Archie into sabotaging Betty's sand sculpture contest entry so Veronica can win and Archie takes the blame.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Jon D'Agostino
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

Half page Li'l Jinx story "Bad Spell"

Characters	Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
Synopsis	Jinx has a plethora of spelling questions for her father.
Genre	Humor
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Joe Edwards

Half page Betty And Veronica story "Betty And Veronica Gag Bag"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis	Mr. Lodge shows Archie a prized antique. Betty and Veronica get baseball coaching from Archie.
Genre	Teen
Script	Bob Montana
Pencils	Bob Montana
Inks	Joe Edwards
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Joe Edwards
Notes	These are reprints of two Archie syndicated newspaper strips, probably from the early to mid sixties.

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Insect Insanity"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Smithers the butler; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis	Veronica does battle with a fly that has invaded the Lodge mansion.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle ?
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Jim DeCarlo ?
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

Half page Josie And The Pussycats; Precision Lamp advertisement "The Banana Boogie"

Characters	Josie McCoy; Alexandra Cabot; Alan Mayberry; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown
Synopsis	Alexandra gets a Lite-Ms electronic lighted necklace so Alan will notice her at the dance instead of Josie.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Jim DeCarlo ?
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Rash Smash"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mary Ellen
Synopsis	Veronica and Betty wage a fierce tennis match for the right to go to the dance with Archie.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle ?
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Dear Betty And Veronica letters page "Boy!"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	"Betty" and "Veronica" answer reader letters.
Script	Eda Edwards [as Betty and Veronica]
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Joe Edwards

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "One Jughead Digest Coming Up"

Characters	Jughead Jones
Script	Joe Edwards ?
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Joe Edwards
Notes	Advertisement for The Jughead Jones Comic Digest #2.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Here's Your Archie 3 For $1.00 Checklist"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Notes	Checklist of titles eligible for the Three Issues for $1.00 offer.

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Goof Spoof"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	Veronica prefers jet-skiing to Archie's offer of skateboarding on the boardwalk near the beach. And Betty's too nice to let herself catch Archie on the rebound.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida