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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