Issue Details

Issue	#98
Published	December 1978
Frequency	monthly except for January, June and November
Cover Price	0.35 USD
Pages	36
Editing	John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)

Cover Details - "Mind Your Own Business"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Cousin Leroy
Synopsis	On the carousel with Archie, Betty isn't eager for Veronica's Cousin Leroy to help.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle ?
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Jim DeCarlo
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty And Me story "Hire Mire"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper
Synopsis	Betty talks her father into hiring Archie to do some yard work so Archie can earn some money for the school dance - - until she realizes he'll probably take Veronica.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

Half page Li'l Jinx's Chum, Fat Charley story "A Run Down"

Characters	Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx
Synopsis	Charley's new calculator is little help to him.
Genre	Humor
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Joe Edwards

Half page Archie story "Archie's Gag Bag"

Characters	Mr. Weatherbee; Mr. Oberture; Miss Phlips; Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Mr. Weatherbee hunts down a mysterious expenditure, then searches for the key to the supply closet.
Genre	Teen
Script	Bob Montana
Pencils	Bob Montana
Inks	Joe Edwards
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Joe Edwards
Notes	These are reprints of two mid-sixties era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.
Reprinted	from ?

1 page Betty activity "I Kid You Not Puzzle"

Characters	Betty Cooper
Synopsis	Readers must black out certain letters to solve the puzzle.
Genre	teen
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Joe Edwards

5 page Betty And Me story "Serve Verve"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Betty starts her own messenger on roller skates business and the fringe benefits might be a concert date with Archie.
Genre	Teen
Script	Bob Bolling ?
Pencils	Bob Bolling ?
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

5 page Betty And Me story "Mother Love"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper
Synopsis	When Jughead spots Betty carrying a "precious bundle" in a wicker basket, he assumes she's talking about a child. Soon everyone in the area assumes that Betty has a baby.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Jim DeCarlo
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida
Reprinted	from Archie's Girls, Betty & Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #217

1 page Dear Betty & Veronica letters page "Something Very Puzzling"

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

5 page Betty And Me story "Rival Arrival"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Helga
Synopsis	Dilton makes Archie a sexy android that can do everything Betty can do, except for one crucial thing.
Genre	Teen
Script	Bob Bolling
Pencils	Bob Bolling
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida