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Issue Details

Issue #246
Published June 1976
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.30 USD
Pages 36
Editing John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)

Cover Details - "Always Be On Your Guard"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; fencing instructor
Synopsis Her fencing tutor gives Veronica a tip that she applies to her love life as well.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Dan DeCarlo

6 page Betty And Veronica story "The Outspoken Word"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Vera
Synopsis Veronica claims that she insults everybody because she's "outspoken" and can't help telling people the truth about themselves. She gets a taste of her own medicine when a new girl is equally "outspoken" toward her.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman ?
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Josie; Hostess advertisement "Special Date"

Characters Josie McCoy; Alan Mayberry; Alexandria Cabot
Synopsis Hostess ad
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo

Half page Li'l Jinx story "Stopper Topper"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Greg; Charley Hawse
Genre Humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman ?
Letters Joe Edwards

Half page Veronica story "Veronica's Gag Bag"

Characters Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Judging from the style of dress and the four-panel continuity, this is probably a reprint of two late fifties era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.
Genre Teen
Pencils Bob Montana
Inks Bob Montana
Colors Barry Grossman ?

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Fit To Be Tied"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Alice Cooper; Floyd Clayton; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Reggie suggests a great prank for Veronica to play on Betty: give her a pair of slacks that's two sizes too small, so she'll think she's gained a ton of weight. But Betty's attempts to lose the weight turn her into the school's greatest athlete.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman ?

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Final Test"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Veronica's father wants her to mingle with the "unrich" (a word she uses because she can't bear to say "poor"). Betty reminds her that most of her friends are actually middle-class, but Veronica replies that "to me, anybody who isn't rich is poor." But when Betty informs her that the "unrich" wouldn't do things like use a twenty dollar bill as a bookmark, Veronica asks for advice on how to be truly "unrich."
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Full credits were added to this story when it was reprinted in "Pep" in 1981.
Reprinted in Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #372 (May 1981)

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Laugh"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Advertisement for Laugh Comics Digest #5.
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Dan DeCarlo

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Pick A Winner Every Time"

Characters Archie Andrews
Synopsis Advertisement for the Archie Quarter Comics offer.
Notes Price goes back to twenty-five cents per issue, from thirty.

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Silent Warning"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Everybody shouts when they want to talk to Betty, and she's getting sick and tired of it.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman ?