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Issue Details

Issue #284
Published August 1979
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.40 USD
Pages 36
Editing John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)

Cover Details - "Getting Back To Nature"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Betty and Veronica are hiking through the woods and Veronica is less than thrilled by it.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo ?
Colors Barry Grossman

6 page Betty And Veronica story "The Fisherpersons"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis The girls intrude on Archie and Jughead's evening of fishing and camping and immediately prove to be better at it than they are.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo ?
Colors Barry Grossman

Half page Li'l Jinx story "Ego-Mania"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis Jinx and Greg discuss whether men are egotists.
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; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis The girls gossip from remote locations. Veronica buys a shirt for Archie.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards
Notes Judging from the four panel continuity, this is a reprint of two late seventies Archie syndicated newspaper strips.
Reprinted from ?

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Extra-Sensory Deception"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Flutesnoot; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis Reggie and Veronica con Archie and Betty into thinking Reggie has ESP and can see visions of people in other places and events in other times.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman

1 page Veronica illustration "Summer Fashions"

Characters Veronica Lodge
Synopsis No story; Veronica models fashion designs submitted by readers.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Dan DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Notes One of the designs is credited to Alisa G., East Brunswick, New Jersey, who may be related to colorist Barry Grossman.

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Royal Flush"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Cousin Albert (Cooper?); The King Of Baldonia
Synopsis Veronica brags to Betty about how she'll be able to meet Baldonian royalty at the country club. But a twist of fate allows Betty to meet him first.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman

1 page Dear Betty And Veronica letters page "I Think Archie Is Nuts"

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) "It'll Be One Big Laugh"

Characters Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Dan DeCarlo
Notes Advertisement for Laugh Comics Digest #24.

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

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

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Noteworthy"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Nancy Woods
Synopsis The entire high school is buzzing over the mystery of who is posting the "Archie loves Betty" notes all over school.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo ?
Colors Barry Grossman