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Issue Details

Issue #293
Published May 1980
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.40 USD
Pages 36
Editing John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)

Cover Details - "Where Veronica Keeps Her Diary"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Ethel Muggs; unidentified girl
Synopsis At a slumber party at the Lodge Mansion, Betty and another girl encounter a heavily secured door.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Dan DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Josie; Hostess advertisement "Attack Of The Ice Creatures"

Characters Josie McCoy; Alan Mayberry; Valerie Brown; Alexander Cabot
Synopsis The gang is attacked by ambulatory snow men after their Hostess Fruit Pies.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Paper Caper"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis Tired of listening to her father praise Betty for her willingness to work for her money, Veronica agrees to earn her clothing money through a paper route.
Genre Teen
Script George Gladir
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

2 page Betty And Veronica illustration "Fashions Galore"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis No story; Betty and Veronica model fashion designs submitted by readers.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Is Statue Love?"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; George
Synopsis To fulfill a boast she made to Betty, Veronica hires a sculptor to fashion a truly elegant snowman in the Lodge Mansion front yard.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Betty And Veronica story "No Wear To Go"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis Veronica can't wait to show off her new fur coat and boots. Then it starts snowing and she panics at the thought of them getting wet.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Dear Betty And Veronica letters page "Recently I Have Been Dating"

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 Li'l Jinx's Chum, Russ story "Wish Wish"

Characters Russ; Li'l Jinx
Synopsis Russ and Jinx speculate on magic.
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; Mary Andrews; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis Betty gets a call from Archie; Archie and Veronica compare the behavior of their parents.
Genre Teen
Script Michael Gallagher ?
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards
Notes These are reprints of two late seventies era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.
Reprinted from ?

5 page Betty And Veronica story "The Wet Blanket"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Betty can't wait to show Veronica her new stadium blanket, and Veronica can't wait to burst her bubble.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo ?
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida