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Issue Details

Issue #217
Published January 1974
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)

Cover Details - "My Ball Travels Farther"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis While bowling with the gang, Veronica once again proclaims her superiority to Betty.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Man's Liberation"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis The girls decide to prove their equality by being aggressive and stealing kisses the way boys do.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo

1 page Li'l Jinx story "Test Question"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Genre Humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Clothes Make The Man"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Janie
Synopsis Betty and Veronica unite to help out an underprivileged student unable to afford new clothes.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Mother Love"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Alice Cooper
Synopsis The gang sees Betty cradling a basket in her arms and saying that she found it on her doorstep and needs to get it to the nursery. Soon the whole town is buzzing with the story of Betty finding an abandoned baby.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Mind Over Matter"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis Veronica defies her father's orders and buys some new outfits, but she knows how to handle her father's anger.
Genre Teen
Script Dick Malmgren
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo