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Issue Details

Issue #289
Published January 1980
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.40 USD
Pages 36
Editing John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)

Cover Details - "It's Our Most Expensive Perfume"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; sales clerk
Synopsis Veronica samples the latest high-end perfume.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Dan DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Voices Of Change"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Veronica feels the social lives of the students are being negatively impacted by too much homework. So she goes to Mr. Weatherbee to get him to scale back homework assignments.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman

1 page Dear Betty And Veronica letters page "A Boy In My Class"

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 Pal, Charley story "Charley Makes Sense!"

Characters Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx
Synopsis Charley demonstrates his sixth sense.
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; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Betty tells Veronica that Archie beat her. Jughead has issues with the new teacher.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards
Notes Judging from the four panel continuity, this is probably a reprint of two late seventies era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.
Reprinted from ?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "A Real Christmas Boot"

Characters Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Dan DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Notes Advertisement for the various Christmas Specials published by Archie Comics.

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Fools And Kings"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Andy
Synopsis Betty and Veronica team up to get a fellow student to gain some respect for his father.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Credits officially added in the digest reprint.
Reprinted in Betty and Veronica Comic Digest Magazine (Archie, 1980 series) #24

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Chills And Fever"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Betty and Veronica debate whether the cold weather is a state of physics or a state of mind.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Career Sphere"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge (dream only); Archie Andrews (dream only); Molly
Synopsis While reading a booklet on career opportunities, Betty daydreams about how she might succeed at various careers. However, Veronica always seems to intrude upon her successes.
Genre Teen
Script George Gladir
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman