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Issue Details

Issue #81
Published September 1962
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Great idea, Pop!"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bob White
Inks Bob White

6 page Betty and Veronica story "Sisters"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Betty and Veronica decide to demonstrate their friendship by dressing alike.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Notes Jughead calls the girls "The Boobsey Twins," a slightly suggestive reference to the famous children's book series "The Bobbsey Twins."

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "In a Manner of Speaking"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

1 page Betty and Veronica story "His Favorite Dish"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Reggie sees Betty feeding the porpoises at the marine park.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick

6 page Betty and Veronica story "Tie Score"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Veronica gives Archie an ascot. He makes the best of it by changing to a whole Hollywood-style wardrobe and being insufferably pretentious.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick

5 page Betty and Veronica story "Boys Life"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis To prove that boys lead "a stupid, useless existence," the girls re-enact a typical Archie-Jughead day.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick

1 page text article "Colt's Equalizers"

Genre fact; history
Letters Typeset

1 page Leroy story "Marksman Mania"

Characters Veronica Lodge; Leroy
Synopsis Veronica orders Leroy to stop shooting birds with his slingshot.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick

5 page Betty and Veronica story "Apt Pupil"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Veronica uses her brilliant manipulation techniques to get Archie to go to Betty's party, only to find that he's learned the same techniques and used them on Betty.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick