Issue Details

Issue	#159
Published	January 1969
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Richard Goldwater
Notes	Cover title: Betty And Veronica Christmas Spectacular.

Cover Details - "Golly! I Hope You Two Are Having As Much Fun As I Am!"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Betty plays a party game while Veronica and Archie make out.
Genre	humor
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty and Veronica story "The Protector"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jingles; Santa Claus
Synopsis	Trying to prove that he's not just a "delinquent brownie," Jingles tells Betty and Veronica that he will protect them from all harm.
Genre	humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx story "If the Shoe Fits"

Characters	Li'l Jinx
Genre	humor
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Letters	Joe Edwards

1 page Betty and Veronica illustration "Christmas Pin-Up"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	Betty makes a giant snow sculpture to express her obsessive anger at Archie.
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick

6 page Veronica story "Merry Misery"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis	Veronica becomes sick of the conformist Christmas spirit, and along with Reggie, she hatches a plan to prove that greed is stronger than sickening sweetness.
Genre	humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty and Veronica story "The Show Up"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis	Veronica decides to get Betty a very expensive gift to make her gift look even cheaper by comparison.
Genre	humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Veronica illustration "Christmas Pin-Up"

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

5 page Veronica story "No Waiting"

Characters	Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis	Veronica gets a package and refuses to wait until Christmas to open it.
Genre	humor
Pencils	Stan Goldberg
Inks	Stan Goldberg

2 page Dear Betty / Veronica letters page "Dear Betty / Veronica"

Letters

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1 page Betty story "Christmas Card"

Genre

humor

1 page Veronica story "Christmas Card"

Genre

humor

1 page Li'l Jinx story "Cold Cuts"

Characters	Li'l Jinx
Genre	humor
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Letters	Joe Edwards

1 page Veronica story "A Great Idea"

Characters	Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Archie says he'll be at Veronica's party "with bells on."
Genre	humor
Pencils	Stan Goldberg
Inks	Stan Goldberg

6 page Veronica story "Takes Up Light Housekeeping, or, His Business Went On the Rocks"

Characters	Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis	Archie goes up in a plane to help deliver supplies to the lighthouse keepers on Mr. Lodge's property.
Genre	humor
Script	Bob Bolling
Pencils	Bob Bolling
Inks	Bob Bolling
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Betty illustration "Christmas Pin-Up"

6 page Betty and Veronica story "The Archie Doll"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	Veronica literally gives Archie to Betty for Christmas as a "real live Archie doll."
Genre	humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Betty and Veronica illustration "Pin-Up"

1 page Betty and Veronica story "Snow Woe"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Genre	humor
Script	George Gladir
Pencils	Stan Goldberg

5 page Betty and Veronica story "Christmas Color"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis	To Mr. Weatherbee's horror, everything at school is red and green during the Christmas season.
Genre	humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Betty and Veronica illustration "Pin-Up"