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Issue Details

Issue #163
Published July 1969
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)

Cover Details - "The Times, They Are A-Changin'"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Betty and Veronica have to wait while Archie and Reggie finish primping.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle ?
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman ?

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Royal Flush"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Veronica and Reggie are elected Queen and King of the spring festival. They spend the rest of the evening trying to make sure they will be above the other one in the yearbook picture.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman ?

1 page Betty And Veronica illustration "Er...Where Was I, Betty?"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Archie gets distracted from propositioning Betty when Veronica passes.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman ?

1 page Li'l Jinx story "Eye On The Ball"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis Jinx tries out for Greg's baseball team.
Genre Humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman ?
Letters Joe Edwards
Notes Jinx throws left-handed.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "You'll be Ma-Ad"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Harry Lucey
Colors Barry Grossman ?
Notes Advertisement for Archie Annual #21.

6 page Betty story "What?"

Characters Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Hiram Lodge; Pop Tate
Synopsis Betty seems to be having trouble properly communicating with everyone.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman ?

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Figure This"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Madame Tanya Brakarmoff; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper
Synopsis Betty and Veronica have vastly different exercise regimes.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman ?

1 page Dear Betty And Veronica letters page "I Am Constantly Asked"

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

6 page Betty And Veronica story "The Dreamers"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Betty and Veronica wear the same dress to a party. The only thing that prevents them from tearing into each other like wildcats is that they both assume they're dreaming.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick ?
Colors Barry Grossman ?