Issue Details

Issue	#164
Published	August 1969
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.15 USD
Pages	36
Editing	John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)

Cover Details - "Catching Winks"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; unidentified beach studs
Synopsis	While Betty seeks sleep at the beach, Veronica prefers to bask in the attention.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Dan DeCarlo
Colors	Barry Grossman ?

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Touch Me Not"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Hot Dog
Synopsis	Jughead maintains he can't stand the touch of a female and that he'd even know a feminine touch blindfolded.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Colors	Barry Grossman ?

1 page Li'l Jinx story "Early Bird"

Characters	Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
Synopsis	Hap exhorts Jinx not to procrastinate.
Genre	Humor
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Colors	Barry Grossman ?
Letters	Joe Edwards

1 page Dear Betty And Veronica letters page "A Boy I Like"

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 "Pre-Season Warm Up"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler; Gloria Tiltsnoot
Synopsis	Veronica buys a very expensive, original, designer swim suit that is very revealing (for 1969, anyway). But everybody thinks that the suit has been attacked by moths.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Colors	Barry Grossman ?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Make The Summer Scene"

Characters	Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Pencils	Harry Lucey
Inks	Harry Lucey
Colors	Barry Grossman ?
Notes	Advertisement for Archie Giant Series #164.

5 page Veronica story "Excluded"

Characters	Veronica Lodge; Smithers the butler; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis	After a lover's spat, Veronica's plans to keep Archie out of the Lodge estate net everyone but Archie.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Joe Edwards ?
Colors	Barry Grossman ?

1 page Veronica story "Lonely Night"

Characters	Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis	Veronica can't understand why no one has called asking her for a date.
Genre	Teen
Colors	Barry Grossman ?

6 page Veronica story "String Along"

Characters	Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	Veronica manages to get The Archies booked at Mr. Lodge's country club, then goes about remaking their images and song catalog to fit the upscale club's image.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Colors	Barry Grossman ?