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Issue Details

Issue #249
Published September 1976
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.30 USD
Pages 36
Editing John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)

Cover Details - "Betty! Your Outfit Is Fabulous!"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump
Synopsis Betty receives another backwards compliment from her best friend, Veronica.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Tall Tale"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doily; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Betty claims to feel "tall." When Veronica laughs at her, the boys set out to prove Betty right.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman ?
Letters Bill Yoshida

Half page Li'l Jinx story "Champ Damper"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Greg
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's Gag Bag"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews
Genre Teen
Pencils Bob Montana
Inks Bob Montana
Colors Barry Grossman ?
Notes Judging from the style of clothing and the four-panel continuity, this is probably a reprint of two late fifties to early sixties era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Flower Child"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Veronica gives Betty a lot of flowers "for no reason at all," but when Betty brings them home, everyone thinks there must be a secret reason why she has so many flowers in her house.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman ?

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Date Time Drama"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Veronica tries to steal a boy away from Betty.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman ?
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes During the story, Veronica asks rhetorically who would possibly want to date Betty Cooper. Immediately Jughead begins to rattle off the names of boys until Veronica orders him to stop. Among the names he rattles off are Richard (Goldwater), Dan (DeCarlo), Frank (Doyle), George (Gladir), Barry (Grossman), Garry (?), and Bill (Yoshida?), all Archie Comics contributors.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Betty And Veronica Summer"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Advertisement for Betty And Veronica Summer Spectacular #250.
Pencils Rudy Lapick ?
Inks Rudy Lapick ?

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Pick A Winner Every Time"

Characters Archie Andrews
Synopsis Advertisement for the Archie Quarter Comics offer.

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Card Sense"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
Synopsis Veronica is suddenly into divining the future through cards and her seemingly accurate predictions fail to impress her friends.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle ?
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick ?
Colors Barry Grossman ?
Reprinted in Betty And Me (Archie, 1965 Series) #113 (August 1980)