Issue Details

Issue	#316
Published	April 1982
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.60 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Victor Gorelick (art director)

Cover Details - "Girl's Pants, Boy's Pants"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; two unidentified female students
Synopsis	The fashion pants the Home Economics class is working on meets with the approval of the male students.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks	Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Call Of The Wild"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis	Veronica gives Archie a pager so she can keep tabs on him. Jughead takes the pager surreptitiously and gives Veronica something to keep tabs on.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Jim DeCarlo
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

Half page Li'l Jinx's Chum, Charley story "What A Flake"

Characters	Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx
Synopsis	Charley has fun in the snow with Jinx.
Genre	humor
Script	Joe Edwards (signed)
Pencils	Joe Edwards (signed)
Inks	Joe Edwards (signed)
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Joe Edwards (signed)

Half page Betty And Veronica story "Betty And Veronica Gag Bag"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	Archie and Reggie reminisce about pelting the girls with snowballs as kids.
Genre	Teen
Script	Michael Gallagher ?
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Joe Edwards
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Joe Edwards
Notes	This is a reprint of a late-seventies era Archie syndicated newspaper strip.
Reprinted	from ?

Half page statement of ownership "Statement Of Ownership"

Script	Louis Silberkleit
Letters	typeset
Notes	Filed October 1, 1981; Owners Close-Up, Inc, and Archie Enterprises, Inc, both of 1116 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10021; Publisher Close-up, Inc, Editor John L. Goldwater, Managing Editor Richard Goldwater; Total Paid Circulation, avg 12 months: 90,586.

1 page Veronica activity "Memories"

Characters	Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	Code-solving puzzle with a theme of reminiscing.
Genre	teen
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Joe Edwards

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Royal Treatment"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Prince Chandu; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis	Veronica refuses to believe that Betty is bringing an actual Prince to her ball.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Jim DeCarlo
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Dear Betty And Veronica letters page "There Is A Guy"

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

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Pride Goeth Before A Sale"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis	Betty's pride won't let her take a hand-me-down coat from Veronica, so Mr. Lodge comes up with a plan to get the coat in Betty's hands while saving her pride.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo Jr. ?
Inks	Jim DeCarlo
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Betty's Fashions illustration "Country Classics"

Characters	Betty Cooper
Synopsis	No story; Betty models fashion designs submitted by readers.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks	Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Veronica's Fashions illustration "USA"

Characters	Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	No story; Veronica models fashion designs submitted by readers.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks	Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida
Notes	Bill Yoshida mistakenly credits Betty Cooper as modeling one of the designs in the credit cut line.

5 page Betty And Veronica story "The Cold Facts"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Veronica is livid that Archie didn't stand in a raging snowstorm waiting for her to be fashionably late for their date. But she's not as livid as Mr. Lodge becomes when he hears his daughter's reasoning.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Jim DeCarlo
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida