Issue Details

Issue	#85
Published	January 1963
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	John L. Goldwater

Cover Details - "Get Her"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis	Betty resorts to giving out premiums to get Archie to dance with her.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Bob White
Inks	Rudy Lapick ?

6 page Betty And Veronica story "The Big Blowup"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Veronica gets her hair teased into a bouffant to be trendy and in style, then finds everybody hates it.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Vincent DeCarlo

1 page Betty illustration "Betty Pin Up"

Characters	Betty Cooper
Synopsis	Betty is on the phone, complaining about Ginger's sense of confidentiality.
Genre	Teen
Script	Jane Startz
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Vincent DeCarlo
Notes	The gag for this page was submitted by reader Jane Startz.

1 page Veronica illustration "Veronica Pin Up"

Characters	Veronica Lodge; Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; unnamed members of the Riverdale football team
Synopsis	The football team can't concentrate on the plays when Veronica is on the field in her cheerleader uniform.
Genre	Teen
Script	Billy Sutherland
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Vincent DeCarlo
Notes	The gag for this page was submitted by reader Billy Sutherland.

Half page Archie; US Rubber advertisement "Did You Know This"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	Archie, Betty and Veronica admire the US Royal bicycle tire made by United States Rubber Company.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Bob White
Inks	Bob White

6 page Betty And Veronica story "The Hard Way"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	Archie's flip remark to Betty and Veronica give them the wrong impression of what he intends to do.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Vincent DeCarlo

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Time Of The Year"

Characters	Archie Andrews
Pencils	Harry Lucey
Inks	Harry Lucey
Notes	Advertisement for Archie Giant Series #20

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Sports Lovers"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis	Fed up with striking out with Archie, Betty begins flirting with every boy who'll look at her. This gets Veronica worried that Betty will out-do her in the number of boys interested in her, and suddenly Archie can't get to first base with anybody.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Vincent DeCarlo

1 page text article "The King Of Twist"

Synopsis	A short biography of singer Chubby Checker.
Genre	biography
Pencils	John Rosenberger ?
Inks	John Rosenberger ?
Letters	typeset

1 page Li'l Jinx story "Bed-Lam"

Characters	Li'l Jinx; Greg; Hap Holiday
Synopsis	Greg doesn't care for his new alarm.
Genre	Humor
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Letters	Joe Edwards

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Rest Cure"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mickey Morse; Jughead Jones
Synopsis	Veronica forces her family doctor to convince Archie he's sick, in order to get him out of town for a few day so she has a clear field to date new school hottie Mickey Morse.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Vincent DeCarlo