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Issue Details

Issue #116
Published August 1965
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)

Cover Details - "The Boys Are Avoiding Me"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Funny how the boys all started avoiding Betty the moment she started learning judo.
Genre Teen
Pencils Bob White
Inks Rudy Lapick

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Bullygirl"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Charlie
Synopsis After being dismissed by Veronica, Archie stages a situation where he saves her so she'll be beholden to him. Betty, however, tumbles to the scheme.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick

1 page Betty illustration "Betty's Bikini"

Characters Betty Cooper
Synopsis No story; Betty models different styles of bikinis.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Dan DeCarlo

1 page Li'l Jinx story "Nailed Down"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Gigi
Synopsis Gigi shows Jinx her new nail polish.
Genre Humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

1 page Veronica illustration "Veronica's Vacation Fashions"

Characters Veronica Lodge
Synopsis No story; Veronica models new fashions.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Message Center"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler
Synopsis Betty sees a notice on the bulletin board directing her to stay after school, on the day Archie was to walk her home. She doesn't find out until it's too late that the note was planted by Veronica.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo
Reprinted in Archie: The Best of Dan DeCarlo Volume 1 (IDW Publishing, 2010 series) #[nn]

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Here Comes Summer Fun"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Harry Lucey
Notes Advertisement for Archie Giant Series #34.

5 page Betty And Veronica story "Triple Threat"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Archie makes the mistake of telling Veronica that he's going on a date with Betty. Suddenly mysterious "accidents" begin happening to him.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo

Half page Archie; Bendix advertisement "Archie Gets All The Brakes"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis Archie and the gang demonstrate the Bendix 2-speed bicycle.
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Harry Lucey

1 page Teenage Careers text article "Electronic Computing"

Synopsis Article on careers in computers.
Genre fact
Pencils ? [signed Hart]
Inks ? [signed Hart]
Letters typeset

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Forget It"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Prof. Bentwhistle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Mr. Lodge hires Prof. Bentwhistle to hypnotize him into forgetting who Archie is. But the professor's efforts go a little farther than intended.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo