Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #85 (1963) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Rudy Lapick	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge
1	The Big Blowup	comic story	6	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Rudy Lapick; letters: Vincent DeCarlo	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle
2	-	illustration	1	pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Rudy Lapick; letters: Vincent DeCarlo	Betty Cooper
3	-	illustration	1	pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Rudy Lapick; letters: Vincent DeCarlo	Archie Andrews, Coach Kleats, Veronica Lodge
5	The Hard Way	comic story	6	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Rudy Lapick; letters: Vincent DeCarlo	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle
6	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Harry Lucey	Archie Andrews
7	Sports Lovers	comic story	5	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Rudy Lapick; colors: Victor Gorelick; letters: Vincent DeCarlo	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge
8	The King of Twist	text article	1	pencils: John Rosenberger; inks: John Rosenberger
9	Bed-Lam	comic story	1	script: Joe Edwards; pencils: Joe Edwards; inks: Joe Edwards; letters: Joe Edwards	Greg, Hap Holliday, Li'l Jinx
10	Rest Cure	comic story	5	script: Frank Doyle; pencils: Dan DeCarlo; inks: Rudy Lapick; letters: Vincent DeCarlo	Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, Veronica Lodge

Plus 0.5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Collection	Year
Archie Giant Series Magazine #26	1964	On eBay ›
Best of the Sixties Book 2 ISBN 978-1-879794-31-3; 1-879794-31-4	2008	On eBay ›
Archie: The Best of Dan DeCarlo #3 ISBN 978-1-61377-101-3	2011	On eBay ›
Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #198	2012	On eBay ›
Best of the '60s ISBN 978-1613770795	2012	On eBay ›
B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine #276	2020	On eBay ›
Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #296	2021	On eBay ›
Betty & Veronica Decades: The 1960's #[nn] ISBN 1645769119	2022	On eBay ›

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