Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #68

Dates

Cover date

August 1961

On sale

May 25, 1961

Pages

36

Editions and covers

• Original edition

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Creators

Stories

• Take Me to Your Leader · 6 pages

  Betty becomes a beatnik, complete with bongo drums, progressive jazz music and an unkempt sweater. An appalled Veronica sends the boys in to talk some sense to her, but one boy after another becomes hooked on the beatnik lifestyle -- except Jughead, who thinks they're just imitating him.

• It Pays to Advertise · 0.5 pages

  Midge wonders why Betty is suddenly so popular.

• Who's Zoo · 0.5 pages

  On a trip to the zoo, Veronica thinks she forgot something.

• Station Break · 0.5 pages

  Archie tries to get Ronnie's attention away from the TV.

• Ladies' Choice · 0.5 pages

  Veronica shows Betty her new hope chest.

• Saved by the Belle · 6 pages

  Archie tries to make time with the sexy new man-eater in town, Viv Laverne. When Veronica is about to catch them together, Betty hides Viv and makes it look like she's the one who is secretly dating Archie.

• Brilliant Boo Boo · 1 pages

  At her Gay '90s party, Veronica is the only one who neglects to wear an 1890s-style bathing suit.

• No Holds Barred · 1 pages

  In a series of silent poses with her thoughts represented by captions, Veronica contemplates the tricky things she'd do if she were Betty.

• Untitled · 1 pages

  Veronica wears a bathing suit and hat made for the desert.

• Untitled · 1 pages

  The girls model summer fashions suggested by reader Bobby Kendall in Dan DeCarlo's home town of New Rochelle.

• Diamond Doings · 1 pages

  Hoping to get a nice birthday present from Archie, Betty takes her mother's advice to become more interested in his favorite pastime.

• Modeling · 1 pages

  Article on the business of modeling.

• Miss Mess · 1 pages

  Li'l Jinx spills chocolate syrup on the kitchen floor.

• The Disinterested · 5 pages

  When Betty has a date, Veronica spends the entire night stalking them to make sure that her date isn't actually with Archie.

Characters

Reprinted in

Betty and Veronica Annual Digest Magazine (1989), Archie Americana Series (1991), Archie's Americana Series (2011), Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (2016), Archie Giant Comics Splendor (2022)