CATALOG RECORD
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #322
Dates
- Cover date
- February 1983
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #322 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.
Barcode 0271000696002 · shared with another edition
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Creators
Stories
- Ticked Off · 6 pages
A package arrives at Riverdale High for Mr. Weatherbee but the delivery boy gives it to Betty who discovers that the package is ticking. Betty rushes the package to school's pool but since it is "boy's day" gives it to Archie who throws it in the pool. Only then does Mr. Weatherbee reveal that he ordered a cuckoo clock. Mr. Weatherbee retrieves the package before the clock is damaged by the water but when the clock is on his office wall the mainspring lets go and the clock explodes.
- A Good Start · 1 pages
Gigi writes a love letter to Santa.
- Fast and Loose · 6 pages
Betty introduces new-girl-in-town Cheryl Blossom to Archie and Reggie. Cheryl immediately lets the guys know she is available for anything they might have in mind and lets Betty know that she is serious about it. Veronica catches Archie and Cheryl in a mildly compromising situation and is outraged until Jason Blossom arrives and sweeps her off her feet. Jughead arrives and uses his "magic pin that makes him irresistible to women" to save Archie from Cheryl. Cheryl and Jughead walk off arm in arm.
- Heavy Date · 5 pages
Archie overhears Mr. Lodge chastising Veronica for only dating Archie when she can't get a better date and blows up. Archie turns to Betty for solace but doesn't care for being second choice any more than Archie did. Betty and Veronica, now both without dates, end up going to a jazz concert with each other. Archie, who boasted that there were plenty of girls he could date goes with Jughead.
- Christmas Fashions · 2 pages
- Moanin' Low · 5 pages
Betty is depressed over the apparent futility of life. Archie and Veronica throw a party to cheer her up but Betty is still depressed. Sick of her attitude, Veronica, Archie, and Jughead dump a punch bowl over Betty's head.
Reprinted in
The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (1977), Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (2016), Archie's Double Digest Magazine (1984), Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (1987), Archie's Love Showdown Special (1994), The Best of Archie Comics (2011), Archie Comics Super Special (2012), Archie 1000 Page Comics Blow-Out (2015), Best of Archie Comics (2016), Archie Showcase Digest (2020)