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From Pep Talk by Paul Castiglia

ARCHIE #541, 

ships 9/24.  

32-page, full color comic, $2.19 US.  

"Bobbin' and Weavin'": When Veronica decides to have a "bobbing for 

apples" contest at her Halloween party, it turns out to be a rotten-to-

the-apple-core idea! 

SCRIPT: Greg Crosby.  ART: Stan Goldberg.  

ARCHIE & FRIENDS #75, 

ships 9/3.  32-page, full color comic, $2.19 US.  

CELEBRATING THE 75th MILESTONE ISSUE OF ARCHIE & FRIENDS!  

"College Kidder":  Everyone ready to pledge to Alpha Sim Archie?  In this 

special issue-length story, Archie gets into the world of computer 

"SIM" when he "enrolls" in a college simulation program!  It's all the 

fun of real college without the credits-but strangely, Archie finds 

himself in the same sorts of trouble... and hanging with the same sort 

of crew... as in Riverdale High!  

SCRIPT: Mike Pellowski.  ART: Stan Goldberg.   

ARCHIE & FRIENDS #76, 

ships 10/1.  32-page, full color comic, $2.19 US.  

"The Wrong Brothers": Everything "Wright" is "Wrrong" in this saga that 

recasts Archie and Jughead in the roles of famous flyers-can they beat 

the brothers Wright to the clouds, or will their dreams be grounded?  

SCRIPT: George Gladir.  ART: Rex Lindsey.   

ARCHIE'S MYSTERIES #31, 

ships 9/3.  32-page, full color comic, $2.19 US.  

"Author Unknown": Someone is stealing books from the town library... 

but only those by one particular author.  Who is behind this literary 

larceny?  You don't want to miss this one-it's a real "page-turner!"  

SCRIPT: Paul Castiglia and Barbara Jarvie.  ART: Fernando Ruiz.

ARCHIE DIGEST #202, 

ships 9/24.  Full color digest format, $2.39 US.  

The adventures of America's favorite teen continue with new stories 

and classic tales.  

SCRIPT AND ART: Various talent including Stan Goldberg, Henry Scarpelli, 

Jon D'Agostino, etc.

ARCHIE'S DOUBLE DIGEST #146, 

ships 9/3.  Full color digest format, $3.29 US.  

What's better than a digest full of those teen dream queens Betty & Veronica?  A double digest full of them! Featuring 

new stories and classic tales. 

SCRIPT AND ART: Various talents.

BETTY #130, 

ships 9/3.  32-page, full color comic, $2.19 US.  

"The Fundamentals": When Nancy takes over coaching Betty's junior 

soccer team, she has to learn the fundamentals-including serving, 

bending and most important of all-dealing with soccer Moms!  

"The Grand Tour": Who better to give readers a tour of old-

fashioned, dependable Riverdale than old-fashioned, dependable Betty?  

SCRIPTS: George Gladir.  ART: Stan Goldberg.   

BETTY #131, 

ships 10/1.  32-page, full color comic, $2.19 US.  "Stain 

Remover": The art of removing stains proves to be a strain for Archie 

and Betty's relationship, when Betty suspects Archie's purchase of 

vegetable shortening and club soda is intended to liberate lipstick 

from his wardrobe!  

SCRIPT: Kathleen Webb.  ART: Stan Goldberg.  

BETTY & VERONICA #193, 

ships 9/17.  32-page, full color comic, $2.19 US. 

"The Perfect Costume": Veronica is determined to come up with the perfect 

costume for her Halloween party-even if Betty or Noriko have to come up 

with it for her!  

SCRIPT: Kathleen Webb.  ART: Jeff Shultz

BETTY & VERONICA DIGEST #142, 

ships 9/17.  Full color digest format, $2.39 US.  

Bright and brassy, bold and beautiful, blonde and brunette-- teen dream queens 

Betty & Veronica romp through this collection of new stories and classic tales!  

SCRIPT AND ART: Various talent. 

BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #119, 

ships 10/1.  Full color digest format, $3.29 US.  

What's better than a digest full of those teen dream queens Betty & 

Veronica?  A double digest full of them! Featuring new stories and classic 

tales. 

SCRIPT AND ART: Various talents.

JUGHEAD #154, 

ships 9/24.  32-page, full color comic, $2.19 US.  

"I am NOT Sam!": Jughead makes his first trip to Toronto since solving the 

mystery of Ogopogo (back in JUGHEAD #149).  This time, Jughead himself is 

the mystery-or at least, he's being used in mysterious ways!  Find out how 

Jughead played a part in making a girl's boyfriend jealous-and the part he 

must play to put the heartbroken heartthrobs back together again!  

SCRIPT: Craig Boldman.  ART: Rex Lindsey. 

JUGHEAD WITH ARCHIE DIGEST #187, 

ships 9/10.  Full color digest format, $2.39 US.  

If you think Archie gets into trouble on his own, check out the action when he 

teams up with Jughead!  Featuring new stories and classic tales!  

SCRIPT AND ART:  Various talent.

JUGHEAD'S DOUBLE DIGEST #98, 

ships 9/17.  Full color digest format, $3.59 US.  

It's double-decker sandwiches and double-trouble as the irrepressible Jughead 

tilts the laugh-o-meter in this uproarious collection of new stories and classic 

tales!  

SCRIPT AND ART: Various talent.

PALS-N-GALS DOUBLE DIGEST #79, 

ships 9/10.  Full color digest format, $3.59 US.  

The spotlight is on the wonderful cast of Archie supporting characters, in this 

double digest featuring new stories and classic tales.  

SCRIPT & ART: Various talent.

SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH #50, 

ships 9/10.  32-page, full color comic, $2.19 US.  

SCRIPT: 50th ANNIVERSARY ISSUE SCARE-LEBRATION!  

"Monster Advice!": Sabrina's working overtime-literally-as a teen advice columnist 

for an other-realm magazine!  For one thing, she doesn't get letters-she gets 

instant "pop-up's"-floating heads that pop up when she least expects them, telling 

her their problems!  For another, she's expected to zap right over and help her 

readers with their problems at a moment's notice!  Since it's Halloween, she's 

busier than usual-and you won't believe the "scarelebrity" clients contacting her, 

namely Teen Dracula, Teen Frankie, Teen Werewolf and more!  Can she patch up the 

love lives of the young and gruesome and still make it back in time for Harvey's 

Halloween party?  

SCRIPT: Abby Denson.  ART: Holly Golightly.

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #128, 

ships 9/17.  32-page, full color comic, $2.19 US.  

"Starmada": Sonic hooks up with a fleet of alien mercenary starships, banded 

together to find and destroy a space being of incredible power that has left a 

trail of galactic devastation in its wake!  It turns out to be a nemesis from 

Sonic's past, namely E.V.E.!  

SCRIPT: Benny Lee.  ART: J. Axer (pencils) and Conor Tomas (INKS).   

"E.V.E.-Ill": Originally Robotnik's creation, E.V.E. was set free by Sonic 

way back in issue #22.  Now Sonic finds out what she has been doing with that 

freedom... destroying whole planets. Sonic feels responsible

and sets out to find her first.  Can he put an end to this "eve of 

destruction?"!  

SCRIPT: Benny Lee.  ART: Dawn Best (pencils) and Jim Amash (inks).

VERONICA #145, 

ships 9/24.  32-page, full color comic, $2.19 US.  

"Drama Queen": Veronica takes a sudden interest in the Bard when she gets a 

load of the hot hunk playing the lead in the drama club's version of "Romeo & 

Juliet."  Before you know it, she's busy memorizing lines-and destroying 

dialogue-so she can be his leading lady.  Will Veronica realize the name of 

the play isn't "Comedy of Errors?"  

SCRIPT AND ART: Dan Parent.