| Issue | #40 |
| Published | August 1996 |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Cover Price | 1.50 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief) |
| Characters | Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; unidentified male joggers |
| Synopsis | Betty jogging through the park in Spandex jogging wear has sparked new interest in the sport among the male population of Riverdale. |
| Genre | Teen |
| Pencils | Dan DeCarlo (signed) |
| Inks | Alison Flood (signed) |
| Colors | Barry Grossman |
| Letters | Bill Yoshida |
| Characters | Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Caramel; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Hal Cooper |
| Synopsis | Betty's Aunt Helen sends her a novelty tee saying "I Heart Teddy Bears". Betty wears it only for her Aunt's visit, but the gang see her in it and assume she's an obsessive teddy bear collector. Soon Betty is inundated with teddy bears. |
| Genre | Teen |
| Script | Bill Golliher |
| Pencils | Doug Crane |
| Inks | Pat Kennedy |
| Colors | Barry Grossman |
| Letters | Bill Yoshida |
| Characters | Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Randy |
| Synopsis | Reggie challenges a wheelchair-bound student to a game of pickup basketball, thinking Randy is an easy mark. |
| Genre | Teen |
| Pencils | Dan DeCarlo (signed) |
| Inks | Dan DeCarlo (signed) |
| Colors | Barry Grossman |
| Letters | Bill Yoshida |
| Notes | PSA co-sponsored by United Cerebral Palsy Associations. |
| Characters | Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews |
| Synopsis | Betty and Archie see that one of their old playgrounds has been refurbished. Their nostalgic memories soon have them playing on the equipment along side the preschoolers. |
| Genre | Teen |
| Script | Mike Pellowski |
| Pencils | Doug Crane |
| Inks | Mike Esposito |
| Colors | Barry Grossman |
| Letters | Bill Yoshida |
| Notes | Subscription solicitation for the second Cheryl Blossom mini-series, and an advertisement for still available issues of the first mini-series and Cheryl Blossom Special #1-3. |
| Characters | Betty Cooper |
| Synopsis | "Betty" answers reader letters |
| Script | Sara Algase |
| Colors | Barry Grossman |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper; Midge Klump |
| Synopsis | Betty scrambles for all the cash she can lay her hands on in order to buy some fashionable new sandals. |
| Genre | Teen |
| Script | Kathleen Webb |
| Pencils | Doug Crane |
| Inks | Mark Brewer |
| Colors | Barry Grossman |
| Letters | Bill Yoshida |
| Synopsis | Three photos of readers demonstrating how much they love Archie are reproduced. |
| Letters | Bill Yoshida |
| Notes | Advertisement for the "House Of Riverdale" inter-title crossover between Archie #442, Betty & Veronica #55 and Jughead #76. |
| Characters | Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Chuck Clayton |
| Synopsis | Editor Gorelick explains why the story "Ear Ache" didn't appear in Archie #447 as originally promoted. Part of the splash panel of that story illustrates the article. |
| Script | Victor Gorelick |
| Pencils | Stan Goldberg |
| Colors | Barry Grossman |
| Letters | typeset; Bill Yoshida |
| Characters | Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Coach Kleats; Miss Grundy |
| Synopsis | Betty's heavily anticipated summer vacation from school proves to be more stressful than school. |
| Genre | Teen |
| Script | George Gladir |
| Pencils | Doug Crane |
| Inks | Mike Esposito |
| Colors | Barry Grossman |
| Letters | Bill Yoshida |