Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #248
In "Love Starved," Jughead’s insatiable appetite becomes the center of a quirky experiment when Betty and Veronica bet that true love can curb his cravings—setting him up with the sweetly charming Lovey Laverne, who just might be the one to change his ways. Written by Frank Doyle and brought to life with Dan DeCarlo’s signature art, Rudy Lapick’s inks, Barry Grossman’s colors, and Bill Yoshida’s lettering, this 1976 classic captures the charm and humor of Archie’s world, with DeCarlo’s dynamic cover perfectly capturing the moment’s romantic tension.
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The girls insist that Jughead eats all the time out of frustration, while Archie thinks that he just eats "'cause he's hungry." To prove that the love of a good woman can cure him of his eating habit, the girls set Jughead up with the irresistibly sweet Lovey Laverne, and Jughead promptly falls in love with her.
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