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Issue Details

Issue #48
Published April 1997
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 1.50 USD
Pages 36
Editing Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "Betty, Why Don't We"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; unidentified gym patrons
Synopsis While working out in the gym, Archie suggests a different exercise plan to Betty.
Genre Teen
Pencils Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks Mike Esposito [signed Espo!!]
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty story "Hair We Go Again"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jose the stylist; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Betty fries her hair with an improperly applied home permanent.
Genre Teen
Script Dan Parent
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Betty story "The Name's The Same"

Characters Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Page Turner
Synopsis Betty's poems get accepted by a literary magazine, but Veronica thinks it's a case of mistaken identity.
Genre Teen
Script Hal Smith
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

Half page Fan Art illustration

Characters Betty Cooper
Synopsis Artist interpretations of Betty submitted by readers.
Pencils Bethany Bengtson; Jasmine Irizarry; Ashley Malabanan; Nadra Cerinna; Calais Lehrke; Emily Culver
Inks Bethany Bengtson; Jasmine Irizarry; Ashley Malabanan; Nadra Cerinna; Calais Lehrke; Emily Culver
Letters Bill Yoshida

Half page statement of ownership "Statement Of Ownership"

Script Fred Mausser
Letters typeset
Notes Filed September 27, 1996; Listed Owner(s): Michael I. Silberkleit, Richard H. Goldwater, both of 325 Fayette Avenue, Mamaroneck, NY, 10543; Publisher, Michael Silberkleit; Editor, Richard Goldwater; Managing Editor, Victor Gorelick; Total paid circulation, avg 12 months: 34,455.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Archie's Digest Offer"

Notes Advertisement for Archie Annual Digest #68, Archie Andrews Where Are You Digest #110, Archie's Story & Game Digest #37, Archie's Holiday Fun Digest #1, and Little Archie Digest #18.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Archie's Digest Subscriptions Offer"

Characters Betty Cooper
Notes Subscription solicitation for the Archie Digest line.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Sabrina's Subscription Offer"

Characters Sabrina
Notes Subscription solicitation for Sabrina The Teenage Witch.

2 page Dear Betty letters page "I Like A Boy"

Synopsis "Betty" answers reader letters.
Script Sara Algase
Pencils Ellen Leonforte
Inks Ellen Leonforte
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters typeset

5 page Betty story "Gym Dandy"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Archie and Betty join a health club on a two for one special. But each one finds the competition for the attention of the other one too much to bear.
Genre Teen
Script Bill Golliher
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Archie's Subscriptions Offer"

Characters Archie Andrews
Notes Subscription solicitation for the Archie Comics line.

Half page Editor's Notebook text article "If You Read This Column"

Synopsis Editor Gorelick promotes both the new Sabrina ABC TV series and the new Sabrina The Teenage Witch comic series.
Script Victor Gorelick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Sabrina T-Shirt Offer"

Characters Archie Andrews
Notes Advertisement for the limited edition Sabrina t-shirt.

5 page Betty story "Name Game"

Characters Betty Cooper; Roy Bakeman; Hal Cooper
Synopsis Betty stands in line at a sports convention to get an autographed picture of quarterback Roy Bakeman for her father, only to have a gust of wind blow the picture away outside the convention hall.
Genre Teen
Script Mike Pellowski
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Betty illustration "Pretty In White"

Characters Betty Cooper
Synopsis No story; Betty models various white outfits.
Genre Teen
Pencils Bill Golliher ?
Inks Mike Esposito ?
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Golliher ?