Issue Details

Issue	#184
Published	July 1990
Frequency	eight times per year
Cover Price	1.00 USD; 1.20 CAD; 75 P GBP
Pages	36
Editing	Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "Great Moments In The History Of Stamp Collecting"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis	An entry in "Great Moments In The History Of Stamp Collecting" depicts Betty smothering Archie with kisses over the legend "Playing Post Office".
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks	Dan DeCarlo (signed)

1 page Archie; Capri Sun advertisement "The Taste Of Adventure, Part 3"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis	Archie, Betty and Jughead reach the end of their journey and find the treasure: Capri Sun Fruit drinks.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Stan Goldberg
Inks	Rudy Lapick

5 page Betty story "Spotlight On Betty Cooper"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Caramel (Betty's cat); Mr. Flutesnoot; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Miss Grundy; Cyndi
Synopsis	An overview of Betty Cooper, bright student, effervescent personality and eternal also-ran in the race for Archie.
Genre	Teen
Script	George Gladir
Pencils	Stan Goldberg (as Stan G.)
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Turtles Movie Comic Book"

Characters	Rafael
Synopsis	Advertisement for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie Adaptation Comic.
Pencils	?; clip art
Notes	Clip art is the cover of the comic.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Archie Has A New Comic Book!"

Synopsis	Subscription solicitation for "Riverdale High".
Pencils	Clip art
Inks	Clip art
Notes	Clip art is the cover for Riverdale High #1.

1 page Archie public service announcement "It's The Sign Of The Times"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis	Archie, Betty, Jughead and other youths participate in a picket line protesting drug abuse.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rod Ollerenshaw ?
Colors	Barry Grossman ?
Letters	Rod Ollerenshaw ?

1 page Betty activity "Headphone Hiatus!!"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Word scramble puzzle with a theme of radio genres.
Genre	teen
Script	Rod Ollerenshaw (signed RGO)
Pencils	Rod Ollerenshaw (signed RGO)
Inks	Rod Ollerenshaw (signed RGO)
Colors	Barry Grossman ?
Letters	Rod Ollerenshaw (signed RGO)

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "3 Issues For $2.00"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	Advertisement for the Archie Comics "Three Issues for $2.00" offer.
Pencils	Dan Parent ?
Inks	Dan Parent ?

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "At Last"

Characters	Jughead Jones
Synopsis	Subscription solicitation for Jughead's Double Digest.
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo ?; Clip art
Notes	Clip Art is the cover of Jughead's Double Digest #1.

5 page Betty story "The Assignment"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Miss Haggly; Jughead Jones
Synopsis	For home economics class, Miss Haggly assigns Betty and Archie to shop for groceries on a budget. However, Archie proves to be too vulnerable to sales pitches, particularly those from cute sales ladies.
Genre	Teen
Script	George Gladir
Pencils	Doug Crane
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Colors	Barry Grossman ?
Letters	Bill Yoshida ?

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Join America's Sweethearts"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Advertisement for Betty And Veronica Annual Digest #3.
Pencils	Dan Parent ?; Clip art
Notes	Clip art is the cover for Betty And Veronica Annual Digest #3.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Discount 32"

Characters	Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Subscription solicitation for the Archie Comics line.
Pencils	Stan Goldberg ?

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Double The Fun"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	Subscription solicitation for Archie's Double Digest and Betty And Veronica Double Digest.
Pencils	Bill Golliher ?
Inks	Bill Golliher ?

5 page Betty story "Net Loss"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Terrence V. Worthing III
Synopsis	Betty and Archie agree to play doubles tennis with Veronica and the club tennis pro. The pro proceeds to humiliate Archie at tennis, provoking Betty to teach the pro a lesson.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Doug Crane
Inks	Scott McRae
Colors	Barry Grossman ?
Letters	Bill Yoshida ?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Subscribe And Save"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	Subscription solicitation for the Archie Digest line.
Pencils	Dan Parent; Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rod Ollerenshaw ?; Dan DeCarlo
Notes	The head shot of Veronica is by Dan DeCarlo. All other figures are by Parent and his inker.

6 page Betty story "Happy Daze"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Dilton Doily; Nancy Woods; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Synopsis	Betty is depressed, so Archie plans a party to cheer her up. While recruiting the gang, he tells them the theme is a "Depression Party", causing the gang to jump to the wrong conclusion.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Stan Goldberg (as Stan G.)
Inks	Mike Esposito
Colors	Barry Grossman ?
Letters	Bill Yoshida ?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Fans!"

Characters	Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Advertisement for the Archie Fan Club.
Pencils	Stan Goldberg ?

1 page Betty letters page "Dear Betty"

Characters	Betty Cooper
Synopsis	"Betty" answers reader letters.
Script	? [as Betty]
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo Jr ?
Inks	Dan DeCarlo Jr ?
Colors	Barry Grossman ?

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Special Subscription Offer"

Synopsis	Special three issue subscription solicitation to the newer Archie Comics line.
Pencils	Clip art
Inks	Clip art
Notes	Clip art is the covers to Archie 3000, Jughead's Pal Hot Dog, Archie's R/C Racers, Archie's Explorers Of The Unknown, Jughead's Diner, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Jughead's Time Police, and Riverdale High.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "You'll See Archie"

Synopsis	Advertisement for the "To Riverdale And Back" comic book adaptation.
Pencils	Clip art
Inks	Clip art
Notes	Cllip art is the cover to the comic book.

1 page text article "Editor's Notebook"

Synopsis	Editor Gorelick extols the virtues of several new titles published by Archie Comics.
Script	Victor Gorelick
Pencils	Victor Gorelick ?; clip art
Inks	Clip art
Letters	typeset
Notes	Clip art is the cover of "To Riverdale And Back Again", and Riverdale High #1.