Issue Details

Issue	#147
Published	September 1985
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.65 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "Choppy Waters"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis	Betty, Archie and Jughead are navigating choppy waters in a motorboat.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks	Dan DeCarlo (signed)

1 page public service announcement "Missing Children"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doily; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	Archie and the gang display pictures of missing children with their vital information and the toll free number to call.
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo Jr.?
Inks	Jim DeCarlo?

6 page Betty story "The Bottom Line"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper
Synopsis	Betty's been reading a book on inner peace and one date with Archie puts everything she's learned to the test.
Genre	Teen
Script	Dick Malmgren
Pencils	Stan Goldberg
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page letters page "Dear Betty"

Characters	Betty Cooper
Synopsis	"Betty" answers reader letters.
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks	Jim DeCarlo
Letters	Rod Ollerenshaw?
Reprinted	Betty image is reprinted from the "In The Swing Of Things" story, page one panel three, of this issue.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Subscribe"

Characters	Katy Keene
Synopsis	Subscription solicitation for Katy Keene Comics.
Pencils	clip art
Letters	typeset
Notes	Clip art is the cover of Katy Keene (second series) #11.

Half page Archie story "The Hobby"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	Archie has taken up landscape painting. Reggie isn't impressed.
Genre	Teen
Letters	Bill Yoshida?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Now Available"

Characters	Katy Keene; Sis
Synopsis	Advertisement for Katy Keene logo t-shirts.
Pencils	John Lucas
Inks	Vince Colletta
Letters	Rod Ollerenshaw?

5 page Betty story "The Gray Nineties"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis	While leafing through an album in the attic, Betty daydreams about living in the 1890s.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo Jr.?
Inks	Jim DeCarlo
Colors	Barry Grossman?
Letters	Bill Yoshida?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Katy Keene Fan Club"

Characters	Katy Keene
Synopsis	Solicitation for joining the Katy Keene Fan Club.
Pencils	John Lucas
Inks	Vince Colletta

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Subscribe and get one free"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Subscription solicitation for Archie's Double Digest.

5 page Betty story "Match Point"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Shiela the tennis pro; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis	Archie is getting tennis lessons from Sheila the shapely new tennis pro. Betty tries her best to sabotage any possibility that Archie and Sheila might become chummy.
Genre	Teen
Script	George Gladir
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks	Jim DeCarlo
Colors	Barry Grossman?
Letters	Bill Yoshida?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Four Equals Five"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	Subscription solicitation for the Archie Digest series.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "I See More Fun"

Characters	Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Advertisement for Archie Comics 2 for $1.00 offer.

Half page Betty And Veronica story "Wonder Blunder"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis	Betty and Veronica discuss miracle workers.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Colors	Barry Grossman?
Letters	Bill Yoshida?

1 page Betty illustration "Betty's Snappy Summer Fashions"

Characters	Betty Cooper
Synopsis	No Story; Betty models fashions submitted by readers.
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks	Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors	Barry Grossman?
Letters	Bill Yoshida?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Fans! Now You Can Join"

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

5 page Betty story "In The Swing Of Things"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doily; Joyce
Synopsis	Archie and Betty hear Fred playing one of his old Benny Badman records and take it to the school dance. Soon everyone at the dance is dancing to '40s era swing.
Genre	Teen
Script	George Gladir
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks	Jim DeCarlo
Colors	Barry Grossman?
Letters	Bill Yoshida?

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

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