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Issue Details

Issue #88
Published October 1977
Frequency monthly except for January, June and November
Cover Price 0.35 USD
Pages 36
Editing John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)

Cover Details - "Archie, Are You Warmed Up?"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis While Veronica practices her tennis, Betty has Archie off in a corner working on her serve.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty And Me story "CB Spree"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews
Synopsis Using their mutual Citizen's Band Radio network, Archie gets Betty to help him make his date with Veronica.
Genre Teen
Script Bob Bolling ?
Pencils Bob Bolling ?
Inks Joe Edwards ?
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Josie; Hostess advertisement "So Spoiled"

Characters Josie McCoy; Alexandra Cabot; Valerie Brown
Synopsis Josie and Valerie play a practical joke on Alexandra, then make up with Hostess Cupcakes.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

Half page Li'l Jinx story "Eat Feat"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
Synopsis Jinx looks for nutritional advice for a specific problem.
Genre Humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards

Half page Betty And Me story "Betty's Gag Bag"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis Betty and Archie go boating and golfing.
Genre Teen
Script Bob Montana
Pencils Bob Montana
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards
Notes These are reprints of two mid-sixties era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.
Reprinted from ?

6 page Betty And Me story "The Godmother"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler; Fairy Godmother
Synopsis Betty continues to lose out to Veronica in life until Mr. Lodge unintentionally invokes the protection of a fairy godmother for Betty.
Genre Teen
Script Frank Doyle ?
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Jon D'Agostino ?
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

4 page Betty And Me story "The Purr-fect Crime"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Archie rescues a cat stuck in a tree. Now who's going to rescue Archie?
Genre Teen
Script Bob Bolling ?
Pencils Bob Bolling ?
Inks Jon D'Agostino ?
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Betty story "Boat Banter"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Archie takes Betty out in his new sailboat.
Genre Teen
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Joe Edwards ?
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Dear Betty letters page "My Trouble Began"

Characters Betty Cooper
Synopsis "Betty" answers reader letters.
Script Eda Edwards [as Betty]
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards

1 page Betty activity "Betty's Maze"

Characters Betty Cooper
Synopsis Reader must navigate a maze shaped in the letters of Betty's name.
Genre teen
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards

4 page Betty And Me story "No Deposit, No Return"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis At the beach, Archie puts a note in a bottle with his address in it, just to see if anyone will find and return it.
Genre Teen
Pencils Jon D'Agostino ?
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida