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Issue Details

Issue #55
Published November 1997
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 1.50 USD; 1.65 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "Thrift Shop Clothes"

Characters Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper
Synopsis Betty's latest haul from the Thrift Shop gives her mother a sense of deja vu.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks Alison Flood (signed)
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

11 page Betty story "The Zine Machine, Part 5"

Characters Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee; Smithers the Butler; Chuck Clayton; Dilton Doiley; Miss Grundy
Synopsis The gang's self-published 'zine is ready to publish, with Betty doing most of the work again.
Genre Teen
Script Barbara Slate
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

Half page Editor's Notebook text article "I'm Sure That"

Synopsis Editor Gorelick promotes Archie & Friends #26, Sabrina The Teenage Witch #8, and the Sabrina TV show.
Script Victor Gorelick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters typeset

1 page Dear Betty letters page "My Boyfriend, David"

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

1 page Fan Art illustration

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Fan depictions of Betty and her friends, submitted by readers, are reproduced.
Pencils Camille Thelin; Kory Clark; Sarah Bunch; Shayne Daidas; Luisa Murphy
Inks Camille Thelin; Kory Clark; Sarah Bunch; Shayne Daidas; Luisa Murphy
Colors Camille Thelin; Kory Clark; Sarah Bunch; Shayne Daidas; Luisa Murphy
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Sabrina story "Moonlight Mischief"

Characters Sabrina; Harvey
Synopsis Harvey makes the mistake of invoking the ancient stereotype of witches in front of Sabrina.
Genre Teen
Script Bill Golliher
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Dan DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty story "No Contest"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Alice Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Betty tries to prove to the editors of a newspaper contest that two people can have a five hundred dollar date for under a dollar.
Genre Teen
Script George Gladir
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Betty story "Beach Banter"

Characters Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Cheryl Blossom
Synopsis Ethel objects to Cheryl's magnetism at the beach.
Genre Teen
Script George Gladir
Pencils Tim Kennedy
Inks Rich Koslowski
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Betty story "Nursery Tale"

Characters Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Steve Moleback; Mr. Moleback
Synopsis Betty is suddenly making up excuses to visit the local plant nursery and it's not because she's suddenly into flowers.
Genre Teen
Script Kathleen Webb
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida