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Issue Details

Issue #56
Published December 1997
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 1.50 USD; 1.65 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "Double Your Archies"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Betty dreams about double-dating with Archie.
Genre Teen
Pencils Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks Mike Esposito [signed Espo!!]
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty story "The Lesson"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Polly Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
Synopsis Betty goes to her sister Polly for advice on how to snag and keep Archie.
Genre Teen
Script George Gladir
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Fan Art illustration

Characters Betty Cooper
Synopsis Reproductions of fan drawings of Betty are published.
Genre Teen
Pencils Jantzen Zink; Maylin Gonzalez; C.J. Stubbs; Arlene Delaney
Inks Jantzen Zink; Maylin Gonzalez; C.J. Stubbs; Arlene Delaney
Colors Jantzen Zink; Maylin Gonzalez; C.J. Stubbs; Arlene Delaney
Letters Bill Yoshida

Half page Editor's Notebook text article "It Seems That"

Synopsis Editor Gorelick promotes a three title crossover storyline, starting in Jughead #100, then moving to Archie #467 and Betty #57. Then he asks for reader opinions on school uniforms and dress codes.
Script Victor Gorelick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters typeset

1 page Betty story "Hand Full"

Characters Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper
Synopsis Betty can't help with the dishes because it would harm her karate.
Genre Teen
Script Mike Pellowski
Pencils Sean Murphey
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty story "Novel Job"

Characters Betty Cooper; Mr. Barney; Howie Severe
Synopsis Betty's quiet weekend job at a mall bookstore is turned upside down by a book signing by national shock jock Howie Severe.
Genre Teen
Script Mike Pellowski
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Howie Severe is based on radio personality Howard Stern. One of the crazed fans at the book signing is a caricature of Archie editor Victor Gorelick.

6 page Betty story "Get The Message"

Characters Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Betty writes the address of a party Archie has invited her to on a box of tissues. Later she finds that her mother has thrown the empty box away.
Genre Teen
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Dear Betty letters page "None Of The Girls"

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

5 page Betty story "Ring Sting"

Characters Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Synopsis Reggie pulls a prank on Betty, then offers to show her how to pull the same prank on Veronica.
Genre Teen
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors BarryGrossman
Letters Bill Yoshida