Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license.

Issue Details

Issue #87
Published July 2000
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 1.99 USD; 2.19 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "Betty Is So Old Fashioned"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; unidentified extras
Synopsis While everybody else is using cell phones, Betty sticks to the old land lines.
Genre Teen
Pencils Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks Bob Smith (signed)
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty story "Clown Frown"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Betty's experience working as "Betzo The Clown" at birthday parties to earn extra money serves her when Archie takes her to the circus and the circus clowns accidentally scare the tots in the audience.
Genre Teen
Script Mike Pellowski
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks John Lowe
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Fan Art illustration

Characters Betty Cooper
Synopsis Fan submitted drawings of Betty are reproduced.
Pencils Erika Meraz; Michelle Benegas; Ryesha Kanani; Kyle Marie Smith
Inks Erika Meraz; Michelle Benegas; Ryesha Kanani; Kyle Marie Smith
Colors Erika Meraz; Michelle Benegas; Ryesha Kanani; Kyle Marie Smith
Letters typeset

1 page Betty And Veronica story "Absent Mind Over Matter"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis At cheerleader practice, Veronica can tell when Betty is daydreaming of Archie.
Genre Teen
Script Hal Smith
Pencils Tim Kennedy
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman

5 page Betty story "Big Bass Blowout or She Went Fishing For Compliments, Part 1"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Betty offers to substitute for an under-the-weather Jughead so Archie can stay entered in the Loon Lake Bass Tournament. Veronica gets wind of it and offers to partner with Reggie so she can keep an eye on them. And a man dressed as a viking steals the Riverdale Ruby from the Museum of Natural History.
Genre Teen
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks John Lowe
Colors Barry Grossman

Half page Editor's Notebook text article "The Countdown To Archie #500"

Synopsis Editor Gorelick promotes the upcoming Archie #500, then promotes Archie's Vacation Special #6 and Archie & Friends #42. A reproduction of the cover of Archie's Vacation Special #6 illustrates the article.
Script Victor Gorelick
Pencils Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks Jon D'Agostino (signed)
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters typeset; Bill Yoshida

5 page Betty story "Big Bass Blowout or It Was On A Large Scale, Part 2"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Leon The Chameleon (villain)
Synopsis Reggie and Veronica interfere with Archie's casting, forcing him to move to a spot near the highway bridge. There he and Betty stumble onto the stashed loot from the Museum heist.
Genre Teen
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks John Lowe
Colors Barry Grossman

2 page Dear Betty letters page "I Have A Lot Of Friends"

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

5 page Betty story "The Dilemma"

Characters Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Adam; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis Nancy points out to Betty that a handsome new student named Adam has a crush on her. She advises Betty that if Archie can date more than one girl, she can date more than one guy. And Betty begins to consider it.
Genre Teen
Script George Gladir
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks John Lowe
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes At the end on the story, a survey ballot is printed asking readers if Betty should date Archie, Adam, both or neither.