Issue Details

Issue	#45
Published	January 1997
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	1.50 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "How's My Hair Look"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Betty finds out she's not a very good hair stylist after she cuts Archie's hair.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks	Mike Esposito [signed Espo]
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

11 page Betty Cooper, Super Sleuther story "Never Say Never"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Coach Kleats; Greta Gripper (villain); The River Rats (villains); Dilton Doiley; Alice Cooper; Caramel
Synopsis	After the Riverdale football team is burglarized for their equipment, Betty tries to track it down by going undercover on the Craigville Crunchettes, a local semi-pro women's football team.
Genre	Teen
Script	Bob Bolling
Pencils	Doug Crane
Inks	Mike Esposito
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Fan Art illustration

Characters	Betty Cooper
Synopsis	Drawings of Betty submitted by readers are reproduced.
Pencils	Anna-Alexandra Fodde-Reguer; Rachel Landis; Laura Jackson; Meira Rosenzweig
Inks	Anna-Alexandra Fodde-Reguer; Rachel Landis; Laura Jackson; Meira Rosenzweig
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Look For My New TV Series"

Characters	Sabrina
Notes	Advertisement for Sabrina The Teenage Witch #1, and for Sabrina's Holiday Special #1-3, which are still available from the publisher.

2 page Dear Betty letters page "I've Been Robbed"

Characters	Betty Cooper
Synopsis	"Betty" answers reader letters.
Script	Sara Algase
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Don't Miss Out"

Characters	Betty Cooper
Notes	Advertisement for the Archie Volleyball T-shirt offer.

6 page Betty story "On The Spot"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Miss Beazley
Synopsis	While flinging food at each other in the cafeteria, Jughead and Archie accidentally stain Betty's new blouse with mustard.
Genre	Teen
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Doug Crane
Inks	Mike Esposito
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page public service announcement "Dig In And Help Jimmy Dean Support United Cerebral Palsy"

Characters	Jughead Jones
Synopsis	Jughead extols the readers to buy Jimmy Dean frozen foods because a portion of the sales will go to United Cerebral Palsy Associates.
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Dan DeCarlo
Colors	Barry Grossman
Notes	PSA co-sponsored by United Cerebral Palsy Associates and Jimmy Dean Foods.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Archie's Digest Offer"

Notes

Advertisement for Archie Andrews Where Are You Digest #109, Archie's Story & Game Digest #37, Betty's Digest #1, Veronica Digest #5, and Archie's Holiday Fun Digest #1.

Half page Editor's Notebook text article "First I Would Like"

Synopsis	Editor Gorelick promotes Archie's Holiday Fun Digest #1, Jughead #89 and Cheryl Blossom #3.
Script	Victor Gorelick
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	typeset

5 page Betty story "Betty-Bye Time"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis	Betty stays up late to watch a Bratt Prunepit movie and pays for it by dozing off again and again in school the next day.
Genre	Teen
Script	Kathleen Webb
Pencils	Doug Crane
Inks	Mike Esposito
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida