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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