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

Issue Details

Issue #164
Published June 2007
Cover Price 2.25 USD
Pages 44
Editing Victor Gorelick; Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "A Heart Trimmed Tree"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks Bob Smith (signed)

5 page Betty story "A Shoe Thing"

Characters Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews; Nancy Woods; Chuck Clayton
Synopsis Betty is dressed for a party but can't find a pair of shoes that match her dress.
Genre teen; humor
Script Mike Pellowski
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks John Lowe
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Jack Morelli

6 page Betty story "Take The Cake!"

Characters Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Mrs. Smith
Synopsis Betty makes 3 cakes for a community center bake sale, but all 3 are eaten or damaged before she can get them to the sale.
Genre teen; humor
Script Mike Pellowski
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks John Lowe
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Jack Morelli

5 page Betty story "Outdated But Not Outdone"

Characters Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Polly Cooper
Synopsis Polly gets an actual letter in the mail, only to find out it was mailed to her in her senior year of high school, but became lost in the mail system.
Genre teen; humor
Script Kathleen Webb
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks John Lowe
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Jack Morelli

8 page Batman advertisement "A Rare Catch"

Characters Batman; Cal Ripken, Jr.; Penguin
Genre superhero; ad
Script Ernest Mayes (story); Mike Spinnaraque
Pencils Christopher Jones
Inks Christopher Jones
Colors Giulia Brusco
Letters Pat Brousseau
Editing Michael Wright; Jessica Numsuwankijkul (assistant editor)
Notes an 8 glossy page ad for Big Chew Bubble Gum, produced by DC Comics.

1 page letters page "Dear Betty"

Characters Betty Cooper
Script Sara Algase
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters typeset
Notes Sara Algase answers letters from fans as "Betty."

2 page Betty illustration "Fan Art"

Pencils (fan art)
Inks (fan art)
Colors (fan art)
Letters typeset

5 page Betty story "Custard's Last Stand"

Characters Betty Cooper; Red (an ice creamer seller); Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate (cameo)
Synopsis When a local ice cream seller appears to be going out of business -- one that sold ice cream to the children of Riverdale since the gang were children--, Betty and the gang put on a variety show to raise money to help him out.
Genre teen; humor
Script Angelo DeCesare
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks John Lowe
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Jack Morelli