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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published October 1993
Frequency eight times per year
Cover Price 1.25 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "The Deserted Beach"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Betty and Archie's chance at some alone time on the beach is spoiled by an intruding family.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks Alison Flood (signed)
Colors Barry Grossman

5 page Betty story "The Play's The Thing"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis After working all day supervising the children at an indoor play park, Betty goes on a date with Archie - - to an indoor play park.
Genre Teen
Script Mike Pellowski
Pencils Doug Crane
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "It's An Archie Trading Card Paradise"

Characters Jughead Jones
Pencils Rex W. Lindsey [signed RWL]
Inks Rex W. Lindsey [signed RWL]
Colors Rex W. Lindsey [signed RWL]
Notes Advertisement for Archie trading cards.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "What Goes Better Together Than Magic & Pussycats?"

Characters Sabrina; Salem; Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown
Pencils Dan Parent
Inks Dan Parent
Notes Advertisement for Sabrina's Halloween Spooktacular and Josie And The Pussycats #1.

1 page Archie illustration "Riverdale's Beach Boys"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis No story; illustration of the Riverdale gang in beach wear.
Genre Teen
Pencils Rex W. Lindsey (signed)
Inks Rex W. Lindsey (signed)
Colors Rex W. Lindsey (signed)
Letters Rex W. Lindsey ?

6 page Betty story "Forge Ahead"

Characters Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
Synopsis Using the tools she picked up by reading a book on criminology, Betty tumbles to Reggie's plot to separate Archie and Veronica so he can date Ms. Lodge.
Genre Teen
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Doug Crane
Inks Henry Scarpelli
Colors Nanci Dakesian
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty story "Musical Notes"

Characters Betty Cooper; Midge Klump
Synopsis Betty is unable to attend an impromptu concert by "The New Dudes" because she promised to work late at Axel's Garage.
Genre Teen
Script Mike Pellowski
Pencils Doug Crane
Inks Pat Kennedy
Colors Nanci Dakesian
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Top 10 Reasons"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Ellen Leonforte
Notes Subscription solicitation for various Archie comics and digests. Art is a reprint of a syndicated Archie comic strip.

6 page Betty story "Redd And Ginny"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Svenson the janitor; Hot Dog
Synopsis A parody of 1930s era Hollywood musicals, based loosely on the careers of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, with Archie starring as "Redd", Betty as "Ginny" and Veronica as the scheming daughter of the studio head.
Genre Teen
Script George Gladir
Pencils Rex W. Lindsey
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Rex W. Lindsey
Letters Bill Yoshida

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Wow! What's Their Secret?"

Characters Hot Dog
Pencils Ellen Leonforte
Inks Ellen Leonforte
Colors Nanci Dakesian
Letters Ellen Leonforte
Notes Advertisement for Little Archie Comics Digest and Veronica's Digest.

Half page Editor's Notebook text article "Against Toxic Waste"

Synopsis Editor Gorelick promotes the one-shot "Archie And Friends Versus The Household Toxic Wastes".
Script Victor Gorelick
Colors Nanci Dakesian
Letters typeset