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Issue Details

Issue #147
Published September 1985
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.65 USD
Pages 36
Editing Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "Choppy Waters"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Betty, Archie and Jughead are navigating choppy waters in a motorboat.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks Dan DeCarlo (signed)

1 page public service announcement "Missing Children"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doily; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Archie and the gang display pictures of missing children with their vital information and the toll free number to call.
Pencils Dan DeCarlo Jr.?
Inks Jim DeCarlo?

6 page Betty story "The Bottom Line"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper
Synopsis Betty's been reading a book on inner peace and one date with Archie puts everything she's learned to the test.
Genre Teen
Script Dick Malmgren
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page letters page "Dear Betty"

Characters Betty Cooper
Synopsis "Betty" answers reader letters.
Pencils Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Letters Rod Ollerenshaw?
Reprinted Betty image is reprinted from the "In The Swing Of Things" story, page one panel three, of this issue.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Subscribe"

Characters Katy Keene
Synopsis Subscription solicitation for Katy Keene Comics.
Pencils clip art
Letters typeset
Notes Clip art is the cover of Katy Keene (second series) #11.

Half page Archie story "The Hobby"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Archie has taken up landscape painting. Reggie isn't impressed.
Genre Teen
Letters Bill Yoshida?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Now Available"

Characters Katy Keene; Sis
Synopsis Advertisement for Katy Keene logo t-shirts.
Pencils John Lucas
Inks Vince Colletta
Letters Rod Ollerenshaw?

5 page Betty story "The Gray Nineties"

Characters Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis While leafing through an album in the attic, Betty daydreams about living in the 1890s.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo Jr.?
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman?
Letters Bill Yoshida?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Katy Keene Fan Club"

Characters Katy Keene
Synopsis Solicitation for joining the Katy Keene Fan Club.
Pencils John Lucas
Inks Vince Colletta

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "Subscribe and get one free"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Subscription solicitation for Archie's Double Digest.

5 page Betty story "Match Point"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Shiela the tennis pro; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis Archie is getting tennis lessons from Sheila the shapely new tennis pro. Betty tries her best to sabotage any possibility that Archie and Sheila might become chummy.
Genre Teen
Script George Gladir
Pencils Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman?
Letters Bill Yoshida?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Four Equals Five"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Subscription solicitation for the Archie Digest series.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher) "I See More Fun"

Characters Archie Andrews
Synopsis Advertisement for Archie Comics 2 for $1.00 offer.

Half page Betty And Veronica story "Wonder Blunder"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Betty and Veronica discuss miracle workers.
Genre Teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman?
Letters Bill Yoshida?

1 page Betty illustration "Betty's Snappy Summer Fashions"

Characters Betty Cooper
Synopsis No Story; Betty models fashions submitted by readers.
Pencils Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors Barry Grossman?
Letters Bill Yoshida?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Fans! Now You Can Join"

Characters Archie Andrews
Synopsis Solicitation for the Archie Fan Club.
Pencils Stan Goldberg?

5 page Betty story "In The Swing Of Things"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doily; Joyce
Synopsis Archie and Betty hear Fred playing one of his old Benny Badman records and take it to the school dance. Soon everyone at the dance is dancing to '40s era swing.
Genre Teen
Script George Gladir
Pencils Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman?
Letters Bill Yoshida?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Discount 32"

Characters Archie Andrews
Synopsis Subscription solicitation for the Archie Comics line.
Pencils Stan Goldberg?