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Issue Details

Issue	#49
Published	May 1997
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	1.50 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "Not The Helpers"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Head Librarian
Synopsis	Betty tries to check library aide Archie out of the local library.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks	Mike Esposito [signed Espo!!]
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

8 page Betty story "The Sculpture Vultures"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Ethel Muggs; Phylis Raff
Synopsis	Everyone is incensed by the way Betty's sculptures portray them, until the sculptures are praised by a local art critic.
Genre	Teen
Script	Barbara Slate
Pencils	Stan Goldberg
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Betty illustration "Spring Into '97 With Betty"

Characters	Betty Cooper
Synopsis	No story; Betty models various spring-themed fashions.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan Parent
Inks	Rudy Lapick ?
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Dan Parent ?

6 page Betty story "Betty Cooper, Medicine Woman"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones
Synopsis	With her parents out of town, Veronica stays over at the Cooper house. Then she comes down with the flu. When Betty leaves for school the next day, Veronica gives her a pager, then isn't shy about using it.
Genre	Teen
Script	Dan Parent
Pencils	Stan Goldberg
Inks	Mike Esposito
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

Half page Editor's Notebook text article "What Would Be"

Synopsis	Editor Gorelick promotes Betty & Veronica #112, Archie's Spring Break #2, and Archie & Friends #23.
Script	Victor Gorelick
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	typeset

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Cheryl Goes Hollywood"

Notes

Subscription solicitation for Cheryl Blossom comics.

5 page Betty story "Spite An Image"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
Synopsis	Betty is running for student council president against Reggie. Someone is defacing Reggie's campaign posters and Reggie accuses Betty.
Genre	Teen
Script	Hal Smith
Pencils	Stan Goldberg
Inks	Mike Esposito
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida
Reprinted	in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #188

1 page Dear Betty letters page "There Was This Boy"

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

5 page Betty story "Meet And Greet"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Jen; Midge Klump; Nancy Woods
Synopsis	Betty's new job at the Cartoon Collectibles store is as a greeter. But the public manages to wear down even Betty's deep wellspring of perky.
Genre	Teen
Script	Mike Pellowski
Pencils	Stan Goldberg
Inks	Mike Esposito
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida