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Issue Details

Issue #51
Published July 1997
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 1.50 USD; 1.65 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "Archie! My Hero!"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; unidentified carnival patrons
Synopsis Betty gratefully thanks Archie for the plush doll he won her on the carnival midway, although other patrons have won bigger prizes for their dates.
Genre Teen
Pencils Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks Stan Goldberg (signed)
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Betty story "Wheelie Funny!"

Characters Betty Cooper; Matt; Jack; Tad; Cody; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Betty spends the day in various athletic pursuits with various handsome young guys and all the time she wishes she was with Archie.
Genre Teen
Script Mike Pellowski
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Fan Art illustration

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Reader submitted pictures of Betty are reproduced.
Pencils Megan Slay; Jane Sarkinen; Monika Nieves; Jonathan Sherbine; Mona Masood
Inks Megan Slay; Jane Sarkinen; Monika Nieves; Jonathan Sherbine; Mona Masood
Colors Megan Slay; Jane Sarkinen; Monika Nieves; Jonathan Sherbine; Mona Masood
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Betty story "An Affair With Flair"

Characters Betty Cooper; Cousin Clarissa (Cooper?); Smithers the butler
Synopsis Cousin Clarissa doesn't understand why a wienie roast at the Lodge Mansion requires formal attire.
Genre Teen
Script George Gladir
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Editor's Notebook text article "Have You Started Thinking"

Synopsis Editor Gorelick gives readers some suggestions for how they can use their summer vacation to help others. Then he promotes Archie's Vacation Special #5 and Veronica #66. The article is accompanied by illustrations of some potential summer occupations.
Script Victor Gorelick
Pencils Ellen Leonforte ?
Inks Ellen Leonforte ?
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Ellen Leonforte ?

9 page Betty story "She's Sweet Betty Cooper"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; the Alpha Beta Fraternity boys
Synopsis Tired of watching Veronica get her way while she has to be "sweet Betty Cooper", Betty tarts herself up and blackmails Reggie into taking her for a night on the wild side of town.
Genre Teen
Script C.J. Henderson
Pencils Doug Crane
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

2 page Dear Betty letters page "I Have A Really Good Best Friend"

Characters Betty Cooper
Synopsis "Betty" answers reader letters. Plus there is a list of ten reasons you know you're having a bad day at school.
Script Sara Algase
Pencils Ellen Leonforte ?
Inks Ellen Leonforte ?
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters typeset

6 page Betty story "A Couple Of Problems"

Characters Betty Cooper; Mrs. Jones the librarian; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle (dream sequence only)
Synopsis While in the library, Betty imagines herself and Archie as great literary couples such as Romeo and Juliet, Tarzan and Jane, Samson and Delilah, and Antony and Cleopatra.
Genre Teen
Script Mike Pellowski
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida