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Issue Details

Issue #52
Published August 1997
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 1.50 USD; 1.65 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Cover Details - "The Landscaper And The Lady"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Archie goes a little overboard pruning a bush while staring at Betty.
Genre Teen
Pencils Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty story "All's Fair At The Fair"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Gino
Synopsis At the fair, Betty drags Archie from one ride and concession to another in a desperate attempt to avoid Veronica.
Genre Teen
Script George Gladir
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Dear Betty letters page "I Have A Boyfriend"

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

5 page Betty story "Betty Cooper's Book Of Riverdale Records"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom; Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Ethel Muggs; Hiram Lodge; Melissa Harmon; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis Five pages of two-panel gags based on records the various Riverdale characters have set during their lives.
Genre Teen
Script George Gladir
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty story "Rhyme Time"

Characters Betty Cooper; Jim; Tim; Archie Andrews (dream sequence); Veronica Lodge (dream sequence); Moose Mason (dream sequence); Midge Klump (dream sequence); Pop Tate (dream sequence); Jughead Jones (dream sequence); Dilton Doiley (dream sequence); Hiram Lodge (dream sequence); Chuck Clayton (dream sequence); Reggie Mantle (dream sequence); Mr. Weatherbee (dream sequence)
Synopsis Betty falls asleep after reading nursery rhymes to the twins she is babysitting and dreams of her friends participating in various fractured nursery rhymes.
Genre Teen
Script Mike Pellowski
Pencils Tim Kennedy
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Reggie Mantle and Mr. Weatherbee appear in this story in altered forms, Mantle as a giant rat with a fiddle, and Weatherbee as a giant bee.

6 page Betty story "Skurf Turf"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Cheryl Blossom; Nancy Woods
Synopsis Betty improvises a water athlete routine with a snowboard, a tow rope and Ethel's wave rider in order to win a local contest sponsored by a Riverdale TV show.
Genre Teen
Script George Gladir
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Editor's Notebook text article "I've Been Receiving"

Synopsis Editor Gorelick promotes the Archie syndicated newspaper strip, Betty & Veronica's Summer Fun #4 and Sabrina The Teenage Witch #5. The article is illustrated with reproductions of the covers of the two comics mentioned.
Script Victor Gorelick
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Alison Flood
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters typeset