Betty #3 [Direct]
(December 1992)

Archie, 1992 Series
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Price
1.25 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
eight times per year
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
A Archie Comics
Editing
Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Betty / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Parent; Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Dan Parent; Alison Flood
Colors
Barry Grossman

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Counting Archies
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Rather than count sheep to go to sleep, Betty counts Archies.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Dan Parent drew the Betty figure on the cover, while Dan DeCarlo and Alison Flood drew the Archie figures in the dream sequence.

Lucky Loser (Table of Contents: 1)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Bolling
Pencils
Doug Crane
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper
Synopsis
Betty and Hasslehead High's Cyndi Washington are the favorites to win the Tri-City High Schools mini-marathon. But Betty's kindness may cost her the race.

Odds On It! (Table of Contents: 2)

Betty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Michael Gallagher
Pencils
Doug Crane
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Betty's statistics class is beginning to affect her personal life.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Archie; Club Med / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pizza With Extra Heart (Table of Contents: 5)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Bolling
Pencils
Doug Crane
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Terry Terwilliger; Tammy Terwilliger; Hal Cooper
Synopsis
Archie delivers pizza to the home where Betty is babysitting. She tries to get him to stay and recruits the twins to help.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #222, writing is credited to Kathleen Webb and pencils are credited to Stan Goldberg.

Half A Point Well Taken (Table of Contents: 6)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Bolling
Pencils
Doug Crane
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Midge Klump; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Betty's dad tries to blend in with Betty's friends, but finds the generation gap too wide to bridge.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Editor's Notebook / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Victor Gorelick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
They Said It Couldn't Be Done
Synopsis
Editor Gorelick promotes Archie #407.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Growing Pains (Table of Contents: 9)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Bolling
Pencils
Doug Crane
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Charles Parker; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Betty is rapidly tired of hearing her father's old stories, until she hears one old story he never talks about.
Reprints

Archie's Spindizzy (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Archie; Spindizzy / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Counting Archies"]
    Betty
  2. 1. Lucky Loser
    Betty
  3. 2. Odds On It!
    Betty
  4. 3. ["Win Big"]
  5. 4. ["This Year"]
    Archie; Club Med
  6. 5. Pizza With Extra Heart
    Betty
  7. 6. Half A Point Well Taken
    Betty
  8. 7. ["They Said It Couldn't Be Done"]
    Editor's Notebook
  9. 8. ["What A Deal!"]
  10. 9. Growing Pains
    Betty
  11. 10. Archie's Spindizzy
    Archie; Spindizzy
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Mike Nielsen