Betty and Me
#42
(June 1972)
Archie,
1965 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- 7 times a year in Feb., April, June, Aug., Sept., Oct., and Dec.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- Richard H. Goldwater (editor)
[no title indexed]
Betty and Me / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, there's hardly any room under Betty's bubble-top umbrella!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hot Dog; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Reprints
- Keywords
- rain; umbrella
in 
Vamp 'Till Ready
Betty and Me / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow! What kind of a research project are you working on?
- Feature Logo
Betty and Me- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Geraldine Grundy; Miss Haggly (cameo); Miss Haggly (cameo); Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Pop Tate; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Betty and Ethel do some research on the famous courtesans of history so that they can find some new techniques to attract Archie and Jughead.
- Reprints
-
in Betty and Veronica Annual Digest Magazine (Archie, 1989 series) #8 (January 1993)
-
Indexer Notes
Includes indicia at bottom of first page.
Who Did It?
Betty and Me / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Isn't this nice?
- Feature Logo
- Betty and Me
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Miss Beazly; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley (cameo); Geraldine Grundy; Miss Haggly; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Mr. Svenson; Ethel Muggs (cameo); Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Everyone at Riverdale High is receiving small gifts and no one knows who's giving them out.
Fiery Diary
Betty and Me / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Diary: Sometimes a girl can have an awfully rough time...
- Feature Logo
- Betty and Me
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty recounts an afternoon with Archie which typically ends up with him being distracted by Veronica.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #92 (January 1991)
-
Take a Guess!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh! Hi, Greg! You're back from your vacation...? I'll be right over...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Greg; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Jinx guesses where Greg has been on vacation.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #92 (January 1991)
-
One Way
Betty and Me / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I don't recognize anything, Archie!
- Feature Logo
- Betty and Me
- Genre
- humor; religious; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Frank; Ernest; Crime; Greed; Selfishness; Hate; Fear; Love; Faith; Hope
- Synopsis
- Betty and Archie take a strange car trip on the Road of Life.
The Insult That Made a Man out of 'Mac'
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / comics-form advertising / 1 page
[no title indexed]
Betty Pin Up / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ---Er --- Archie, you're not going to catch any fish here --- let's open this can of sardines I just happened to bring along!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty has a backup plan for when Archie doesn't catch any fish.
Indexer Notes
pin-up
Write On!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What are you doing, Li'l Jinx?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Hap Holliday; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx works on her penmanship.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #92 (January 1991)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #247 (April 2016)
-
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Eda Edwards ? (credited as Betty)
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards (illustration)
- Inks
- Joe Edwards (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm having trouble getting a boy to notice me!
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from C.C. (Boston, Mass), M.V.R. (Salamanca, N.Y.), S.C. (Orr, Minn.), B.T. (Anniston, Ala.), V.L. (Dallas, Texas), N.Y.B. (Baltimore, M.D.) and D.T. (Chicago, Ill.).
Pages are hand-lettered, not typeset.
A Young Man's Fancy!
Betty and Me / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, what a beautiful morning!
- Feature Logo
- Betty and Me
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper; Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- It is springtime, and Betty hopes it will turn Archie's head her way.
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #132 (May 2005), #232 (May 2015)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Blow-Out (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Archie, there's hardly any room under Betty's bubble-top umbrella!"]
Betty and Me -
1.
["The new Three-Wheel Rrrumblers are here!"]
Mattel Toys -
2.
Vamp 'Till Ready
Betty and Me -
3.
["The Archies meet the Archies on Welch's jams and jelly glasses."]
Welch's Concord Grape Jelly -
4.
["Hey kids! Now you can make your choice between two great new Archie grab bags!"]
Archie Comics -
5.
Who Did It?
Betty and Me -
6.
["Enjoy an exciting, romantic, impressive look anytime!"]
Beauty Aids / Masculiner Hairpieces -
7.
["50 little dolls with clothes"]
50 Little Dolls -
8.
Fiery Diary
Betty and Me -
9.
["Love is the answer"]
Archie Annual -
10.
["Any 14 of these hit records for only $2.86"]
Columbia Record Club -
11.
Take a Guess!
Li'l Jinx -
12.
One Way
Betty and Me -
13.
["Here's a real groovy offer, kids!"]
Archie Comics -
14.
The Insult That Made a Man out of 'Mac'
Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System -
15.
["---Er --- Archie, you're not going to catch any fish here --- let's open this can of sardines I just happened to bring along!"]
Betty Pin Up -
16.
Write On!
Li'l Jinx -
17.
["Smoke cloud"]
Honor House Products -
18.
["I'm having trouble getting a boy to notice me!"]
Dear Betty -
19.
["Reward $11,750.00 for this coin!"]
Best Values Coins and Currency -
20.
A Young Man's Fancy!
Betty and Me -
21.
["You can manage in the Majors with Strat-o-Matic Baseball."]
Strat-O-Matic Baseball Game -
22.
["Puzzle: Find Al"]
ICS / International Correspondence Schools -
23.
["Dig these!"]
Monogram Models
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Peter Croome
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Donald Dale Milne
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Joey Sayer
- Ramon Schenk
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