Betty and Me
#166
(May 1988)
Archie,
1965 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- eight times per year
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Barcode
- 027100069706 05
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
Publishing frequency reduced from nine issue per year to eight per year with this issue.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Betty / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie! I'm giving this football trophy to you!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee gives Archie a football trophy - - to polish for Reggie.
![Cover Thumbnail for Betty and Me (1965 series) #166 [Canadian]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1334/w100/1334928.jpg?6784088061228732240)
The Bookworms
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (signed as Stan G.)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy assigns Betty and Archie to weed out the unusable books from the library stacks. Because they were excused from class to do this, Reggie and Veronica plot a prank out of vengeance.
- Reprints
-
in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #61 (May 1993) - in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #112 (March 2003), #218 (January 2014), #279 (February 2020)
-
How Many?
Betty / activity / 0.5 page
- Script
- Rod Ollerenshaw (signed as RG in an O)
- Pencils
- Rod Ollerenshaw (signed as RG in an O)
- Inks
- Rod Ollerenshaw (signed as RG in an O)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Rod Ollerenshaw (signed as RG in an O)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Word find puzzle with Archie's name as a theme.
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- ? [as Betty]
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- "Betty" answers reader letters.
Dolly Folly
Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Zelda; Aunt Hilda; unidentified worker
- Synopsis
- Sabrina and her aunts participate in making dolls for a "Dolls For Charity" event. Hilda, however, doesn't quite get it.
Video Vignettes
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Betty screens the video record she made of the gang's recent ski trip.
- Reprints
Help
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (signed as Stan G)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Svenson; Floyd Clayton; Chuck Clayton; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty coaches Archie in basketball to help him improve his game and his confidence. Unfortunately for her, she succeeds.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #149 (March 2004)
- in Archie 1000 Page Mega Comics Digest (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #46 (February 2015)
-
Tough Enough
Archie / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie deride the aerobics workout Veronica and Betty undergo, prompting Veronica to challenge them to do it.
- Reprints
It's In the Stars
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Impressed with Ethel's success following astrology, Betty tries it to get closer to Archie.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #108 (July 1993)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #255 (October 2017)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Festival (Archie, 2017 series) (2017)
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- Keywords
- astrology; horoscope
[no title indexed]
Archie / public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Health Education
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Public Service Ad for AIDS awareness.
Indexer Notes
Ad provides an information address supplied by The American Foundation For AIDS Research.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Archie! I'm giving this football trophy to you!"]
Betty -
1.
The Bookworms
Betty -
2.
How Many?
Betty -
3.
[no title indexed]
-
4.
The Search For The Fruitasaurus!
Sunkist; Archie -
5.
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty -
6.
["Step Right Up"]
-
7.
Dolly Folly
Sabrina -
8.
Video Vignettes
Betty -
9.
["Fans!"]
-
10.
["Double Your Fun!"]
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11.
["Discount 32"]
-
12.
Help
Betty -
13.
Tough Enough
Archie -
14.
["Subscribe And Save"]
-
15.
It's In the Stars
Betty -
16.
["Health Education"]
Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Igor Dybzinski
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Jim Van Dore
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