Cheryl Blossom
#23
[Direct Edition]
(June 1999)
Archie,
1997 Series
- Price
- 1.79 USD; 1.99 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except July and Dec.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Comics
- Barcode
- 762816470384 02311
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
Meet Cheryl's New Best Friend... Betty!
Cheryl Blossom / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- Keywords
- choklit shoppe; laugh; malt shop; milkshake
in 
![Cover Thumbnail for Cheryl Blossom (1997 series) #23 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/219/w100/219683.jpg?7272021442127891180)
Friendly Fire Part 1
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 6 pages
Sunroom Swimsuits
Cheryl Blossom / illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom
- Synopsis
- Fashion ideas sent in by fans.
- Reprints
-
in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #194 (September 2004) - in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #274 (August 2019)
-
Indexer Notes
Submissions from: April Engelberg (Toronto, Ontario, Canada); Eva Preskey (Boring, OR); Katie Scott (Omaha, NE).
Friendly Fire Part 2
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom; Jason Blossom; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Betty gives Cheryl the videotape of her expose before it airs. Betty and Cheryl become friends. Veronica is jealous.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- friend; milkshake; rollerblading; sun room; tanning
Fan Art
Cheryl Blossom / illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom
- Synopsis
- Fan art submissions.
Indexer Notes
Featuring art from: Shantell Middleton (Knightsen, CA); Jenae Wahlbrink (Lake Ozark, MO); Lauren Harvey (Chicago, IL); Kelsey Fenton (Prince George, B.C., Canada).
Friendly Fire Part 3
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom; Betty Cooper; Sugar (Cheryl's dog); Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Cheryl has a party at her house and invites the band "Whole Thing."
- Reprints
- Keywords
- band; maid; music; party
Indexer Notes
Fashion ideas for Cheryl and Betty's outfits from: Heather Solomon (Sheridan, IN); Cheryl Jones (TX).
Background movie posters spoofing Scream 2 as "Shriek Again" and Lost in Space as "Lost Space".
Cheryl reads "Spun" magazine (spoof of Spin) and likes a band called "Whole Thing" from "Gruffin Records" (Geffen Records).
It's in Her Kiss
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Holly Golightly [as Holly G!]
- Pencils
- Holly Golightly [as Holly G!]
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Sugar (Cheryl's dog)
- Synopsis
- Cheryl wants to try out her new fruit flavored lip gloss on Archie but ends up attracting Jughead instead.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #193 (August 2004)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #185 (December 2010), #257 (December 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Fashion ideas for Cheryl from: Hillary Child (Lansing, MI).
Cheryl is reading a fashion catalog called Dee-la's (spoof of Delia's).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Meet Cheryl's New Best Friend... Betty!
Cheryl Blossom -
1.
Friendly Fire Part 1
Cheryl Blossom -
2.
Sunroom Swimsuits
Cheryl Blossom -
3.
Friendly Fire Part 2
Cheryl Blossom -
4.
Fan Art
Cheryl Blossom -
5.
Friendly Fire Part 3
Cheryl Blossom -
6.
It's in Her Kiss
Cheryl Blossom
This issue was modified by, among others
- Thomas Johnson
- Kristin Kavanagh
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Stangas
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