Betty #30 [Direct Edition]
(October 1995)

Archie, 1992 Series
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Price
1.50 USD; 1.65 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Comics
Barcode
762816467537 03011
Editing
Victor Gorelick (credited) (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (credited as Richard Goldwater) (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

[The Cooper Express] (Table of Contents)

Betty / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors
Barry Grossman

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Betty speeds past Archie on her in-line skates.

One of Those Days (Table of Contents: 1)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Kathleen Webb ?; Harold Smith ?
Pencils
Doug Crane
Inks
Ken Selig
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge (dream sequence only)
Synopsis
Betty is having a really, really, really bad morning.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The credits printed in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #205 list Kathleen Webb as the writer of this story. The rest of the credits match the credits in this index.

Glad Tidings (Table of Contents: 2)

Betty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Michael Pellowski
Pencils
Doug Crane
Inks
Pat Kennedy
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; miscellaneous teen boys
Synopsis
Betty is having a fine time at the beach.
Reprints

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

Dear Betty / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sara Algase
Pencils
Ellen Leonforte
Inks
Ellen Leonforte
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Ellen Leonforte; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm ten years old...
Characters
Betty Cooper
Synopsis
"Betty" answers reader letters.

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

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

To Tell the Truth (Table of Contents: 5)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Harold Smith
Pencils
Doug Crane
Inks
Ken Selig
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
An experimental truth aerosol accidentally gets mixed into a shipment of men's cologne that Betty is demonstrating at Lacy's Department Store.

Just Be Yourself (Table of Contents: 6)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Harold Smith
Pencils
Doug Crane
Inks
Ken Selig
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; M.T. Burrell
Synopsis
A casting agent selects Betty to appear in a laundry soap commercial, but at the shoot Betty can't seem to get her lines right.
Reprints

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

Fan Art / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Colors
?
Letters
Ellen Leonforte; Bill Yoshida

Characters
Betty Cooper
Synopsis
No story; Fan illustrations of Betty submitted by readers are printed.

Indexer Notes

Reader artwork submitted by Megan Davis, Jonathan Sherbine, Amy Wilken, and Katie Costello.

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Editor's Notebook / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Owls Well That Ends Well (Table of Contents: 10)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Bolling
Pencils
Doug Crane
Inks
Ken Selig
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Smithers the butler
Synopsis
Archie refuses to help Veronica recover a rare Zambesia owl that escaped the mansion because he's helping Betty with her marathon run. But Betty spots the owl along the marathon course, just as a massive thunderstorm rolls up.
Reprints
Keywords
marathon
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [The Cooper Express]
    Betty
  2. 1. One of Those Days
    Betty
  3. 2. Glad Tidings
    Betty
  4. 3. ["I'm ten years old..."]
    Dear Betty
  5. 4. ["Here Are Your Favorites"]
  6. 5. To Tell the Truth
    Betty
  7. 6. Just Be Yourself
    Betty
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Fan Art
  9. 8. ["Riverdale's Most Talked About Heartthrob"]
  10. 9. ["Here's an upcoming event..."]
    Editor's Notebook
  11. 10. Owls Well That Ends Well
    Betty
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore