Betty #49 [Direct Edition]
(May 1997)

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 04911
Editing
Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Betty / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks
Mike Esposito (signed as Espo!!)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You can use your library card to check out books, but not the helpers!
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Head Librarian
Synopsis
Betty tries to check library aide Archie out of the local library.

The Sculpture Vultures (Table of Contents: 1)

Betty / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Barbara Slate
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Ethel Muggs; Phylis Raff
Synopsis
Everyone is incensed by the way Betty's sculptures portray them, until the sculptures are praised by a local art critic.
Reprints
Keywords
sculpture

Spring Into '97 With Betty (Table of Contents: 2)

Betty / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Parent
Inks
Rudy Lapick ?
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Dan Parent ?

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper
Reprints

Indexer Notes

No story; Betty models various spring-themed fashions.

Betty Cooper, Medicine Woman (Table of Contents: 3)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Parent
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
With her parents out of town, Veronica stays over at the Cooper house. Then she comes down with the flu. When Betty leaves for school the next day, Veronica gives her a pager, then isn't shy about using it.
Reprints

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

Spite an Image (Table of Contents: 6)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Harold Smith
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Betty is running for student council president against Reggie. Someone is defacing Reggie's campaign posters and Reggie accuses Betty.
Reprints

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

Dear Betty / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sara Algase
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There Was This Boy
Characters
Betty Cooper
Synopsis
"Betty" answers reader letters.

Meet and Greet (Table of Contents: 8)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Michael Pellowski
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Jen; Midge Klump; Nancy Woods
Synopsis
Betty's new job at the Cartoon Collectibles store is as a greeter. But the public manages to wear down even Betty's deep wellspring of perky.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["You can use your library card to check out books, but not the helpers!"]
    Betty
  2. 1. The Sculpture Vultures
    Betty
  3. 2. Spring Into '97 With Betty
    Betty
  4. 3. Betty Cooper, Medicine Woman
    Betty
  5. 4. ["What Would Be"]
    Editor's Notebook
  6. 5. ["Cheryl Goes Hollywood"]
  7. 6. Spite an Image
    Betty
  8. 7. ["There Was This Boy"]
    Dear Betty
  9. 8. Meet and Greet
    Betty
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Peter Croome
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk