Betty and Me
#27
(April 1970)
Archie,
1965 Series
- Price
- 0.15 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- seven times per year: February, April, June, August, September, October, and December
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up, Inc.
- Brand
- Archie Series
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Silver Age US; then Standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- Newsprint
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- Was Ongoing Series
[no title indexed]
Betty and Me / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty!! What in the world are you doing in this terrible snowstorm?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Josie (picture)
- Synopsis
- Betty just "happens" to wander over to the Andrews house - - in waist deep snow.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- blizzard
in Indexer Notes
Archie is reading a Josie comic book.
Wedded Bliss
Betty and Me / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Ethel overhears Archie and Betty exchanging marriage what-ifs, assumes they're married and starts spreading the news around.
- Reprints
-
in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #7 (February 1984) [with Betty and Veronica logo]
-
Indexer Notes
rumors; gossip
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty / letters page / 0.75 page
- Script
- Eda Edwards [as Betty]
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- To Most Boys, I'm Cute
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- "Betty" answers reader letters.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- Script
- Louis H. Silberkleit (business manager)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Statement Of Ownership
Indexer Notes
Filed October 1, 1969; Listed owners Close-Up, Inc, and John L. Goldwater, both of 1116 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10021; Publisher Close-Up, Inc; Editor John L. Goldwater; Managing Editor Richard Goldwater; Total Paid Circulation, 12 month average: 306,058.
[no title indexed]
Betty / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What a Moon
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty and Archie are alone under a romantic moonlit sky, so naturally Archie says the least romantic thing he can think of.
Help the Needy
Betty and Me / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty decides the way to impress Archie is to show him how capable she is at any endeavor.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #63 (December 1983) [with Betty logo]
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #13 (June 1989)
-
- Keywords
- arm-wrestling; checkers; chess; guitar
Indexer Notes
Mention is made of The Archies hit song "Sugar Sugar."
That's the Breaks
Betty and Me / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty is the epitome of bursting teenage excitement because Archie actually asked her to go roller-skating, in front of Veronica no less.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #7 (February 1984)
-
- Keywords
- roller skates; stairs
Fill 'er Up
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Edwards
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Hap tries to diagnose why Jinx has an upset stomach. She rattles off a list of goodies she's just eaten.
The Mechanic
Betty and Me / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty's new prowess with auto mechanics impresses Archie so much that he asks her to the dance over Veronica.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #6 (November 1983)
-
- Keywords
- auto mechanics; auto repair
Indexer Notes
On page 3, panel 2, Betty states that she read some auto manuals to learn auto mechanics so she and Archie would have something in common. This may be the start of Betty's knowledge of auto mechanics that came to characterize her in the eighties and beyond.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Betty!! What in the world are you doing in this terrible snowstorm?"]
Betty and Me -
1.
Wedded Bliss
Betty and Me -
2.
["To Most Boys, I'm Cute"]
Dear Betty -
3.
["Statement Of Ownership"]
-
4.
["What a Moon"]
Betty -
5.
Help the Needy
Betty and Me -
6.
["If it's laughter you're after, here's a giant size portion of merriment!"]
Betty and Veronica Spectacular -
7.
That's the Breaks
Betty and Me -
8.
Fill 'er Up
Li'l Jinx -
9.
The Mechanic
Betty and Me
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