(February 1973)

Archie, 1965 Series
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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
7 times a year in Feb., April, June, Aug., Sept., Oct. & Dec.
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Brand
Archie Giant Series
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Betty and Me / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick ?
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
They have the best developing in town!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie stops by a drive-thru photo kiosk to make out with the clerk, with Betty in the car.
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Grin and Bear It (Table of Contents: 1)

Betty and Me / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Malmgren
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Ethel Muggs; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper
Synopsis
To reward Betty for helping him with his homework, Archie buys her a large teddy bear. But getting it to her proves to be a threat to both his physical and psychological well-being.
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Prime Rhyme Time (Table of Contents: 2)

Betty and Me / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Sally Sneeke
Synopsis
Betty's rival in a poetry contest steals her entry and tries to enter it under her own name.
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A Helping Hand (Table of Contents: 3)

Betty and Me / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
?
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper
Synopsis
Betty has Archie over to her house, but her father keeps interrupting their time together to ask Archie to help move furniture.
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Getting a Head (Table of Contents: 4)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Synopsis
Charley laments his lack of school achievement.
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Pedal Patter (Table of Contents: 5)

Betty and Me / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Betty and Archie go cycling, but Betty has a hard time keeping Archie's eyes off of other girls.
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Indexer Notes

Given Betty's odd hairstyle, for her, and occasionally odd behavior in this story, it may have originally been a Veronica story, with Veronica redrawn to be Betty.

Fob Job (Table of Contents: 6)

Betty and Me / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Betty gets a job with a local record producer and is suddenly supremely popular with the local male musicians, a situation Veronica intends to remedy.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Eda Edwards (credited as Betty)
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What a terrible problem
Characters
Betty Cooper
Synopsis
"Betty" answers reader letters.

Rewards (Table of Contents: 8)

Betty and Me / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Betty saves Archie from injury. He insists on rewarding her, but it isn't the reward she was hoping for.
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["They have the best developing in town!"]
    Betty and Me
  2. 1. Grin and Bear It
    Betty and Me
  3. 2. Prime Rhyme Time
    Betty and Me
  4. 3. A Helping Hand
    Betty and Me
  5. 4. Getting a Head
    Li'l Jinx
  6. 5. Pedal Patter
    Betty and Me
  7. 6. Fob Job
    Betty and Me
  8. 7. ["What a terrible problem"]
    Dear Betty
  9. 8. Rewards
    Betty and Me
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jaime Weinman