Betty and Me
#193
[Direct]
(September 1991)
Archie,
1965 Series
- Price
- 1.00 USD; 1.20 CAD; 0.75 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- eight times per year
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series; Archie 50th Anniversary
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Betty / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Alison Flood (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow! This has to be the ultimate kiss!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; unidentified carnival spectators
- Synopsis
- Archie and Betty kiss in front of a series of panel mirrors.
![Cover Thumbnail for Betty and Me (1965 series) #193 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/203/w100/203480.jpg?-4810043668915692119)
The Date
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Betty is less than charmed with Archie's excessive frugality on their date.
- Reprints
-
in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #256 (November 2017)
-
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie Presents
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Advertisement for Archie Americana Series: Best Of The Forties.
Indexer Notes
Clip art is scenes culled from the book.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Psssssst, Hey TK
- Characters
- The Koosh Kins
- Synopsis
- Advertisement for Koosh Kins Mini-series.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie's Checklist
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Advertisement for the Archie "Three Issues For $2.00" offer.
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- ? [as Betty]
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- "Betty" answers reader letters.
Symbols
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doily; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Betty discusses the benefits and effects symbols have on our life.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #144 (October 1998)
-
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie's Riverdale High
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Cousin Brucie
- Synopsis
- Advertisement for Archie's Riverdale High #8.
Indexer Notes
Ad features a caricature of Cousin Brucie, an on-air personality for WCBS-FM in New York.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- History Class 101
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Advertisement for Archie Americana Series: Best Of The Forties.
Indexer Notes
Clip art is a full page from one of the reprinted stories.
Who Needs a Boyfriend
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
- Inks
- Bob Smith
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Wendy
- Synopsis
- After having a fight with Archie at the beach, Betty is consoled by her friend, Wendy.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #96 (October 2005)
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #17 (August 2012)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #90 (August 2019)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Jubilee (Archie, 2019 series) (2019)
-
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Discount 32
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Subscription solicitation for the Archie Comics line.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's Archie's 50th
- Synopsis
- Advertisement for the Archie Fan Club.
Indexer Notes
Clip art is illustrations of the club premiums.
Betty's Beach Snaps
Betty / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- No story; Betty models fashion designs sent in by readers.
- Reprints
Horn of Plenty
Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina; Aunt Hilda
- Synopsis
- Aunt Hilda tries to conjure up some popcorn at the movie theater, but overdoes it.
[no title indexed]
Editor's Notebook / in-house column / 0.5 page
- Script
- Victor Gorelick
- Pencils
- Victor Gorelick ?; ? (clip art)
- Inks
- ? (clip art)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Editor Gorelick promotes staff convention appearances, upcoming Archie Comics, and the Fiftieth Anniversary card contest.
Indexer Notes
Clip art is the cover to World Of Archie (Archie Giant Series) #622 and Pep Comics (Archie Giant Series) #624.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie's Special Digest Subscription Offer
- Synopsis
- Subscription solicitation for the Double Digest line and the standard Digest line.
Indexer Notes
Clip art is the logos of the various titles advertised.
Great Balls of Fire
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Smithers the butler; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica criticizes Betty for being unfeminine for practicing baseball, but Archie's reaction to Betty's prowess changes her tune.
- Reprints
-
in Betty og Doris (Semic, 1993 series) #1/1993 ([juli] 1993) - in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #106 (September 1999)
- in Archie & Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #8 (October 2011)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Wow! This has to be the ultimate kiss!"]
Betty -
1.
The Date
Betty -
2.
["Archie Presents"]
-
3.
["Psssssst, Hey TK"]
-
4.
["Archie's Checklist"]
-
5.
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty -
6.
Symbols
Betty -
7.
["Archie's Riverdale High"]
-
8.
["History Class 101"]
-
9.
Who Needs a Boyfriend
Betty -
10.
["Discount 32"]
-
11.
["It's Archie's 50th"]
-
12.
Betty's Beach Snaps
Betty -
13.
Horn of Plenty
Sabrina -
14.
[no title indexed]
Editor's Notebook -
15.
["Archie's Special Digest Subscription Offer"]
-
16.
Great Balls of Fire
Betty -
17.
Snip Six-Pack Rings
Archie
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- Katie
- Peter Croome
- Igor Dybzinski
- Katy Hayhurst
- Thomas Johnson
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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