Betty's Diary
#13
[Regular Edition]
(November 1987)
Archie,
1986 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- nine times per year
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series; Archie Comics 45th Anniversary
- Barcode
- 027100069201 11
- 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
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I took a dog-walking job
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty's new dog-walking business proves to be a little more than she can handle.
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You Don't Need Drugs ...
Archie / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Dilton Doily; Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- Archie and the gang give the readers reasons not to abuse drugs.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Here Come the Brides
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica compare wedding hopes and plans.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Step right up!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Checklist of issues eligible for the "Two Issues For $1.00" offer.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Double your fun
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Subscription solicitation for Archie's Double Digest and Betty And Veronica Double Digest.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Lucas (signed)
- Inks
- John Lucas (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You fans asked for it
- Characters
- Katy Keene
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Katy Keene Digest #1.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Discount 32
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Subscription solicitation for the Archie Comics line.
Betty's Flower Show
Dilton's Puzzle Pals / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Rod Ollerenshaw (signed as RG in an O)
- Pencils
- Rod Ollerenshaw (signed as RG in an O)
- Inks
- Rod Ollerenshaw (signed as RG in an O)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Rod Ollerenshaw (signed as RG in an O)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Word find puzzle with a flower name theme.
Cookout Lookout
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Kathleen Webb
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty runs to the store to buy food for her father's planned barbecue. He specifically tells her not to mention it to Jughead if she should see him. So, naturally, who does she run into at the store?
- Reprints
-
in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #72 (June 1998) - in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #77 (September 2003), #123 (September 2008)
- in Archie & Friends All Stars (Archie, 2009 series) #2 - The Best of Betty's Diary (2009)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #250 (September 2016)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Spree (Archie, 2016 series) (2016)
- in World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #26 (August 2023)
-
Bear Fare
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Little Betty (flashback); Hal Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- When Archie finds out Betty is baking for someone named "Andy", he becomes jealous and more attentive, not knowing "Andy" is a bear at the Riverdale Zoo.
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #137 (December 2005), #246 (October 2016)
-
- Keywords
- bear; zoo
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Subscribe and save
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Indexer Notes
Subscription solicitation for the Archie Digest line.
[no title indexed]
Sincerely Yours / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A Sincerely Yours reader
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- "Betty" presents reader advice for a previously published letter.
Perfect Day!
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Betty's morning starts out with a horrible dream about Veronica finding her diary, and then spirals downward from the point she wakes up onward.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #104 (December 1992)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #112 (March 2003), #220 (March 2014)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I took a dog-walking job"]
Betty -
1.
You Don't Need Drugs ...
Archie -
2.
Here Come the Brides
Betty -
3.
["Step right up!"]
-
4.
["Double your fun"]
-
5.
["You fans asked for it"]
-
6.
["Discount 32"]
-
7.
Betty's Flower Show
Dilton's Puzzle Pals -
8.
Cookout Lookout
Betty -
9.
Bear Fare
Betty -
10.
["Subscribe and save"]
-
11.
["A Sincerely Yours reader"]
Sincerely Yours -
12.
Perfect Day!
Betty
This issue was modified by, among others
- Igor Dybzinski
- Katy Hayhurst
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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