Betty's Diary
#23
(February 1989)
Archie,
1986 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- eight times per year
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Betty / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At A Masquerade Party
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doily; Ethel Muggs; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty and Archie's costumes for the masquerade party are very compatible.
![Cover Thumbnail for Betty's Diary (1986 series) #23 [Canadian]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1334/w100/1334779.jpg?-28131188332931320)
[no title indexed]
Archie / public service announcement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Health Education
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee educates the students on AIDS awareness.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Sleepy Time Grill
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg [as Stan G.]
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty finds strange entries in her diary. Jughead suggests she set up a video camera to catch the culprit, but the video camera captures Betty.
Scared Happy
Archie; Sunkist / advertisement / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and the gang encounter ghosts, aliens and space men in the Sunkist Fun Fruits jungle.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fans! Join The Exciting Katy Keene Fan Club
- Characters
- Katy Keene
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for the Katy Keene Fan Club.
Betty's Fashion Diary
Betty / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- No story; Betty models fashion designs submitted by readers.
[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.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Katy Keene Subscription Spectacular
- Characters
- Katy Keene
Indexer Notes
Subscription solicitation for Katy Keene Comics and Katy Keene Digest.
Too Many Dolls
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Harold Smith
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (signed as Stan G.)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty orders a doll through the mail and receives two by mistake. Her attempts to return the extra only multiply her problems, and her dolls.
- Reprints
-
in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #71 (November 1994) - in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #91 (March 2005)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Jamboree (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #217 (December 2013), #278 (December 2019)
- in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #17
-
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Something New Is Happening
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Veronica #1.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Rod Ollerenshaw ?
- Inks
- Rod Ollerenshaw ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Rod Ollerenshaw ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hang Out With Us
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Archie Comics character posters.
Red And Green Blues
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Kathleen Webb
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg [as Stan G.]
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Polly Cooper; Hal Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty is spending so much time preparing for the Christmas holidays that she can't seem to enjoy them.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #132 (February 1995)
- in Archie's Holiday Fun Digest (Archie, 1997 series) #5 (January 2001)
- in Archie Comics Super Special (Archie, 2012 series) #7 (January 2017)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #258 (January 2018)
- in Archie Giant Comics Roll (Archie, 2018 series) (2018)
-
- Keywords
- baking; Christmas; shopping
[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
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Step Right Up
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Checklist of titles eligible for the "Two Issues For $1.00" offer.
Tree Spree
Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica has her Christmas tree done by an interior decorator.
Thanks, But No Thanks
Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Sabrina; Aunt Hilda
- Synopsis
- Sabrina declines Hilda's offer to share her make up.
- Reprints
Christmas Dreaming!
Dilton's Puzzle Pals / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Pencils
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Inks
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Word scramble puzzle with a Christmas theme.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fans!
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for the Archie Fan Club.
A Song For Lydia
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg [as Stan G.]
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper; Lydia Wyndham (flashback); Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- While rummaging through Lydia Wyndham's effects, Betty finds one of Lydia's poems and decides to set it to music for a music class assignment.
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #147 (January 2007), #248 (December 2016)
-
[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.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["At A Masquerade Party"]
Betty -
1.
["Health Education"]
Archie -
2.
Sleepy Time Grill
Betty -
3.
Scared Happy
Archie; Sunkist -
4.
["Fans! Join The Exciting Katy Keene Fan Club"]
-
5.
Betty's Fashion Diary
Betty -
6.
["Discount 32"]
-
7.
["Katy Keene Subscription Spectacular"]
-
8.
Too Many Dolls
Betty -
9.
["Something New Is Happening"]
-
10.
["Hang Out With Us"]
-
11.
Red And Green Blues
Betty -
12.
["Double Your Fun"]
-
13.
["Step Right Up"]
-
14.
Tree Spree
Veronica -
15.
Thanks, But No Thanks
Sabrina -
16.
Christmas Dreaming!
Dilton's Puzzle Pals -
17.
["Fans!"]
-
18.
A Song For Lydia
Betty -
19.
["Subscribe And Save"]
-
20.
["We've Received An Overwhelming Response"]
Sincerely Yours
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Igor Dybzinski
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
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