(November 1996)
Archie,
1996 Series
- Price
- 1.79 USD; 1.95 CAD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- once a year
- On-sale Date
- 1996-09
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 071896468649 01
- Editing
- Nanci Dakesian; Victor Gorelick
Issue Notes
Indicia title is just "Betty's Digest", cover title is "Betty's Digest Magazine."
Winner Takes None
Betty / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Dan Parent
- Pencils
- Dan Parent
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
Abra Catastrophe
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Mike Pellowski
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg [as Stan G.]
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- With Betty playing the part of "beautiful assistant", Archie is confident his magic act can win the Riverdale High School Talent Show.
- Reprints
-
from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #195 (November 1991)
-
Babysitting Blues
Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Mike Pellowski
- Pencils
- Doug Crane
- Inks
- Chic Stone
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Mr. Turner; Mrs. Turner; Teddy Turner; Eddie Turner
- Synopsis
- Betty babysits two terrible twins.
- Reprints
- from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #38 (December 1990)
-
- Keywords
- babysitting
Quick Trip
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie! Follow that car!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty tells Archie to "Follow that car!"
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #155 (December 1970)
-
Never Judge a Book by Its Cover
Archie 3000 / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Kathleen Webb
- Pencils
- Chris Allan
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Pat Brosseau
- Genre
- science fiction; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Dexter Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Miss Grundy; Gloria Gudlucks; Vivian Vavoom
- Synopsis
- Veronica and Betty get teamed up with Dexter Andrews and Dilton at the school picnic.
- Reprints
- from Archie 3000 (Archie, 1989 series) #13 (December 1990)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the original printing of this story.
Choice Channel
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Jughead
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy introduces learning by television. Jughead would like to major in westerns.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #84 (January 1965)
-
- Keywords
- high school; television; TV
Heavy Problem
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty; Veronica
- Synopsis
- Betty is exercising because she has a split personality (banana splits).
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #84 (January 1965)
-
- Keywords
- exercise
Spite Spat
Betty / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo ?
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty; Veronica
- Synopsis
- Betty is so angry, she's no longer speaking to Archie. She runs right over to his house to tell him so.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #84 (January 1965)
-
Mad Dad
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie; Mr Andrews
- Synopsis
- Mr. Andrews warns Archie that a prospective allowance increase will not become effective until Archie becomes effective.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #84 (January 1965)
-
Football Fever
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Mike Pellowski
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Pat Kennedy
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty tries to take Archie's mind off football for one night, but everywhere they turn she sees football references that she must block from him.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #181 (March 1990)
-
- Keywords
- football
Indexer Notes
formerly a Betty and Me story.
Seeing Cable TV Stars
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Mike Pellowski
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Alison Flood
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Morgan; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; Dilton Doiley; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica get a talk show on cable access television, but start dishing a little too much gossip than their friends are comfortable with.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #45 (November 1991)
-
What's on Her Mind?!
Betty / activity / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards ?
- Inks
- Joe Edwards ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Word finding puzzle.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #46 (December 1991)
-
The Perils of Archie
Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Hal Smith
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Beazly
- Synopsis
- Betty writes a story about Archie's misadventures at school.
- Reprints
- from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #38 (December 1990)
-
Merchant Princess
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Alison Flood
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; unnamed woman; store manager; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica is selling her old clothes through her own second hand store, until she discovers that some are being bought by "less than lovely" women.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #46 (December 1991)
-
Procrastination Elimination
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Hal Smith [as Harold Smith]
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg [as Stan G.]
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty's decision to do the jobs she's been putting off begin to put a crimp into her social life with Archie.
- Reprints
- from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #26 (July 1989)
-
A Very Special Occasion
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Hal Smith
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo; Dan Parent
- Inks
- Alison Flood
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper; Pop Tate; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Betty does everything but hit Archie over the head to remind him that it's the anniversary of their first date.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #44 (October 1991)
-
Cuddles and Pookie!
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Hal Smith (credited)
- Pencils
- Tim Kennedy (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Phil Felix ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie stumbles onto an old love letter tucked in Betty's photo album.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #194 (October 1991)
-
The Homebody
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Kathleen Webb
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler
- Synopsis
- Betty's enthusiastic descriptions of her summer travels to the countryside outside of Riverdale makes Veronica envious that she was only able to travel to Hawaii and Switzerland.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #45 (November 1991)
-
Kick Shtick
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Alison Flood
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Coach Kleats; Harry Clayton; Coach Grapple; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Ms. Grundy; Nancy Woods
- Synopsis
- Betty is brought onto the varsity football team as a place kicker because she's so good at soccer.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #46 (December 1991)
-
My Diary
Betty Presents / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #507 (August 1981)
-
The Bite
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Al Hartley ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie for President
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty carries a sign saying "Archie for President".
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #134 (March 1969)
-
A Date to Remember
Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Mike Pellowski
- Pencils
- Doug Crane
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper; Chad Cole
- Synopsis
- Betty wins a date with soap opera star Chad Cole, but the conceited actor makes the evening a disaster.
- Reprints
- from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #38 (December 1990)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Betty -
1.
Winner Takes None
Betty -
2.
Abra Catastrophe
Betty -
3.
Babysitting Blues
Betty's Diary -
4.
Quick Trip
Betty -
5.
Never Judge a Book by Its Cover
Archie 3000 -
6.
Choice Channel
Jughead -
7.
Heavy Problem
Betty and Veronica -
8.
Spite Spat
Betty -
9.
Mad Dad
Archie -
10.
Football Fever
Betty -
11.
Seeing Cable TV Stars
Betty and Veronica -
12.
What's on Her Mind?!
Betty -
13.
The Perils of Archie
Betty's Diary -
14.
Merchant Princess
Betty and Veronica -
15.
Procrastination Elimination
Betty -
16.
A Very Special Occasion
Betty -
17.
Cuddles and Pookie!
Betty -
18.
The Homebody
Betty and Veronica -
19.
Kick Shtick
Betty -
20.
My Diary
Betty Presents -
21.
The Bite
Betty -
22.
A Date to Remember
Betty's Diary
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