Price: 0.15 USD
Pages: 36
Editing: John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)
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Betty and Me / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Betty!! What in the world are you doing in this terrible snowstorm?
  • Keywords:blizzard
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Synopsis:
Betty just "happens" to wander over to the Andrews house - - in waist deep snow.
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Indexer Notes

Archie is reading a Josie comic book.

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: Archie Series
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: seven times a year: February, April, June, August, September, October and December
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?

Wedded Bliss
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Betty and Me / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:romance; teen
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Ethel overhears Archie and Betty exchanging marriage what-ifs, assumes they're married and starts spreading the news around.
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Dear Betty / letters page / 0.75 page

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Eda Edwards (credited as Betty)
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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:To Most Boys, I'm Cute
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"Betty" answers reader letters.

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statement of ownership / 0.25 page

Script:
Louis H. Silberkleit (business manager)
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typeset
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Statement Of Ownership

Indexer Notes

Filed October 1, 1969; Listed owners Close-Up, Inc, and John L. Goldwater, both of 1116 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10021; Publisher Close-Up, Inc; Editor John L. Goldwater; Managing Editor Richard Goldwater; Total Paid Circulation, 12 month average: 306,058.

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Betty Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wow! What a moon… Too bad Ronnie isn’t here with me!
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Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Betty and Archie are alone under a romantic moonlit sky, so naturally Archie says the least romantic thing he can think of.

Help the Needy
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Betty and Me / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen
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Betty decides the way to impress Archie is to show him how capable she is at any endeavor.
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Indexer Notes

Mention is made of The Archies hit song "Sugar Sugar."

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Betty and Veronica Spectacular / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

That's the Breaks
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Betty and Me / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; romance; teen
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Doc
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Betty is the epitome of bursting teenage excitement because Archie actually asked her to go roller-skating, in front of Veronica no less.
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Indexer Notes

Betty is wearing a body stocking in the first part of the story.

Fill 'er Up
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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Hap tries to diagnose why Jinx has an upset stomach. She rattles off a list of goodies she's just eaten.

The Mechanic
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Betty and Me / comic story / 6 pages

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Betty's new prowess with auto mechanics impresses Archie so much that he asks her to the dance over Veronica.
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Indexer Notes

On page 3, panel 2, Betty states that she read some auto manuals to learn auto mechanics so she and Archie would have something in common. This may be the start of Betty's knowledge of auto mechanics that came to characterize her in the eighties and beyond.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Betty!! What in the world are you doing in this terrible snowstorm?"]
    Betty and Me
  2. Wedded Bliss
    Betty and Me
  3. ["To Most Boys, I'm Cute"]
    Dear Betty
  4. ["Statement Of Ownership"]
  5. ["Wow! What a moon… Too bad Ronnie isn’t here with me!"]
    Betty Pin Up
  6. Help the Needy
    Betty and Me
  7. ["If it's laughter you're after, here's a giant size portion of merriment!"]
    Betty and Veronica Spectacular
  8. That's the Breaks
    Betty and Me
  9. Fill 'er Up
    Li'l Jinx
  10. The Mechanic
    Betty and Me
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