Price: 0.75 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1988-04-19
Editing: Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Betty / cover / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks:
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:drama; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dear Diary -- Archie is not a couch potato... he's a sweet potato...
Characters:
vignettes: Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
This issue has 1 variant

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: Archie Series
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: 8 times a year in Feb., April, June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct. and Dec.
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?
  • Barcode: 076956145065 07

Indexer Notes

On sale date from mikesamazingworld.com

Health Education
(Table of Contents: 1)

Archie & Friends / public service announcement / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
?
Editing:
?
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones

Indexer Notes

Public Service Announcement about AIDS.

Diary X 3
(Table of Contents: 2)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Kathleen Webb (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:drama; teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Caramel; Archie Andrews (flashback cameo; flash forward cameo)
Synopsis:
Betty catches Veronica reading her diary. But Betty really has three diaries that she writes in, each more personal than the last.
Reprints (3)

The Search for Fruitisaurus!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie & Friends; Sunkist Fun Fruits / comics-form advertising / 1 page

Hill Thrill
(Table of Contents: 4)

Sabrina / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:
a genie
Synopsis:
On a secluded vacation island, Aunt Hilda rubs a lamp for a genie to bring her and Sabrina some excitement.
Reprints (5)

Winter Too Soon
(Table of Contents: 5)

Betty / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:drama; teen
Characters:
Lydia Wyndham; DeClan McManus
Synopsis:
Betty befriends an older woman who is a famous mystery writer. When the woman passes away suddenly, Betty is at a loss as to how to cope with her friend's death. In her will, Lydia leaves Betty her detailed diaries covering her entire life. Betty reads the diaries and learns more about her friend than ever. She also learns about a handsome soldier from years past whom Lydia loved very much.

Indexer Notes

This story is told in 2 parts: part 1 (6 pages) and part 2 (6 pages).

Crushes I've Had
(Table of Contents: 6)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:drama; teen
Characters:
Flashbacks: Harold (one of Polly's ex-boyfriends); Georgie (a boy in elementary school); Byron (a rock star); David (a camp counselor); Rex Dexter (a movie star)
Synopsis:
Betty rereads her diary and remembers all of her crushes when she was very young.
Reprints (1)

Sincerely Yours
(Table of Contents: 7)

Sincerely Yours / letters page / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
?
Characters:
Synopsis:
Betty gives advice to readers on a variety of issues.

Indexer Notes

Located on the inside back cover.

Bedrockin' Shakedown
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The Flintstones; Post Pebbles cereals / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Dear Diary -- Archie is not a couch potato... he's a sweet potato..."]
    Betty
  2. Health Education
    Archie & Friends
  3. Diary X 3
    Betty
  4. The Search for Fruitisaurus!
    Archie & Friends; Sunkist Fun Fruits
  5. Hill Thrill
    Sabrina
  6. Winter Too Soon
    Betty
  7. Crushes I've Had
    Betty
  8. Sincerely Yours
    Sincerely Yours
  9. Bedrockin' Shakedown
    The Flintstones; Post Pebbles cereals
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