Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #23 [Direct]

Price: 0.75 USD

Pages: 36

On-sale Date: 1988-11-22

Editing: Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

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Betty / cover / 1 page

Script:	?
Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks:	Jim DeCarlo (signed)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:At a masquerade party

Characters:

Synopsis:: Betty and Archie's costumes for the masquerade party are very compatible.

This issue has 2 variants

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: ?

Indexer Notes

On sale date from mikesamazingworld.com

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Archie / public service announcement / 1 page

Script:	?
Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks:	Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Letters:	Bill Yoshida ?

Genre:teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Health Education

Characters:

Synopsis:: Mr. Weatherbee educates the students on AIDS awareness.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Sleepy Time Grill

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Betty / comic story / 6 pages

Script:	Frank Doyle
Pencils:	Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
Inks:	Rudy Lapick
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:teen

Characters:

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

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Archie; Sunkist Fun Fruits / advertisement / 1 page

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Betty's Fashion Diary

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Betty / illustration / 1 page

Pencils:	Stan Goldberg
Inks:	Stan Goldberg
Colors:	Barry Grossman ?
Letters:	?

Genre:teen

Characters:

Betty Cooper

Synopsis:: No story; Betty models fashion designs submitted by readers.

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Too Many Dolls

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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.; in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #71 (November 1994)
in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #85 (January 2000)
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

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Red and Green Blues

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Betty / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	Kathleen Webb
Pencils:	Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
Inks:	Rudy Lapick
Colors:	Barry Grossman ?
Letters:	Bill Yoshida ?

Genre:teen

Keywords:baking; Christmas; shopping

Characters:

Synopsis:: Betty is spending so much time preparing for the Christmas holidays that she can't seem to enjoy them.; 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)

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Tree Spree

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Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:	Michael Pellowski
Pencils:	Dan Parent
Inks:	Rudy Lapick
Colors:	Barry Grossman ?
Letters:	Bill Yoshida ?

Genre:teen

Characters:

Synopsis:: Veronica has her Christmas tree done by an interior decorator.

Thanks, But No Thanks

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Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:	George Gladir
Pencils:	Dan Parent
Inks:	Rudy Lapick
Colors:	Barry Grossman ?
Letters:	Bill Yoshida ?

Genre:teen; fantasy-supernatural

Characters:

Synopsis:: Sabrina declines Hilda's offer to share her make up.; in Sabrina's Holiday Spectacular (Archie, 1994 series) #3 (1995)

Christmas Dreaming!

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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.; in Betty and Veronica Annual Digest Magazine (Archie, 1989 series) #14 (February 1996)

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A Song for Lydia

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Betty / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	Rod Ollerenshaw
Pencils:	Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
Inks:	Rudy Lapick
Colors:	Barry Grossman ?
Letters:	Bill Yoshida ?

Genre:teen

Characters:

Lydia Wyndham (flashback)

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.; in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #147 (January 2007), #248 (December 2016)

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Sincerely Yours / letters page / 1 page

Script:	? [as Betty]
Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo
Inks:	Dan DeCarlo
Letters:	?

First Line of Dialogue or Text:We've received an overwhelming response

Characters:

Betty Cooper

Synopsis:: "Betty" presents reader-submitted advice to a problem published in a previous issue.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Table of Contents ToC

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Betty / cover / 1 page

Issue Data

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Archie / public service announcement / 1 page

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Sleepy Time Grill (Table of Contents: 2)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages

Scared Happy (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie; Sunkist Fun Fruits / advertisement / 1 page

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Betty's Fashion Diary (Table of Contents: 5)

Betty / illustration / 1 page

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Too Many Dolls (Table of Contents: 8)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages

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Red and Green Blues (Table of Contents: 11)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages

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Tree Spree (Table of Contents: 14)

Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page

Thanks, But No Thanks (Table of Contents: 15)

Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page

Christmas Dreaming! (Table of Contents: 16)

Dilton's Puzzle Pals / activity / 1 page

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

A Song for Lydia (Table of Contents: 18)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages

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Sincerely Yours / letters page / 1 page

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Sleepy Time Grill

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Scared Happy

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Betty's Fashion Diary

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Too Many Dolls

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Red and Green Blues

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Tree Spree

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Thanks, But No Thanks

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Christmas Dreaming!

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A Song for Lydia

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