Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #40 [Direct]

Price: 1.00 USD; 1.20 CAD; 0.75 GBP

Pages: 36

On-sale Date: 1991-01-22

Editing: Victor Gorelick (editor)

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Betty / cover / 1 page

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

Genre:humor; teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dear diary, what an exciting job I have!

This issue has 2 variants

Issue Data

Publisher's Brand: Archie Series; Archie 50th Anniversary
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Indicia Frequency: 6 times a year in Feb., April, June, Aug., 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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Betty's Diary / comic story / 6 pages

Script:	Karen Szczuka
Pencils:	Bob Bolling
Inks:	Henry Scarpelli
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:teen

Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Script and ink credits differ in reprint.

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Betty's Diary / activity / 0.66 page

Script:	Rod Ollerenshaw
Pencils:	Rod Ollerenshaw
Inks:	Rod Ollerenshaw
Colors:	?
Letters:	Rod Ollerenshaw

Genre:teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Where did I get this money?

Classy Cut-Ups

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Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	George Gladir
Pencils:	Doug Crane
Inks:	Rudy Lapick
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:teen

Keywords:paper dolls

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews

Synopsis:: Betty works with paper dolls.; in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #65 (May 2002)
in Archie & Friends All Stars (Archie, 2009 series) #2 - The Best of Betty's Diary (2009)
in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #260 (May 2018)
in Archie Giant Comics Surprise (Archie, 2018 series) (2018)

Indexer Notes

Writing credit given as Kathleen Webb in reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #260.

Dr. Cooper's Miracle Cure

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Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	Harold Smith (credited as Hal Smith)
Pencils:	Doug Crane (credited)
Inks:	Chic Stone (credited)
Colors:	?
Letters:	Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre:teen

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis:: When Veronica pretends to be sick to get out of going to school, Betty has a solution to get her back to school.; in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #147 (April 1997)
in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #106 (July 2002)
in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #211 (April 2011), #258 (March 2018)

Indexer Notes

Kathleen Webb credited as writer in reprint.

Blonde Luck?

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Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	Michael Pellowski
Pencils:	Bob Bolling
Inks:	Mike Esposito
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:teen

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Betty / cover / 1 page

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Sweat Err (Table of Contents: 1)

Betty's Diary / comic story / 6 pages

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Betty's Diary / activity / 0.66 page

Classy Cut-Ups (Table of Contents: 3)

Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages

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Dr. Cooper's Miracle Cure (Table of Contents: 4)

Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages

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Blonde Luck? (Table of Contents: 5)

Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages

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Sweat Err

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Classy Cut-Ups

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Dr. Cooper's Miracle Cure

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Blonde Luck?

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