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Issue: Betty #53

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Publication Date: September 1997

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Issues: #53 of 195 Issues (240 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Archie Publications, Inc.

Brand: Archie Comics

Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 76281646753705311

Price: $1.65 CAD
$1.50 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 6 (3 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interiors

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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- Hot 'N' Spicy [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (6 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo (signed)

Inker(s): Dan DeCarlo (signed)

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Feature(s): Betty

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle

First Line: Darn! They said the sun would stay out all day!

Synopsis: Betty's cadre of admirers are making it difficult for her to get some sun at the beach.

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Pages: 1

Show and Tell

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Joe Edwards

Penciller(s): Tim Kennedy

Inker(s): Rudy Lapick

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Feature(s): Betty

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Caramel

Synopsis: To impress Archie, Betty gets a spot as a contestant on the TV game show "Trivia Time".

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Pages: 6

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Sara Algase

Penciller(s): Ellen Leonforte

Inker(s): Ellen Leonforte

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Dear Betty

Character(s): Betty Cooper

First Line: I'm Nine Years Old

Synopsis: "Betty" answers reader letters.

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Pages: 1

Hot 'N' Spicy

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): George Gladir

Penciller(s): Tim Kennedy

Inker(s): Jon D'Agostino

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Feature(s): Betty

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Cheryl Blossom; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Uncle Bob (Blossom?)

Synopsis: At the county fair, Cheryl's kissing booth is getting intense competition from Betty's Homemade Hot Sauce Stand and Cheryl doesn't like it.

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In Content Item: Flag

B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine #238 [Direct Edition] published June 2014
as Hot 'N' Spicy [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Pages: 6

The 'Zine Machine

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Barbara Slate

Penciller(s): Stan Goldberg

Inker(s): Mike Esposito

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Feature(s): Betty

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones

Synopsis: Betty convinces the gang to publish their own magazine, and the gang nominate Betty to be the editor. That's when she finds that an editor's tough choices don't always spare a friend's feelings.

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Pages: 12

Notes: Story is continued in issue #54.

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Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Victor Gorelick

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): Barry Grossman

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Editor's Notebook

First Line: If Any Of You

Synopsis: Editor Gorelick promotes the "Archie Beach Patrol" t-shirts, available from the publisher. He informs readers that the Sabrina TV show has been renewed by ABC. Then he promotes Archie & Friends #25 and Cheryl Blossom #6. The article is illustrated with reproductions of the covers of the two titles.

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