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Issue: Betty #56
Publication Date: December 1997
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Issues: #56 of 195 Issues (240 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie ComicsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76281646753705611
Price: $1.65 CAD
$1.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
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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
Format Notes:  
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Cloning Laboratory

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inker(s): Mike Esposito [as Espo!!] (signed)
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Betty dreams about double-dating with Archie.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Lesson

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Gladir
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; Archie Andrews; Polly Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
Synopsis: Betty goes to her sister Polly for advice on how to snag and keep Archie.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jantzen Zink; Maylin Gonzalez; C. J. Stubbs; Arlene Delaney
Inker(s): Jantzen Zink; Maylin Gonzalez; C. J. Stubbs; Arlene Delaney
Colorist(s): Jantzen Zink; Maylin Gonzalez; C. J. Stubbs; Arlene Delaney
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Fan Art
Character(s): Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Reproductions of fan drawings of Betty are published.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Victor Gorelick
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Editor's Notebook
First Line: It Seems That
Synopsis: Editor Gorelick promotes a three title crossover storyline, starting in Jughead #100, then moving to Archie #467 and Betty #57. Then he asks for reader opinions on school uniforms and dress codes.
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Pages: 0.5
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Hand Full

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Pellowski
Penciller(s): Sean Murphey
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper
Synopsis: Betty can't help with the dishes because it would harm her karate.
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In Content Item: FlagBetty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine #208 [Direct Edition] published February 2013
as Hand Full [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Novel Job

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Pellowski
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; Mr. Barney; Howie Severe
Synopsis: Betty's quiet weekend job at a mall bookstore is turned upside down by a book signing by national shock jock Howie Severe.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Howie Severe is based on radio personality Howard Stern. One of the crazed fans at the book signing is a caricature of Archie editor Victor Gorelick.
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Get the Message

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
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; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Betty writes the address of a party Archie has invited her to on a box of tissues. Later she finds that her mother has thrown the empty box away.
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Pages: 6
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[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: None of the girls...
Synopsis: "Betty" answers reader letters.
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Pages: 1
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Ring Sting

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
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; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Reggie pulls a prank on Betty, then offers to show her how to pull the same prank on Veronica.
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Pages: 5

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