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Issue: Betty and Me #40

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Publication Date: February 1972

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Issues: #40 of 200 Issues (239 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Archie Publications, Inc.

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume:

Pages: 52

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.25 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Silver Age US; then Standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: Newsprint

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Format Notes:

Reprinted In4

2 Content Items
- I'll Fall for You [Story on Interior Page(s)]0
- Always a Bridesmaid [Story on Interior Page(s)]0

reprinted 2 times as/in other Issues.

2 Content Items
- The Cost of Loving [Story on Interior Page(s)]1
- Just Married! [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Title Page

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Content Items (7 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Writer(s): ?

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Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Betty

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

First Line: Betty looks like a nice juicy orange in her new parka!

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

I'll Fall for You

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis: Betty is admiring the fall, while Archie admires the other girls around him. When Betty runs away hurt, Archie decides to give her a plant in order to make up, unaware that the plant is poison ivy.

Reprinting

In Issue:

Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #10 published November 1984

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

The Cost of Loving

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis: Betty and Archie both get jobs working together at a local grocery store. Both are using the earned money for the prom, but Archie is taking Veronica to the prom instead of Betty.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #184 [Direct Edition] published July 2008
as The Cost of Loving [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Well, I'll Be...

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Fat Charley Hawse; Gigi

Synopsis: The kids talk about want they want to be when they grow up.

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Pages: 1

[untitled]

Letters Page on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: educational, teen

Character(s): Betty Cooper

Synopsis: Betty gives advice to readers.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Always a Bridesmaid

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Fred Andrews

Synopsis: Archie and Betty are on a date in the country when he gets a flat tire on his jalopy. Deciding they need help, they go to a local motel, and sign in as Mr. and Mrs. A. Andrews and call a tow truck. Once in the room, Archie starts a fire and the two get out of their wet clothes and dress in blankets, putting their clothes near the fire to dry. Betty calls her parents to let them know she'll be late, but when they discover that she and Archie are in a motel room together, they become angry. When they arrive at the motel, Archie explains what happened, but the Coopers don't believe him.

Reprinting

In Issue:

Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #10 published November 1984

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 18

Notes: A very racy story for Archie, although Archie and Betty never see each other undressed and nothing romantic or lustful happens in the motel.

Art identifiable as Gus LeMoine by his style. See: http://www.toughguygoods.com/weekly_fastwillie.html

Script uncredited, but identifiable as Dick Malmgren by his distinctive writing style.

Just Married!

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews

Synopsis: Betty and Archie have very different ideas about what marriage is like.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #184 [Direct Edition] published July 2008
as Just Married! [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 5

Notes: Inker credit from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #262.