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Issue: Betty's Diary #20
Publication Date: September 1988
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Issues: #20 of 40 Issues (76 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07695614506509
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 12 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Victor Gorelick; Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Dan DeCarlo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Betty’s Diary
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
First Line: Dear diary, Archie said today’s date with me was like walking on air!
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Pages: 1
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A Public Service Message from Archie Comics

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Waldo Weatherbee
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Pages: 1
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Reggie’s Gift

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sam Kujava (credited)
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling (credited)
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman (credited)
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty’s Diary
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Dear diary, I love Grandma Cooper, but shopping for her birthday gift is the absolute pits!
Synopsis: Betty sees Reggie go into a retirement home and follows him in there. She learns that he goes there twice a month to visit an elderly woman who used to babysit him as a child.
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Pages: 6
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Surprise Ending!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie and his friends; Sunkist Fun Fruits
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: We should have gone to the beach today, Betty!
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Pages: 1
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Diary Dilemma

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dan Parent (credited)
Penciller(s): Dan Parent (credited)
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman ?
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Ethel
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs
First Line: Ethel, I'm so glad you could stay overnight!
Synopsis: Betty and Ethel compare diaries.
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T is for Tanning

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Kathleen Webb (credited)
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling (credited)
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman ?
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Dear diary, finally I've gotten a sunshiny day to work on my tan!
Synopsis: Betty tries to get a tan.
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Pages: 5
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Fashion Bashin’

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harold Smith (credited)
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling (credited)
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman ?
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty’s Diary
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Dear diary, today I took a trip through my clothes closet! It was gross!
Synopsis: Betty's denim clothes get ripped and damaged with bleach and she accidentally ends up looking fashionable.
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Pages: 5
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Let's Do the FruitSlush Mush!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): The Archies; FruitSlush
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Hubert Smithers
First Line: Boy, when Veronica throws a party...
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Find a College!

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Betty Cooper
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Pages: 1
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Psych-Out

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harold Smith (credited)
Penciller(s): Bob Bolling (credited)
Inker(s): Mike Esposito (credited)
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman ?
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Pop Tate
First Line: Dear diary, there's an old saying: "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing"...
Synopsis: Betty's psychoanalysis of her friend's behaviors makes them all avoid her.
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Pages: 5
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Sincerely Yours

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Betty gives advice to readers on a variety of issues.
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Pages: 1
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Bedrockin' Shakedown

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Post Pebbles Cereal; The Flintstones
Character(s): Fred Flintstone; Barney Rubble; Dino
Synopsis: Barney pretends to be a rock singer to swipe Fred's Fruity Pebbles cereal.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Post Fruity Pebbles breakfast cereal.

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