(April 2015)
Archie,
1987 Series
- Price
- 4.99 USD
- Pages
- 164
- Indicia Frequency
- 10 times a year
- On-sale Date
- 2015-02-25
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Library
- Barcode
- 762816469500 23111
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With your hair done you'll be one Hot Dog!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hot Dog
Dance Fever
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Paul Kupperberg (credited)
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Smith (credited)
- Colors
- Digikore Studios (credited)
- Letters
- Jack Morelli (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Both Reggie and Archie want to go to the dance contest with Veronica.
Great Fate
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- ? [as Kennedy] (credited)
- Inks
- Ken Selig (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- All the salespeople at the mall make a big deal over Veronica when she arrives but the children make a big deal over their hero Betty.
- Reprints
-
from Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #156 (January 2008)
-
Sick Joke
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- John Lowe (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty is taking care of her parents -- who have a stomach flu -- and tries not to catch it in order to keep a date with Archie.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #161 (February 2007)
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You Ain't Got No Elegance
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Kathleen Webb (credited)
- Pencils
- ? [as Kennedy] (credited)
- Inks
- Rich Koslowski (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Smithers; Pop Tate; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica has a mysterious date and Betty and Archie try to discover who it is with.
- Reprints
- from Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #157 (February 2008)
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Novel Job
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- 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.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #56 (December 1997)
-
Indexer 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.
A Revolutionary Development
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge (as herself and as Marie Antoinette); Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews (as himself and as Jean Valjean); Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge (as King Louis XIV); Mr. Weatherbee (as Inspector Javert); Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- In history class, Betty and Veronica debate the French Revolution from opposite perspectives.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #124 (June 1998)
-
- Keywords
- French Revolution; guillotine
Baubles, Bangles, Beads
Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- fashion; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #20 (May 1989)
-
Indexer Notes
Styles originally credited to Marie Dijuro (West Palm, Fla.), credit removed in this printing.
Neighborly Fashion
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dan Parent (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan Parent (credited)
- Inks
- Rich Koslowski (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Jack Morelli (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica becomes envious of a new neighbor with more perks than she has.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #197 (January 2010)
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[no title indexed]
Sabrina / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (signed)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman
Indexer Notes
Illustration used as the title page for the next section featuring Sabrina reprints.
Mission Impossible
Sabrina / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Pencils
- Gus Lemoine (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Cousin Sylvester
- Synopsis
- Sabrina's hippie cousin Sylvester visits on vacation from Salem University, and tries to convince the square witches to get with the new youth movement and accept the grooviness of peace and love.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #1 (April 1971)
-
- Keywords
- hippie; motorcycle
An Uncle's Monkey
Sabrina / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Harvey; Ambrose
- Synopsis
- Sabrina mistakenly thinks that Aunt Hilda has turned Harvey into a chimpanzee.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #1 (April 1971)
-
- Keywords
- chimpanzee
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Best of Archie #2 the writer is credited to Frank Doyle but the introduction to the story says the script is by Dick Malmgren.
[no title indexed]
Sabrina Tricks / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This one is a fooler trick! It's called the Thread Picker!
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman
- Synopsis
- Sabrina shows us the classic thread picker trick.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #3 (June 1970)
-
[no title indexed]
Betty Pin Up / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If I did something you didn't like, why don't you come right out and tell me?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty vandalizes her pictures of Archie.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #41 (April 1972)
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TV Time Out!
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Bob Smith
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Vickie Williams
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie is captivated by bad television shows.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #141 (November 2004)
-
Same Game
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz (credited)
- Inks
- Rich Koslowski (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Jack Morelli (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Bonnie Clark; Monica Lane
- Synopsis
- While at a Teen Fellowship Seminar, Betty and Veronica share a room with two strangers.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #246 (April 2010)
-
Litter Perfect
Betty and Me / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason (cameo); Ethel Muggs (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee gives Archie and Betty the task of delivering some new exam papers to the teachers' lounge, but Reggie plays a prank on them by letting in a wind gust that blows the papers all over the place.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #181 (March 1990)
-
Good Old Days
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz (credited)
- Inks
- Rich Koslowski (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mrs. Collins
- Synopsis
- Mrs. Collins tells Betty and Veronica what life was like back in the days before cell phones, GPS and iPods.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #245 (February 2010)
-
What a Mess
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dan Parent (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan Parent (credited)
- Inks
- Rich Koslowski (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Smithers the butler; Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods
- Synopsis
- Veronica and Hermione go round and round over the condition of Veronica's bedroom.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #197 (January 2010)
-
Cowbaby Sitter
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Teddy Turner; Eddie Turner
- Synopsis
- Betty has to babysit the "Terrible Turner Twins".
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #13 (April 1994)
-
Too Much Infomercial
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dan Parent (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (credited)
- Inks
- Alison Flood (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty invents a hair styling tool from a bent coat hanger. When Veronica spots it, she takes the idea to her father and Mr. Lodge markets it. The product starts out a success for Betty, until Veronica starts micro-managing things.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #7 (April 1994)
-
What If?
Betty Cooper, Super Sleuther / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling (credited)
- Pencils
- Doug Crane (credited)
- Inks
- Ken Selig (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen; adventure
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; O.O. Wellenmellon; Bruce Mincely (villain); Dimly McDullard (villain)
- Synopsis
- A film company is shooting location shots on Riverdale's nearby waterway. Through a series of coincidences, Betty tumbles to a plot to abduct the film's director.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #33 (January 1996)
-
Common Problem
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Henry Scarpelli (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hal Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica are afraid their fathers won't have anything to talk about when they are left alone together, but they end up trading stories about Archie being clumsy.
- Reprints
No Problem
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge tries to put his foot down, but only ends up putting it in his mouth.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #62 (April 1997)
-
The Problem
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Smith (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Polly Cooper; Archie Andrews; Adam; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty explains to her sister how she likes both Archie and Adam, and how the two boys are competing for her attention. She describes it as a problem, but the sister says that Betty doesn't have a problem -- the boys do.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #106 (January 2002)
-
- Keywords
- High school
The Huntress
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (credited)
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Tom Tyson
- Synopsis
- Veronica decides to go after a handsome new student, in spite of the fact that he's apparently going with another girl.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #87 (May 1995)
-
Betty's Fine Art Works
Betty / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #179 (October 1989)
-
[no title indexed]
Little Archie and Friends / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (signed)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- children; humor
Indexer Notes
Illustration used as the title page for the next section featuring Little Archie reprints.
A Good Sport
Little Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dexter Taylor (credited)
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor (credited)
- Inks
- Dexter Taylor (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Dexter Taylor
- Genre
- humor; children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Little Sabrina Spellman; Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Fangs Fogarty
- Synopsis
- Reggie tries to learn the art of voodoo to cause trouble for others; Sabrina uses some real magic to teach him a lesson.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #136 (November 1978)
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Just Minerva and Me!!
Evelyn Evernever / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dexter Taylor (credited)
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Evelyn Evernever; Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Evelyn finds out her prize doll Minerva is a priceless antique.
Peek Tweak
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica sneaks a look at Betty's diary.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #251 (December 1978)
-
Dream Theme
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge had a dream that Archie was his son-in-law.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #251 (December 1978)
-
Breath Taking
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie's new aftershave makes him smell like he's been around another girl.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #222 (June 1974)
-
Riverdale Royalty
Veronica / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Fernando Ruiz (credited)
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Smith (credited)
- Colors
- Rosario Peña (credited); Karl Silbergielt (credited)
- Letters
- Jack Morelli (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Veronica is the luckiest girl in school.
Better Fashionably Late Than Never
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Kathleen Webb (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (credited)
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews (flashback only); Smithers the butler
- Synopsis
- Veronica enlists Betty's help to help her prepare for a date.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #136 (June 1999)
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Table of Contents
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0.
["With your hair done you'll be one Hot Dog!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Archie's Favorite Comics from the Vault
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2.
Dance Fever
Betty and Veronica -
3.
Great Fate
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Sick Joke
Betty -
5.
You Ain't Got No Elegance
Betty and Veronica -
6.
Novel Job
Betty -
7.
A Revolutionary Development
Betty and Veronica -
8.
[Betty and Veronica Shopping Spree]
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9.
Baubles, Bangles, Beads
Veronica -
10.
Neighborly Fashion
Veronica -
11.
[no title indexed]
Sabrina -
12.
Mission Impossible
Sabrina -
13.
An Uncle's Monkey
Sabrina -
14.
["This one is a fooler trick! It's called the Thread Picker!"]
Sabrina Tricks -
15.
[20% off all Archie comics!]
Midtown Comics -
16.
["If I did something you didn't like, why don't you come right out and tell me?"]
Betty Pin Up -
17.
[Godzilla Pizza Cutter]
Diamond Selections -
18.
TV Time Out!
Betty -
19.
Same Game
Betty and Veronica -
20.
Litter Perfect
Betty and Me -
21.
Good Old Days
Betty and Veronica -
22.
What a Mess
Veronica -
23.
Cowbaby Sitter
Betty -
24.
Too Much Infomercial
Betty and Veronica -
25.
What If?
Betty Cooper, Super Sleuther -
26.
Common Problem
Betty and Veronica -
27.
No Problem
Veronica -
28.
The Problem
Betty -
29.
The Huntress
Betty and Veronica -
30.
[Digest Sample Packs]
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31.
Betty's Fine Art Works
Betty -
32.
[no title indexed]
Little Archie and Friends -
33.
A Good Sport
Little Sabrina -
34.
Just Minerva and Me!!
Evelyn Evernever -
35.
[no title indexed]
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36.
[Archie Giant Comics Party]
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37.
Peek Tweak
Betty and Veronica -
38.
Dream Theme
Mr. Lodge -
39.
[How to get your free comic in three easy steps]
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40.
Breath Taking
Betty and Veronica -
41.
Riverdale Royalty
Veronica -
42.
Better Fashionably Late Than Never
Betty and Veronica -
43.
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44.
[no title indexed]
Everything's Archie -
45.
[The Best of Archie Comics]
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46.
[Free Archie App!]
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