Betty and Veronica
#21
[Direct]
(July 1989)
Archie,
1987 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.95 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 10 times a year in Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., May, July, Aug., Sept., Oct., and Nov.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick; Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty, I never thought choosing a college could be so difficult!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica admire boys wearing sweatshirts from Mills College, Oberlin College, and Wheaton College.
Indexer Notes
Features Archie salutes "Artist of the Month" Ellen Leonforte instead of barcode.
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The History Buff
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica write a fake diary of Martha Washington and sell it at Midge's garage sale to prank Archie and Jughead. This sets off a chain reaction of events.
- Reprints
-
in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #246 (February 2016) - in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #319 (January 2024)
-
Veronica's Clothes for Good Times
Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. (signed)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Fashion spread featuring designs from: Jon Bona (Brewster, NY); Jessica Mohr (Holmes, NY); Giselle St. John (West Palm, FL); Laura De Leo (Quebec, Canada).
- Reprints
Send in the Clones
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper (dream); Archie Andrews (dream)
- Synopsis
- After watching a movie "Attack of the Zombie Clones", Veronica imagines what it would be like to have clones of her friends.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- clone; cloning; dream sequence
A Car of Her Own
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; used car salesman; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty goes shopping for a used car using her babysitting money.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty & Veronica / letters page / 1 page
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- "Betty and Veronica" answer readers' letters.
Veronica's Favorite Things
Veronica / activity / 1 page
- Pencils
- Rod Ollerenshaw (signed as RGO)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #24 (September 1992)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #124 (July 2004), #227 (November 2014), #255 (September 2017)
- in Archie Giant Comics Flash (Archie, 2022 series) (2022)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #307 (November 2022)
-
Indexer Notes
word puzzle
Second Childhood
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Joey Pierce (little boy); Kevin (playground supervisor)
- Synopsis
- Betty begins acting like a five-year-old as a ruse to get Archie away from Veronica.
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #128 (December 2004), #228 (December 2014)
-
- Keywords
- blowing bubbles; game; kickball; skateboard
Indexer Notes
Credits are different from reprint.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Betty, I never thought choosing a college could be so difficult!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Editor's Notebook
-
2.
The History Buff
Betty and Veronica -
3.
Veronica's Clothes for Good Times
Veronica -
4.
Send in the Clones
Veronica -
5.
A Car of Her Own
Betty -
6.
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty & Veronica -
7.
Veronica's Favorite Things
Veronica -
8.
Second Childhood
Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Katy Hayhurst
- Thomas Johnson
- Kristin Kavanagh
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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