Betty and Veronica #97 [Direct Edition]
(March 1996)

Archie, 1987 Series
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Volume
2
Price
1.50 USD; 1.65 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Comics
Barcode
762816467483 09711
Editing
Victor Gorelick (credited) (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (credited as Richard Goldwater) (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's Archie!
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica watch Archie launch less-than-gracefully from the ski jump.
Reprints

Cents of Value (Table of Contents: 1)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; The Kid; Dilton Doiley; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Betty saves a young boy from a snowball pelting and he rewards her with a lucky penny that proves to be lucky indeed.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits confirmed against the credits printed for the reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #230.

Food for Thought (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie convinces Pop to install a wheelchair ramp onto the entrance to the Choc'lit Shoppe.

Indexer Notes

Ad co-sponsored by United Cerebral Palsy Associations.

Toe Stop Twist (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Seneca Sports; Betty and Veronica / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Traditional World Costumes] (Table of Contents: 4)

Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks
Stan Goldberg (signed)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica model traditional styles of dress from Japan, Kenya, Mexico and the U.S. plains.

The Grass Is Always Greener (Table of Contents: 5)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Pierre Le Mogul
Synopsis
At a ski resort, Betty has to work as a housekeeper while Veronica has to work under the strict supervision of a taskmaster ski instructor.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Fan Art / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Indexer Notes

Reader submitted artwork from Alexis Maxfield, Jana Lorensen, Becky Hays, and Summer Rej.

Heavenly Helper (Table of Contents: 7)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; The Kid
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica's act of kindness toward a strange young boy nets them valuable rewards. Reggie's cynicism toward the act nets him a just reward as well.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Editor's Notebook / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sara Algase
Pencils
Ellen Leonforte
Inks
Ellen Leonforte
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I feel so uncontrollably giddy today
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Nursery Rhyme Time (Table of Contents: 10)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Jeff Shultz
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Veronica updates Betty's book of nursery rhymes for a nineties age.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits confirmed by the credits printed for the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #208.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["It's Archie!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Cents of Value
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. Food for Thought
    Archie
  4. 3. Toe Stop Twist
    Seneca Sports; Betty and Veronica
  5. 4. [Traditional World Costumes]
    Betty and Veronica
  6. 5. The Grass Is Always Greener
    Betty and Veronica
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Fan Art
  8. 7. Heavenly Helper
    Betty and Veronica
  9. 8. ["One of the most popular programs"]
    Editor's Notebook
  10. 9. ["I feel so uncontrollably giddy today"]
    Dear Betty and Veronica
  11. 10. Nursery Rhyme Time
    Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Mike Nielsen