Betty and Veronica
#172
[Direct Edition]
(April 2002)
Archie,
1987 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 1.99 USD; 2.39 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 13 times per year, twice in May
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie 60th Anniversary
- Barcode
- 762816467483 17211
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, you certainly don't expect me to be seen carrying a backpack, do you?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Smithers the butler
- Synopsis
- Veronica brings Smithers along to school to do the menial tasks, like carrying her backpack.
![Cover Thumbnail for Betty and Veronica (1987 series) #172 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/195/w100/195089.jpg?-377282989468850063)
The Big Party
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler; Hermione Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Nancy Woods; Chuck Clayton; Reggie Mantle; Ethel Muggs; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Veronica throws a "come as you'd like to be" costume party.
Stage Fright
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Mike Pellowski
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Terry Mendez; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods
- Synopsis
- A Riverdale alumnus who went on to a famous acting career returns to the school to help produce this year's school play, and all the students are eager to try out.
- Reprints
Chow Choice
Miss Beazly / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Miss Beazly; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Reggie petitions Miss Beazly for wider choice in the cafeteria menu.
- Reprints
-
in Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #18 (April 2007) - in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #15 (April 2012)
- in World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #1 (February 2021)
-
The Quitter
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Tired of competing with Veronica over Archie and not seeing any chance of victory in sight, Betty throws in the towel.
- Reprints
Fantasy Time
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty discusses some of her fantasies with Veronica.
- Reprints
- in Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #19 (May 2007)
- in Archie's Super Comics Digest (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2012 series) #[nn] (2012)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #201 (July 2012)
- in Archie Giant Comics Surprise (Archie, 2018 series) (2018)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #262 (June 2018)
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Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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["Well, you certainly don't expect me to be seen carrying a backpack, do you?"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
The Big Party
Betty and Veronica -
2.
Stage Fright
Betty and Veronica -
3.
Chow Choice
Miss Beazly -
4.
The Quitter
Betty and Veronica -
5.
Fantasy Time
Betty and Veronica
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- Igor Dybzinski
- Thomas Johnson
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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