Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
#342
[Regular Edition]
(June 1986)
Archie,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series; Archie Comics Group
- Barcode
- 0271000696006
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in- chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Veronica, a doggy waterbed is outrageous!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty marvels at the way Veronica pampers her pets.
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Enjoy Life
Archie / public service announcement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Letters
- Rod Ollerenshaw ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and the gang give reasons not to smoke.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Ad co-sponsored by the American Cancer Society.
Exercise in Futility
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- When the girls find Archie and Reggie locked in a heated argument, they decide the only way to settle it is to hold a boxing match between the two boys.
- Reprints
-
in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #94 (May 1991) - in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #84 (April 1996)
-
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Eda Edwards [as Betty and Veronica]
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I have a friend
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- "Betty" and "Veronica" answer reader letters.
[no title indexed]
Sabrina's Puzzle Page / activity / 0.5 page
- Script
- Rod Ollerenshaw [as Rod O'Shaw]
- Pencils
- Rod Ollerenshaw [as Rod O'Shaw]
- Inks
- Rod Ollerenshaw [as Rod O'Shaw]
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Rod Ollerenshaw [as Rod O'Shaw]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Invitees
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Sabrina
- Synopsis
- Word scramble puzzle with a girl's name theme.
The Rivalry
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Hal Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty compares her simple life to Veronica's extravagant one.
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #219 (February 2014)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics-Palooza (Archie, 2014 series) ([February] 2014)
-
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #219, pencils are credited to Dan DeCarlo.
The Horror-Scope
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (layouts); Jim DeCarlo (finished pencils)
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Smithers the butler; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica goes to extra-ordinary lengths to avoid the things her horoscope told her to avoid.
- Reprints
Free Spirit Fashions
Betty and Veronica / illustration / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- No story; Betty and Veronica model fashion designs submitted by readers.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #21 (December 1991)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #222 (April 2012), #265 (January 2019)
-
Strange Behavior
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie lists the relative virtues of both Betty and Veronica.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #94 (May 1991)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #84 (April 1996)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Veronica, a doggy waterbed is outrageous!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Enjoy Life
Archie -
2.
Exercise in Futility
Betty and Veronica -
3.
["I have a friend"]
Dear Betty and Veronica -
4.
["Be A Smart Shopper!"]
-
5.
["Invitees"]
Sabrina's Puzzle Page -
6.
["Save! Subscribe!"]
-
7.
["Get A Free Issue"]
-
8.
The Rivalry
Betty and Veronica -
9.
["Get A Free Issue Of Little Archie"]
-
10.
["Subscribe To Katy Keene"]
-
11.
The Horror-Scope
Betty and Veronica -
12.
["Four Equals Five"]
-
13.
Free Spirit Fashions
Betty and Veronica -
14.
["Fans!"]
-
15.
Strange Behavior
Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Igor Dybzinski
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Jim Van Dore
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