Betty and Veronica Spectacular #27 [Direct Edition]
(January 1998)

Archie, 1992 Series
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Price
1.75 USD; 1.85 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Comics
Barcode
762816469630 02711
Editing
Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Referee! Penalize him for holding!
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Keywords
football; referee

Indexer Notes

Revised version of the gag from the cover of Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #219.

Blame That Tune (Table of Contents: 1)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Parent
Pencils
Dan Parent
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Brigitte; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
When The Archies won't let Betty or Veronica perform solos of songs written by Brigitte, the girls quit the band and form a trio with Brigitte.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The Tom Goody record store is a parody of the now-defunct Sam Goody record chain. The Spicy Gals are a parody of the Spice Girls.

School Fashion (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Pencils
Rex Lindsey
Inks
Rex Lindsey
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Rex Lindsey

Genre
fashion; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Reprints

Spectacular Style (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fashion; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Reprints

Burnin' Up (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Dan Parent
Pencils
Dan Parent
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
As a class assignment, Betty and Veronica spend a day at a Riverdale Fire Station. Veronica proves to be distracted, inept and accident prone, until something close to her becomes involved.
Reprints
Keywords
firefighter

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Sara Algase (as Betty and Veronica)
Colors
Frank Gagliardo
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Veronica, I read a good book

Caught in the Act (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Dan Parent
Pencils
Dan Parent
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler
Synopsis
A reporter gets a picture of Mr. Lodge using Veronica's karaoke machine and prints it, to Mr. Lodge's dismay.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Referee! Penalize him for holding!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Blame That Tune
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. School Fashion
    Betty and Veronica
  4. 3. Spectacular Style
    Betty and Veronica
  5. 4. Burnin' Up
    Betty and Veronica
  6. 5. ["Veronica, I read a good book"]
    Dear Betty and Veronica
  7. 6. Caught in the Act
    Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore