(November 1995)
Archie,
1987 Series
- Price
- 2.75 USD
- Pages
- 196
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 071896469509 54
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What do you think of the new school girl look, Archie?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Friendly Game
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
I Sea
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
-
from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #8 (September 1969)
-
[no title indexed]
Betty Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty!! You mean to tell me you carried Archie's books home for him??? Why couldn't he carry them himself???
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #220 (August 1968)
-
Fair Exchange is No Robbery!
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So you're going away for two weeks?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Veronica each buy going away presents to give to one another but after Jughead tells Archie about Veronica's gift of a locket (not what it really was) Archie gets mad and returns his gift to Veronica and then Veronica gets mad and returns her gift to Archie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #56 (August 1960)
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Greg Unfair to Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Joe Edwards
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Edwards (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Greg breaks a movie date with Li'l Jinx, again, to play ball. But this time he claims to be sick, and a particularly rough game of football turned that lie into the truth.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #361 (April 1981)
-
The Show-off
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica is shocked and amazed that everyone else at school isn't getting a new wardrobe for fall classes like she is.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #95 (November 1963)
-
[Headbands/Crop Duster/Fire Sale]
Open the Door, Dilton / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Three two-panel gags representing literal translations of the words on the door Dilton opens.
Plain Folks
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge is running for city council and plans a television interview at home to show how down-to-earth he is. What he doesn't count on is a star-struck Veronica and her friends.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #147 (March 1968)
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Tee Vee-itis
Li’l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li’l Jinx; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Hap wakes Li'l Jinx up for school.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #247 (August 1978)
-
[no title indexed]
Betty’s Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I’m afraid we don’t have enough food for your party, dear!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper
- Reprints
That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Jinx's cookie recipe is poorly received.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #53 (November 1977)
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Bon Voyage
Veronica / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge goes on a tour of Europe to get away from Archie. While seeing Lodge off, Archie gets trapped in the baggage compartment of the plane, and has to work a series of jobs throughout Europe to get back home. Mr. Lodge begins to think he's going crazy because no matter where he goes in Europe, he sees Archie in a new costume working a different job.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #134 (February 1963)
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- Keywords
- airplane; baggage; binoculars; Europe; fountain; France; gondola; Italy; Leaning Tower of Pisa; ocean liner; Paris; psychiatrist; Venice; waiter
We All Scream for Ice Cream!
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Miss Thompson; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Chuck Clayton
- Reprints
The Wrong Mailing List?
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Various people get advertisements that don't apply to them.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #288 (November 1982)
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Out of Sight
Sabrina The Teenage Witch / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Cousin Ambrose
- Synopsis
- Hilda can't get anyone to notice her.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #72 (February 1982)
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Easy Does It
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Smithers; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie hides Veronica's clarinet in Mr. Lodge's golf bag.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #334 (March 1985)
-
- Keywords
- clarinet; golf; marching band; putter
Past Blast
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #288 (November 1982)
-
The Visit
comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- adventure; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Bjourdu (an alien); Bjourdu's sister (another alien)
- Synopsis
- After an evening of unnatural meteor showers, Archie, Betty, and Veronica are captured by aliens who want to collect earth specimens.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #197 (September 1978)
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Indexer Notes
This story appears in 2 parts: Part I (6 pages) and Part II (5 pages).
Vain Refrain
The Archies / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge]
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #174 (March 1985)
-
Fit to Print
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Robin (Cooper?); Roxanne (Cooper?); Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty takes her eight-year-old twin cousins to school to be fingerprinted for the local child protection drive. Unfortunately the girls seem determined to get their prints on everything else afterward.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #136 (November 1983)
-
Range Top Secret
Beazly / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Miss Beazly; Veronica Lodge; Gaston; Hiram Lodge
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #177 (September 1985)
-
Belate Fate
Archie / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Rex Lindsey
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman; Lisa Goldwater
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Geraldine Grundy; Gary Collins (new student)
- Synopsis
- Archie dreamed Veronica had flirted with the new guy in class.
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #75 (December 1985)
-
Hokey Pocus
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Uncle Fred; Alice Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Smithers the butler
- Synopsis
- While entertaining at Veronica's party with some magic tricks she learned from her uncle, Betty gets in some digs at Veronica that don't go over well.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #74 (April 1976)
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The Litter Word
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie cleans up litter around town, which ruins his date with Veronica but gets him on TV.
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #42 (January 1977)
-
- Keywords
- litter; pollution
Trivia Travesty
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- During a game of Trivial Trivia, the answers keep pointing out Archie's failings to Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #117 (May 1985)
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The Boob and the Tube
Betty and Me / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie adjusts the TV antenna at Betty's house so he can watch baseball.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #95 (August 1978)
-
Indexer Notes
Yoshida credit based on his distinctive "A" which is wide and has a low crossbar.
Our Song
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica asks that Archie play "their song" on the jukebox at the Choc'lit Shop, but Archie can't remember what it's supposed to be. An aggressive stranger insists on playing a number, which turns out to be what Veronica was waiting for; Archie gets the credit.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #207 (July 1967)
-
- Keywords
- jukebox
The New Look
Miss Grundy / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy tries to update her look, but she doesn't get the reaction she was expecting.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #50 (February 1969)
-
Stranded in Space
Betty and Me / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- When Betty confesses a fantasy about being stranded with Archie in an elevator during a blackout, Archie starts preparing for the worst.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #110 (April 1980)
-
Back to School Fashions
Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- No story; Betty and Veronica model fashion designs submitted by readers.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #287 (November 1979)
-
Go-Go Woe
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- To win a dance contest, Veronica hires a professional choreographer whom Betty mistakes for a Mafia hit man.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #45 (April 1968)
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Sign Off
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- The students hold a protest to help get money to fix the school.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #321 (January 1983)
-
On the Point
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #106 (December 1985)
-
Beat Feat
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
- Reprints
- from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #106 (December 1985)
-
Shout Bout
Reggie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #7 (August 1969)
-
One to Go
Sabrina the Teenage Witch / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina; Harvey
- Synopsis
- Sabrina uses her magic to annoy a rude waitress.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #61 (August 1980)
-
Clothes Call
Archie & Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Tired of Veronica's spending, Mr. Lodge makes her get a job.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #176 (July 1985)
-
No Sense of Direction
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Valerie
- Synopsis
- While raking leaves, Josie and Valerie hear on the radio that a movie director is in town scouting local talent.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #84 (September 1975)
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Meow Row
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Rudolph (Veronica’s cat); Leonard (paperboy)
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #177 (September 1985)
-
Swing High Swing Low
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica tells Betty that "all men are rotten" and that she shouldn't come whenever Archie calls for her.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #212 (August 1973)
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Table of Contents
-
0.
["What do you think of the new school girl look, Archie?"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Friendly Game
Betty and Veronica -
2.
I Sea
Reggie -
3.
["Betty!! You mean to tell me you carried Archie's books home for him??? Why couldn't he carry them himself???"]
Betty Pin Up -
4.
Fair Exchange is No Robbery!
Betty and Veronica -
5.
Greg Unfair to Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx -
6.
The Show-off
Betty and Veronica -
7.
[Headbands/Crop Duster/Fire Sale]
Open the Door, Dilton -
8.
Plain Folks
Betty and Veronica -
9.
Tee Vee-itis
Li’l Jinx -
10.
["I’m afraid we don’t have enough food for your party, dear!"]
Betty’s Gag Bag -
11.
That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles
Li'l Jinx -
12.
Bon Voyage
Veronica -
13.
We All Scream for Ice Cream!
Betty -
14.
The Wrong Mailing List?
-
15.
Out of Sight
Sabrina The Teenage Witch -
16.
Easy Does It
Archie -
17.
Past Blast
Archie -
18.
The Visit
-
19.
Vain Refrain
The Archies -
20.
Fit to Print
Betty and Veronica -
21.
Range Top Secret
Beazly -
22.
Belate Fate
Archie -
23.
Hokey Pocus
Betty -
24.
The Litter Word
Veronica -
25.
Trivia Travesty
Archie and the Gang -
26.
The Boob and the Tube
Betty and Me -
27.
Our Song
Archie -
28.
The New Look
Miss Grundy -
29.
Stranded in Space
Betty and Me -
30.
Back to School Fashions
Betty and Veronica -
31.
Go-Go Woe
Betty and Veronica -
32.
Sign Off
Archie -
33.
On the Point
Moose -
34.
Beat Feat
Archie -
35.
Shout Bout
Reggie -
36.
One to Go
Sabrina the Teenage Witch -
37.
Clothes Call
Archie & Veronica -
38.
No Sense of Direction
Josie -
39.
Meow Row
Archie -
40.
Swing High Swing Low
Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
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