(June 2004)
Archie,
1987 Series
- Price
- 3.59 USD
- Pages
- 196
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- On-sale Date
- 2004-04-06
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 762816469500 12311
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They say in springtime a young man's heart turns to fancy!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Indexer Notes
Later redrawn for the cover of World of Archie Double Digest #38.
Chances Are...
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Chance Revoir
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica both use their position in the school office to change the schedule of a new exchange student.
- Reprints
-
from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #6 (February 1994)
-
Anger Cliffhanger
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica is angry with Archie.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #575 (October 1987)
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Best Test
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Frank Gagliardo
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
A Cheap Trick
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica accuse Archie and Reggie of being cheap.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #95 (April 1977)
-
Who's Sorry Now
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Everyone is puzzled when Betty's conversation becomes riddled with titles of old popular songs.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #595 (August 1989)
-
Dream Magic
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- When Archie and Veronica dream of marrying one another, Betty convinces Veronica to see a psychic about it, and Veronica realizes dreams aren't always what they mean.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #234 (June 1975)
-
- Keywords
- fortune teller; psychic
Betty’s Best Authors
Betty Puzzle Funhouse / activity / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #98 (September 1998)
-
Indexer Notes
Word search
Success Story
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica think Miss Grundy is a failure because she has nothing except her "dull teaching job," and compare her unfavorably to Nobel Prize chemist Dr. Mary Hoffman. But it turns out that Miss Grundy was Dr. Hoffman's teacher and inspiration.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #206 (February 1973)
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Who Needs Archie?
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (credited)
- Inks
- Al Nickerson (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- After appearing on a cable TV dating advice show that suggests they dump Archie, Betty and Veronica do just that. But their resulting fame from the appearance soon becomes overwhelming.
- Reprints
Clothes Woes
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica causes Archie to walk into a lamppost.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #251 (December 1978)
-
Foto Fun
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge used to be happy, before he met Archie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #251 (December 1978)
-
A Code in the Head!
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Joe Edwards
- Pencils
- Dan Parent
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo
- Colors
- Barry Grossman; Nanci Dakesian; Ginny Sykora
- Letters
- Barry Grossman
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie is upset over Veronica's little black book and is amazed when she throws it in the fire.
- Reprints
Inflation Vexation
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The price of movie admissions is up!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Prices are going up, but at least one thing isn't.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #257 (June 1979)
-
Gig Gala!
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie; Valerie; Melody; Alex Cabot III
- Synopsis
- Alex books the girls on a hectic European tour, giving them no time to relax.
- Reprints
- from Laugh (Archie, 1987 series) #4 (December 1987)
-
- Keywords
- Eiffel Tower; London; Paris
[no title indexed]
Josie / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, no! This happens every time I drive to the mall!
- Reprints
Head Count
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie and the Pussycats [Josie McCoy; Valerie Smith; Melody Valentine]
- Synopsis
- The Pussycats get shocked on stage and develop punk rock hair.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #95 (June 1984)
-
- Keywords
- girl band; hairspray; music; punk rock
Now You See It -- Now You Don't
Josie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine
- Synopsis
- Melody can't decide what to wear to a party.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #24 (May 1974)
-
The Rivals
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica helps Betty test a new video game.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- competition; dating; girls; video games
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest #283, no credits listed in this digest.
Betty's Manual - The Care and Training of Pet Dogs and Pet Boyfriends
Betty / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Hy Eisman (credited)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pet dogs come in many sizes and shapes...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Hal Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty tells us about the similarities of pet dogs and boyfriends.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #149 (January 1986)
-
Streak Of Luck
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica is intentionally wandering into the boy's gym class, disrupting class and driving Coach Kleats' blood pressure up just to boost her ego. So, to teach her a lesson, Betty and Jughead have Archie disrupt the girls' class in nothing but swim trunks.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #20 (May 1989)
-
- Keywords
- P.E. classes
Trying Times
Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Professor Flutesnoot; Ethel Muggs; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty writes in her diary about all the times she almost gave up but instead continued to work hard and reach a goal.
- Reprints
- from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #16 (April 1988)
-
- Keywords
- diary
Wanted
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida [as Saburo Y.]
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to confess an indiscretion of infidelity to Veronica, but she doesn't believe him.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #149 (May 1981)
-
The Hero
Betty / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty tells everyone that Archie can tear a phone book in half.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #11 (December 1967)
-
A Weighted Problem
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Smithers (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Veronica is appalled that she has gained five pounds and obsessively tries to lose weight but it turns out that her scale was broken.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #16 (December 1988)
-
Tale of a Sale
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg [as Stan G.]
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty decides to clean out the family attic and sell the items at a yard sale. However, nostalgia soon makes her regret it.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #158 (June 1987)
-
Sweet Little Fourteen
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica's second cousin, Pamela, has always been a willful, spoiled child. Well, now she's a willful, spoiled well-built fourteen year old girl and she's taken a shine to Archie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #345 (December 1986)
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Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #212, the lettering is credited to Rod Ollerenshaw.
Face Case
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #127 (August 1968)
-
Something to Cheer About
Little Betty & Veronica / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Dexter Taylor (credited)
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Betty; Little Veronica; Little Archie; Chic Cooper; Smithers; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Little Jughead
- Synopsis
- Little Veronica joins the cheer-leading squad.
- Reprints
Late Date
Little Betty / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Little Archie; Little Jughead; Little Betty
- Synopsis
- Little Archie gets Little Betty to do his homework while he goes out with Little Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #69 (January 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (1987 series) #232.
A Good Sport
Little Veronica / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Dexter Taylor (credited)
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor (credited)
- Inks
- Ken Selig (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews Jughead Jones; Smithers the butler; Hermione Lodge; Betty Cooper; Gaston the chef
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge gets swept up into coaching Veronica's youth basketball team.
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #222 (May 2014), #292 (May 2021)
-
- Keywords
- basketball
Date Fate
Little Betty / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Little Betty; Little Archie; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Little Jughead
- Synopsis
- When Little Archie gets assigned detention, Betty pulls a prank on Mr. Weatherbee to get detention so she can be with Little Archie.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #73 (September 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #222, no credits listed in this issue.
The Present
Veronica / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Synopsis
- By accident, Veronica comes up with the perfect birthday gift for her father.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #367 (May 1989)
-
The Fugitive
Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Harold Smith (credited as Hal Smith)
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- drama; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Caramel
- Synopsis
- Betty finds an escaped penguin from the zoo and decides to keep it.
- Reprints
- from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #24 (April 1989)
-
- Keywords
- penguin
That Old Feline!
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie wants to spend the day with Veronica, but she puts him through agony trying to capture a stray kitten. When it causes havoc at home, Mr. Lodge assumes Archie is pretending to pass off his pranks on a mythical cat. Veronica pretends she knows nothing about it, as Daddy detests cats, and lets Archie take the rap.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #146 (May 1963)
-
- Keywords
- cat
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprinting in B&V Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #233.
Sew What?
Veronica / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Put the letters in numerical order.
- Keywords
- Needle threading
A Blast from the Past
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica are set to attend a '70s themed dance, in full era costume, but find themselves enduring one delay after another waiting for Archie and Reggie to pick them up.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #69 (November 1993)
-
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in B&V Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #233, inks were credited to Rudy Lapick.
Too Many Cooks
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Taking Jughead's advice, Betty tries to reach Archie's heart with her cooking skills; but Veronica sabotages every dish by adding too much hot seasoning.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #9 (August 1967)
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- Keywords
- cooking; garlic; onion salt; potatoes; roast beef; salt; tobasco sauce
Dinner for Who?
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Waiter; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie takes Veronica out to eat to a fancy restaurant after promising that she won't be stuck paying the bill again.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #185 (May 1971)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #263, no credits listed in this digest.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["They say in springtime a young man's heart turns to fancy!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Bruised Ego
Betty and Veronica -
2.
Chances Are...
Betty and Veronica -
3.
Anger Cliffhanger
Veronica -
4.
Best Test
Betty and Veronica -
5.
A Cheap Trick
Betty and Veronica -
6.
Who's Sorry Now
Betty and Veronica -
7.
Dream Magic
Betty -
8.
Betty’s Best Authors
Betty Puzzle Funhouse -
9.
Success Story
Betty and Veronica -
10.
Who Needs Archie?
Betty and Veronica -
11.
Clothes Woes
Betty and Veronica -
12.
Foto Fun
Mr. Lodge -
13.
A Code in the Head!
Betty and Veronica -
14.
Inflation Vexation
Betty -
15.
Gig Gala!
Josie -
16.
["Oh, no! This happens every time I drive to the mall!"]
Josie -
17.
Head Count
Josie -
18.
Now You See It -- Now You Don't
Josie -
19.
The Rivals
Betty and Veronica -
20.
Betty's Manual - The Care and Training of Pet Dogs and Pet Boyfriends
Betty -
21.
Streak Of Luck
Betty and Veronica -
22.
Trying Times
Betty's Diary -
23.
Wanted
Archie -
24.
The Hero
Betty -
25.
A Weighted Problem
Betty and Veronica -
26.
Tale of a Sale
Betty -
27.
Sweet Little Fourteen
Betty and Veronica -
28.
Face Case
Archie -
29.
Something to Cheer About
Little Betty & Veronica -
30.
Late Date
Little Betty -
31.
A Good Sport
Little Veronica -
32.
Date Fate
Little Betty -
33.
The Present
Veronica -
34.
The Fugitive
Betty's Diary -
35.
That Old Feline!
Veronica -
36.
Sew What?
Veronica -
37.
A Blast from the Past
Betty and Veronica -
38.
Too Many Cooks
Betty -
39.
Dinner for Who?
Veronica -
40.
Persistence Resistance
Betty
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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