(July 2004)
Archie,
1987 Series
- Price
- 3.59 USD; 4.29 CAD
- Pages
- 196
- Indicia Frequency
- 9 times a year in Feb., Mar., Apr., June, July, Sept., Oct., Nov. and Dec
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 009128469508 24
- Editing
- Nelson Ribeiro; Victor Gorelick
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look what I found... "Twinkies" my first stuffed toy! See -- he's stuffed with twenties!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Twinkies; Veronica Lodge
- Keywords
- teddy bear
Different Worlds
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Tim Kennedy (credited)
- Inks
- Ken Selig (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Herbert Smith; Mrs. Smith; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Hearing that they come from different worlds, Betty and Veronica look at their differences.
- Reprints
Moody & Snooty
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dan Parent
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (layouts); Dan Parent
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica gets upset when her mood ring doesn't reflect the mood she wants it to reflect.
- Reprints
-
from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #8 (May 1994)
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Hands Off Policy
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler
- Synopsis
- Archie and Veronica are skeptical of Betty's belief in psychic healing.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #168 (July 1988)
-
- Keywords
- psychic healing
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #34 (April 1994)
-
Indexer Notes
pin-up
Patriotic Spirit
Veronica / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Ethan Allen; Tom Allen; Josh Allen; Nathan Hale
- Synopsis
- Veronica visits Litchfield CT where she meets the spirit of a Revolutionary War soldier, Josh Allen, and learns the history of Nathan Hale and Ethan Allen.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #33 (February 1994)
-
- Keywords
- Fort Ticonderoga; Revolutionary War
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #242, no credits listed in this digest.
A Car of her Own
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; used car salesman; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty goes shopping for a used car using her babysitting money.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #21 (July 1989)
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Veronica's Favorite Things
Veronica / activity / 1 page
- Pencils
- Rod Ollerenshaw (signed)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- word puzzle
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #21 (July 1989)
-
Send in the Clones
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper (dream); Archie Andrews (dream)
- Synopsis
- After watching a movie "Attack of the Zombie Clones", Veronica imagines what it would be like to have clones of her friends.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #21 (July 1989)
-
- Keywords
- clone; cloning; dream sequence
Sore Chore
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Adam Philips
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty makes a delicious dinner for Archie as a "thank you" for his help cleaning the attic. What she doesn't know is that Veronica has other plans.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #141 (September 1984)
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Phone Groan
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #182 (March 1973)
-
Everything is Beautiful
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge is receiving an award for keeping Riverdale beautiful so he doesn't want Archie's broken down jalopy in his driveway.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #8 (August 1971)
-
Rad Fad
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica wears a knit cap to hide a bad hair cut and unintentionally starts a fashion trend.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #9 (July 1994)
-
A Date to Remember
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie keeps his spending low while on a date with Betty so he'll have money to spend on Veronica later in the week.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #169 (August 1988)
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Capsule Caper
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (credited)
- Colors
- Frank Gagliardo (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Svenson; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica bury a time capsule in Veronica's backyard.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #147 (March 1999)
-
- Keywords
- time capsule
Look Who's Watching
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Professor Winkle; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Veronica gives Archie a medallion with a GPS tracker embedded in it so she can keep track of him at all times.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #9 (July 1994)
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Lost Words
Betty / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #284 (November 2020)
-
Vacation Situation
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Fernando Ruiz (credited)
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty tries to help the Lodges come up with vacation plans to go somewhere they have never been before.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Africa; canal; France; Italy; Mount Rushmore; rhinoceros; Rome; safari; scuba diving; skiing; South America; Tahiti; Venice
Beau Row
Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #256 (May 1979)
-
Door Chore
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #256 (May 1979)
-
And Away Go Problems down the Drain
Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Kathleen Webb
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hal Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty takes a tip from her mother and tries soaking her frustrations away with a long, warm bubble bath.
- Reprints
- from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #14 (December 1987)
-
Medical Alert
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Nurse Bradford; Nurse Roger; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica volunteer at the local hospital, but the job isn't what they expected.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #77 (July 1994)
-
Party Animal
Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Betty throws a party for her friends.
- Reprints
- from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #37 (October 1990)
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On the Money
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Archie thinks life is easy being a business tycoon, so Mr. Lodge takes Archie to work with him for the day.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #350 (August 1987)
-
The Job
Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #22 (December 1988)
-
Video Victim
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler; Marie the maid; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica leaves something very embarrassing on her camcorder, then her father lends it to Archie.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #77 (July 1994)
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The Date
Betty / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Alice Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie overhears Betty renting a video for "the man in my life" and thinks he's been replaced.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #171 (October 1988)
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To Teevee or Not to Teevee
Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Archie Andrews; Caramel (Betty's cat)
- Synopsis
- Watching TV causes a string of mishaps in Betty's day.
- Reprints
- from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #31 (February 1990)
-
Making a Scene
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Pop witnesses an angry confrontation between Veronica and Betty over who Archie is supposed to be with that day.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #70 (December 1993)
-
Drippy Drama
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Ethel makes another play for Jughead.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #26 (June 1973)
-
Beautiful
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Reggie loves looking into Betty's eyes.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #44 (February 1968)
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Net Loss
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Terrence V. Worthing III
- Synopsis
- Betty and Archie agree to play doubles tennis with Veronica and the club tennis pro. The pro proceeds to humiliate Archie at tennis, provoking Betty to teach the pro a lesson.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #184 (July 1990)
-
- Keywords
- tennis
Dine and Dunce
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited as N. Yoshida)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Smithers the butler; Hiram Lodge; Gaston the chef
- Synopsis
- Veronica insists on cooking dinner for her friends, so the gang team up with the Lodge staff to secretly substitute a meal that won't be hazardous to their health.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #301 (January 1981)
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Little Miss Fixit
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello there, you pretty little bird! Come fly with me! Come fly with me!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica is jealous of Betty's skill with a needle and thread.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #181 (January 1971)
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Just Plane Trouble
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Archie Andrews
Strange Arrangement
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Caramel
- Synopsis
- Betty sets out to rearrange the furniture in her bedroom.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #15 (July 1994)
-
Indexer Notes
Caramel is colored white in this story, even though he (she?) is orange in the previous one page story.
Prom Promoter
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Svenson; Alice Cooper
- Synopsis
- Veronica plans to have the Lodge helicopter pick her up after the Spring Prom.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #29 (August 1993)
-
A Bit Mousey!
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hermione Lodge; Gaston
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Look what I found... "Twinkies" my first stuffed toy! See -- he's stuffed with twenties!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Different Worlds
Betty and Veronica -
2.
Moody & Snooty
Betty and Veronica -
3.
Hands Off Policy
Betty and Veronica -
4.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica -
5.
Patriotic Spirit
Veronica -
6.
A Car of her Own
Betty -
7.
Veronica's Favorite Things
Veronica -
8.
Send in the Clones
Veronica -
9.
Sore Chore
Betty and Veronica -
10.
Phone Groan
Betty -
11.
Everything is Beautiful
Mr. Lodge -
12.
Rad Fad
Betty and Veronica -
13.
A Date to Remember
Betty -
14.
Capsule Caper
Betty and Veronica -
15.
Look Who's Watching
Betty and Veronica -
16.
Trashed
Betty and Veronica -
17.
Lost Words
Betty -
18.
Vacation Situation
Betty and Veronica -
19.
Beau Row
Veronica -
20.
Door Chore
Mr. Lodge -
21.
And Away Go Problems down the Drain
Betty's Diary -
22.
Medical Alert
Betty and Veronica -
23.
Party Animal
Betty's Diary -
24.
On the Money
Mr. Lodge -
25.
The Job
Betty's Diary -
26.
Video Victim
Betty and Veronica -
27.
The Date
Betty -
28.
To Teevee or Not to Teevee
Betty's Diary -
29.
Making a Scene
Betty and Veronica -
30.
Drippy Drama
Betty -
31.
Beautiful
Betty -
32.
Net Loss
Betty -
33.
Dine and Dunce
Betty and Veronica -
34.
Style & Fashions
Veronica -
35.
Little Miss Fixit
Betty and Veronica -
36.
Just Plane Trouble
Veronica -
37.
Strange Arrangement
Betty -
38.
Prom Promoter
Veronica -
39.
A Bit Mousey!
Veronica
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- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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