(October 1995)
Archie,
1983 Series
- Price
- 1.75 USD; 1.90 CAD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- six times a year in January, April, June, August, October, and November
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 762816468558 07711; 009128468556 77
- Editing
- Nanci Dakesian; Victor Gorelick
Issue Notes
Indicia title is Betty and Veronica Digest Magazine. Different barcodes for Direct Edition and retail sales.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (sourced)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty, all sorts of interesting things get washed up on the beach!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #202
Misadventures in Baby-Sitting!
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bill Golliher
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman; Nanci Dakesian
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Thompson; Mr. Thompson; Tom Thompson; Lisa Thompson
- Synopsis
- Veronica fills in for Betty at baby-sitting.
- Reprints
-
in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #91 (October 2000) - in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #250 (September 2016)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Spree (Archie, 2016 series) (2016)
-
- Keywords
- clown
Shrewd Dude
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #270 (September 1973)
-
That Funny Feeling
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #58 (October 1972)
-
Auto Magic
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (credited)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Thieves keep stealing Veronica's fancy Ultra-Romero sports cars. Betty comes up with an idea to fool the thieves.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #34 (October 1990)
-
- Keywords
- auto theft; sports car
[no title indexed]
Betty / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty and Archie's date was going just perfectly until now!
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #137 (December 2005), #185 (December 2010)
-
Wardrobe Consultant
Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Kathleen Webb (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (credited)
- Inks
- Mike Esposito (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica helps Betty with her wardrobe choices but soon stops when Betty starts attracting more attention from Archie.
- Reprints
- from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #36 (September 1990)
-
Capricious Caper
Archie / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- The girls chide the boys for lying around all day doing nothing, and insist on going to the beach.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #122 (September 1961)
-
- Keywords
- beach
Sailor Beware
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Valerie; Alexander Cabot III
- Synopsis
- Alex takes Josie and Valerie out in his special speedboat, which also sprouts wheels and drives on land.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #85 (October 1975)
-
Drop-In, Drop-Outs
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hal Holliday
- Synopsis
- To rid her wading pool of friends, Li'l Jinx throws in a bar of soap.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #55 (September 1969)
-
- Keywords
- wading pool
Match Play
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ferdie Von Pelf; Smithers; Johnnie Grifter; Flex Foster; Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Dilton's computer dating service finds the perfect dates for Veronica and Betty.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #35 (November 1990)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits differ in reprint.
Big Splash
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie is surfing in a pool.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #118 (November 1967)
-
Seal of Approval
The Archies / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Man, they sure don't use their beaches much along this part of the coast!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Snively; Cradbilge
- Synopsis
- When the Archies stop for a picnic on the beach they help capture two burglars.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #11 (December 1970)
-
- Keywords
- seal
Double Takes
Archie / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You laughed when my horoscope predicted today would bring me ups and downs!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #13 (August 1972)
-
- Keywords
- fishing; roller coasters
Indexer Notes
three two-panel gag cartoons
Trivial Pursuit!
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Megan Stewart (Mr. Lodge's client's daughter); Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Mr. Stewart (Megan's dad)
- Synopsis
- Veronica has to babysit her dad's client's daughter and pushes her off onto Betty. Betty ends up impressing Megan with her trivia knowledge and Megan's dad offers her a spot on his TV show "Top Trivia."
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #35 (November 1990)
-
Put a Cap on It
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Joe Edwards (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (credited)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Reggie Mantle; Zach
- Synopsis
- Star pitcher Zach tells Betty she's his lucky charm after he hits a home run. It turns out that Zach is fickle and just uses flattery to hook the girls. Betty is not amused.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #34 (October 1990)
-
- Keywords
- baseball; cap; flattery; good luck
An Exercise in Finance
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Kathleen Webb (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge wants Veronica to join Betty's exercise class so he can fire Veronica's expensive personal trainer.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #34 (October 1990)
-
- Keywords
- exercise; personal trainer
Nice Advice
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty follows the five steps from Ethel's book "Fanning Love Flames" to try to win Archie over from Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #187 (October 1990)
-
Indexer Notes
Formerly a Betty and Me story.
Consider It Done!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge makes arrangements for Archie, Betty and Veronica to appear in the circus.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #344 (November 1986)
-
Optical Delusion
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Rebecca Frump
- Synopsis
- Archie and Betty save a little girl from drowning, who turns out to be the daughter of one of the richest men in the world, Ronald Frump. They are invited to visit the Frump yacht, which is the largest privately owned ship in the world.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #187 (October 1990)
-
- Keywords
- swim team; yacht
Indexer Notes
Formerly a Betty and Me story.
Hoop Scoop
Reggie / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Indexer Notes
Sponsored by Archie Comics and United Cerebral Palsy Associations.
Typically Different!
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Karen Szczuka (credited as Karen A. Szczuka)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty challenges Veronica that she can't get to the mall by 12 noon on a Saturday.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #35 (November 1990)
-
- Keywords
- getting ready; mall; morning; shopping; sleeping in
Betty's Play Things
Betty / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #35 (August 1990)
-
I Wish You Well
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Kathleen Webb (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (credited) (layouts); Dan Parent (credited) (finished pencils)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Pop Tate; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle (cameo)
- Synopsis
- After overhearing Betty make a wish at a wishing well to attend a concert with Archie, Archie does odd jobs to raise the money to make the wish come true.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #34 (October 1990)
-
- Keywords
- wishing well
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Betty, all sorts of interesting things get washed up on the beach!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Misadventures in Baby-Sitting!
Betty and Veronica -
2.
Shrewd Dude
Archie -
3.
That Funny Feeling
Li'l Jinx -
4.
Auto Magic
Betty and Veronica -
5.
["Betty and Archie's date was going just perfectly until now!"]
Betty -
6.
Wardrobe Consultant
Betty's Diary -
7.
Capricious Caper
Archie -
8.
Sailor Beware
Josie -
9.
Drop-In, Drop-Outs
Li'l Jinx -
10.
Match Play
Betty and Veronica -
11.
Big Splash
Archie -
12.
Seal of Approval
The Archies -
13.
Double Takes
Archie -
14.
Trivial Pursuit!
Betty and Veronica -
15.
Put a Cap on It
Betty -
16.
An Exercise in Finance
Betty and Veronica -
17.
Nice Advice
Betty -
18.
Consider It Done!
Archie -
19.
Optical Delusion
Veronica -
20.
Hoop Scoop
Reggie -
21.
Typically Different!
Betty and Veronica -
22.
Betty's Play Things
Betty -
23.
I Wish You Well
Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Michael Hoskin
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
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