(July 1996)
Archie,
1989 Series
- Price
- 1.75 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- Published once a year
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 009128468624 15
- Editing
- Richard H. Goldwater (editor)
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
The Root of the Problem
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bill Golliher
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Editing
- Nanci Dakesian; Victor Gorelick
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica accidentally dyes a green streak in Betty's hair.
- Reprints
-
in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #100 (October 2001), #145 (October 2006) - in Archie Giant Comics Festival (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #228 (December 2014), #289 (January 2021)
-
Daffynitions
Betty and Veronica / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Wacky definitions for common words.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #53 (April 1961)
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The Route of the Matter
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie has changed the route he takes to jog and the girls want to know why.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #311 (November 1981)
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Jumbo Jaunt
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- The new girl from India upstages Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #54 (June 1961)
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Poor Little Rich Girl
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- When Betty falls and hits her head at the Lodge Mansion, she gets the inspiration to pretend she thinks she's Veronica, hoping it will let her get a few dates with Archie.
- Reprints
The Movers
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead offer to move Mr. Lodge's piano.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #132 (January 1969)
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Home Video
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Miss Beazley; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Betty decides to video tape a diary and Archie volunteers to operate the camera. But his efforts end up causing him no end of grief.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #191 (July 1991)
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Romantic Antic
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- After seeing a movie with Veronica, Archie tries to be a romantic swashbuckler.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #155 (December 1970)
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Amusing Choosing
Miss Grundy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie wishes students could pick their teachers.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #240 (January 1978)
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Paper Caper
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Moose wants to help cut the budget.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #240 (January 1978)
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Fantasy Time
Betty / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mrs. Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty fantasizes about taking different jobs, all of which lead to quality time with Archie.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #180 (January 1990)
-
The Star
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to show Betty and Veronica how to play basketball while Reggie laughs. Archie injures himself and then leaves with the two girls.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #27 (August 1973)
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- Keywords
- basketball
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #80, no credits listed in this digest.
Chore Score
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Gaston
- Synopsis
- Veronica's dad wants her to start saving money, but her economical ideas cause more trouble than they're worth.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #220 (January 1991)
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A Prom to Remember
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Pop Tate; Alice Cooper; Moose Mason; Nancy Woods
- Synopsis
- Because Archie asked her at the last minute, Betty has no gown to attend the prom in. Accompanying her mother to visit her Uncle Walter at his wax museum, Betty spots a gown she loves on a wax figure and asks if she can borrow it for prom night.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #159 (July 1987)
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Pleasant Screams
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica has a nightmare that she is doing housework.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #264 (January 1980)
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Just a Quiet Place to Call Home
Betty's Diary / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Cousin Becky
- Synopsis
- Betty's cousin needs someone to watch her apartment while she's away, but Betty and Veronica's enthusiasm to take on the job soon dies when they realize the responsibilities that go with it.
- Reprints
- from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #32 (April 1990)
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Good Morning?
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Edwards (signed)
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Edwards (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Halliday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx wants to make her father breakfast in bed.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #229 (February 1982)
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Ring That Belle
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica throws a lawn party where everybody dresses up in the styles of the late 1800's. Parody of Gone With the Wind.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #621 (September 1991)
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Archie Pin Up
Archie / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie and Betty spend their dates watching TV.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #305 (August 1976)
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Freddy Icicle
The Mighty Archie Art Players / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews [as Freddy Iciclehands]; Betty Cooper [as Patience Trueheart]; Reggie Mantle [as Beau Guss]; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty is delivering newspapers and wanders into an abandoned house and meets Freddy Iciclehands. She takes him home. He turns everything around him cold but eventually the people warm up to the benefits of his talent.
- Reprints
- from Laugh (Archie, 1987 series) #29 (August 1991)
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Indexer Notes
Parody of Edward Scissorhands.
The Plungers
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- The girls find the water in Veronica's pool too cold to jump into, so Archie and Jughead give them some even colder water from a hose.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #13 (October 1961)
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Oh, Nanny Boy!
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dan Parent (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan Parent (credited)
- Inks
- Rich Koslowski (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Jellybean Jones; Gladys Jones; Brad
- Synopsis
- Veronica tries to use Jellybean to meet a cute nanny.
- Reprints
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #224 (June 2012), #281 (July 2020)
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
The Root of the Problem
Betty and Veronica -
2.
Daffynitions
Betty and Veronica -
3.
The Route of the Matter
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Jumbo Jaunt
Betty and Veronica -
5.
Poor Little Rich Girl
Betty and Veronica -
6.
The Movers
Archie -
7.
Home Video
Betty -
8.
Romantic Antic
Archie -
9.
Amusing Choosing
Miss Grundy -
10.
Paper Caper
Moose -
11.
Fantasy Time
Betty -
12.
The Star
Archie -
13.
Chore Score
Betty and Veronica -
14.
A Prom to Remember
-
15.
Pleasant Screams
Veronica -
16.
Just a Quiet Place to Call Home
Betty's Diary -
17.
Good Morning?
Li'l Jinx -
18.
Ring That Belle
Betty and Veronica -
19.
Archie Pin Up
Archie -
20.
Freddy Icicle
The Mighty Archie Art Players -
21.
The Plungers
Betty and Veronica -
22.
Oh, Nanny Boy!
Betty and Veronica
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