The Best of Betty and Veronica Summer Fun #[nn]

(1991)

Contents (Table of Contents)

credits / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mary Smith

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Table of contents.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mary Smith

Pencils:

Harry Lucey

Inks:

Harry Lucey

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

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• from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #171 [the ad includes a cover reprint from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #34 (September 1965)]

Summertime And The Laughin' Is Easy! (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Harry Lucey

Inks:

Harry Lucey

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

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• from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #183

Acknowledgements (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mary Smith

Letters:

typeset

[Betty] (Table of Contents)

Betty / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo (signed)

Inks:

Dan DeCarlo (signed)

Content Information

Characters:

Betty Cooper

Indexer Notes

Unpublished pinup of Betty on the beach.

[Veronica] (Table of Contents)

Veronica / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo (signed)

Inks:

Dan DeCarlo (signed)

Content Information

Characters:

Veronica Lodge

Indexer Notes

Unpublished pinup of Veronica on the beach.

[Archie #47] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Montana (signed)

Inks:

Bob Montana (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Veronica; Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones

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• from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #47 (November-December 1950)

Bob Montana: The Artist Who Brought Archie To Life (Table of Contents)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mary Smith

Pencils:

Bob Montana

Inks:

Bob Montana

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones

Reprints:

• Includes 3 reprints from the Archie daily comic strip (dated 7/30, 8/1, and 8/2). The year is unknown.

Indexer Notes

A brief biography of Bob Montana. This article was originally published in the Archie Fanzine #1 (October, 1990). The article includes a photograph of Bob Montana and some non-Archie character sheets.

John L. Goldwater: The Co-Founder of Archie Comics (Table of Contents)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mary Smith

Pencils:

?; Dan DeCarlo (Pep reprint)

Inks:

?; Dan DeCarlo (Pep reprint)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Michael Silberkleit; Louis Silberkleit; John Goldwater; Richard Goldwater

Reprints:

• from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #400 (May 1985)

Indexer Notes

A brief biography of John Goldwater. Originally appeared in the Archie Fanzine #6 (March, 1991). Includes a 6 panel reprint from Pep #400. Also includes some company letter head with drawings by both Dan DeCarlo and Bob Montana.

A Share of Happening (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Harry Lucey

Inks:

Harry Lucey

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; John Goldwater

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• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #29 (October 1973)

Indexer Notes

Partial reprint. Appears between pages 4 and 5 of the previous sequence.

[She's Josie #3] (Table of Contents)

Josie / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Dan DeCarlo

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Josie McCoy; Pepper; Albert

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• from She's Josie (Archie, 1963 series) #3 (October 1963)

Dan DeCarlo: The Incredible Archie Artist (Table of Contents)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mary Smith

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Dan DeCarlo

Letters:

typeset; ? (reprinted art)

Content Information

Characters:

Millie the Model; Dan DeCarlo; Dan DeCarlo Jr.; Jim DeCarlo; Michael Silberkleit; Veronica Lodge, Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

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• from Millie the Model (Marvel, 1945 series) #87 (November 1958) [Millie pinup]
• from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #400 (May 1985) [reprinted panels]

Indexer Notes

A brief biography of Dan DeCarlo.

[Betty and Veronica Summer Fun # 520] (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo (signed)

Inks:

Dan DeCarlo (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle

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• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #520 (September 1982)

Summer Fun: The Books (Table of Contents)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mary Smith

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo (signed)

Inks:

Dan DeCarlo (signed); Alison Flood (signed) (#621 only)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

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• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #164 (September 1969) [cover], #187 (September 1971), #621 (September 1991) [cover], #572 [cover]

Indexer Notes

A list of all the Betty and Veronica Summer Fun books from the Archie Giant Series. All books are titled "Betty and Veronica Summer Fun" on the covers.

[Betty and Veronica Summer Fun] (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / cover reprint (on interior page) / 20 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo; Bob White (#8, #28); Stan Goldberg (#460)

Inks:

Dan Decarlo; Bob White (#8, #28); Stan Goldberg (#460); Jim DeCarlo (signed #598 only)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Ethel Muggs; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Dilton Doily; Hiram Lodge

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• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #8 (September 1960) [cover], #13 (October 1961) [cover], #18 (September 1962), #23 (September 1963), #34 (November 1965) [cover], #147 (August 1967) [cover], #224 (September 1974) [cover], #248 (September 1976) [cover], #460 (September 1977) [cover], #472 (September 1978), #496 (September 1979), #508 (September 1981) [cover], #585 (September 1988) [cover], #28 [cover], #140 [cover], #155 [cover], #199 [cover], #484 [cover], #529 [cover], #550 [cover], #598 [cover], #611 [cover]

Indexer Notes

One cover per page in this section. Aside from Betty and Veronica, not all characters appear on all covers. All covers by Dan DeCarlo unless otherwise noted.

Betty and Veronica's Summer Fashions (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Dan DeCarlo

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

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• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #8 (September 1960)

Indexer Notes

Paper dolls of the girls and various fashions.

Betty and Veronica's Summer Fashions (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Dan DeCarlo

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

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• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #23 (September 1963)

Betty's Fun In The Sun Fashions (Table of Contents)

Betty / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Dan DeCarlo

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper

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• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #199

Veronica's Beach Wear (Table of Contents)

Veronica / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Dan DeCarlo

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Veronica Lodge

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• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #199

Betty and Veronica's Aqua Action Fashions (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Dan DeCarlo

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

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• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #508 (September 1981)

Betty and Veronica's Breezy Summer Fashions (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo (signed)

Inks:

Dan DeCarlo (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

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• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #529

Betty and Veronica's Summer Fun PinUp (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo (signed)

Inks:

Alison Flood (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

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• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #621 (September 1991)

[Veronica in Texas] (Table of Contents)

Veronica / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo (signed)

Inks:

Alison Flood (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Veronica Lodge

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• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #625 (November 1991)

Veronica's Pin-Up Page (Table of Contents)

Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Dan Decarlo

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Veronica Lodge

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• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #8 (September 1960)

Betty's Pin-Up Page (Table of Contents)

Betty / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Dan Decarlo

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper

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• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #8 (September 1960)

Fiesta In Mexico (Table of Contents)

Veronica / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Dan Decarlo

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

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• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #13 (October 1961)

Betty's Pin Up (Table of Contents)

Betty / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Dan DeCarlo

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews

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• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #23 (September 1963)

The Potent Polka (Table of Contents)

Archie / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

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Script:

?

Pencils:

Harry Lucey

Inks:

Harry Lucey

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

When Veronica gets upset with Archie for ogling other girls at the beach, he rigs a bathing suit contest that only Veronica can win.

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• from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #47 (November-December 1950)

Indexer Notes

Art credit of Harry Lucey by Mary Smith. Includes a 1 page pinup of Veronica and a 1 page pinup of Betty in between pages 6 and 9 of the story. These pinups are actually part of the story.

A Day At The Beach (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo (?)

Inks:

Dan DeCarlo (?)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle (cameo)

Synopsis:

Archie convinces Betty and Veronica to spend a relaxing day at the beach in preperation for a school dance that night. But he spends all day waiting on their every need, exhausting himself.

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• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #8 (September 1960)

Skin Deep (Table of Contents)

Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo (?)

Inks:

Dan DeCarlo (?)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis:

Betty and Veronica compete to see who has the better tan, and Archie gets to decide who wins.

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• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #18 (September 1962)

The Castaway (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Dan DeCarlo

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

After dozing on a raft, the girls are lost at sea and run aground on an island with only an old sailor on it.

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• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #34 (November 1965)

Bikini Beat (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Dan Decarlo

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge;Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis:

While on the beach, Betty and Veronica can't figure out why Archie and Reggie won't pay any attention to them. Since they have bikinis -- just like all the other girls there-- Betty decides it must be familiarity.

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• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #164 (September 1969)

Floaters (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Dan Decarlo

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Marty the Mountain Man

Synopsis:

Betty and Veronica struggle to find a place on the beach to work on "the perfect tan" where they won't be bothered by boys.

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• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #472 (September 1978)

Escape Hatch (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Rudy Lapick

Colors:

Barry Grossman (original story)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis:

When Veronica learns that Archie went out with Betty the night before and took the long way home walking through the park -- to smooch longer of course-- she's livid! But Archie manages to explain to her what really happened -- and why!

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• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #508 (September 1981)

Be Yourself (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Doyle

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

Jim DeCarlo

Colors:

Barry Grossman (original story)

Letters:

Bill Yoshida

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Veronica instructs Betty on how to get boys "naturally" while at the beach. But Betty doesn't prove to be the best student in this class.

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• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #572

Dare To Be Bare (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom; Jason Blossom

Synopsis:

Cheryl and her brother Jason try to liven up the Riverdale beach crowd. Cheryl tries to go topless --"as they do in the south of France" she says-- but a shocked Betty stops her. Jason then tries to sneak beer on the beach in a disguised coke can, but is quickly busted by the beach patrol.

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• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #320 (October 1982)

Cheryl Blossom's Fashion Frolic (Table of Contents)

Cheryl Blossom / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo (signed)

Inks:

Dan Decarlo (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Cheryl Blossom

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• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #320 (October 1982)

Archie Fan Magazine (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mary Smith

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

An ad for a subscription to the Archie Fan Magazine.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mary Smith

Pencils:

Dan DeCarlo (signed)

Inks:

Dan Decarlo (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #13 (October 1961) [cover, as part of the back cover illustration]