(November 2010)

Archie, 1987 Series
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Price
3.99 USD
Pages
164
Indicia Frequency
monthly except for Feb. and Aug.
On-sale Date
2010-09-28
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
The Archie Library
Barcode
762816469500 18411

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (1987 series) #183.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Dan Parent (signed)
Inks
Dan Parent (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
He's dancing with me!
Genre
teen
Characters
Cinderbetty [Betty Cooper]; Prince Archibald [Archie Andrews]; Cinderonica [Veronica Lodge]
Reprints

A Tale of Two Cinderellas (Table of Contents: 1)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Parent
Pencils
Dan Parent
Inks
Jim Amash
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Teresa Davidson

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
Characters
Jellybean Jones; Cinderbetty [Betty Cooper]; Cinderonica [Veronica Lodge]; The King [Hiram Lodge]; The Queen [Geraldine Grundy]; The Queen's daughter [Cheryl Blossom]; Fairy Godmother [Nancy Woods]; Prince Archibald [Archie Andrews]
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica tell Jellybean a bed time story of two Cinderellas.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Betty Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh Archie! This is the most beautiful view I've ever seen!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie takes Betty to see a majestic view of the ocean to gauge her reaction, in order to see if it would be good to take Veronica there.
Reprints

B&V's Storybook Style (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Pencils
Dan Parent
Inks
Dan Parent
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge (both as various storybook characters)
Reprints

Back to School Fashions (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Dan DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
No story; Betty and Veronica model fashion designs submitted by readers.
Reprints

Curtain Call (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils
Pat Kennedy (credited)
Inks
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Alice Cooper; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Veronica overhears Betty looking for fabric for her dance dress and buys the whole bolt to thwart Betty.
Reprints

Clean Sweep (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Betty is carrying an old-fashioned broom as a prop for a school play, and everyone makes jokes about how it makes her look like a witch.
Reprints

To Coin a Phrase (Table of Contents: 7)

Betty / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Bolling
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
John Lowe
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones (cameo)
Synopsis
Betty organizes volunteers to paint a mural on the side of a vacant building as a stunt to raise money and awareness for a local animal shelter.
Reprints

Exercise Class (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge [Mr. Lodge]; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Veronica gets to practice running Lodge Enterprises but her executive wardrobe proves a bit manly for some.
Reprints

Two Trophies (Table of Contents: 9)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Harold Smith
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Dan DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica compare trophies.
Reprints

70’s Scramble (Table of Contents: 10)

Betty / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Betty Cooper
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Word scramble puzzle

Back to School Blues (Table of Contents: 11)

Katy Keene / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Susan Berkley
Pencils
John Lucas
Inks
Chic Stone; John Lucas
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; romance; teen; fashion
Characters
Katy Keene; Melissa Keene [Sis]; Billy (Sis' boyfriend); Janey; Patti; Lauren
Synopsis
Sis' social life is interfering with her schoolwork.
Reprints

A Colorful Character (Table of Contents: 12)

Katy Keene / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Lucas
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fashion; teen
Characters
Katy Keene
Synopsis
Pin-up of Katy Keene wearing a duster jacket, pants and thigh high boots.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Fashion by Vee S., MO.

Betty or Veronica? (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils
Pat Kennedy (credited)
Inks
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Chuck Clayton; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Archie can't decide who to take to the dance so he goes to Dilton who has invented a love-meter.
Reprints

Relatively Speaking (Table of Contents: 14)

Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Tim Kennedy
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Major C. Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica is visited by the ghost of her ancestor, Major Lodge, who tells her about how he became a hero during the Revolutionary War.
Reprints
Keywords
American Revolution; ghost

Headphone Hiatus!! (Table of Contents: 15)

Betty / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Rod Ollerenshaw
Pencils
Rod Ollerenshaw
Inks
Rod Ollerenshaw
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Rod Ollerenshaw

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Word scramble puzzle with a theme of radio genres.
Reprints

Shop Flap (Table of Contents: 16)

Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I recently got Veronica a computer shopping game!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge buys Veronica a shopping video game.
Reprints

Buying Clothes! (Table of Contents: 17)

Veronica / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Rod Ollerenshaw
Inks
Rod Ollerenshaw
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Unscramble the word puzzle.

In and Out (Table of Contents: 18)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Fernando Ruiz
Inks
John Lowe
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica are both attracted to the same passing boy.
Reprints

Veronica's Scrappy Scrapbook (Table of Contents: 19)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Dan Parent
Inks
Rich Koslowski
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida ?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge (Also as Little Veronica Lodge in flashback); Smithers; Unnamed chauffeur; Unnamed maid; Unnamed servant; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews (Also as Little Archie Andrews in flashback); Jughead Jones; Unnamed life guard; Unnamed Riverdale girl; Unnamed Riverdale boys; Unnamed mail carrier
Synopsis
Veronica makes a scrapbook of her life in pictures.
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Indexer Notes

Veronica and Archie appear as their "Little Archie" & "Little Veronica" versions in this story in flashback photo panels.

His Secret Love (Table of Contents: 20)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs; Dilton Doily; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper
Synopsis
Betty gives Archie a parrot for his birthday. The parrot is trained to repeat Betty's name, in the hopes that the constant reinforcement will influence Archie to think more of her instead of Veronica
Reprints
Keywords
parrot

Archie's Angels (Table of Contents: 21)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Parent
Pencils
Dan Parent
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
That movie was so cool!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge [as Hiram Bigbucks]; Jughead Jones; Brigitte Reilly; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Seymour Trump; Cheryl Blossom [as Cheryl Trump
Synopsis
Archie's Angels must rescue Hiram Bigbucks from Seymour Trump.
Reprints

Happy Days Are Here Again (Table of Contents: 22)

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

Script
Kathleen Webb
Pencils
Dan Parent
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton (dressed as a clown); Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Betty has the blues, so Veronica tries to cheer her up.
Reprints

Face-Off! (Table of Contents: 23)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
The girls had a petty squabble. Unscramble the words to find out why.
Reprints

Betty's Favorite Fashions (Table of Contents: 24)

Betty / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fashion; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Betty models fashions submitted by the readers.
Reprints

Clothes Woes (Table of Contents: 25)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica causes Archie to walk into a lamppost.
Reprints

Foto Fun (Table of Contents: 26)

Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge used to be happy, before he met Archie.
Reprints

Seat Treat (Table of Contents: 27)

Betty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper
Synopsis
Archie takes Betty to the big game, even though it's sold out.
Reprints

Educating Cheryl! (Table of Contents: 28)

Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Parent
Pencils
Dan Parent
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Cheryl Blossom; Jason Blossom
Synopsis
All the girls at Pembrooke are jealous of Cheryl's popularity with the boys. So she offers to teach them how she does it with Cheryl's Rules. Cheryl's crush Seymour returns and she ends up ignoring her own rules.
Reprints
Keywords
advice; how to; popularity; rule book; school

The Action Faction (Table of Contents: 29)

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

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Jeff Shultz
Inks
Al Milgrom
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Phil Felix

Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica [script]
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Nancy Woods; Ethel Muggs; Pop Tate
Synopsis
The girls decide to try to help the small businesses in their community.
Reprints

The Riverdale Express! (Table of Contents: 30)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Golliher
Pencils
Pat Kennedy
Inks
Mark McKenna
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Phil Felix

Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica [script]
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie and his friends petition the city council to create a bike trail.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["He's dancing with me!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. A Tale of Two Cinderellas
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. ["Oh Archie! This is the most beautiful view I've ever seen!"]
    Betty Pin Up
  4. 3. B&V's Storybook Style
    Betty and Veronica
  5. 4. Back to School Fashions
    Betty and Veronica
  6. 5. Curtain Call
    Betty and Veronica
  7. 6. Clean Sweep
    Betty and Veronica
  8. 7. To Coin a Phrase
    Betty
  9. 8. Exercise Class
    Betty and Veronica
  10. 9. Two Trophies
    Betty and Veronica
  11. 10. 70’s Scramble
    Betty
  12. 11. Back to School Blues
    Katy Keene
  13. 12. A Colorful Character
    Katy Keene
  14. 13. Betty or Veronica?
    Betty and Veronica
  15. 14. Relatively Speaking
    Veronica
  16. 15. Headphone Hiatus!!
    Betty
  17. 16. Shop Flap
    Veronica
  18. 17. Buying Clothes!
    Veronica
  19. 18. In and Out
    Betty and Veronica
  20. 19. Veronica's Scrappy Scrapbook
    Veronica
  21. 20. His Secret Love
    Betty
  22. 21. Archie's Angels
    Betty and Veronica
  23. 22. Happy Days Are Here Again
    Betty and Veronica
  24. 23. Face-Off!
    Betty and Veronica
  25. 24. Betty's Favorite Fashions
    Betty
  26. 25. Clothes Woes
    Betty and Veronica
  27. 26. Foto Fun
    Mr. Lodge
  28. 27. Seat Treat
    Betty
  29. 28. Educating Cheryl!
    Cheryl Blossom
  30. 29. The Action Faction
    Betty and Veronica
  31. 30. The Riverdale Express!
    Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by
  • Peter Croome
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Scott Marshall
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ron Sadowski
  • Gregg Whitmore