(August 2014)
Archie,
1987 Series
- Price
- 5.99 USD
- Pages
- 196
- Indicia Frequency
- ten issues a year
- On-sale Date
- 2014-07-09
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Library
- Barcode
- 762816469500 22411
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor-in-chief)
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Get rid of that swimsuit right now!
- Genre
- teen
Top Executive
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
-
from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #211 (October 2005)
-
You’ve Got a Friend
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #103 (September 2000)
-
Gift Horse Laugh: Part 1
Betty and Me / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #52 (September 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Part 1 of story.
Gift Horse Laugh: Part 2
Betty and Me / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #52 (September 1973)
-
Toxic Waste
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Cheryl Blossom; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica read an article about toxic boyfriends from a magazine.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #152 (October 2000)
-
The "Voice" of Choice
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Veronica cuts a country album.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #69 (November 1997)
-
Veronica's Summer Things
Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #42 (August 1991)
-
Indexer Notes
Veronica models summer fashions inspired by readers: Karen Lachero (Muncie, IN); Elana Hooper (Tulsa, OK); Patty Tallman (Houston, TX); Lara Rose (North Miami, FL).
The Real McCoy
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling
- Inks
- Rich Koslowski
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Mr. McCoy
- Synopsis
- Unable to dissuade Veronica from going on a four-day vacation abroad alone, Mr. Lodge sends one of his employees in disguise to follow her and keep her out of trouble.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #77 (July 1998)
-
Dark Lark
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty loans Archie a pair of very dark sunglasses so he can't gaze at girls at the beach.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #176 (August 2002)
-
- Keywords
- beach; sunglasses
[no title indexed]
Sabrina / illustration / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (signed as Ruiz)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (signed as D'Agostino)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina
Rules of the Road
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Angelo De Cesare
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Salem; Mrs. Conover
- Synopsis
- Sabrina and Salem head to a farm produce stand.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1997 series) #31 (November 1999)
-
Indexer Notes
Sabrina's 1922 coupe appears. Salem refers to the movie "Driving Miss Daisy".
Panning For Goldfish!
Salem / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; animal; fantasy-supernatural; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Salem; Sabrina; Finbar
- Synopsis
- Sabrina buys a goldfish, and tells Salem that the fish is not to be eaten.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1997 series) #30 (October 1999)
-
Clowning Around
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Harvey Kinkle; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Salem
- Synopsis
- Sabrina is infected with a particular strain of germ so that whenever she sneezes, the person next to her is turned into a clown.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1997 series) #16 (August 1998)
-
- Keywords
- clown; sneeze
A One Girl Guy
Sabrina / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #474 (August 1998)
-
Lifeguard Lament
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #59 (October 1991) which is reprinted
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #213 (October 1975)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When I needed someone to look after Molly, I thought of you!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Keywords
- mimicry; parrots; pet-sitting
Talkathon
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Selma Rogers; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica can't stop talking.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #127 (August 1968)
-
- Keywords
- tennis
Scenery
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Marty; Jack; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- The Lodges are mad Veronica doesn't stay at her private beach house. Betty and Veronica go to the public beach to guy watch instead.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #242 (August 2009)
-
- Keywords
- beach
Close Encounter Of The Bird Kind
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- A wild bird gets into the Cooper home and Betty wrecks the place trying to catch it.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #17 (September 1994)
-
Beachy Keen
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Dilton Doiley; Smithers the butler
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica revisit the old swimming hole they played in as kids, then try to keep the location secret from the rest of the gang.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #127 (September 1998)
-
Taken for a Ride
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- After using the new riding mower to do the family lawn, Betty graciously volunteers to cut the lawns of several elderly neighbors. Afterwards, she learns the hazard of riding a lawnmower all afternoon.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #18 (October 1994)
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Customer Dis-Service
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Davis; Roseanne
- Synopsis
- Betty lands a job as a waitress in a restaurant and as luck would have it her first customer is Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #103 (September 1996)
-
Out of Control
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #55 (September 1996)
-
Club Date
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Say, Blondie! Could we ask you a question?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Hiram Lodge; Mayor Snide; Alice Cooper
- Synopsis
- Veronica tries to corral two handsome tourists by setting up the mansion pool area as a resort cabana for travelers.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #223 (October 1969)
-
See You In The Funny Papers
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz
- Inks
- Al Milgrom
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Vickie Williams
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica show each other how they can discern each other's moods by the word balloons and picture effects around them.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #149 (July 2000)
-
- Keywords
- Fourth wall
Party Doll
Betty’s Diary / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #35 (August 1990)
-
Dakota
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler
- Synopsis
- Veronica becomes obsessed with wild west chic, but her efforts to learn to toss a lariat become a menace to everyone in the mansion.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #613 (October 1990)
-
Be Yourself
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty watches Veronica flirting aggressively with a handsome boy at the beach and wishes she could be that bold.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #572 (September 1987)
-
- Keywords
- beach; flirting; fourth wall; swimsuits
Indexer Notes
Betty talks to the reader throughout the story.
Beachy Keen Fashions
Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- fashion; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica model fashion designs submitted by readers.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #188 (July 2003)
-
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)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Psstt.... Arch! The jalopy's warmed up for a quick get away, as soon as you pick the winner!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie judges a beauty contest.
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #13 (March-April 1945)
-
- Keywords
- beauty contests; swimsuits
The Fabulous Forties
text article / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Introduction to the stories in this section.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Vigoda (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hang on to that ladder, Veronica!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Franchot Dreambean (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica go to great lengths to get the autograph of Franchot Dreambean, the famous crooner who's staying at the Riverdale hotel.
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #22 (September-October 1946)
-
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bills!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Lodge; Mr. Hufford; Mr. Pallette; Madame Rappascelli
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica get jobs at a modeling agency.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #20 (Fall 1946)
-
The Campus Queens
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bill Woggon (signed)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- When Betty and Veronica see the rival basketball team for that afternoon's game, they add Mexican jumping beans to their cooking class soup, in order to pep up the Riverdale team.
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #25 (March-April 1947)
-
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Irv Novick (signed as I.N.)
- Inks
- Irv Novick (signed as I.N.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hubba hubba, Betty!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews (cameo); Fosdick Montgomery Thwaite, Jr. (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica go to the beach and fight over men.
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #27 (July-August 1947)
-
Indexer Notes
Bus on page 2 has MLJ Bus Lines written on the side. Shorten's Beach is a reference to editor Harry Shorten.
Fossil Fun
illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Reprints
- from World of Archie (Archie, 1992 series) #7 (February 1994)
-
[no title indexed]
Little Archie / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Little Archie; Little Jughead; Little Reggie; Little Betty; Little Veronica
Beach Daze!
Little Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dexter Taylor
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Genre
- humor; children; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #162 (August 2005)
-
A Summer Haunting
Little Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dexter Taylor
- Pencils
- Dexter Taylor
- Inks
- Dexter Taylor
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Dexter Taylor
- Genre
- children; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Little Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda Spellman; Aunt Zelda Spellman; Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Little Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Little Sabrina and her aunts vacation at the beach by trading places with some ghosts.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #178 (October 1982)
-
- Keywords
- ghost
Busy Beach
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica finally find a section of beach that isn't crowded.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #190 (September 2003)
-
- Keywords
- beach
That's for Shore
Betty’s Fashions / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Doug Crane (signed)
- Inks
- Doug Crane (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #16 (August 1994)
-
Indexer Notes
No story; Betty models swimsuit designs submitted by readers.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In this article "Coping With Guys," it says, "Guys are often attracted to disinterested gals."
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica discuss the merits of being cool, aloof, and mysterious with boys.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #161 (July 2008)
-
Scare Crowing
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper
- Synopsis
- Mr. Cooper can't keep the birds out of his garden, until Archie proves to be the perfect scarecrow.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #89 (September 2000)
-
The Disorganizer
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #561 (August 1986)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Get rid of that swimsuit right now!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Diary of a Girl Next Door
-
2.
Top Executive
Betty and Veronica -
3.
You’ve Got a Friend
Veronica -
4.
Gift Horse Laugh: Part 1
Betty and Me -
5.
Gift Horse Laugh: Part 2
Betty and Me -
6.
Toxic Waste
Betty and Veronica -
7.
The "Voice" of Choice
Veronica -
8.
[no title indexed]
-
9.
Veronica's Summer Things
Veronica -
10.
The Real McCoy
Veronica -
11.
[no title indexed]
Midtown Comics -
12.
Dark Lark
Betty -
13.
[no title indexed]
Sabrina -
14.
Rules of the Road
Sabrina -
15.
Panning For Goldfish!
Salem -
16.
Clowning Around
Sabrina -
17.
A One Girl Guy
Sabrina -
18.
Sabrina The Magic Within
-
19.
Lifeguard Lament
Betty -
20.
["When I needed someone to look after Molly, I thought of you!"]
Archie -
21.
Talkathon
Veronica -
22.
Scenery
Betty and Veronica -
23.
Close Encounter Of The Bird Kind
Betty -
24.
Beachy Keen
Betty and Veronica -
25.
Taken for a Ride
Betty -
26.
Customer Dis-Service
Betty and Veronica -
27.
Out of Control
Veronica -
28.
Club Date
Betty and Veronica -
29.
See You In The Funny Papers
Betty and Veronica -
30.
Party Doll
Betty’s Diary -
31.
Dakota
Betty and Veronica -
32.
Be Yourself
Betty and Veronica -
33.
Beachy Keen Fashions
Betty and Veronica -
34.
Beautiful
Betty -
35.
["Psstt.... Arch! The jalopy's warmed up for a quick get away, as soon as you pick the winner!"]
Archie -
36.
The Fabulous Forties
-
37.
["Hang on to that ladder, Veronica!"]
Betty and Veronica -
38.
["Bills!"]
Betty and Veronica -
39.
The Campus Queens
Betty and Veronica -
40.
["Hubba hubba, Betty!"]
Betty and Veronica -
41.
Archie 1000 Page Comics Bonanza
-
42.
Fossil Fun
-
43.
[no title indexed]
Little Archie -
44.
Beach Daze!
Little Veronica -
45.
A Summer Haunting
Little Sabrina -
46.
Double Digest Sample Pack!
-
47.
Busy Beach
Betty and Veronica -
48.
That's for Shore
Betty’s Fashions -
49.
["In this article "Coping With Guys," it says, "Guys are often attracted to disinterested gals.""]
Betty and Veronica Gag Bag -
50.
Get Your Free Digital Comic Now!
-
51.
Scare Crowing
Betty -
52.
The Disorganizer
Betty and Veronica -
53.
[no title indexed]
-
54.
Munchkin
Steve Jackson Games
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