Archie & Friends All Stars
#26 - Girls Rule!
(2016)
Archie,
2009 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 10.99 USD
- Pages
- 226
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- On-sale Date
- 2016-08-24
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
- Archie & Friends All-Stars
- ISBN
-
978-1-62738-952-5
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick
Issue Notes
Volume 26 of Archie & Friends All Stars Series
"Girls Rule!"
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan Parent (signed)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- teen
Friends 'Til The End!" Part 1 and 2
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Charlene; television host
- Synopsis
- A TV film crew hunting for the best friends in America follows Betty and Veronica. All goes well until they quarrel over Archie and each decide to get new best friends. When the show airs they remember how much fun they'd been having together, and rush to reconcile... then immediately start quarreling over Archie again.
- Reprints
-
from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #50 (November 2001)
-
The New Girl in Town
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Brigitte Riley; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica hatch a plan to get back at Reggie for snubbing a new student who is overweight.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #119 (January 1998)
-
Bicentennial Banter
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Professor Flutesnoot; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Bauman; Dilton Doily; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Big Ethel Muggs; unnamed Riverdale High students
- Synopsis
- The girls teach the boys about some of the females who played decisive roles in the American Revolution during rehersal for a play.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #36 (December 1975)
-
- Keywords
- American Bicentennial; American Revolution
Girl Power
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Haley Gillen; Denise (museum tour guide)
- Synopsis
- Archie's dad is mad his grades are dropping because he's spending too much time on girls. He goes to a library, museum, and gym and ends up meeting more girls.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- aerobics; grades; homework; report card
The Battle of the Jitterbugs
Archie / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- When Veronica says that girls are better than boys at dancing, Reggie sets up a jitterbug contest that pits himself and Archie against Betty and Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #30 (January-February 1948)
-
- Keywords
- cross dressing; dance
Sweet as Butter
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica is being suspiciously nice to everyone.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- prom queen
Obstacle Coarse
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Smithers the butler; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- When Jughead and Archie sneer at the girls' dedication to aerobics, Veronica challenges them to a contest to see who is more physically fit.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #76 (June 1994)
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- Keywords
- aerobics
Cheer Factor
Jughead / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Fernando Ruiz; Suzannah Rowntree
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Jaime (cheerleading coach); Jordie; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Jughead tries out for the cheerleading squad.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #163 (October 2010)
-
- Keywords
- cheer; cheerleader
Meow Row
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Tiger Girl [Betty Cooper]; Meow Girl [Veronica Lodge]; Cape Man [Archie Andrews]
- Synopsis
- Meow Girl, Appletown's only female super-hero, is jealous of the press Cape Man gets. She sets a trap to snare the hero, forcing his downtrodden assistant to assume the identity of Tiger Girl and come to his rescue.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #59 (January 1993)
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Let Betty Do It
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Mrs. Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty becomes fed up with constantly helping all of her friends.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #59 (January 1993)
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A Women's Lib-Rib
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe; Uncle Herman
- Synopsis
- Bingo is depressed because Samantha is so much stronger than he is, so Uncle Herman suggests challenging her to some games that he can beat her at.
- Reprints
- from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #31 (January 1975)
-
- Keywords
- board game; checkers; horseshoe; weight lifting
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Nancy Woods; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Abandoned by the boys due to the ongoing basketball playoffs, Betty convinces the girls to have fun as a group rather than sit and pine for the missing males.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #148 (June 2000)
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200 Things I Like About You! part 1, 2, 3, and 4
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 21 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Nancy Woods; Professor Flutesnoot; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Midge Klump; Cricket; Mr. Weatherbee; Hiram Lodge; Alice Cooper; Polly Cooper (Betty's older sister); Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica search for reasons to remain friends.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #200 (July 2004)
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Women's Rights
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- Archie is mad Veronica broke her promise and is taking Reggie to see a play instead.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #78 (September 1979)
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- Keywords
- black eye; fight; punch
Modest Mood
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Gerald; Gary
- Synopsis
- Veronica doesn't like conceited boys.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #187 (August 1973)
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- Keywords
- hiking; woods
The Great Switcheroo!
Archie ? / comic story / 20 pages
- Script
- Tania del Rio
- Pencils
- Gisèle Lagacé
- Inks
- Rich Koslowski
- Colors
- Digikore Studios
- Letters
- Jack Morelli
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Archina Andrews [Archie Andrews]; Sabrina Spellman; Salem; Regina Mantle [Reggie Mantle]; Billy Cooper [Betty Cooper]; Ron Lodge [Veronica Lodge]; J.J. [Jughead Jones]; Haute Dog [Hot Dog]; Mouse Mason [Moose Mason]; Mr. Grundy [Miss Grundy]; Mr. Beazly [Miss Beazly]; Ms. Weatherbee [Mr. Weatherbee]; Dilly Doiley [Dilton Doiley]; Joey and The Junkyard Dogs [Josie and The Pussycats]; Mr. Andrews [Mary Andrews]; Mrs. Andrews [Fred Andrews]; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- When the gang fights about which gender has it easiest, Salem casts a spell on Riverdale switching everyone's genders. Next, we see a normal day with the gang switched around. Sabrina eventually reverses the spell by raining magic dust on the gang at a concert.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #636 (October 2012)
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- Keywords
- gender swap
Chase Race
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- It's a Sadie Hawkins Day race.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #463 (September 1997)
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- Keywords
- beach; dance
A Battle Royal
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Ethel Muggs; Pop Tate (cameo); Polly Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle (flashback); Hermione Lodge; Willow (Veronica's pet cockapoo); Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty writes an article in the paper about the 10 most fashionable girls at school but leaves Veronica's name out of the list. That makes Veronica angry and she talks about Betty behind her back -- and Betty finds out. Both are hurt, and they angrily decide to terminate their friendship. Only Polly and Mrs. Lodge remind them of why they were friends in the first place.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #234 (May 2008)
-
You Came a Long Way, Baby
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica are amused by the selection of Miss Grundy to give a lecture on women's rights. It takes Mr. Weatherbee, outlining all the pioneering gains Miss Grundy fought for in her past, to change the girls' opinion.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #233 (May 1975)
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Sleepover! Part 1 and 2
Veronica / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Brigitte; Smithers; Hiram Lodge; Cheryl Blossom; Hermione Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica has three friends over for a sleepover but strange things keep happening.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #155 (November 2004)
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- Keywords
- bowling; halloween; movie theatre; pizza; pool; pumpkin; scary; silly string; sleepover; slumber party; water balloon
Radio Daze part 1 and 2
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom; Howie Stein; Pam Ambersome; Jason Blossom; Mr. Reynolds
- Synopsis
- Cheryl while stuck in traffic calls into a radio show. She gets such good ratings, she gets her own radio show.
- Reprints
- from Cheryl Blossom (Archie, 1997 series) #4 (August 1997)
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- Keywords
- radio; wig
Indexer Notes
Howie Stein is a parody of Howard Stern. Peg Ambersome is a parody of Pamela Anderson.
The Trouble With Girls
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; Dilton Doiley; Pop Tate; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Nancy Woods; Cathy; Jill
- Synopsis
- Jughead leaves the diner because all the guys are complaining about women.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #73 (April 2003)
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Poor Little Rich Girl!
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Frese (signed)
- Inks
- George Frese (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Jenkins the butler; Marie the maid
- Synopsis
- Veronica breaks a date with Archie to spend the night at home with Betty. Later that night, Veronica confesses her loneliness due to inattentive parents and the barrier her wealth and privilege creates between her and the other Riverdale students. She and Betty become closer friends because of it.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #1 ([July] 1950)
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Indexer Notes
Story is actually 7 pages long. There are two page 6's.
Best Friends
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Ethel Muggs; Nina (a realtor); Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Aunt Clara; Smithers; Archie Andrews (cameo); Flashbacks: Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica is moving out of Riverdale, but doesn't seem too happy about it.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #224 (March 2007)
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No Fear
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Trula Twyst; grillmaster; pretty girls
- Synopsis
- Trula insists that Jughead's avoidance of girls is due to the fact that he subconsciously fears them. To prove her wrong Jughead seeks out associations with girls, but they go so badly that soon he really is gripped with fear.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pal Jughead Comics (Archie, 1993 series) #139 (October 2001)
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- Keywords
- beach
Photo Op!
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty feels scorned by Veronica when she is not included in the innumerable pictures of Veronica's friends.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #29 (May 1998)
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Friendship Wrecked
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty believes she and Veronica have the perfect friendship according to a book she read.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #269 (February 2019)
- in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #12 (February 2021)
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- Keywords
- ice cream; sharing; shoes; shopping
The Chase
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Samm Schwartz
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- On "Backwards Day" Ethel asks Jughead to go to the school dance.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #333 (April 1984)
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Best Buds
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Ethel Muggs; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Cynthia Van Loot
- Synopsis
- Veronica is tired of her friends and their mundane conversations.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #106 (December 2000)
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- Keywords
- golf course; horseback riding
Share & Share Alike
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Tim Kennedy
- Inks
- Rich Koslowski
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Midge tells Moose about all the things Betty and Veronica share in their friendship.
- Reprints
- from B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #233 (June 2013)
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Table of Contents
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0.
"Girls Rule!"
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Friends 'Til The End!" Part 1 and 2
Betty and Veronica -
2.
The New Girl in Town
Betty and Veronica -
3.
Bicentennial Banter
Archie and the Gang -
4.
Girl Power
Archie -
5.
The Battle of the Jitterbugs
Archie -
6.
Sweet as Butter
Betty and Veronica -
7.
Obstacle Coarse
Archie and the Gang -
8.
Cheer Factor
Jughead -
9.
Meow Row
Betty and Veronica -
10.
Let Betty Do It
Betty and Veronica -
11.
A Women's Lib-Rib
That Wilkin Boy -
12.
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Betty and Veronica -
13.
200 Things I Like About You! part 1, 2, 3, and 4
Betty and Veronica -
14.
Women's Rights
Archie -
15.
Modest Mood
Veronica -
16.
The Great Switcheroo!
Archie ? -
17.
Chase Race
Archie -
18.
A Battle Royal
Betty and Veronica -
19.
You Came a Long Way, Baby
Betty and Veronica -
20.
Sleepover! Part 1 and 2
Veronica -
21.
Radio Daze part 1 and 2
Cheryl Blossom -
22.
The Trouble With Girls
Archie -
23.
Poor Little Rich Girl!
Betty and Veronica -
24.
Best Friends
Betty and Veronica -
25.
No Fear
Jughead -
26.
Photo Op!
Betty and Veronica -
27.
Friendship Wrecked
Betty and Veronica -
28.
The Chase
Jughead -
29.
Best Buds
Veronica -
30.
Share & Share Alike
Betty and Veronica
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