Betty and Veronica
#20
[Newsstand]
(May 1989)
Archie,
1987 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 10 times a year in Jan., Feb., Apr., May, July, Aug., Sept., Oct., and Nov.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Barcode
- 076956145058 05
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #20 [Direct].
There exist further variants:
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty, to stay in shape you have to stretch, reach, pull and bend!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty watches Veronica work out.
- Reprints
in ![Cover Thumbnail for Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #20 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/194/w200/194937.jpg?8264740175485703789)
[no title indexed]
Morning Funnies / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When you ask for Morning Funnies...
- Characters
- Hagar the Horrible; Dennis the Menace; Mr. Wilson (from Dennis the Menace); Jeffy (from Family Circus); Mommy (from Family Circus); Hi Flagston; Trixie Flagston; Beetle Bailey; Luann; Funky Wilkerbean; Tiger (from Tiger); Marvin
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Large illustration featuring many comic strip characters promoting Ralston's limited edition Morning Funnies breakfast cereal.
Get the Drift
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Winter is ganging up on Veronica, so she decides to grab a little revenge for herself.
- Reprints
-
in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #130 (March 2005) - in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #230 (February 2013)
- in World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #2 (April 2021)
-
- Keywords
- doctor; snow
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Whenever I Meet A Girl
- Synopsis
- Readers write in seeking advice.
Indexer Notes
The illustrations of Betty and Veronica are stats taken from the first story.
Dance Card
Betty / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Pencils
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Inks
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Word find puzzle with a theme of boys' names.
The Triangle
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- The author and artist speculate on how life would be if both Betty and Veronica could have Archie at the same time.
- Reprints
- in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #93 (May 1994)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #132 (May 2005)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Bonanza (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #222 (May 2014), #292 (May 2021)
-
- Keywords
- fourth wall
Indexer Notes
Dan DeCarlo draws himself as the artist of the story. Among the items around his drawing board are a pencil cup shaped like Jughead's head and a small figurine that resembles George Baker's character Sad Sack, wearing a Riverdale sweater.
When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #222, inks are credited to Rudy Lapick.
The Rivalry
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Smithers the butler; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica's attempts to upstage Betty on the group's ski trip inevitably backfire on her.
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #130 (March 2005)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #222 (April 2012), #277 (March 2020)
-
- Keywords
- helicopter; skiing
Bejeweled, Bedazzled, Beguilding
Betty / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. ?
- Genre
- fashion; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- No story; Betty models fashion designs submitted by readers.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #71 (November 1994)
-
Indexer Notes
The published title of the picture misspells the word "beguiling", the mistake possibly the work of artist Dan DeCarlo Jr. Fashions and concept by Angela St. John (Ontario, Canada).
Baubles, Bangles, Beads
Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. ?
- Genre
- fashion; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- No story; Veronica models fashion designs submitted by readers.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #118 (January 1995)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #136 (October 2005)
- in Archie Comics Super Special (Archie, 2012 series) #4 (December 2013)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #231 (April 2015), #319 (January 2024)
-
Indexer Notes
Fashions by Marie Dijuro (West Palm, Fla.).
Streak of Luck
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica is intentionally wandering into the boy's gym class, disrupting class and driving Coach Kleats' blood pressure up just to boost her ego. So, to teach her a lesson, Betty and Jughead have Archie disrupt the girls' class in nothing but swim trunks.
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #123 (June 2004), #232 (May 2015)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Blow-Out (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
-
- Keywords
- P.E. classes
Sugar Bear and the Bumbling Bees
Post Sugar Crisp (Golden Crisp); Sugar Bear / comics-form advertising / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Ad in comic format for Post Super Golden Crisp breakfast cereal.
Cocoa Pebbles BMX Bike Race
The Flintstones; Post Pebbles cereals / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; domestic
- Characters
- Fred Flintstone; Barney Rubble
- Synopsis
- Barney sets up a false "Short Cut" sign when he and Fred have a BMX bicycle race, so that he will win and eat all of Fred's Cocoa Pebbles.
- Keywords
- bicycles; BMX
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Ad in comic format for Post Cocoa Pebbles breakfast cereal.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Betty, to stay in shape you have to stretch, reach, pull and bend!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
["When you ask for Morning Funnies..."]
Morning Funnies -
2.
Get the Drift
Betty and Veronica -
3.
["Whenever I Meet A Girl"]
Dear Betty and Veronica -
4.
Dance Card
Betty -
5.
The Triangle
Betty and Veronica -
6.
The Rivalry
Betty and Veronica -
7.
Bejeweled, Bedazzled, Beguilding
Betty -
8.
Baubles, Bangles, Beads
Veronica -
9.
Streak of Luck
Betty and Veronica -
10.
Sugar Bear and the Bumbling Bees
Post Sugar Crisp (Golden Crisp); Sugar Bear -
11.
Cocoa Pebbles BMX Bike Race
The Flintstones; Post Pebbles cereals
This issue was modified by
- Peter Croome
- Thomas Johnson
- Derek Reinhard
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