Betty and Veronica
#24
[Direct]
(October 1989)
Archie,
1987 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 0.95 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except for June and December
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has 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
- It's either your lunch basket, Betty, or my perfume is more powerful than I thought!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doily
- Synopsis
- At the beach, Betty and Veronica are attracting undue attention.
- Reprints
in 
in 
![Cover Thumbnail for Betty and Veronica (1987 series) #24 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/194/w100/194941.jpg?-646977811319998952)
Spoil Sport
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- At the Riverdale High Annual Picnic, Veronica reluctantly agrees to participate in the various picnic games, and only to one-up Betty and keep her away from Archie.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #95 (September 2005) - in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #8 (August 2011), #79 (July 2018)
-
Veronica's Fashions by the Sea
Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- No story; Veronica models fashion designs submitted by readers.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #31 (September 1994)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #253 (July 2017)
-
You Don't Need Drugs
Archie / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie and the gang tell readers that they can have fun without drugs.
The Voyage
Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- George Gladir ?
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Samm Schwartz
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Ship Captain
- Synopsis
- Sabrina and Hilda compliment the captain of an ocean liner on an enjoyable trip.
Surfing Saga
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Roger; Ethel Muggs; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica head for the beach to do some surfing. But primarily on Veronica's mind is trying to impress Roger the handsome lifeguard.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Annual Digest Magazine (Archie, 1989 series) #11 (September 1994)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #126 (October 2004)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Extravaganza (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #235 (September 2013), #283 (September 2020)
-
- Keywords
- surfing
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #235, the inking is credited to Rudy Lapick.
Rain Dance
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica agree to try Dilton's new rain repellent gas.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Annual Digest Magazine (Archie, 1989 series) #11 (September 1994)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #126 (October 2004), #234 (August 2015)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Jam (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
- in World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #6
-
[no title indexed]
Editor's Notebook / in-house column / 0.5 page
- Script
- Victor Gorelick
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, how does it feel...
- Synopsis
- Editor Gorelick promotes Veronica In Japan, World Of Archie #599, World Of Jughead, Betty & Veronica Summer Fun, Bayou Billy and Jughead's Double Digest #1. Then he outlines how comic book pages are inked.
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My boyfriend gets angry...
- Synopsis
- Readers write in seeking advice.
Tennis Love Match
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica is Betty's equal playing tennis, but when she plays Archie she mysteriously loses her game.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Annual Digest Magazine (Archie, 1989 series) #11 (September 1994)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #126 (October 2004), #285 (September 2020)
-
- Keywords
- tennis
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["It's either your lunch basket, Betty, or my perfume is more powerful than I thought!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Spoil Sport
Betty and Veronica -
2.
Veronica's Fashions by the Sea
Veronica -
3.
You Don't Need Drugs
Archie -
4.
The Voyage
Sabrina -
5.
Surfing Saga
Betty and Veronica -
6.
Rain Dance
Betty and Veronica -
7.
["Well, how does it feel..."]
Editor's Notebook -
8.
["My boyfriend gets angry..."]
Dear Betty and Veronica -
9.
Tennis Love Match
Betty and Veronica
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- Igor Dybzinski
- Thomas Johnson
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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