Betty and Veronica #30 [Direct]
(May 1990)

Archie, 1987 Series
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Volume
2
Price
1.00 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
10 times a year in Jan, Feb., Mar., 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
Editing
Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Archie Salutes "Artist of the Month" Bill Golliher
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Veronica Lodge, you'll never get away with this...I'll take it to the owners of Archie Comics!
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica hangs a sign saying "Veronica and Betty."

Owe No (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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

Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
When Betty comes down sick with the flu she has Veronica sub as den mother for a group of forest explorers.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits differ in reprint.

"Drugs are Uncool!" (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Synopsis
"Betty and Veronica" give advice to readers.

The Secret Language of Boys (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Tommy Cook; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Betty explains the "secret language" of boys to Veronica.
Reprints
Keywords
baseball; car

Indexer Notes

Script and Ink credits differ in reprint.

Archie's face is seen in a background girl's sunglasses even though he isn't in the story yet.

Archie rents a Kung Fu video starring "Chuck Morris" (Chuck Norris).

The Girl from Upper Begonia (Table of Contents: 5)

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

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Veronica pretends to be an exchange student from Upper Begonia to fool Reggie.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Script, Pencilling, and Inks credits are different in reprint.

Betty's Spring Fashions (Table of Contents: 6)

Betty / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Synopsis
Featuring fashion ideas from: The Spellman family of Larchmont, NY [Kelly Spellman; Delia Spellman; Martin Spellman; Elizabeth Spellman].
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Veronica / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Put the ovals in numerical order to find out why I can't go out with Archie yet tonight!!
Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
word scramble

Give Up? (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
Kathleen Webb
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Dan DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
To keep from fighting over Archie, Betty and Veronica agree to date him on alternate weeks. But Betty's sudden indifference to him makes Archie all the more desperate for her attention.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils and Inks credits are different in reprint.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Editor's Notebook / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Veronica Lodge, you'll never get away with this...I'll take it to the owners of Archie Comics!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Owe No
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. "Drugs are Uncool!"
    Archie
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Dear Betty and Veronica
  5. 4. The Secret Language of Boys
    Betty and Veronica
  6. 5. The Girl from Upper Begonia
    Betty and Veronica
  7. 6. Betty's Spring Fashions
    Betty
  8. 7. ["Put the ovals in numerical order to find out why I can't go out with Archie yet tonight!!"]
    Veronica
  9. 8. Give Up?
    Betty and Veronica
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Editor's Notebook
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Kristin Kavanagh
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen