Betty and Veronica #33 [Direct]
(September 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

Issue Notes

Archie Salutes Nanci Tsetsekas "Digest Editor" in place of barcode.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This one screens out the sun's rays!
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Keywords
beach; sunscreen; suntan lotion
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Summer Blues (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Betty is uncharacteristically depressed during a summer day on the beach. Veronica and Archie decide to cheer up Betty by appointing her judge of the "Mr. Sandman" contest. All the boys flock to Betty to get her vote, making Veronica depressed.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Archie and His Friends / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Rod Ollerenshaw (as RGO) (signed)
Pencils
Rod Ollerenshaw (as RGO) (signed)
Inks
Rod Ollerenshaw (as RGO) (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello, girls! Here I am!
Characters
Archie Andrews
Synopsis
word search
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Editor's Notebook / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica answer readers' questions.

The Putt Down (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Genre
teen
Characters
Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ken Brown (golf pro)
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge thinks the girls have natural putting ability and enters them in a contest against the local golf pro.
Reprints
Keywords
golf; putting

Indexer Notes

Credits from the printing in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #2.

Well-Suited (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Kathleen Webb
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo; Dan Parent
Inks
Dan DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
As Veronica brags about her swimsuit collection, which contains 24 different varieties, she can't seem to stop ruining each suit.
Reprints
Keywords
bathing suit; beach; sunscreen; suntan lotion

Indexer Notes

Dan DeCarlo credited for "layouts" and Dan Parent for "finished pencilling." Credits differ in reprints.

Betty and Veronica's Sophisticated Fashions (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Fashions inspired by readers' submissions featuring: Linda Bodie (Kansas City, KS); Ann DeMarco (New Rochelle, NY); Kay Kendall (Carmel, NY); Gretchen Udal (Ontario, Canada).
Reprints

Poor Fish! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
Michael Pellowski (as Mike Pellowski)
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie, Betty, and Veronica are camp counselors. When Archie snubs both Betty and Veronica and selects Jughead has his partner in a fishing derby the girls decide to create their own team, even though neither know how to fish. The girls end up catching some boys instead.
Reprints
Keywords
fishing

Indexer Notes

Inking credits differ in reprint.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["This one screens out the sun's rays!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Summer Blues
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. ["The Taste of Adventure part 2"]
    Archie and His Friends
  4. 3. ["Hello, girls! Here I am!"]
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Editor's Notebook
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Dear Betty and Veronica
  7. 6. The Putt Down
    Betty and Veronica
  8. 7. Well-Suited
    Betty and Veronica
  9. 8. Betty and Veronica's Sophisticated Fashions
    Betty and Veronica
  10. 9. Poor Fish!
    Betty and Veronica
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