Betty and Veronica
#38
[Direct]
(March 1991)
Archie,
1987 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 1.00 USD; 1.20 CAD; 0.75 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 10 times a year in Jan., Feb., Mar., Apr., May, July, Sept., Oct., and Nov.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series; Archie 50th Anniversary
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard 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
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Veronica, how do you get yourself to cry so easily?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; unidentified director; unidentified stagehand
- Synopsis
- Betty gets acting tips from Veronica.
![Cover Thumbnail for Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #38 [Direct]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/194/w200/194955.jpg?-5302198165949455280)
Royal Pain
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Mike Pellowski
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; "King"; King's manager
- Synopsis
- Unable to get tickets to the sold out concert featuring "King", Betty and Veronica impersonate maids to gain access to their favorite recording artist's hotel room.
- Reprints
-
in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #197 (February 2012), #270 (March 2019)
-
It's The Sign Of The Times
Archie / public service announcement / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rod Ollerenshaw ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Rod Ollerenshaw ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and the gang hold a picket march against drug abuse.
Foul Weather Friends
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Kathleen Webb
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz
- Inks
- Al Milgrom
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica is bragging about all the advantages her wealth gives her, and it's depressing Betty and Midge.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #138 [Direct Edition] (January 2006)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #221 (March 2012), #257 (January 2018)
- in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #1 (April 2019)
-
Success Secret
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Alison Flood
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Arnold; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- The girls are becoming exasperated with the short attention spans of the boys.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #55 (March 2001)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #14 (March 2012), #85 (March 2019)
-
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Rod Ollerenshaw ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My Brother
- Synopsis
- Readers write in seeking advice.
Lost And Frowned
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Larry; Sandra
- Synopsis
- Riverdale High has started a lost and found box. Once Betty and Veronica get a glimpse of the handsome student in charge of monitoring the box, they start purposefully losing items in order to have a reason to visit again and again.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #208 (February 2013)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #276 (January 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits confirmed with the credits printed in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #208.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Veronica, how do you get yourself to cry so easily?"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Royal Pain
Betty and Veronica -
2.
It's The Sign Of The Times
Archie -
3.
Foul Weather Friends
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Success Secret
Betty and Veronica -
5.
["My Brother"]
Dear Betty and Veronica -
6.
Lost And Frowned
Betty and Veronica
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