Betty and Veronica #73 [Direct]
(March 1994)

Archie, 1987 Series
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Volume
2
Price
1.25 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Comics
Editing
Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks
Alison Flood (signed)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Since Archie stood me up last night...
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Betty exacts revenge on Archie for a missed date. Veronica eagerly helps.
Keywords
snowball fight

Myth America (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Alison Flood
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Gaston the chef; Smithers the butler; Jimbo the keyboardist
Synopsis
Veronica decides she's going to win the Miss America pageant. Now she has to find a talent she can perform in the pageant.
Reprints

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

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

Script
Sara Algase (signed Sara Jeanne Algase) [as Betty and Veronica]; Satoko Ishikawa
Pencils
Sara Algase
Inks
Sara Algase
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
typeset; Sara Algase

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I Like Archie Very Much
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
"Betty" and "Veronica" answer reader letters. The column is illustrated by a cartoon by Sara Algase.

Indexer Notes

The word balloons on the masthead of the column contain both an English and a Japanese version of the same dialogue. The Japanese version was supplied by Satoko Ishikawa.

Perfect Picture (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Mike Pellowski
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Dan DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mrs. Walters; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica befriend an older woman fallen on hard times whose deceased husband was an animation artist on "Crazy Crow" cartoons back in the forties.
Reprints

Boot Camp (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Alison Flood
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler; Miss Grundy
Synopsis
Veronica refuses to wear practical galoshes into a snowstorm because she finds them ugly.
Reprints

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

Editor's Notebook / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Victor Gorelick
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo; Rex W. Lindsey
Inks
Alison Flood; Rex W. Lindsey
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's Almost Time
Synopsis
Editor Gorelick promotes the 1994 New York Comic Book Spectacular and the Archie staff's scheduled appearance there. Then he promotes Josie & The Pussycats Special #2 and World Of Archie #8. Reproductions of the covers illustrate the column.

Scoop Hoop (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Mike Pellowski
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Alison Flood
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Betty must drive one of her rec center girls to the hospital, leaving Veronica in charge of a hostile group of ten year old tomboys.
Reprints
Keywords
basketball
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Since Archie stood me up last night..."]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Myth America
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. ["I Like Archie Very Much"]
    Dear Betty & Veronica
  4. 3. Perfect Picture
    Betty and Veronica
  5. 4. Boot Camp
    Betty and Veronica
  6. 5. ["It's Almost Time"]
    Editor's Notebook
  7. 6. Scoop Hoop
    Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen