Betty and Veronica
#96
[Direct Edition]
(February 1996)
Archie,
1987 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 1.50 USD; 1.65 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
- Barcode
- 762816467483 09611
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (credited) (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (credited as 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
- I made it myself!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty is less than impressed with Veronica's hand made Christmas gift.
![Cover Thumbnail for Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #96 [Direct Edition]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/819/w200/819752.jpg?9220515489106380912)
The Spirit of Christmas
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Floyd Clayton; Hiram Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Ethel Muggs; Nancy Woods
- Synopsis
- Veronica conspires to get Betty hired at a place other than the fast food stand Archie is working at.
- Reprints
-
in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #117 (February 2001) - in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #156 (January 2008)
-
Food for Thought
Archie / public service announcement / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie convinces Pop to install a wheelchair ramp on the front of the Choc'lit Shoppe.
Indexer Notes
Co-sponsored by United Cerebral Palsy Associations.
Cheer Chore
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica's loyalties are torn when they overhear Cheryl agree to date Archie if Riverdale wins the big football game.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #117 (February 2001)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #230 (February 2013), #286 (January 2021)
-
- Keywords
- football
Indexer Notes
Credits changed based on the credits printed in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #203.
The Rival
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom; Archie Andrews; Nancy Woods
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica discover that there is something more important than being right.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #117 (February 2001)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #228 (December 2014)
-
A Special Gift
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Mike Esposito
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Separately Betty and Veronica tail Archie at a mall department store to pick up an idea of what to buy him for Christmas.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #117 (February 2001)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #156 (January 2008), #206 (December 2012), #299 (February 2022)
- in Archie Showcase Digest (Archie, 2020 series) #16 - Archie's Christmas Stocking (January 2024)
-
Indexer Notes
The credits printed in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #206 have Writer: Frank Doyle and Inker: Rudy Lapick.
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Sara Algase (as Betty and Veronica)
- Pencils
- Ellen Leonforte
- Inks
- Ellen Leonforte
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm always surprised by other people's kindness
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
[no title indexed]
Fan Art / letters page / 1 page
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Reader submitted artwork by Shelly Heil, Lily Ferguson, Micaela Ruth Jordan, Mirion Musin, and Julie Jones.
[no title indexed]
Editor's Notebook / in-house column / 0.5 page
- Script
- Victor Gorelick
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo; Dan Parent
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo; Dan Parent
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is it my imagination...
- Synopsis
- Editor Gorelick promotes Sabrina's Holiday Spectacular #3 and Archie's Christmas Stocking #3.
Trouble in Paradise
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica spend their entire time at the ski lodge trying to keep Archie away from Cheryl.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #117 (February 2001)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #267 (March 2019)
-
- Keywords
- skiing
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I made it myself!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
The Spirit of Christmas
Betty and Veronica -
2.
Food for Thought
Archie -
3.
Cheer Chore
Betty and Veronica -
4.
The Rival
Betty and Veronica -
5.
A Special Gift
Betty and Veronica -
6.
["I'm always surprised by other people's kindness"]
Dear Betty and Veronica -
7.
[no title indexed]
Fan Art -
8.
["Is it my imagination..."]
Editor's Notebook -
9.
Trouble in Paradise
Betty and Veronica -
10.
Toe Stop Twist!
Seneca Sports; Archie
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- Igor Dybzinski
- Thomas Johnson
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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