Betty and Veronica #122 [Direct Edition]
(April 1998)

Archie, 1987 Series
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Volume
2
Price
1.75 USD; 1.85 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 12211
Editing
Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. 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
But, Betty, they're not strangers...
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica run across a pair of handsome skiers.

Made To Order (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Dan DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Contessa Vitelloni; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis
Veronica travels to Milan to buy a designer original gown for the prom, while Betty downloads the exact same design off the internet and makes it by hand for Ethel.
Reprints

Taking The Dive (Table of Contents: 2)

Sabrina / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Golliher
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Dan DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda
Synopsis
Hilda and Zelda go scuba diving very close to home.
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Sense of Smell (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Kathleen Webb
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Dan DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis
Seeing the success Veronica has with the boys by "layering" her cosmetic scents, Betty tries using a chocolate-based scent package. However, she ends up attracting the wrong boy.
Reprints

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

Editor's Notebook / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Victor Gorelick
Pencils
Stan Goldberg; Bill Golliher
Inks
Henry Scarpelli; Bill Golliher
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm Sure Many Of You
Synopsis
Editor Gorelick promotes Archie & Friends #28 and Sabrina #12.

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

Fan Art / illustration / 0.66 page (report information)

Pencils
Alyse Randel; Marina Lyubarsky; Celia Trotta; Kim Burns
Inks
Alyse Randel; Marina Lyubarsky; Celia Trotta; Kim Burns
Colors
Alyse Randel; Marina Lyubarsky; Celia Trotta; Kim Burns
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

[Statement Of Ownership] (Table of Contents: 6)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Fred Mausser
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Filed November 1, 1997; Listed owners Michael I. Silberkleit and Richard H. Goldwater, both of 325 Fayette Avenue, Mamaroneck, NY, 10543; Publisher Michael I. Silberkleit; Editor Richard H. Goldwater; Managing Editor Victor Gorelick; Total paid circulation, 12 month avg: 44,658

Words of Wisdom (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Dan DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
Synopsis
Veronica asks Betty's advice on whether to tour Europe and see several handsome young men she knows or stay in Riverdale with her friends.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Dear Betty & Veronica / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sara Algase (credited as Betty and Veronica)
Pencils
Ellen Leonforte
Inks
Ellen Leonforte
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Ellen Leonforte; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Veronica, I'm Not Going To Waste The Last Of My Money
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Spring Ahead (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
Kathleen Webb
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Dan DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Svenson the janitor; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Superintendent Hassle
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica get the jump on shopping for spring clothes, then decide to wear them to school, despite it being the dead of winter.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The name of the designer from whom the girls select their clothes is "Danielle DeCarlo".

When reprinted in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #1, inks are credited to Jimmy DeCarlo.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["But, Betty, they're not strangers..."]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Made To Order
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. Taking The Dive
    Sabrina
  4. 3. Sense of Smell
    Betty and Veronica
  5. 4. ["I'm Sure Many Of You"]
    Editor's Notebook
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Fan Art
  7. 6. [Statement Of Ownership]
  8. 7. Words of Wisdom
    Betty and Veronica
  9. 8. ["Veronica, I'm Not Going To Waste The Last Of My Money"]
    Dear Betty & Veronica
  10. 9. Spring Ahead
    Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen