Betty and Veronica #162 [Direct Edition]

(July 2001)

Help! I'm A Mess! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Angelo De Cesare (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Blahara Shlubb

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica have a TV show where they give change a dull teen into a glamorous teen.

Reprints

• in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #166 (August 2006)
• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #244 (August 2016)

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

Fan Art / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Ellen Leonforte

Inks

Ellen Leonforte

Colors

?

Letters

Ellen Leonforte; ?

Indexer Notes

header by Ellen Leonforte, from earlier issues.
fan art by Sophie Dawson (Weston, CT), Kylie McIntrye (Follett, Tx), Shannon Olsen (Edmonton, AB, Canada), and Kyle Bourquin (Garden City, NJ)

Everyday Fashions (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (signed)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (signed)

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen

Reprints

• in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #179 (December 2007)
• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #226 (October 2014)

Indexer Notes

fashions by Zack Gichohi (The Tramshed, South Africa)

Bad Girl Gone Good (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jess Foster

Synopsis

Veronica is in a mean and devious mood, and it is aimed at her best friend Betty.

Reprints

• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #205 (November 2012)
• in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #275 (December 2019)

Indexer Notes

When this is reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #205, the pencils are credited to Dan DeCarlo and the inks are credited to Jim DeCarlo.

Smell Spell (Table of Contents: 5)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited as Gladir)

Pencils

? [as Kennedy] (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited as Smith)

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Nancy Woods; Ethel Muggs

Synopsis

Veronica makes an irresistible perfume in lab class.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #231 (February 2007)
• in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #220 (February 2012), #224 (June 2012), #265 (January 2019), #269 (May 2019)

Indexer Notes

Unsure if this is Pat or Tim Kennedy pencils.

The Marvey Girls (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones; Aunt Cora; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Set in California a century ago, Betty and Ethel are the Marvey Girls.

Reprints

• in Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #20 (July 2007)
• in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #247 (April 2016)

Keywords

California; railroad

Indexer Notes

"Marvey Girls" based on a historic restaurant chain's waitresses, called the Harvey Girls.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Sara Algase (credited)

Pencils

Ellen Leonforte ?

Inks

Ellen Leonforte ?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Header by Ellen Leonforte. Includes half page of Message Board.

The Best Policy? (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie eavesdrops and hears Betty and Veronica say that they value a boy who has total outright honesty. So naturally he insults them.

Reprints

• in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #231 (February 2007)
• in Archie 1000 Page Mega Comics Digest (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #229 (February 2015), #291 (April 2021)