Betty and Veronica
#163
[Direct Edition]
(August 2001)
Archie,
1987 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 1.99 USD; 2.39 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- every 4 weeks, twice in May
- On-sale Date
- 2001
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Comics
- Barcode
- 762816467483 16311
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow! That's one realistic sand castle!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods
- Keywords
- beach; sandcastle
![Cover Thumbnail for Betty and Veronica (1987 series) #163 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/195/w100/195080.jpg?-7509266387618666029)
Full Circle
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Jim Williams
- Synopsis
- Betty decides that Veronica can have Archie, she will get a new boyfriend.
- Reprints
-
in Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #12 (July 2006) - in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #203 (September 2012)
-
- Keywords
- beach
Indexer Notes
Credits differ in reprint.
[no title indexed]
Fan Art / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Fan art of Betty and Veronica sent in by: Vanessa Cowan (Saskatoon, SK, Canada); Kelsey Harness (Gales Ferry, CT); Sarah Owen (St. Louis, MO); Shannon Olsen (Edmonton, BC, Canada).
Palm Qualm
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica is so distracted by conference calls on her palm pilot she doesn't see Betty walk away with some cute lifeguards.
- Keywords
- beach; cell phone; lifeguard; palm pilot
A Cold Day in July
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge hires a snowmaking machine to beat the heat in summer. A director drives by and wants to use his house to shoot a commercial for Uncle Sven's lutefisk featuring Mr. Lodge.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- heat; pool; snow; summer; TV commercial
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Sara Algase
- Pencils
- Ellen Leonforte (signed as EL)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Synopsis
- Also includes "Message Board."
Beach Fashions
Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Featuring fashions inspired by readers: Don't Forget the Sunblock! by Donna Fazzio (Columbus, OH); Skirted Two-Piece by P. Dini (Los Angeles, CA); Tankini--Red and Navy by Amanda Taylor (Oakland, CA); Breezy Beach by Jo-Ann Moro (Dallas, TX).
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #166 (August 2006)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #262 (August 2018)
-
The Big Scene
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty starts her summer job at the library.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #166 (August 2006)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #282 (August 2020)
-
- Keywords
- cartoonist; comics; virtual reality
Indexer Notes
A teen is reading a Sonic comicbook.
Digging for Buried Treasure
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica remember back when they were kids and played "pirates".
- Reprints
- Keywords
- beach; buried treasure; pirate; shark
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Wow! That's one realistic sand castle!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Full Circle
Betty and Veronica -
2.
[no title indexed]
Fan Art -
3.
Palm Qualm
Betty and Veronica -
4.
A Cold Day in July
Betty and Veronica -
5.
[no title indexed]
Editor's Notebook -
6.
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica -
7.
Beach Fashions
Betty and Veronica -
8.
The Big Scene
Betty and Veronica -
9.
Digging for Buried Treasure
Betty and Veronica
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- Thomas Johnson
- Kristin Kavanagh
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
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