Betty and Veronica
#170
[Direct Edition]
(March 2002)
Archie,
1987 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 1.99 USD; 2.39 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- every 4 weeks, twice in May
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Comics
- Barcode
- 762816467483 17011
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick
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
- Where are the brakes on this thing?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Keywords
- mountain; slope; snow; snowboarding
![Cover Thumbnail for Betty and Veronica (1987 series) #170 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/195/w100/195087.jpg?8763507218863648955)
A Tale of Two Papers
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Kathleen Webb (credited)
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz (credited)
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper; Miss Grundy; Kathleen Webb
- Synopsis
- Betty gets a D plus on her writing assignment while Veronica gets an A, then the story goes back to show how that happened.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Appearance by Kathleen Webb (the writer).
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 2 pages
- Synopsis
- Also features Message Board.
Gadgets Galore
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Alice Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica go to an electronic show to learn about new gadgets for teenage girls.
- Reprints
-
in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #220 (February 2012), #267 (March 2019)
-
- Keywords
- blacklight diary; robot dog
[no title indexed]
Fan Art / letters page / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Fan art of Betty and Veronica by: Gabrielle Shumate (Kenn, WA); Molly Kubes (age 10, Grimsby, ON, Canada); Magdalene Hebenstreit (Monona, WI).
Pointing It Out
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty points her finger at Veronica wanting them to duke it out over Archie once and for all. Veronica offers to buy her a manicure.
- Keywords
- nails
Purse Strings
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Professor Flutesnoot
- Synopsis
- Betty tries to convince Veronica that she doesn't need to carry a purse and all these bad and messy things happen to Veronica.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #172 (April 2007)
- in Archie's Super Comics Digest (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2012 series) #2 (2012)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #206 (December 2012), #260 (March 2018)
-
- Keywords
- feminism; feminist; handbag; nail; stain
Indexer Notes
Different writer in reprint credits.
Way Out There
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Professor Flutesnoot; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Veronica talks about dining in a restaurant on the moon.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #172 (April 2007)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #278 (December 2019)
-
Ever Wary
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty uses her pom-poms to hide a cute girl from Archie.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- basketball; cheerleader; cheerleading; pom-poms
The Shape of Things to Come
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica piles on clothes insisting it's a fashion trend from Japan. Next week she's all about tight clothes from Italy.
- Reprints
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #75 (March 2018)
-
- Keywords
- fashion; frumpy; overdressed
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Where are the brakes on this thing?"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
A Tale of Two Papers
Betty and Veronica -
2.
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica -
3.
Gadgets Galore
Betty and Veronica -
4.
[no title indexed]
Fan Art -
5.
Pointing It Out
Betty and Veronica -
6.
Purse Strings
Betty and Veronica -
7.
[no title indexed]
Editor's Notebook -
8.
Way Out There
Veronica -
9.
Ever Wary
Betty and Veronica -
10.
The Shape of Things to Come
Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
- Thomas Johnson
- Kristin Kavanagh
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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