Betty and Veronica
#173
[Direct Edition]
(May 2002)
Archie,
1987 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 1.99 USD; 2.39 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- every 4 weeks, twice in April
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie 60th Anniversary
- Barcode
- 762816467483 17311
- 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
- I guess the girls are still mad at me!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Keywords
- ball; face; paint; paintbrush; soccer
![Cover Thumbnail for Betty and Veronica (1987 series) #173 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/195/w100/195090.jpg?-2659321166828413871)
Unfortunate Fortune Teller
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Madame Zola
- Synopsis
- Betty goes with Veronica to a fortune teller who tells Veronica's fortune. But of course the real events are not as great as the fortune.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- crystal ball; fortune teller; palm reading
Spring Fashions
Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Fashion ideas from: Brenna McLean (Oak Park, IL); Cindy McKenzie (Plenna Downs); Shauna Monroe (Portland, OR); Megan Cassidy (Boca Raton, FL).
Fan Art
Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Fan art
Indexer Notes
Fan art from: Caitlin Teeley (Stockbridge, MA); Kelly Baker age 11 (Gainesville, FL).
Hoppy Daze
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Mr. Flutesnoot; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty runs a contest where classmates can vote for each other to kiss a frog.
- Reprints
-
in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #174 (June 2007) - in Archie's Super Comics Digest (Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2012 series) #[nn] (2012)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #224 (June 2012)
- in World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #4 (June 2021)
-
- Keywords
- frog; kiss; toad
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 2 pages
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica answer readers' questions. Also features Message Board.
Steady Now
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty thinks she and Archie should go steady because they both have blue eyes.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #178 (November 2007)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #229 (November 2012), #275 (December 2019)
-
The Big Surprise
Ethel / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- ? [as Kennedy]
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Family Fight
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hal Cooper; Forsythe Jones; Mary Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Gladys Jones
- Synopsis
- The teens take on their parents on the game show Family Fight.
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #195 (December 2011), #296 (October 2021)
-
- Keywords
- game show; TV show
Indexer Notes
spoofs Family Feud as "Family Fight."
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I guess the girls are still mad at me!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Unfortunate Fortune Teller
Betty and Veronica -
2.
Spring Fashions
Betty and Veronica -
3.
Fan Art
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Hoppy Daze
Betty and Veronica -
5.
Editor's Notebook
-
6.
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica -
7.
Steady Now
Betty and Veronica -
8.
The Big Surprise
Ethel -
9.
Family Fight
Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
- Thomas Johnson
- Kristin Kavanagh
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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