Betty and Veronica
#181
(January 2003)
Archie,
1987 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 1.99 USD; 2.39 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- 13 times per year, 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
- 009128467481 81
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Show me where Romeo uses a ladder in the balcony scene!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Veronica objects to the way Archie is improvising in the school play.
The Write-Off
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; Archie Andrews; Kathleen Webb
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica address writer Kathleen Webb from the comic page, complaining about recycled plots. They proceed to write their own story.
- Reprints
-
in Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #26 (March 2008) - in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #231 (March 2013), #276 (January 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in B&V Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #231, pencils are credited to Dan Decarlo and inks are credited to Jim DeCarlo.
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Sara Algase (credited as Betty and Veronica)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I Liked This Guy
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
[no title indexed]
Fan Art / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bridget Carlson; Emily Fletcher; Nora Vizzini
- Inks
- Bridget Carlson; Emily Fletcher; Nora Vizzini
- Colors
- Bridget Carlson; Emily Fletcher; Nora Vizzini
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
The Game Plan Ploy
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Kathleen Webb
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Nancy Woods; Coach Kleats; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Chuck Clayton; Floyd Clayton
- Synopsis
- With the football team in a losing streak, Veronica comes up with an idea to show the team that the cheerleader squad appreciates and is behind them.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The credits printed in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #206 list George Gladir as the writer of this story.
Fashion Footnotes
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz
- Inks
- Jeff Shultz
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty has trouble balancing on her new six inch platform shoes.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Editor's Notebook / text article / 0.5 page
- Script
- Victor Gorelick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie's Mysteries
- Synopsis
- Editor Gorelick discusses the direction change in the title Archie's Mysteries, formerly Archie's Weird Mysteries, with issue #25, then promotes Betty And Veronica #182 and Archie & Friends #65.
That Swing Thing
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty and Archie offer to teach Veronica the finer points of jitterbug dancing.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #228 (December 2014)
-
Balancing Act
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Kathleen Webb
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee explains to Miss Grundy how the equilibrium of Riverdale High is dependent upon Archie, Betty, Reggie and Veronica all being there to balance each other, and that when one or more is absent, that balance disappears.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #187 (October 2008)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Show me where Romeo uses a ladder in the balcony scene!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
The Write-Off
Betty and Veronica -
2.
["I Liked This Guy"]
Dear Betty and Veronica -
3.
[no title indexed]
Fan Art -
4.
The Game Plan Ploy
Betty and Veronica -
5.
Fashion Footnotes
Betty and Veronica -
6.
["Archie's Mysteries"]
Editor's Notebook -
7.
That Swing Thing
Betty and Veronica -
8.
Balancing Act
Betty and Veronica
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