Betty and Veronica #185 [Direct Edition]
(April 2003)

Archie, 1987 Series
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Volume
2
Price
2.19 USD
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 Comics
Barcode
762816467483 18511
Editing
Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Jeff Shultz (signed)
Inks
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi, Ronnie! Ready to go shopping?
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica keeps her extra credit cards in a "Grabber" arcade game.

Un-Bully-Vable (Table of Contents: 1)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Angelo De Cesare
Pencils
Jeff Shultz
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Angry with her friends and her father after being criticized for one of her shopping sprees, Veronica takes up with a group of upper-class snobs who try to talk her into playing a low trick on Betty.
Reprints

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

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

Script
Sara Algase (credited as Betty and Veronica)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I Have This Problem
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Fan Art / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Indexer Notes

Fan art by Victoria Santana, Emily Alcott, and Bernadette Lagrito.

Too Many Showers (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Harold Smith
Pencils
?
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge is having trouble booking the local ballroom.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils are credited simply to "DeCarlo", but the pencil style doesn't match either Dan DeCarlo's work or either of his late sons.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Editor's Notebook / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Snack Attack (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Kathleen Webb
Pencils
Jeff Shultz
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Smithers the butler; Gaston the chef
Synopsis
Veronica has a craving for junk food, but doesn't want to go off of her healthy diet.
Reprints

Spring Fashions (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Pencils
Jeff Shultz (signed)
Inks
Jeff Shultz (signed)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
fashion; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica model fashion designs submitted by readers.
Reprints

Stormy Weatherbee (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
Angelo De Cesare
Pencils
Jeff Shultz
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
The high school is broadcasting a student run news program on the local cable access and Betty and Veronica are in all-out competition for the weather reporter spot.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Hi, Ronnie! Ready to go shopping?"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Un-Bully-Vable
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. ["I Have This Problem"]
    Dear Betty and Veronica
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Fan Art
  5. 4. Too Many Showers
    Archie
  6. 5. ["Have You Ever Imagined"]
    Editor's Notebook
  7. 6. Snack Attack
    Betty and Veronica
  8. 7. Spring Fashions
    Betty and Veronica
  9. 8. Stormy Weatherbee
    Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen