Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #1

(March 1950)

Circus Daze (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

?

Pencils

George Frese (signed)

Inks

George Frese (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Betty! Don't tell me you dragged me all the way out to this hick town by bus just to see a circus!!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Oscar The Clown (Betty's uncle); traffic police officer

Synopsis

Betty's Uncle Oscar gives her his clown car, which he can no longer afford to keep. Veronica offers to drive her home, but the car proves to be unmanageable on the open road.

Reprints

• in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #185 (August 2008)
• in Archie Firsts (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010)
• in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #3 (December 2016)

Keywords

circus; clown

The Rainmaker (Table of Contents: 2)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Frese (signed)

Inks

George Frese (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oboy! There's a dandy picture playing at the bijou!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead are afraid that Betty intends to shoot them, because she's carrying her father's shotgun home from the repair shop. Betty, meanwhile, schemes to make it rain so Archie doesn't have to paint his father's house and can go on a date with her. And Fred merely wants to take a bath in peace.

Reprints

• in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #185 (August 2008)
• in Archie Firsts (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010)
• in Best of Archie Comics Betty and Veronica (Archie, 2014 series) #1 (2014)
• in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #4 (January 2017)

Indexer Notes

Despite the "Archie's Girls, Betty And Veronica" logo on the story, Veronica Lodge does not appear in this story.

What's Cookin'? (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

?

Pencils

George Frese (signed)

Inks

George Frese (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

If there was only some way I could attract Archie more than I do...

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Betty has been leaving pastries for Archie in a fire bucket in school. Mr. Weatherbee has found out about this and is taking the pastries. Miss Grundy discovers the empty bucket and has it filled with water.

Reprints

• in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #185 (August 2008)
• in Archie Firsts (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010)
• in Best of Archie Comics Betty and Veronica (Archie, 2014 series) #2 (2018)

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the September 18, 1949 Archie Sunday newspaper strip, written and illustrated by Bob Montana.

Poor Little Rich Girl! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

?

Pencils

George Frese (signed)

Inks

George Frese (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hello - Betty, darling?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Jenkins the butler; Marie the maid

Synopsis

Veronica breaks a date with Archie to spend the night at home with Betty. Later that night, Veronica confesses her loneliness due to inattentive parents and the barrier her wealth and privilege creates between her and the other Riverdale students. She and Betty become closer friends because of it.

Reprints

• in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #185 (August 2008)
• in Archie Firsts (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010)
• in Best of Archie Comics Betty and Veronica (Archie, 2014 series) #1 (2014)
• in Archie & Friends All Stars (Archie, 2009 series) #26 (2016)

You Can't Win! (Table of Contents: 5)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

George Frese (signed)

Inks

George Frese (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Would'ja like a soda Veronica?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Gypsy Rose

Synopsis

Tired of losing out to Veronica for Archie's affections, Betty buys an enchanted bracelet in hopes of snaring Archie through sorcery.

Reprints

• in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #185 (August 2008)
• in Archie Firsts (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010)

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the February 27, 1949 Archie Sunday newspaper strip, written and illustrated by Bob Montana.