(April 1985)
Archie,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.65 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly in Feb., April, June, Aug., Oct., Dec.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series; Archie Comics Group
- Barcode
- 0271000696004
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick (credited) (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (credited as Richard Goldwater) (editor in chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty and I are trying to start a chemical reaction!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Professor Flutesnoot; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley
- Reprints
The Grass Is Greener
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jamie Lou
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica tell famous gymnast Jamie Lou how much they want to be like her, but they find out that Jamie Lou would rather have their lives.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #101 (April 1990) - in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #246 (February 2016)
-
- Keywords
- gymnastics
Indexer Notes
Gymnast character probably based on Mary Lou Retton, United States gymnastic star of the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Age Rage
Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman
The Untouchable
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge (cameo); Smithers (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Veronica gets upset when all the other girls are hit with snowballs except her because she thinks no one is paying attention to her.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #77 (March 1995)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #219 (February 2014)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics-Palooza (Archie, 2014 series) ([February] 2014)
- in Best of Archie Comics Betty and Veronica (Archie, 2014 series) #2 (2018)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #280 (March 2020)
-
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #219, inks are credited to Jim DeCarlo.
Breakdance Buster
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Jughead Jones; Kid Flash
- Synopsis
- Betty becomes the star pupil of breakdancer Kid Flash, which gets all the boys' attention and drives Veronica crazy.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Eda Edwards ? (credited as Betty and Veronica)
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards (illustration)
- Inks
- Joe Edwards (illustration)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
Indexer Notes
advice column; page is hand-lettered, not typeset
Betty's Mini Word Block
Betty / activity / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
Indexer Notes
word puzzle
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.5 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement of October 1, 1984
Average number of copies sold during preceding 12 months: 64,516
Actual number sold of issue nearest filing date: 71,004
Owners: Close-Up, Inc., Michael I. Silberkleit, Richard H. Goldwater, all at 326 Fayette Avenue, Mamaroneck, NY 10543
Tropical Tribulation
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica writes letters to Betty from her vacation, bragging about her exploits, but then she realizes that Betty has Archie all to herself back in Riverdale.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #101 (April 1990)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #50 (April 1995)
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #166 (August 2006)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Betty and I are trying to start a chemical reaction!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
The Grass Is Greener
Betty and Veronica -
2.
Age Rage
Sabrina -
3.
The Untouchable
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Breakdance Buster
Betty and Veronica -
5.
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica -
6.
Betty's Mini Word Block
Betty -
7.
[no title indexed]
-
8.
Tropical Tribulation
Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Dwayne Best
- Merlin Haas
- Thomas Johnson
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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