(1980)

Archie, 1980 Series
| Next Issue >
Price
0.95 USD
Pages
132
Indicia Frequency
once a year
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up, Inc.
Barcode
0271000691403
Editing
?
Color
color
Dimensions
standard US digest size
Binding
squarebound
Publishing Format
was ongoing series

Issue Notes

Cover title: "Betty and Veronica Annual Digest Magazine", indicia title: "Betty & Veronica Annual Digest Magazine".

"BETTY & VERONICA ANNUAL DIGEST MAGAZINE, No. 1, 1980 Edition. Published once a year by Close-Up, Inc. Publications, Inc., 1116 First Avenue, New York, New York 10021. All rights reserved throughout the world. Printed in U.S.A. Copyright © 1980 by Close-Up, Inc. Publications, Inc. Single copy 95¢. All Canadian and Foreign Postal Money Ordrs must be payable in U.S. currency, or by International Money Order. No actual person is named or delineated in this fiction magazine. All rights reserved © Under Universal, International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Printed in U.S.A. This periodical may not be sold except by authorized dealers and is sold subject to the conditions that is shall not be sold or distributed with any part of its cover or markings removed, nor in a mutilated condition, nor affixed to, nor as part of any advertising, literary or pictorial matter whatsoever."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Betty, I thought you were on a diet?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Cover Thumbnail for Betty and Veronica Annual Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1980 series) #1
View: Large
Edit cover
Cover gallery

The Party Crasher (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge
Reprints

Ruffled Feathers (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Miss Burlap; Reggie Mantle; Danny
Synopsis
Veronica feels insulted when Jughead states female birds are drab.
Reprints

Disco Darlings Fashions (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Reader submissions from Lisa Dawn (Alberta, Canada), Betty Kim (Ft. Lee, NJ), Linda Gray (Sebeka, NM), Julie Benetti (San Jose, CA), Kendis Chase (APO, NY)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie's Pop Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dad's picking everything from the garden for tonight's dinner, Archie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie's Mom [Mary Andrews]; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Reprints
  • from Archie newspaper strip (May 31, 1977) ?

The Initial Problem (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Sandy
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge gets angry when he sees Veronica's and Archie's initials on one of his trees.
Reprints

Is Everybody Happy? (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Donald
Synopsis
Betty can't make her date with Archie because she wants to help her dad win a client.
Reprints

Veronica - Laugh It Up! (Table of Contents: 7)

Veronica / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Joe Edwards
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Unscramble the list of comedians that make Veronica laugh.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Mr. Lodge Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I got rid of my stereo system, dad!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Reprints
  • from Archie newspaper strip (May 11, 1976) ?

Clean Up Campaign (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; J.P. Junior; Mrs. Soundoff; J.P. Soundoff
Synopsis
Archie & Betty set out to stop a chronic litterbug.
Reprints

The Candidate (Table of Contents: 10)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Coach Kleats; Mr. Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Betty tries out for the boy's baseball team.
Reprints

Fashions (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Reprints
  • from ?

Indexer Notes

Submissions from Nella I. (Dallas, TX), Barry G. (Brunswick, NJ), Jennifer L. (Atlanta, GA), Gilda G. (Boston, MA), Ben C. (Ft. Lee, NJ), Pamela & Mindi G. (Spring Valley, NY)

Fast Service (Table of Contents: 12)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards ?
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's a redheaded jogger!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Reprints
  • from Archie newspaper strip (July 2, 1976) ?

Suits Me! (Table of Contents: 14)

Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Hartley
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie erroneously thinks Veronica is about to unveil a skimpy swimsuit.
Reprints

Veronica- Hindsight! (Table of Contents: 15)

Veronica / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Fill-in-the-blanks to see what Veronica's thoughts are about her latest trip.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Monday we studied eclipses and the lights went out all over the school!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Mr. Weatherbee; Mr. Flutesnoot
Reprints
  • from Archie newspaper strip (February 16, 1977) ?

The Sales Pitch (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Lola; Andy Krum; Stan; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Lola laughs at the girl's high regard for Archie.
Reprints

Oceans of Love (Table of Contents: 18)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; George
Synopsis
In order to spread peace & love Betty and Veronica send out messages in a bottle.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie, how do you think we'd look to beings on a far-off planet?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Reprints
  • from Archie newspaper strip (September 10, 1976) ?

Nothing to Sneeze At (Table of Contents: 20)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Malmgren
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Betty's Mom [Alice Cooper]; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis
After Betty starts sneezing, she begins to think that she's allergic to Archie.
Reprints

Fashions Galore! (Table of Contents: 21)

Betty and Veronica / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Ten fashion ideas submitted by readers
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Submissions from: D. Melissa (Boulder, CO), Adrienne Brini (NYC), Shelli Coiner (Calumet City, ILL), Valerie Elefson (Columbus, OH), Yael Feinerman (Butte, MT), Linda Rogosich (Jacksonville, FL), Marcia Rease (Alberta, CAN), Cathy Rybar (Windsor, ONT), Paul Powell (Chicago, ILL), Gerilou Yeadon (Seattle, WA)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Jughead's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
How's your autograph collection coming along, Jughead?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggiie Mantle
Reprints
  • from Archie newspaper strip ?

Chairman of the House (Table of Contents: 23)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Bill Vigoda
Inks
Mario Acquaviva
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead's Mom [Gladys Jones]; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Hot Dog can't stay away from the new chair.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie and Me Comics Digest (Archie, 2017 series) #18, no credits listed in this digest.

Initial Impact (Table of Contents: 24)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Mrs. Carrol; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Miss Beazly, where is my coffee?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Beazly
Reprints
  • from Archie newspaper strip (April 27, 1977) ?

Babes in Baseball (Table of Contents: 26)

Little Archie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Jughead; Little Archie; Little Reggie; Little Veronica; Little Betty; Pop Tate; Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge
Synopsis
The girls start a baseball team and get Pop Tate to sponsor them.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Dear Betty 'n' Veronica / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Two girls and I have started a singing group!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Reprints
  • from ?

Indexer Notes

Three readers letters from "T.C.," "M.H.," & "B.L." asking for advice

Fall Fashions (Table of Contents: 28)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Fashion ideas submitted by Jennie Linderman (Bothell, WA), Susan Zarella (Bethlehem, CT), Sarah Hardin (Austin TX), Julian Hoenig (New Rochelle, NY), Bethann White (N. Ridgeville, OH), Chris Gonzales (Cubero, NM)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Veronica Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi Ron--
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Reprints

Of Thee I Swing (Table of Contents: 30)

Ginger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Ginger; Patsy; Monk; Ickky
Synopsis
The boys are assigned to ballet dance with Ginger.
Reprints

Spare Pair (Table of Contents: 31)

Reggie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Dick Split; Vicky Mantle; Ricky Mantle
Synopsis
In order to mess up Archie's bowling skills, Reggie gets him to try out "reverse psychology."
Reprints
Keywords
bowling; reverse psychology

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
This microwave oven burns me up!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Reprints
  • from Archie newspaper strip (June 26, 1977) ?

Cool it Man (Table of Contents: 33)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis
Because they lost a wager, Archie and Jughead spend the afternoon using a fan on Reggie.
Reprints

Tee Time (Table of Contents: 34)

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

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Betty causes havoc for Archie while learning how to play golf.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

Betty Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You heard me, young lady--- where are they?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Reprints
  • from Archie newspaper strip ?

Early Birds (Table of Contents: 36)

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

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Paperboy; Milkman; Commuter; Anderson Dog
Synopsis
The girls enjoy watching the sunrise but after getting roughed up while being outside they change their minds.
Reprints

Veronica- Don't Be Late! (Table of Contents: 37)

Veronica / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Big Ethel
Synopsis
A maze- help Veronica make her date with Archie by 1 p.m.
Reprints
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Betty, I thought you were on a diet?"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. The Party Crasher
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. Ruffled Feathers
    Betty and Veronica
  4. 3. Disco Darlings Fashions
    Betty and Veronica
  5. 4. ["Dad's picking everything from the garden for tonight's dinner, Archie"]
    Archie's Pop Gag Bag
  6. 5. The Initial Problem
    Betty and Veronica
  7. 6. Is Everybody Happy?
    Betty and Veronica
  8. 7. Veronica - Laugh It Up!
    Veronica
  9. 8. ["I got rid of my stereo system, dad!"]
    Mr. Lodge Gag Bag
  10. 9. Clean Up Campaign
    Archie
  11. 10. The Candidate
    Betty
  12. 11. Fashions
    Betty and Veronica
  13. 12. Fast Service
    Li'l Jinx
  14. 13. ["There's a redheaded jogger!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  15. 14. Suits Me!
    Veronica
  16. 15. Veronica- Hindsight!
    Veronica
  17. 16. ["Monday we studied eclipses and the lights went out all over the school!"]
    Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
  18. 17. The Sales Pitch
    Betty and Veronica
  19. 18. Oceans of Love
    Betty and Veronica
  20. 19. ["Archie, how do you think we'd look to beings on a far-off planet?"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  21. 20. Nothing to Sneeze At
    Betty and Veronica
  22. 21. Fashions Galore!
    Betty and Veronica
  23. 22. ["How's your autograph collection coming along, Jughead?"]
    Jughead's Gag Bag
  24. 23. Chairman of the House
    Jughead
  25. 24. Initial Impact
    Betty and Veronica
  26. 25. ["Miss Beazly, where is my coffee?"]
    Mr. Weatherbee Gag Bag
  27. 26. Babes in Baseball
    Little Archie
  28. 27. ["Two girls and I have started a singing group!"]
    Dear Betty 'n' Veronica
  29. 28. Fall Fashions
    Betty and Veronica
  30. 29. ["Hi Ron--"]
    Veronica Gag Bag
  31. 30. Of Thee I Swing
    Ginger
  32. 31. Spare Pair
    Reggie
  33. 32. ["This microwave oven burns me up!"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  34. 33. Cool it Man
    Betty and Veronica
  35. 34. Tee Time
    Betty and Veronica
  36. 35. ["You heard me, young lady--- where are they?"]
    Betty Gag Bag
  37. 36. Early Birds
    Betty and Veronica
  38. 37. Veronica- Don't Be Late!
    Veronica
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Per Sandell
  • Katie
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Dwayne Best
  • Steven Samuels
  • Peter Croome
If you believe any of this data to be incorrect, please let us know.
Cover thumbnails are used for identification purposes only. All rights to cover images reserved by the respective copyright holders.
Creative Commons License All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.
The GCD Privacy Policy. The GCD Web Site code is licensed under the GNU General Public License.