(September 1987)
Archie,
1983 Series
- Price
- 1.50 USD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library; Archie Comics 45th Anniversary
- Barcode
- 027100069140 26
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Veronica... you committed a fault!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Pep #283.
Schedule Programs
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Jim Ruth
- Pencils
- Henry Scarpelli
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman; Nanci Dakesian; Ginny Sykora
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
Saucy Sausage
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- The new 25 cent hot dog at Pop's isn't such a great deal.
- Reprints
-
from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #223 (August 1976)
-
Paper Caper
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie cons a dollar out of his father.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #223 (August 1976)
-
Fair Weather Friends
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie, Jughead and Betty go to an Italian restaurant.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #44 (July 1975)
-
Super Secret
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty, my diary is so secret that I keep it under lock and key!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty takes greater precautions with her diary than Veronica does.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #157 (February 1971)
-
Hunt Stunt
Betty / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You're a heartless man, Mr. Lodge!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge is more softhearted than Betty thinks.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #157 (February 1971)
-
The Hazards of Beauty
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Ron! C'mon! We need one more for volleyball!
- Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica goes to the beach, but she doesn't want to do anything fun for fear it might adversely affect her natural beauty.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #510 (October 1981)
-
Sea Jet Set
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie, Betty and Jughead build their own sea jet.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #285 (October 1979)
-
Cap Flap
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge doesn't like the new "funky cap" that Veronica has for him.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #223 (August 1976)
-
Job Jibe
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge is glad that Archie landed a job with his biggest competitor.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #223 (August 1976)
-
Male Call
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Gigi
- Synopsis
- Gigi is a little more impressed with a handsome boy than she's willing to let on.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #82 (August 1981)
-
Alley Tally
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Big Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- While bowling, Veronica get jealous over the other girls flirting with Archie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #223 (August 1976)
-
Just a Perfect Friendship
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Veronica shows her new hope chest to Betty, who starts to cry because she doesn't have one. Veronica buys one for Betty and asks Archie and Jughead to deliver it.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #252 (December 1976)
-
Net Fret
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Frank the tennis instructor; Alice Cooper; Bob (Cooper?) the tennis pro
- Synopsis
- In order to compete with Veronica at tennis, since Veronica has been taking expensive lessons, Betty goes to her cousin the tennis pro and gets lessons of her own.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #311 (November 1981)
-
String Along With Me
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown; Alexander Cabot; Alexandra Cabot
- Synopsis
- Josie and Valerie convince Alexander that Alan M is a great banjo player.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #92 (October 1976)
-
- Keywords
- banjo
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #262.
Ice "Creamed"
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg; Charley Hawse; Gigi
- Synopsis
- After seeing Gigi on a commercial for ice cream, both Greg and Charley buy her some to try to ingratiate themselves to her.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #339 (July 1978)
-
Rings & Things
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty ditches her baseball team to be with Archie.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #66 (June 1978)
-
Kung-fu to You, Too
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; martial arts
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Archie thinks he's an expert in kung-fu because he's watched all of the movies twice.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #87 (August 1974)
-
Meal Zeal
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nobody is ordering! I thought you told me your gang was starving for a snack!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- The gang is unsure what to order at a posh restaurant.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #210 (July 1975)
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #271 (August 1980) which is reprinted
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #210 (July 1975)
-
Swim At Your Own Risk
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Nancy Woods; Chuck Clayton
- Synopsis
- The plans Veronica, Betty and Archie have of attending a pool party by day and a dance that night run into mountainous problems.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #310 (October 1981)
-
Bubble Trouble
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; unnamed contestant; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie wins a bubble gum blowing contest with a square bubble.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #223 (August 1976)
-
Knot on Your Life
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Veronica scoffs at Betty's new hobby of macrame, but Betty has a unique use for it.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #275 (November 1978)
-
Star Car
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #78 (June 1964)
-
Tall Story
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Veronica's new ultra-high heels prove to be a series of problems.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #310 (October 1981)
-
Real People
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Betty propose a simple cookout beside the Lodge pool, against Veronica's better judgment.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #311 (November 1981)
-
Surf Turf
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Everyone knows I'm the best surfer around!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- A picture of Archie surfing is used on a billboard for a first aid kit.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #87 (September 1980)
-
Fish Flop
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Beans again! No sir, Arch!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead goes spearfishing so he won't have to eat beans for dinner.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #319 (November 1976)
-
Vacation Deprivation
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #227 (December 1976)
-
It's Rewarding
Li'l Jinx's Chum, Charley / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Charley finds a wallet with money in it and Jinx tries to convince him to give it back.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #313 (June 1981)
-
Women's Rights
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hot Dog
- Synopsis
- Archie is mad Veronica broke her promise and is taking Reggie to see a play instead.
- Reprints
- from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #78 (September 1979)
-
- Keywords
- black eye; fight; punch
Ouch!
Sabrina / comic story / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #264 (January 1980)
-
Tape Escape
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #226 (November 1976)
-
The Competitor
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I won again, Betty!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica thinks Betty is letting her win at games because Betty is a guest in her house.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #226 (October 1974)
-
Togetherness
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #78 (June 1964)
-
Seat Treat
Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #78 (June 1964)
-
Stay Delay
Big Moose / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Moose gives Reggie 3 seconds to get away from Midge.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #159 (July 1982)
-
Flaw Score
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Gladys Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead wastes his time in a hammock.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #159 (July 1982)
-
Pool Your Talents
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; unnamed guest of Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge's guest complains that pools are attractive nuisances, going on and on, while Archie, Betty, and Veronica perform skateboard tricks on the diving board. The guest continues complaining, noting he's allergic to the pool chemicals and as he is leaving, the guest steps on the skateboard and goes flying towards the pool. Betty, thinking quickly, kicks a patio table right in front of the guest. He slams into it, knocking himself out. Betty is sorry but it was the only thing she could think of, but Mr. Lodge says that if she'd thought for a month, she couldn't have improved on that.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #472 (September 1978)
-
Indexer Notes
Throughout the story, it is quite clear that Mr. Lodge is annoyed with his guest's comments.
Weigh Out
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Daddy!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica invites Archie along on a fishing trip with her father and Mr. Lodge reluctantly agrees.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #329 (September 1977)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from reprint.
Sprite Spirit
Betty / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Big Ethel Muggs; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty promised not to tell some gossip, so she writes it down instead.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #223 (August 1976)
-
Flower Power
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie presents Veronica with a rose, but fails to impress her enough to ditch her date with Reggie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #223 (August 1976)
-
Fly Away
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie risks criticizing Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #340 (August 1978)
-
We Interrupt This Program
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Jinx has a peculiar reaction to her favorite TV show.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #56 (October 1979)
-
Basebrawl
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty is pitching a baseball game with Archie as catcher, and he plans to leave for a date with Veronica if the game is over in time.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #252 (December 1976)
-
Indexer Notes
Melton Jahn is a parody of Elton John.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Veronica... you committed a fault!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Schedule Programs
Betty and Veronica -
2.
Saucy Sausage
Archie -
3.
Paper Caper
Archie -
4.
Fair Weather Friends
Jughead -
5.
Super Secret
Betty and Veronica -
6.
Hunt Stunt
Betty -
7.
The Hazards of Beauty
Betty and Veronica -
8.
Sea Jet Set
Archie -
9.
Cap Flap
Mr. Lodge -
10.
Job Jibe
Mr. Lodge -
11.
Male Call
Li'l Jinx -
12.
Alley Tally
Archie -
13.
Just a Perfect Friendship
Betty and Veronica -
14.
Net Fret
Betty and Veronica -
15.
String Along With Me
Josie -
16.
Ice "Creamed"
Li'l Jinx -
17.
Rings & Things
Betty -
18.
Kung-fu to You, Too
Archie -
19.
Meal Zeal
Veronica -
20.
Swim At Your Own Risk
Betty and Veronica -
21.
Bubble Trouble
Archie -
22.
Knot on Your Life
Betty and Veronica -
23.
Star Car
Archie -
24.
Tall Story
Betty and Veronica -
25.
Real People
Betty and Veronica -
26.
Surf Turf
Archie -
27.
Fish Flop
Jughead -
28.
Vacation Deprivation
Moose -
29.
It's Rewarding
Li'l Jinx's Chum, Charley -
30.
Women's Rights
Archie -
31.
Ouch!
Sabrina -
32.
Tape Escape
Archie -
33.
The Competitor
Betty and Veronica -
34.
Togetherness
Archie -
35.
Seat Treat
Jughead -
36.
Stay Delay
Big Moose -
37.
Flaw Score
Jughead -
38.
Pool Your Talents
Betty and Veronica -
39.
Weigh Out
Archie -
40.
Sprite Spirit
Betty -
41.
Flower Power
Archie -
42.
Fly Away
Archie -
43.
We Interrupt This Program
Li'l Jinx -
44.
Basebrawl
Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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.