(August 2007)
Archie,
1987 Series
- Price
- 3.69 USD; 4.39 CAD
- Pages
- 196
- Indicia Frequency
- 9 times a year
- On-sale Date
- 2007-06-14
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 071896469509 52
- Editing
- Victor Gorelick; Nelson Ribeiro
Bad Boy Trouble! Part 2
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Steven Butler (signed)
- Inks
- Al Milgrom (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Midge Klump; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Nick St. Clair
Indexer Notes
New Look art.
Bad Boy Trouble Part 2
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Melanie J. Morgan
- Pencils
- Steven Butler
- Inks
- Al Milgrom
- Colors
- Stephanie Vozzo
- Letters
- John Workman
- Genre
- drama; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Geraldine Grundy; Nick St. Clair; Professor Benjamin Flutesnoot; Chuck Clayton; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Archie and Nick meet at Riverdale High as Nick and Veronica walk in together. Then Nick is very disrespectful to both Ms. Grundy and Prof. Flutesnoot. Veronica sticks up for Nick's bad behavior and poor choices, while her friends are dumbfounded at Veronica's refusal to see Nick for who he truly is.
- Reprints
Cookie Choice
Betty / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Pencils
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Inks
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Reprints
-
from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #28 (September 1989)
-
Indexer Notes
word scramble puzzle
Friendly Competition
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mrs. Baker
- Synopsis
- Veronica tries to beat Betty at exercising.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #89 (July 1997)
-
[no title indexed]
Digest Fan Art / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
art submitted by Marjo R., Tamika O.
Fit Bit
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge has a fit over Veronica's latest clothing bill.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #136 (October 1979)
-
Tear on the Dotted Line
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Livid that Betty is wearing the same style of dress to school that she is, Veronica manages to tear the dress. Undaunted, Betty mends the hem in the sewing room and actually manages to outdo Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #582 (July 1988)
-
Auto Magic
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Thieves keep stealing Veronica's fancy Ultra-Romero sports cars. Betty comes up with an idea to fool the thieves.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #34 (October 1990)
-
Real Bad Hair Day
Veronica / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #89 (July 1997)
-
Indexer Notes
word puzzle
Weights and Measures
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie creates a gag gift for Professor Flutesnoot: a hollowed book filled with lead pellets for "heavy reading". But when Mr. Lodge can't pick up the book, he thinks his diet has made him weak.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #130 (August 1962)
-
- Keywords
- dieting; golf
Team Esteem
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Nancy Woods; Chuck Clayton; Coach Kleats; Mr. Svenson; Coach Snooze; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Keystone
- Synopsis
- The girls' softball team and their new coach, Miss Keystone, fight for better field conditions and better practice time against an indifferent faculty and a resistant boys' baseball team.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #582 (July 1988)
-
- Keywords
- baseball
The Believer
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Jughead helps Betty shop for groceries.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #15 (November 1969)
-
- Keywords
- grocery stores
Yankee Doodle Darling
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Miss Beazley; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Chuck Clayton
- Synopsis
- The Riverdale students and staff dress up as famous American symbols and historic figures.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #157 (May 1987)
-
- Keywords
- costumes; patriotism
The Big Countdown
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Coach Kleats; Miss Grundy; Pop Tate (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Betty's heavily anticipated summer vacation from school proves to be more stressful than school.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #40 (August 1996)
-
We're in the Money
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (layouts); Dan Parent
- Inks
- Alison Flood
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Muffy; Mr. Dinero; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- At the invitation of a friend, Veronica takes Betty on a tour of Poshly High, where the children of Riverdale's elite go to school.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #53 (July 1992)
-
Learn to Draw Veronica
Veronica / activity / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
The Challenge
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Veronica feels bored because she has everything she wants and life holds no challenge. Betty proposes Archie give her a challenge by going steady with Betty.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #120 (December 1965)
-
- Keywords
- boredom
An Exercise in Finance
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Bruce Biceps; Ms. Maximus
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge wants Veronica to join Betty's exercise class so he can fire Veronica's expensive personal trainer.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #34 (October 1990)
-
- Keywords
- exercise; gyms
Learn to Draw Betty
activity / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
Flower Stall
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica refuses to accept flowers from Archie because she thinks he's trying to apologize for something.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #176 (November 1965)
-
- Keywords
- flowers
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #265, no credits listed in this digest.
Fit to Be Tired
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie goes with Betty to the health club, but Betty's workout leaves Archie too tired to go out with her on a date that night.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #185 (August 1990)
-
- Keywords
- aerobics; exercise; health club; jogging; weight lifting
[no title indexed]
Betty / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Rod Ollerenshaw ?
- Pencils
- Rod Ollerenshaw ?
- Inks
- Rod Ollerenshaw ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Rod Ollerenshaw ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sure, Betty knows all the better pitches...
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Extravaganza (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #215 (October 2013)
- from ?
-
- Keywords
- baseball
Indexer Notes
word scramble puzzle
Customer Dis-Service
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty's new waitress job depends on pleasing difficult customer Veronica.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #103 (September 1996)
-
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The trouble with Archie...
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica sit around complaining about Archie's roving eye.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #201 (October 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
pin-up
The Good Earth
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan Parent; Dan DeCarlo (main character faces only)
- Inks
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica cons her friends to help her manicure the Lodge Estate lawn, but she comes to regret it when Archie and Jughead get hold of the lawn tractors.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #625 (November 1991)
-
- Keywords
- landscaping
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Sara Algase (credited as Betty and Veronica)
- Pencils
- Ellen Leonforte (logo illustration)
- Inks
- Ellen Leonforte (logo illustration)
- Colors
- ? (logo illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
advice column
Net Regret
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir ?
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge; Frieda Kloppenheimer
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica secretly compete to see which will get to be Archie's tennis partner.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #281 (September 1973)
-
- Keywords
- tennis
Stew Style
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica thinks Betty is not good enough for her bowling team.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #79 (July 1964)
-
- Keywords
- bowling
[no title indexed]
Betty / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Help me unscramble the bowling words...
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #208 (February 2013)
- from ?
-
- Keywords
- bowling
Indexer Notes
word scramble puzzle
The Mall (Part I)
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
- Synopsis
- A huge new shopping mall has opened in Centerville. It is causing Mr. Lodge problems because the new mall is taking business away from the Riverdale Mall, where he is on the board of directors.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #256 (September 1986)
-
The Mall (Part II)
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle]; The Hip Hoppers [Claude; Raul]; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- The disco where the Archies were going to perform burns down. They meet old friends, Claude and Raul, and they all perform in the parking lot of the Riverdale Mall, bringing in a crowd that convinces Mr. Lodge that he has to change his business strategy to attract younger shoppers.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #256 (September 1986)
-
Jelly Bread
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Rod Ollerenshaw
- Pencils
- Henry Scarpelli
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie and Betty decide to go into the jelly-making business. Archie, of course, fouls things up.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #162 (October 1987)
-
- Keywords
- cooking
Keep on Truckin'
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Jacques Lapinto
- Synopsis
- Veronica tries to impress a famous model, but without success.
- Reprints
- from Veronica's Passport Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #5 (October 1996)
-
- Keywords
- fashion
Bikini Fashion Page
Betty / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- fashion
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #52 (August 1995)
-
[no title indexed]
Veronica / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How do you like it, Archie!?!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Veronica models her new Western-style outfit for an appreciative Archie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #23 (December 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
pin-up
The Quitter
Mr. Lodge / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Smithers tells Mr. Lodge he is quitting because of Archie's antics. Mr. Lodge tries to get him to stay, but after reviewing the problems Archie has caused him decides to leave with Smithers.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #152 (February 1965)
-
Hoop-De-Doo
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie gets himself in trouble with Betty when he finds an old hula hoop.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #62 (December 1974)
-
- Keywords
- hula hoops
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #290.
Poor Thing
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Veronica walks over to Betty's house in torn clothing in order to show her empathy with the poor folks of Riverdale.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #93 (November 1995)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Bad Boy Trouble! Part 2
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Bad Boy Trouble Part 2
Betty and Veronica -
2.
Cookie Choice
Betty -
3.
Friendly Competition
Betty and Veronica -
4.
[no title indexed]
Digest Fan Art -
5.
Fit Bit
Veronica -
6.
Tear on the Dotted Line
Betty and Veronica -
7.
Auto Magic
Betty and Veronica -
8.
Real Bad Hair Day
Veronica -
9.
Weights and Measures
Archie -
10.
Team Esteem
Betty and Veronica -
11.
The Believer
Jughead -
12.
Yankee Doodle Darling
Betty and Veronica -
13.
The Big Countdown
Betty -
14.
We're in the Money
Betty and Veronica -
15.
Learn to Draw Veronica
Veronica -
16.
The Challenge
Betty and Veronica -
17.
An Exercise in Finance
Betty and Veronica -
18.
Learn to Draw Betty
-
19.
Flower Stall
Betty and Veronica -
20.
Fit to Be Tired
Betty -
21.
["Sure, Betty knows all the better pitches..."]
Betty -
22.
Customer Dis-Service
Betty and Veronica -
23.
["The trouble with Archie..."]
Betty and Veronica -
24.
The Good Earth
Veronica -
25.
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica -
26.
Net Regret
Betty and Veronica -
27.
Stew Style
Betty and Veronica -
28.
["Help me unscramble the bowling words..."]
Betty -
29.
The Mall (Part I)
Betty and Veronica -
30.
The Mall (Part II)
Betty and Veronica -
31.
Jelly Bread
Archie -
32.
Keep on Truckin'
Veronica -
33.
Bikini Fashion Page
Betty -
34.
["How do you like it, Archie!?!"]
Veronica -
35.
The Quitter
Mr. Lodge -
36.
Hoop-De-Doo
Archie -
37.
Poor Thing
Betty and Veronica
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