(1994)
Archie,
1994 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 2.00 USD
- Pages
- 56
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- On-sale Date
- 1994-11
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Comics
- Barcode
- 071896470017 01
- Editing
- Scott Fulop (editor); Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age U. S.
- Paper Stock
- newsprint
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- one-shot
[no title indexed]
Archie / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan Parent (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty? Veronica?... Who are they?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Cheryl Blossom; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
-
in Cheryl Blossom (Editions Héritage, 1996 series) #1 (Janvier 1996) - in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #9 (June 2017)
- in Archie Showcase Digest (Archie, 2020 series) #3 (July 2021)
-
Love Showdown Re-Cap!
Archie; Betty and Veronica / recap / 1 page
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom
Indexer Notes
This is a one page recap of the Love Showdown from Archie #429 (November 1994), Betty #19 (November 1994), Betty and Veronica #82 (December 1994), and Veronica #39 (December 1994).
Love & War (Part 1)
Archie's Love Showdown / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Midge Klump; Hermione Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica bring Ethel and Midge up to date on the Archie/Cheryl romance. Then Ethel goes undercover to find out more, but ends up making matters worse.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The reprint in the next sequence appears between pages 3 and 10 of this story.
Fast and Loose
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Cheryl Blossom; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jason Blossom; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty introduces Cheryl to the gang, who is instantly attracted to Archie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #322 (February 1983)
-
Indexer Notes
This reprint appears as a flashback between pages 3 and 10 of the previous story.
Love & War (Part 2)
Archie's Love Showdown / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Jason Blossom
- Synopsis
- In order to break Cheryl and Archie up, Veronica invites them, Jughead, Betty, and Reggie to the Lodges' ski lodge for the weekend. But when Veronica and Reggie fail to get Archie jealous, Jughead plays a trump card: Jason Blossom, Cheryl's brother who has a crush on Betty. This causes Archie to see red, exactly the reaction the girls were hoping for.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- skiing
Indexer Notes
The reprint in the next sequence appears between pages 15 and 21 of this story.
It's Friendship
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Cheryl Blossom; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Cheryl and Betty get into a vocal cat fight.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #325 (September 1983)
-
Indexer Notes
This reprint appears as a flashback between pages 15 and 21 of the previous sequence.
[Sharing a Soda at Pop's]
Archie's Love Showdown / illustration / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom
- Reprints
- in Archie Showcase Digest (Archie, 2020 series) #3 (July 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
This poster appears between pages 21 and 22 of sequence 4.
Love and War (Part 3)
Archie's Love Showdown / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jason Blossom; Reggie Mantle; Cheryl Blossom; Moose Mason (cameo flashback); Midge Klump (cameo flashback); Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- After Archie makes a fool of himself, Betty goes off with Jason, Cheryl goes off with Reggie, and Veronica tells Archie to call her when he grows up.
- Reprints
Dear Cheryl
Cheryl / letters page / 1 page
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Sara Algase gives "advice" to readers as "Cheryl".
Love and War (Part Four)
Archie's Love Showdown / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs (Jones); Jughead Jones; Cheryl Blossom (Mantle); Reggie Mantle; Queen Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper (Blossom); Jason Blossom (all in a dream sequence); Mary Andrews; Savannah Smythe
- Synopsis
- Archie has a dream where all of his friends are older and married, and he ended up all alone. He wakes up to find there's still time for him to be with someone. Betty and Jason have broken up, and just as Archie is about to ask Betty something, he is captivated by Savannah Smythe, a new student.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
In the character appearances for this story, Ethel is married to Jughead, Cheryl is married to Reggie, and Betty is married to Jason. Hence, the names in the parentheses.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
["Betty? Veronica?... Who are they?"]
Archie -
1.
Love Showdown Re-Cap!
Archie; Betty and Veronica -
2.
Love & War (Part 1)
Archie's Love Showdown -
3.
Fast and Loose
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Love & War (Part 2)
Archie's Love Showdown -
5.
It's Friendship
Archie -
6.
[Sharing a Soda at Pop's]
Archie's Love Showdown -
7.
Love and War (Part 3)
Archie's Love Showdown -
8.
Dear Cheryl
Cheryl -
9.
Love and War (Part Four)
Archie's Love Showdown
This issue was modified by, among others
- Mark Coale
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
- Gregg Whitmore
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