Issue | #185 |
Published | August 2008 |
Frequency | ten times per year |
Cover Price | 2.49 USD |
Pages | 100 |
Editing | Mike Pellerito (managing editor); Victor Gorelick (editor-in-chief) |
Characters | Betty Cooper (50s version); Veronica Lodge (50s version); Veronica Lodge (current version); Archie Andrews (50s version); Betty Cooper (current version) |
Synopsis | The fifties versions of Betty and Veronica peer angrily over a stage proscenium as the current Betty and Veronica cuddle up to the fifties version of Archie. |
Genre | Teen |
Pencils | Jeff Shultz (signed) |
Inks | Bob Smith (signed) |
Synopsis | Jeffrey Branch gives readers an overview of Archie Comics publishing history during the era of the fifties. |
Script | Jeffrey Branch |
Pencils | ? (clip art) |
Inks | ? (clip art) |
Letters | typeset |
Notes | Clip art is various images culled from fifties era Archie Comics. |
Characters | Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle |
Synopsis | Betty and Veronica manipulate Jughead, Archie and Reggie marionettes. |
Genre | Teen |
Script | Harry Shorten ? |
Pencils | Bill Vigoda |
Inks | Bill Vigoda |
Colors | Barry Grossman ? |
Reprinted | from Archie's Girls, Betty And Veronica (Archie, 1950 Series) #1. |
Characters | Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Oscar The Clown (Betty's Uncle); traffic police officer |
Synopsis | Betty's Uncle Oscar gives her his clown car, which he can no longer afford. Veronica offers to drive Betty home in it, but the car proves unmanageable on the road. |
Genre | Teen |
Script | Frank Doyle ? |
Pencils | George Frese (signed) |
Inks | George Frese (signed) |
Colors | Barry Grossman ? |
Reprinted | from Archie's Girls, Betty And Veronica (Archie, 1950 Series) #1 |
Characters | Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews |
Synopsis | Archie and Jughead think Betty wants to shoot them, because she is carrying her father's shotgun home from the repair shop. Betty schemes to make it rain, so Archie doesn't have to paint his father's house and can go on a date with her. And Fred just wants to take a bath in peace. |
Genre | Teen |
Script | Frank Doyle ? |
Pencils | George Frese (signed) |
Inks | George Frese (signed) |
Colors | Barry Grossman ? |
Reprinted | from Archie's Girls, Betty And Veronica (Archie, 1950 Series) #1 |
Characters | Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones |
Synopsis | Betty has been leaving pastries for Archie in a fire bucket. Mr. Weatherbee finds the pastry and takes them. Miss Grundy discovers the empty bucket and has it filled with water. |
Genre | Teen |
Script | Frank Doyle ? |
Pencils | George Frese (signed) |
Inks | George Frese (signed) |
Colors | Barry Grossman ? |
Reprinted | from Archie's Girls, Betty And Veronica (Archie, 1950 Series) #1 |
Characters | Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jenkins the butler; Marie the maid; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones |
Synopsis | Veronica breaks a date with Archie to spend the evening with Betty at the mansion. Later that night, Veronica confesses her loneliness due to inattentive parents and the barrier her wealth and privilege puts between her and the other Riverdale students. Betty and Veronica become closer friends because of this. |
Genre | Teen |
Script | Frank Doyle ? |
Pencils | George Frese (signed) |
Inks | George Frese (signed) |
Colors | Barry Grossman ? |
Reprinted | from Archie's Girls, Betty And Veronica (Archie, 1950 Series) #1 |
Characters | Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Gypsy Rose |
Synopsis | Tired of losing out to Veronica for Archie's affections, Betty buys an enchanted bracelet hoping to win Archie through sorcery. |
Genre | Teen |
Script | Frank Doyle ? |
Pencils | George Frese (signed) |
Inks | George Frese (signed) |
Colors | Barry Grossman ? |
Reprinted | from Archie's Girls, Betty And Veronica (Archie, 1950 Series) #1 |
Characters | Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge |
Synopsis | Advertisement for the Archie Americana Series. |
Synopsis | Advertisement for various Archie animated series on DVD. |
Pencils | ? (clip art) |
Inks | ? (clip art) |
Notes | Clip art is the covers of the DVDs. |
Characters | Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews |
Synopsis | Betty finds Archie's invitation to go sailing wasn't what she thought it would be. |
Genre | Teen |
Pencils | Stan Goldberg |
Inks | Rudy Lapick |
Colors | Barry Grossman ? |
Letters | Bill Yoshida ? |
Characters | Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Chuck Clayton; Hiram Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Hermione Lodge |
Synopsis | Betty, Veronica and Nancy are increasingly frustrated that the boys spend all their time playing video games. But after Mr. Lodge asks them to test a new video game for his company, the girls become even more addicted than the boys were. |
Genre | Teen |
Pencils | Dan Parent |
Colors | Barry Grossman ? |
Letters | Bill Yoshida ? |
Characters | Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason |
Synopsis | Series of paper doll illustrations of Betty and her friends, with humorous accessories. |
Genre | Teen |
Pencils | Stan Goldberg |
Inks | Scott McRae ? |
Colors | Barry Grossman ? |
Letters | Bill Yoshida ? |
Characters | Betty Cooper |
Synopsis | No story; Betty models fashion designs sent in by readers. |
Genre | Teen |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Inks | Dan DeCarlo |
Colors | Barry Grossman ? |
Synopsis | Advertisement for Archie's Camp Tales Volume 1 trade paperback. |
Pencils | ? (clip art) |
Inks | ? (clip art) |
Notes | Clip art is the cover for the book. |
Characters | Little Archie |
Synopsis | Advertisement for The Adventures Of Little Archie volumes one and two. |
Pencils | ? (clip art) |
Inks | ? (clip art) |
Notes | Clip art is the covers for the two volumes. |
Characters | Veronica Lodge; Chuck Clayton; Cousin Marcy; Boris; Powertween |
Synopsis | Chuck asks Veronica to make appearances at comic shops dressed as Powerteen to promote the comic book they've developed. At the comic shop her cousin Marcy works at, Veronica becomes suspicious of the intentions of Marcy's boyfriend. |
Genre | Teen |
Pencils | Dan Parent |
Colors | Barry Grossman ? |
Letters | Bill Yoshida ? |
Characters | Pop Tate |
Synopsis | Advertisement for Archie collector sets and Archie Digest collector sets. |
Characters | Jughead Jones |
Synopsis | Advertisement for Archie logo related merchandise and the Archie Online Comics Shop. |
Characters | Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge |
Synopsis | No story; Betty and Veronica model swimwear designs sent in by readers. |
Genre | Teen |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Inks | Dan DeCarlo |
Colors | Barry Grossman ? |
Synopsis | Advertisement for Betty And Veronica Summer Fun trade paperback. |
Pencils | ? (clip art) |
Inks | ? (clip art) |
Notes | Clip art is the cover of the book. |
Characters | Jughead Jones |
Synopsis | Subscription solicitation for Archie's Double Digest. |
Pencils | Dan Parent |
Characters | Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason |
Synopsis | Reggie shaves his head to appear more macho to girls. |
Genre | Teen |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Inks | Alison Flood |
Colors | Barry Grossman ? |
Letters | Bill Yoshida ? |
Characters | Veronica Lodge |
Synopsis | No story; Veronica models swimwear designs sent in by readers. |
Genre | Teen |
Pencils | Dan Parent |
Inks | Rudy Lapick |
Colors | Barry Grossman ? |
Characters | Hiram Lodge |
Synopsis | Subscription solicitation to the Archie Comics line. |
Synopsis | Advertisement for the backlist of Sonic The Hedgehog trade paperbacks. |
Characters | Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Randy; Adam |
Synopsis | Rather than spend time with their dates, Betty and Veronica spend the entire day watching each other to make sure each one doesn't sneak off and hook up with Archie. |
Genre | Teen |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Inks | Alison Flood |
Colors | Barry Grossman ? |
Letters | Bill Yoshida ? |
Synopsis | Advertisement for various Sabrina related merchandise. |
Synopsis | Advertisement for The Best Of Josie & The Pussycats trade paperback. |
Characters | Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper (50s version); Veronica Lodge (50s version); Archie Andrews (50s version); Jughead Jones; Jughead Jones (50s version); Pop Tate |
Synopsis | While chasing Archie for talking to another girl, Betty and Veronica travel down Memory Lane, the enchanted street, and are transported back to the 1950s to meet their fifties era counterparts. |
Genre | Teen |
Script | Fernando Ruiz |
Pencils | Jeff Shultz |
Inks | Rich Koslowski |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Jack Morelli |
Notes | This is a new story, not a reprint. |
Synopsis | Subscription solicitation for the Archie Digest line. |
Synopsis | Advertisement for Betty And Veronica Comics Digest #187. |