• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hey, Betty! Whassup?
• Keywords:movie theaters

Synopsis:

Veronica is interested in Betty's handsome friend Rob Morgan. She notices that he goes to the movies a lot, but never with a girlfriend.

Reprints (2)

• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #230 (March 2015)
• in Archie Showcase Digest (Archie, 2020 series) #22 - Archie's Valentine's Special (March 2025)

• Genre:children

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hi, Li'l Jinx-- yawn...
• Keywords:school; weekends

• Charley Hawse
• Li'l Jinx

Synopsis:

Charley is reluctantly walking to school, not realizing that it's Saturday.

Reprints (1)

• from Li'l Jinx Giant Laughout (Archie, 1971 series) #40 (May 1973)

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:I love blizzards!
• Keywords:snowball fights; snowman; snowmobiles

• Archie Andrews
• Chuck Clayton
• Betty Cooper
• Jughead Jones
• Veronica Lodge
• Reggie Mantle
• Ethel Muggs
• Nancy Woods

Synopsis:

While the girls of Riverdale build a snowman, their boyfriends decide to ambush them with snowballs. With the aid of Veronica's snowmobiles, the girls soon get their revenge.

Reprints (1)

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #129 (May 1987)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gee, Coach, how do I explain tonight's 63 to 0 defeat by Central to our readers?
• Keywords:interview; sports

• Coach Kleats

Synopsis:

Coach Kleats always finds something to blame when Riverdale loses a game.

Reprints (1)

• from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #196 (January 1992)

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wow!! It says the average teen spends $75 during a visit to the mall!
• Keywords:shopping malls; TV

• Betty Cooper
• Hiram Lodge
• Veronica Lodge
• Ethel Muggs
• Nancy Woods

Synopsis:

Veronica shops so much that she gets VIP treatment at mall stores.

Reprints (1)

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #49 (March 1992)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dear Diary: I've been selected by the school paper to write reviews of the school plays...
• Keywords:detectives; plays; reviews

• Archie Andrews
• Betty Cooper
• Jughead Jones
• Veronica Lodge
• Reggie Mantle
• Moose Mason

Synopsis:

Betty is writing play reviews for the school paper. When Archie puts on a corny Sherlock Holmes-style play, she has to find a way to write an honest review without hurting Archie's feelings.

Reprints (1)

• from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #39 (February 1991)

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:What's our dog barking at?
• Keywords:dogs

• Hiram Lodge
• Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Mr. Lodge trained his Great Dane to attack Archie.

Reprints (1)

• in World of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #42 (October 2014)
which is reprinted
• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #286 (October 2020)

• Genre:children

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Why are you calling me now, Charley Hawse?
• Keywords:school; snow

• Charley Hawse
• Li'l Jinx Holliday

Synopsis:

Charley is glad it's snowing, because the teacher said the kids will take their test "rain or shine".

Reprints (1)

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #38 (February 1975)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie, I appreciate your help in cleaning up this office of mine!
• Keywords:army caps; marching; military

• Archie Andrews
• Betty Cooper
• Geraldine Grundy
• Veronica Lodge
• Pop Tate
• Waldo Weatherbee

Synopsis:

The discovery of his old army cap takes Mr. Weatherbee back to his days as a captain, until "Major" Grundy brings him back down to earth.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #89 (January 1977)

• Genre:children

• Keywords:art museum; snowman

• Li'l Jinx Holliday

Synopsis:

Li'l Jinx makes a modern art snowman.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #168 (January 1970)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:BAWWW!
• Keywords:metric system

• Hiram Lodge
• Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Veronica dislikes the metric system because it makes her measurements sound fat.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #38 (1981)
which is reprinted
• From Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX.

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gorgeous! Gorgeous! Gorgeous!
• Keywords:daughters; teachers

• Archie Andrews
• Betty Cooper
• Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Veronica has a crush on a handsome teacher who is much too old for her. When she sees a new girl embracing him, Veronica makes all the boys in school distract her competition. As it turns out, Veronica's new "rival" is the teacher's own daughter.

Reprints (1)

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #49 (March 1992)

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:I've designed some special medallions for guys who date girls!
• Keywords:medallions; pendants

• Betty Cooper
• Jughead Jones
• Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Jughead presents a series of medallions for boys who courageously face their girlfriends' bad cooking and expensive tastes. His all-female crowd is unimpressed.

Reprints (1)

• from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #9 (January 1969)

• Genre:children

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ha! Got you again, Gigi!
• Keywords:skiing; sledding; snowballs

• Gigi
• Greg
• Hap Holliday
• Li'l Jinx Holliday

Synopsis:

Li'l Jinx tries to get Greg's attention on a snowy day, but Greg only has eyes for Gigi.

Reprints (1)

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #312 (April 1976)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Guess who'd like to direct Archie
• Keywords:signs

• Archie Andrews
• Betty Cooper

Synopsis:

Silly road signs that Betty would like to have for Archie.

Reprints (1)

• from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #143 (January 1985)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:I saw this psychiatrist on T.V.!
• Keywords:communication; feelings

• Archie Andrews
• Betty Cooper

Synopsis:

Betty tries to get Archie to talk about his feelings. All he feels is hungry.

Reprints (1)

• from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #102 (May 1979)

• Genre:children

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Did Little Archie give Betty a Valentine card?
• Keywords:cake; skates; winter

• Little Archie Andrews
• Little Betty Cooper
• Little Jughead Jones
• Little Veronica Lodge
• Little Reggie Mantle

Synopsis:

Some one-panel winter gags, concerning Valentine's Day, ice skating, and cake frosting.

Reprints (1)

• from Little Archie Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1985 series) #29 (March 1988)

• Genre:children

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Golly! A figure eight!
• Keywords:aliens; iceboats; racing

• Little Archie Andrews
• Little Betty Cooper
• Little Jughead Jones
• Hiram Lodge
• Little Veronica Lodge
• Little Reggie Mantle
• Pop Tate
• Waldo Weatherbee

Synopsis:

Hoping to impress Veronica, Little Archie enters an iceboat race against Reggie. Archie wins the race but loses his boat, which ends up on another planet.

Reprints (1)

• from The Adventures of Little Archie (Archie, 1961 series) #47 (April 1968)

• Genre:children

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Smithers! Is Veronica here?
• Keywords:video games

• Little Archie Andrews
• Little Betty Cooper
• Little Jughead Jones
• Hiram Lodge
• Little Veronica Lodge
• Little Reggie Mantle
• Smithers

Synopsis:

Little Archie brings a new video game over to Veronica's house. After the boys are done, Betty and Veronica take over the gameplay.

Reprints (1)

• in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #13 (May 2015)
which is reprinted
• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #296 (October 2021)

• Genre:children

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hi, kids! I was pretty happy when this happened!
• Keywords:snow sculptures

• Little Archie Andrews
• Little Betty Cooper
• Little Jughead Jones
• Hermione Lodge
• Hiram Lodge
• Little Veronica Lodge
• Little Reggie Mantle
• Smithers
• Spotty

Synopsis:

Mr. Lodge agrees to let Little Archie and the gang entertain his party guests by making a snow sculpture outside. When Reggi and Archie start arguing, the sculpting soon devolves into a snowball fight.

Reprints (1)

• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #229 (February 2015)

• Genre:children

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gee, Betty! Do you really want to carry all my books?
• Keywords:books; car chases

• Little Archie Andrews
• Little Betty Cooper

Synopsis:

A pair of street racers are fleeing the police when they nearly run over Little Betty. Little Archie saves her just in time, and takes out one of the criminals with a heavy dictionary.

Reprints (1)

• from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #86 (May 1974)

• Genre:children

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:I worked all morning on this for you, Jughead!
• Keywords:dreams; sundaes

• Little Archie Andrews
• Little Betty Cooper
• Geraldine Grundy
• Gladys Jones
• Little Jughead Jones
• Little Hot Dog
• Little Veronica Lodge
• Pop Tate

Synopsis:

Jughead dreams about everyone offering him snacks and favors.

• Genre:humor; children

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Well, Charley! I made it!
• Keywords:school

• Charley Hawse
• Li'l Jinx Holliday

Synopsis:

Charley's teacher was thrilled when he moved up to the next grade.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #138 (January 1980)

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Humph! Archie better ask me to the swing dance this year!
• Keywords:crutches; swing dancing

• Archie Andrews
• Betty Cooper
• Veronica Lodge
• Reggie Mantle

Synopsis:

Veronica took swing dance lessons just to show Betty up at the upcoming dance. She thinks she's having great luck when Betty gets a sprained ankle, until she learns that Archie has the same injury.

Reprints (1)

• in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #240 (March 2016)
which is reprinted
• in Archie 1000 Page Comics Shindig (Archie, 2016 series) (2016)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dear Diary... I think some of the hardest times for a girl are in Jr. high school!
• Keywords:basketball; height; middle school

• Archie Andrews
• Betty Cooper
• Dilton Doiley
• Jughead Jones
• Moose Mason

Synopsis:

Betty is coaching middle school basketball, and helps out a lanky girl who is insecure about her height.

Reprints (1)

• from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #196 (January 1992)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Veronica! This phone bill of yours is horrendous!
• Keywords:telephones

• Hiram Lodge
• Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Veronica argues that her phone bills cost less than her shopping bills.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #265 (February 1980)

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Sorry, Bets, I can't come over to watch Norton's Exposure tonight...
• Keywords:dates; jealousy; television

• Archie Andrews
• Betty Cooper
• Hal Cooper
• Dexter Howard
• Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:

Archie and Veronica spy on Betty when they find out she invited another boy over to watch TV. Betty is having a casual date with her friend Dexter from the TV station where she interns. Veronica thinks Dex is quite a catch, while Archie is jealous of the way the girls are gushing over him.

Reprints (1)

• from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #197 (March 1992)

Dexter Howard was originally drawn as a Black character, but in the coloring process he was sadly whitewashed for his comics debut. This story's title probably references the film "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner", which centers around an interracial romance.

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gang, here's a sneak peek at the costume I'll be wearing at tonight's bird masquerade party!
• Keywords:birds; chicken; costume parties

• Archie Andrews
• Betty Cooper
• Jughead Jones
• Veronica Lodge
• Reggie Mantle
• Moose Mason

Synopsis:

Reggie is hosting a bird-themed costume party, but Archie is stuck working that night. Luckily, Reggie happens to order fried chicken for the party, so Archie gets to attend after all, in a chicken costume perfect for the occasion.

Reprints (1)

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #383 (April 1982)

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hurry, dear!
• Keywords:lateness; mailman; school

• Alice Cooper
• Betty Cooper
• Geraldine Grundy
• Midge Klump
• Hiram Lodge
• Veronica Lodge
• Waldo Weatherbee

Synopsis:

In the morning, Betty and Veronica are in such a rush to get to school on time that they both run straight into the unfortunate mailman.

Reprints (1)

• from Laugh Comics / Laugh (Archie, 1946 series) #339 (June 1979)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Th-this is where the self-service ends!
• Keywords:disguises; jazz; robbers; trumpets

• Archie Andrews
• Fred Andrews
• Mary Andrews
• Betty Cooper
• Geraldine Grundy
• Veronica Lodge
• Reggie Mantle
• Waldo Weatherbee

Synopsis:

The dastardly "Roly-Poly Robber" has been terrorizing Riverdale's gas stations. Around the same time, Mr. Weatherbee has been acting mysteriously, and Archie finds evidence that may point to the beloved school principal being the culprit. As it turns out, Mr. Weatherbee is just moonlighting as a Dixieland jazz trumpeter. When an encounter with the real Roly-Poly Robber turns violent, Mr. Weatherbee's trumpet saves the day.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #150 (April 1985)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ooheeeee! You are truly a bird of paradise!
• Keywords:jackets; makeup; pockets

• Archie Andrews
• Hiram Lodge
• Veronica Lodge
• Smithers

Synopsis:

Veronica wants Archie to carry some of her things in his suit jacket. He tries to find a solution that doesn't make his pockets bulgy.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #269 (March 1978)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Sniff!
• Keywords:crying; soap operas

• Archie Andrews
• Betty Cooper

Synopsis:

Archie thinks Betty is silly to cry over a soap opera, until he gets sucked into the show himself.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #286 (July 1982)

• Genre:children

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hi, Greg!!
• Keywords:skateboards

• Gigi
• Greg
• Li'l Jinx Holliday

Synopsis:

Li'l Jinx tries to impress Greg with her skateboard stunts, while Gigi pretends to be a terrible skateboarder to get his attention.

Reprints (1)

• from Laugh Comics / Laugh (Archie, 1946 series) #309 (December 1976)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'll get it! Don't touch that phone!
• Keywords:telemarketers; telephone

• Archie Andrews
• Betty Cooper

Synopsis:

Archie is expecting a call from Veronica, but keeps getting pestered by sales calls. He is so annoyed that he accidentally hangs up on Veronica.

Reprints (1)

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #82 (April 1980)

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gosh, Veronica! You have one lovely dress after another!
• Keywords:clothes; wardrobe

• Archie Andrews
• Chuck Clayton
• Betty Cooper
• Midge Klump
• Hermione Lodge
• Hiram Lodge
• Veronica Lodge
• Moose Mason
• Big Ethel Muggs
• Smithers
• Nancy Woods

Synopsis:

Veronica gives away her whole wardrobe to make room for her new designer clothes. But an airline strike leaves her with only the clothes on her back, looking like a slob at her own party.

Reprints (1)

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #337 (August 1985)

• Genre:teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, Betty, I love those...
• Keywords:dresses; earrings; paintings; presents

• Archie Andrews
• Chuck Clayton
• Betty Cooper
• Dilton Doiley
• Jughead Jones
• Midge Klump
• Hiram Lodge
• Veronica Lodge
• Reggie Mantle
• Moose Mason
• Smithers

Synopsis:

Betty buys Veronica the pair of unique earrings she admired for her birthday gift. But Veronica sees her and Archie in the jewelry store and thinks Betty is getting the earrings for herself. As revenge, she lends Betty a dress for her birthday, the same dress Veronica wears in the portrait that will be unveiled at the party. A mysterious cowboy character shows up to offer the humiliated Betty some encouragement.

Reprints (1)

• from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #196 (January 1992)

• Genre:humor; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:What a bummer!
• Keywords:school; soap operas; television

• Coach Kleats
• Betty Cooper
• Dilton Doiley
• Geraldine Grundy
• Veronica Lodge
• Waldo Weatherbee

Synopsis:

Betty and Veronica have to be at school during a pivotal episode of their favorite soap opera. They find sneaky ways to use TV screens in the school so they can witness the final breakup of Brad and Brittanny.

Reprints (1)

• in World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #3 (May 2021)