CATALOG RECORD
Best of Archie Comics Betty and Veronica #1
Dates
- Cover date
- 2014
- Pages
- 416
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Welcome Soldiers · 6 pages
Betty and Veronica hold a dance and invite soldiers. It turns out that the soldiers are women.
- Glamour in White · 6 pages
Betty and Veronica take jobs at the same hospital when Archie is there.
- Untitled · 7 pages
Betty and Veronica keep encountering a man named Mr. Smudge while flying to the Lodge estate.
- Untitled · 6 pages
Betty and Veronica make life masks.
- Of Men and Mermaids · 6 pages
Betty and Veronica become lifeguards and attract attention from all the boys. So, Archie pretends to drown to gain attention.
- Untitled · 6 pages
Betty & Veronica cause some trouble in the boys-only aviation training room.
- Go to the Dogs · 6 pages
Betty and Veronica go to the dog show to get their minds off of exams, but every dog they see reminds them of a teacher.
- Betty & Veronica · 7 pages
Betty & Veronica get jobs at a modeling agency.
- Poor Little Rich Girl! · 6 pages
Veronica breaks a date with Archie to spend the night at home with Betty. Later that night, Veronica confesses her loneliness due to inattentive parents and the barrier her wealth and privilege creates between her and the other Riverdale students. She and Betty become closer friends because of it.
- The Rain-Maker · 7 pages
Archie and Jughead are afraid that Betty intends to shoot them, because she's carrying her father's shotgun home from the repair shop. Betty, meanwhile, 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 merely wants to take a bath in peace.
- Change Your Partners · 5 pages
Veronica lets Betty do all the preparations for the upcoming dance, then shoves Betty aside so Archie can take her.
- Rhyme Nor Reason · 3.75 pages
Following Reggie's inspiration, Veronica sends in an entry to a soap jingle contest under Betty's name so she'll be disqualified and Veronica's entry will win.
- Untitled · 0.25 pages
Reggie disrespects Jughead to Betty.
- Skip, Hop, and Thump · 5 pages
Neither Betty or Veronica get to take Archie to the sock hop.
- Rage Before Beauty · 6 pages
Veronica schemes to get the boys to each buy one part of an outfit Betty hates for Betty's birthday.
- Going, Going, Gown · 6 pages
Veronica refuses to wear a three hundred dollar gown her father bought her to the formal because Betty is going to wear a $12.98 copy.
- The Peacemaker · 6 pages
Betty and Veronica are spotted having a heated argument. Archie assumes they're fighting over him and doesn't mind telling anyone who will listen.
- Sweet Sorrow · 6 pages
When Veronica shows Betty a new dress she bought, Betty becomes despondent because Veronica has so much more than she does.
- The Kiss-Off · 8 pages
Betty has won a prize of ten kisses from Archie, which she can collect one at a time at any time she wants. Every time she collects a kiss, she turns into a drooling moron, so that some of her teachers think she's smart and others think she's stupid. This complicates matters when she's selected to represent Riverdale High in an inter-school debate.
- Sight for Sore Eyes · 6 pages
Veronica tries a peek-a-boo hairstyle. Archie likes it, so Betty does the same. The fad sweeps the school, much to Mr. Weatherbee's displeasure.
- Too Close for Comfort · 5 pages
Betty and Veronica get caught up in the fad for "Slim Jims," very skinny pants.
- Clothes Make the Man · 6 pages
Betty and Veronica judge Jughead by his clothes, so Archie decides to dress just like him, but it makes him crave hamburgers. Veronica asks Reggie to borrow Jughead's clothes, and it makes him crave hamburgers too. Betty and Veronica decide to dress like Jughead (except they wear skirts) and it makes them crave hamburgers too. This is good business for Pop Tate.
- Guess Again · 6 pages
Archie and Reggie fight over who will take Veronica to a dance, and eventually decide to let a handsome stranger decide. But if we think we know how this story will end, we're mistaken.
- The Kisser Strikes! · 11 pages
A mysterious unseen person is jumping out of the shadows and kissing all the girls. Archie and Reggie try to find out the identity of the Kisser by sending a girl out in the dark as bait. But the mystery deepens when Archie himself is kissed by the Kisser, and realizes that the Kisser might actually be a girl.
- Miniskirt Madness · 6 pages
Archie and Reggie are too obsessed with their new Carnaby Street clothes to pay attention to the girls and their latest London-inspired fashions: miniskirts.
- The Time of Your Life · 6 pages
Betty and the gang want to tour of a public garden, but the over-zealous security force spoils the tour.
- Archie's Gift · 5 pages
A big tough guy tells Betty that he's going to beat up "her boyfriend" Archie. Betty is upset at this but overjoyed that people think Archie is her boyfriend.
- The Steering Committee · 5 pages
When the singer Tom Grones is in town, Veronica knows where he's going to be staying, so naturally she tells Betty he's somewhere else.
- Star Struck · 6 pages
The girls are swooning over singer Tom Jonah but the boys are not impressed.
- Riverdale Rock · 6 pages
Veronica tries to get a date with Lee Lee, a famous rock star, but he is more interested in Betty.
- Video Vexation · 5 pages
All the boys are more interested in video games than girls. The girls decide to become experts at video games and beat the boys, in the hope that it'll kill their interest in the games.
- Health Nuts · 5 pages
Despite having a fully stocked gym at home, Veronica joins a health club to be trendy.
- Fleeting Meeting · 6 pages
Mr. Lodge arranges for Veronica to meet her favorite movie star, but Betty gets a better gift through a simple act of kindness.
- Test Zest · 5 pages
Veronica is losing Archie to video games and she's not happy about it.
- Flash Dance · 6 pages
Veronica spares no expense to produce a "Flash Dance" video that will win the school competition. But Betty, Archie and Chuck put a video together on the fly using nothing more than Chuck's camera and Betty's charisma, and they beat Veronica's video out.
- Nile Memories!! · 6 pages
A story that takes place in ancient Egypt with people who look like Archie and his friends.
- Wheel of Loot · 5 pages
Archie is the host and Betty is the letter-turner on the show Wheel of Loot, until Veronica is a contestant and wins Archie for her prize.
- We, the Jury · 5 pages
In a mock trial, Betty accuses Veronica of trying to steal Archie's affections. The jury of girls decides in favor of neither girl because they all want their own chance with Archie.
- I Ratings! · 5 pages
Veronica becomes the target of a radio/tv talk show host.
- Generation Gasp · 5 pages
Betty comes down in old, worn clothing as part of her new "grunge" look. However, her parents assume that she's dressed to help paint the living room and hand her a paintbrush.
- The Alternative Whirl · 5 pages
At the "Persistent Pain" concert, Betty and Veronica compete for the title of "Miss Alternative Girl".
- The Trend Setters · 5 pages
Betty accidentally wears mismatched socks to school and accidentally starts a fashion trend.
- Swing Time · 11 pages
With the kids into "swing" music, Mr. Ziegler holds a dance competition.
- Ginger Adds Spice · 11 pages
Betty and Veronica befriend new girl Ginger, but ask her to leave Archie to them. Ginger tricks them, and starts pursuing Archie herself.
- Fashion Victims · 11 pages
Ginger is drawing a blank for new fashion ideas when inspiration hits her: a fashion show based on Betty's and Veronica's styles called: "Are You a Betty or a Veronica?"
- Double Take · 5 pages
Betty and Veronica are angered when they find out that they both wore the same outfit to school.
- Where the Action Is... · 12 pages
When Archie's tracking chip stops working, Agents B & V set out to rescue him.
- Not So Clothes-Minded! · 12 pages
When Veronica is continually late to class Mr. Weatherbee decides instead of detention he is going to send her to work at a local non-profit thrift store.
- Buy the Book · 6 pages
Mrs. Lodge isn't happy that Veronica is going to a flea market with Betty as it might ruin the Lodge "reputation" to be seen there.
- Vamp It Up · 24 pages
Betty & Veronica are at the beach, and as the sun goes down they meet teenage vampires.
- Taking Care of Business · 24 pages
When their car goes off the road in a blizzard and Betty is injured, Veronica must save them both.
- Snow White and the Riverdale Dwarves · 20 pages
Retelling of the fairy tale "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves"; Veronica the Evil Queen tries to have Snow White killed because Snow White is hotter than she is. But Snow White finds sanctuary with seven eccentric little men.