Book Review: Betty and Veronica issue #55

Book: Betty and Veronica issue #55

Edition: Single Print Issue

Rating: 4 1/2 stars

Review:

When you go to your local comic book store, do you ever visit the discount section? I found this and few other Archie Comics in the dollar bin. This issue was published in 1992 and contains four stories.


Story #1: "Lunch Break" by Frank Doyle with illustrations by Dan DeCarlo, ink by Alison Flood and color by Barry Grossman

In this story, Betty and Veronica were planning on enjoying a day at the beach. But first they had to deal with windy weather making it nearly impossible for them to roll out their beach towels. With that taken care of it was time to enjoy a swim but did Jughead eat the food from their picnic basket? It also looks like he may not be the only threat to their lunch. 


Story #2: "The Victory" by George Gladir with illustrations by Dan DeCarlo, ink by Alison Flood and color by Barry Grossman

In The Victory, Betty's known for being a calm and happy-go-lucky person which is usually a good thing but not in this case. With the school's swim meet approaching, Coach Clayton was trying to figure out how to get Betty to swim the way she did during practice. Veronica told him that the only reason Betty was able to swim so well was because she was angry. Coach came up with the idea to ask Archie, Jughead and Veronica to see if they could help make Betty mad so she can swim her best. At first nothing seemed to work that is until Jughead and Archie came up with the ultimate test to Betty's good mood.



Story #3: "The Hitter" by Frank Doyle with illustrations by Dan DeCarlo, ink by Alison Flood and color by Barry Grossman

In this story, Archie and Jughead were practicing for the next day's baseball game when they meet Sal, a kid who is probably one of the best baseball players they've ever seen. They ask Sal if he wanted to play on their baseball team for tomorrow's game. However, it wasn't until Betty and Veronica showed up that they uncovered the truth about Sal, who in a surprising twist turned out to be a girl whose full name is Sally. She thought that as a girl, they wouldn't let her be on the team. But the girls were able to convince her that Archie and Jughead wouldn't mind that she's a girl all that matters is how great a baseball player she is.



Story #4: "Nature Calls" by Mike Pellowski with illustrations by Dan DeCarlo, ink by Alison Flood and color by Barry Grossman

In this last story, Betty and some of the other girls were fed up with Veronica stealing all the guys' attention at the party. But Betty had a plan to give Veronica a dose of her own medicine. Betty had invited Veronica to spend the day with her at the Environmental Awareness Camp, where Betty worked at. She figured that it would be one of the few places where Veronica wouldn't be able to attract a lot of attention especially since the guys there are all about the environment. Everything was going according to plan if not for Betty making a mistake which drew all the guys' attention towards Veronica.


Sometimes, it's hard to imagine that these two are friends let alone best friends especially with how competitive they can be. But I guess that's what makes these stories so much fun to read. This was a very enjoyable and entertaining read and I love the artwork.