Undercover Archie

BETTY & VERONICA #3

(On Newsstands in July 1951)

Let's start the process of getting caught up with Betty and Veronica!

One great thing about going back a few months is... George Frese was still alive and working on his specialty title. Betty & Veronica! And talk about a classic cover.. how many times would we see a variation of this?

(from Betty & Veronica #3 - July 1951, artwork by George Frese)

And look at this... a French transfer student! Between the teachers and the students, France was sending half their country over in the pages of Archie Comics.... that;s ok, because it always makes for some fun hijinks!

(from Betty & Veronica #3 - July 1951, artwork by George Frese)

Jughead's reaction is priceless...

(from Betty & Veronica #3 - July 1951, artwork by George Frese)

Ah Betty... is she simply Archie in girl form?

(from Betty & Veronica #3 - July 1951, artwork by Bill Vigoda)

BETTY & VERONICA #4

(On Newsstands in September 1951)

For a special issue that gives us the traditionally believed first Archie art of Dan DeCarlo (it IS DeCarlo), we get a Bill Vigoda cover. Ah well...I have a pretty nice looking copy, don't I?

(from Betty & Veronica #4 - September 1951, artwork by Bill Vigoda)

Before we get to that though... we get some fun baseball playing from B&V as Archie tries to teach them a thing or two about how to play!

(from Betty & Veronica #4 - September 1951, artwork by Georeg Frese)

And there we have it... the start of a new era in Archie Comics. For the next decade we'd see basically DeCarlo on B&V, Harry Lucey on Archie and Samm Scwartz on Jughead...(though they'd all do stories for each)

(from Betty & Veronica #4 - September 1951, artwork by Dan DeCarlo)