CREATOR

Name: Archie Comic Publications, Inc. (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded as MLJ Magazines (the initials of the founders' first names) in 1939 by Maurice Coyne, Louis Silberkleit, and John L. Goldwater, but the name was soon changed. Ongoing.
Other creations
: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Archie in the Creators section.
Successors
: None.
Comments
: The company's lasting name was taken from the immensely popular teenage character Archie, who has always been the company's flagship.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1983*. Stopped in 2010 after 204 issues**, but continues titled B&V Friends (mostly with the suffix Comics Digest). Ongoing.

The stories focus on the characters from Archie, especially Elisabeth 'Betty' Cooper and Veronica 'Ronnie' Lodge.

* The first issues were published from 1980 and titled Betty and Veronica Annual Comics Digest Magazine (4 issues). ** The suffixes Comics and Magazine were gradually removed.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTERS

None.

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#5 - 1983

#30 - 1988

#99 - 1998

#136 - 2003

#174 - 2007

#208 - 2010

 

 

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