This issue, the first in the new Betty & Veronica series, was included in its entirety in the back of volume 2 of the new Archie series. I might not have bothered to review this on its own, except that it was just so mind-blowingly terrible. Bad art, Betty and Veronica are pornified, and a running theme is how no one can ever really know Veronica. This is not very promising, given that giving Veronica and Betty their own series should be an opportunity to get to know both of them. Oh, and the wh...

I grew up on the Archie comics; I spent many an hour reading the adventures of the famed redheaded teenager, his gluttonous friend Jughead, and his romantic troubles with Betty and Veronica.However, like many beloved franchises, these comics have turned over a new leaf in recent years...but not a good one. While the only content concern of the old-school volumes was the wardrobes of the female characters, this issue contains both outright profanity (an h-word) and euphemisms (a weird version of

"If Ronald McDonald fought the Burger King, who would win?" That Veronica is quite the C u next Tuesday!

So! I love Adam Hughes artwork! My negative feelings are about the writing, which: For a book called BETTY AND VERONICA it rarely feels about Betty and Veronica. The story fails to show us their friendship which makes the conflict at the end feel hollow. They appear as little more than ciphers. There's also constant interruptions in the story - one being a brief scene of the titular characters reading the script in swimsuits, as is narrated by Hot Dog, for some reason. Did Hughes see THE BIG SHO...

This was pretty terrible. It might have been good if the dialogue wasn't the lamest thing I have ever read. The story was okay but OH MY GOD THE DIALOGUE. It sounds like it was written by a 50 year old woman and also set in the 50s yet here they are with Archie spurting out phrases like "DOUBLE-YOO TEE EFF" and talking about modern day pop culture references... so yeah set in the modern day. So glad this was free.

Blog | Twitter | InstagramAs featured in my comic book roundup, Right On, Riverdale!: Betty & Veronica just rolled out issue #1 rather recently and it's an enjoyable start to what is sure to be a great series. To be clear, Betty & Veronica is not a direct spin-off of the new Archie series and is, instead, a work on its own. It proves once again that Archie Comics is doing a phenomenal job in fitting in with the changing world and I truly think this will be something that a younger generation wil...

This is not the Betty & Veronica that America grew up with for 75 years. It's far more edgier, and geared more towards an older audience. Sign me up! It's the ultimate showdown...who will win?!? Betty or Veronica?!?

So... this was my first Archie comic.Unfortunately, I wish it wasn't. I literally read this because I was having Riverdale withdrawals (I literally spent the past 24 hours binge-watching the TV show).I didn't like the art style and the whole story is just a build up.That being said, I am intending to read more Archie comics in the future, but this one wasn't for me.

5/5 starsOkay, it was totally worth buying four different variant editions of this comic. I would recommend people at least read Mark Waid's first volume of Archie before this just to familiarise themselves with characters and their personalities, even though these two stories are quite separate. I'm so happy that this is centring around Betty and Veronica, even if they are going up against each other. People struggle with the whole love triangle shebang, but I'm a solid Betty/Veronica girl with...

Wow. I was sooooo excited for this re-boot, just as I was for the new Archie. This first issue was a bonus in the back of Archie Vol. 2 and I was excited to get to see what I could look forward to. Boy oh boy little naive past self...I generally wouldn’t review a single issue, except that this was so bad it was almost offensive. The dialogue was so bad, it felt like it was written by a middle aged man that has overheard teenage relatives talking and just thrown a bunch of phrases together. Hones...

ok i've read it and now my heart feels warm and fuzzy and other disgusting adjectives. it was perfection. the art: incredibly beautiful. my girls look so good! and i could probably read about archie, jughead, betty and veronica's misadventures forever. i have so much hope for the future of this series, particularly i'm hoping betty and veronica will forget about boys and just fall in love with each other because why not? it's 2016. it's been, quite literally, 75 years. anyway, love love loved th...

A good first issue, but lose the Hot Dog narrator.

Took off a star because of the objectification/sexposition, but other than that I liked the art and the dialogue was great (especially the Lord of the Rings reference).

I loved the art style so much. This was really fun.

Bad.

Overall Rating: 3 / 5ISSUE #1 -- 3 / 5(view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]Bilquis Evely cover variantOkay, so our story starts off in a fairly random place, with Juggie and Archie discussing 'vs.' scenarios. They come across Betty and Veronica, talk in slang for a couple of pages, and then come across and overused scenario that every Archie fan is sure to have encountered before: Pop's is closing down, oh no!*sighs* Well, I'll admit, the art was not exactly the most eye-catching that I've ever se...

Included at the end of Volume 2 of the new Archie series, but I did not find it anywhere as good. I found it too repetitive as it continually harped the characters' defining characteristics such as Jughead's never ending hunger.

Why do they always portray Veronica as a bad person? Being rich doesn't make you bad.

no wonder the riverdale series is so bad

Uhm...Okay, so, this comic isn't exactly in the same verse as Mark Waid's Archie (both tone and plot), but I'm not sure how to read it. Betty and Veronica bump heads, sure, but for a #1, can't we see them actually being friends before they start fighting? For a #1, it really does rely on its history and fans. If it's trying to bank on the Archie success, it's missed what is so lovely about that run. The art is fun (seriously, those are some crazy facial expressions!), but the story alone knows i...