Archie Annual Digest #55
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Salesman's Lament," jealousy takes a magical turn when Veronica, frustrated that Archie is taking Betty out for her birthday, gifts her a cursed Egyptian ruby ring. But as misfortune begins to follow Veronica instead, the joke may be on her—especially with Dan DeCarlo’s expressive art and Dick Malmgren’s clever script bringing the classic Archie cast to life. The cover by Dan DeCarlo and Jim DeCarlo captures the lighthearted tension perfectly.
In "Dream Drama," Betty finds herself caught in a series of vivid, overlapping dreams where she saves Archie as both a police officer and a firefighter—only for Veronica to appear each time and steal him away. The story unfolds in a surreal, fleeting rhythm, blending action and emotion as Betty’s hopes in her dreams are repeatedly upended by Veronica’s sudden presence.
When Veronica gifts Betty a mysterious Egyptian ruby ring to spite her for getting a date with Archie, the prank takes a strange turn—suddenly, every misfortune that follows seems to be striking Veronica instead. The cursed trinket brings chaos, but who’s really behind the bad luck?
Betty’s determined to ace her babysitting job, so she’s rehearsing her bedtime story routine—on a cassette tape—while driving. But when the soothing narration lulls her into a nap, her car takes an unplanned dive into the lake.
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↩ Reprints Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #143 (1967), Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #167 (1969), Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #254 (1977), Everything's Archie #61 (1977), Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes #46 (1978), Betty and Me #112 (1980), Life with Archie #215 (1980), Betty and Me #122 (1981), Everything's Archie #97 (1981), Jughead's Jokes #78 (1982), Sabrina, the Teenage Witch #76 (1982), Archie's TV Laugh-Out #96 (1984), Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #171 (1984), Pep #396 (1984), Laugh Comics / Laugh #385 (1984), Archie's TV Laugh-Out #100 (1985)
Reprinted in Sélection Archie (et amis) #510 (1990)
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