What if Betty + Veronica (Archie Comics) met Harley Quinn + Poison Ivy (DC Comics)? With special guest Author Tim Hanley
It's Riverdale by way of Gotham City as Archie Comics' Betty & Veronica meet Batman's Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy! We're thrilled to be joined by returning guest Tim Hanley to discuss Betty as a superhero, the 2017 crossover series and Tim's book Betty & Veronica: The Leading Ladies of Riverdale, now available as an audiobook! Grab a chock'lit malted and listen!
Ep. 106 What if Betty + Veronica (Archie Comics) met Harley Quinn + Poison Ivy (DC Comics)?
With special returning guest author, comic book expert & historian Tim Hanley
From an Archie Comics / DC Comics mash-up Earth of an unknown designation as seen in Harley and Ivy Meet Betty and Veronica #1
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Archie Comics and Batman don't seem to have much in common but on this week's episode we discuss the 2017 miniseries Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica by Marc Andreyko & Paul Dini and illustrated by Laura Braga. We also go back to 1966 to see Betty Cooper as Superteen, share a brief history of Archie Comics and talk to returning guest Tim Hanley about his comprehensive book Betty & Veronica: The Leading Ladies of Riverdale, now available as an audiobook. Plus, more stories from Rob when he worked on the Archie Comics Broadway Musical!
Reading List:
- Betty & Me #3 (Archie Comics 1966)
- Harley & Ivy Meet Betty & Veronica (Archie Comics & DC Comics 2017)
- Betty & Veronica: The Leading Ladies of Riverdale by Tim Hanley (Roman & Littlefield 2020 book & 2023 audiobook)
Theme music is Space Heroes by MaxKoMusic (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0)
Creators and Guests
Host
Guido
working in education, background in public health, lover of: collecting, comics, games, antiques, ephemera, movies, music, activism, writing, and on + on...
Host
Robert
Queer Nerd for Horror, Rock N Roll and Comics (in that order). Co-Host of @dearwatchers a Marvel What If and Omniverse Podcast
Guest
Tim Hanley
Author and historian. Books on Wonder Woman, Lois Lane, Catwoman, and Betty and Veronica. NOT ALL SUPERMEN available now! He/him.