Personal Collection // Dan Parent // Veronica #1 Cover (Parent/DeCarlo) (1989)

April 1989, Veronica #1 Cover, Dan Parent pencils/Dan DeCarlo inks, “Veronica in Paris”, This is the 1st issue cover of the Veronica series, which began in April 1989 as the only Veronica comic, and it ended with issue #210 in February 2012; This series ran an incredible 23 years. This is also the 1st cover ever drawn by Dan Parent for Archie Comics; I am honored to be the 2nd custodian for this cover, as it was in Dan Parent’s possession since 1989. It was extra special to Dan as it was inked by Dan DeCarlo, who is considered THE Archie artist for decades and basically defined the “Archie Look”; I drove out to Pennsylvania this morning and picked it up directly from Dan Parent, who I know for a number of years and is one of the nicest guys in comics. Dan Parent started the series back in 1989, and incredibly drew it till 2012, after a 210 issue run. There were short periods where Dan DeCarlo and Stan Goldberg pitched in for covers and some interiors, but it was mostly Dan Parent’s series! Incredible, indeed! I read Archie comics in the early 1970s and read them voraciously. Veronica was always my favorite, even though Betty was the perfect girl for Archie. I always rooted for Veronica even when she was mischievous and spoiled, which was quite often. Veronica or “Ronnie is the only child of Hiram Lodge, the richest man in Riverdale, and his wife Hermione Lodge. She is tall, slender and attractive with long black hair, favoring expensive, up-to-the-minute fashion. In some comics, Mr. Lodge claimed that he moved his family to Riverdale in order to avoid Veronica becoming spoiled, like many of the children he knew and grew up with. His plan did not succeed as well as he had hoped. Veronica is often seen going on spending sprees and pretty much shopping until she drops, and burning major credit cards in the process. (Once she bought out an entire shoe store to prevent any other girl from buying a pair of shoes that she herself wanted!) At times, Veronica's vain and conceited attitude infuriates her father to the point that he has to somehow "teach her a lesson" and Veronica is forced to get a job of some kind or loses access to Archie.

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