Betty & Veronica Friends Forever: Power-Ups #1

Archie; $2.99

When Jughead sends an SOS in a video game, Betty and Veronica enter virtual reality to help their distressed friend. In another story, the girls are so annoyed at the boys for being obsessed with arcade games that they retaliate – by getting hooked on a video game themselves. Next, Betty takes on a monster as Superteen and then when Archie starts a new job he sees video game obstacles on his delivery route.

The video game focused Betty & Veronica Friends Forever: Power-Ups is a fun one-shot. It has classic video game references and more modern influences that puts the kids of Riverdale in some exciting and funny situations. With imagination and creativity, they best the villains (though not their own gamer addictions) in a quartet of cute stories.

–Amanda Sheriff