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Title: Obscure characters
Post by: Tuxedo Mark on April 03, 2016, 07:58:27 PM
Let's try to list the obscure (non-one-shot) characters that have appeared over the decades. Characters that were recurring for a while but then just disappeared.
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: daren on April 03, 2016, 08:00:47 PM
Joani and Debbie from the '80s Jughead title.
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: Tuxedo Mark on April 03, 2016, 08:12:49 PM
Kumi Tanura and her younger sister, Ami - Japanese girls that moved to Riverdale. Kumi attends RHS. Her "thing" was being very naive about American culture. Ami has a crush on Archie. At home, their mother keeps up Japanese traditions and etiquette.

Crystal - a girl that ran a New Age store in the mall in the early 1990s; she endorsed transcendental meditation and other such things.
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: BettyReggie on April 03, 2016, 08:17:27 PM
Adam Betty's other boyfriend. He was hot. I really wish they keep him. And I wish he involved in the Life with Archie , where Archie married Betty. Betty could had affair then it would be like soap opera. Betty had a cool friend who had multi color hair named Brandy who was cool. I wish they keep her in the stories.
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: invisifan on April 03, 2016, 09:05:36 PM
Jinx Malloy & his girlfriend Penny
Cricket O'Dell
The Glads (and their entourage)
Googie Gilmore
...
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: TeamBlossom on April 03, 2016, 09:20:11 PM
Bunny and Cedric, Pembrooke residents and Cheryl and Jason's best friends.
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: BettyReggie on April 03, 2016, 09:27:41 PM
It seem like they got rid of Ethel,  she hasn't been in the Archie reboot or the Jughead reboot. Even the show hasn't casted an actress for Ethel.
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: invisifan on April 03, 2016, 10:01:36 PM
Quote from: TheSnowflakeNetwork on April 03, 2016, 09:20:11 PM
Bunny and Cedric, Pembrooke residents and Cheryl and Jason's best friends.
Bunny's really name is Priscilla btw
There's Maria Rodriguez & Frankie Valdez if they need more Latino characters
Tomoko & Akira for Asians (pre-dating Kumi)
Brigitte Reilly
Wendy Weatherbee
Leroy & Souphead
Chic & Polly
Ms. Phlips
...
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: MLJ 1939 on April 03, 2016, 10:12:00 PM
Gabby - the bespectacled town blabbermouth that showed up in a number of 1940s stories
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: DeCarlo Rules on April 04, 2016, 12:50:55 AM
... and Adam's last name was Chisholm.
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: DeCarlo Rules on April 04, 2016, 03:48:34 AM
Patty Pacer and Gerta Gravel (girls' team coaches/gym teachers)
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: invisifan on April 04, 2016, 04:55:17 AM
Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 04, 2016, 03:48:34 AM
Patty Pacer and Gerta Gravel (girls' team coaches/gym teachers)
That's "Greta Grappler"
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: DeCarlo Rules on April 04, 2016, 05:46:41 AM
Quote from: invisifan on April 04, 2016, 04:55:17 AM
Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 04, 2016, 03:48:34 AM
Patty Pacer and Gerta Gravel (girls' team coaches/gym teachers)
That's "Greta Grappler"

Oh, right. Mixed her up with the Dick Tracy character "Gertie Gravel". There was also at least one other Archie story where the name "Greta Grappler" was used for the name of a female wrestler. Don't know if there was any connection, or similar appearance, between the two.
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: irishmoxie on April 04, 2016, 07:15:47 AM
Quote from: Tuxedo Mark on April 03, 2016, 08:12:49 PM
Kumi Tanura and her younger sister, Ami - Japanese girls that moved to Riverdale. Kumi attends RHS. Her "thing" was being very naive about American culture. Ami has a crush on Archie. At home, their mother keeps up Japanese traditions and etiquette.

Crystal - a girl that ran a New Age store in the mall in the early 1990s; she endorsed transcendental meditation and other such things.

What issues do these characters appear in?
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: irishmoxie on April 04, 2016, 07:19:35 AM
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Tomoko & Akira for Asians (pre-dating Kumi)


Which issues do these characters appear in?
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: DeCarlo Rules on April 04, 2016, 09:16:55 AM
Quote from: irishmoxie on April 04, 2016, 07:19:35 AM
Quote

Tomoko & Akira for Asians (pre-dating Kumi)


Which issues do these characters appear in?


Tomoko Yoshida first appeared back in 1991 in the semi-obscure ACP giveaway comic, ARCHIE AND HIS PALS IN... THE PEER HELPING PROGRAM.
(As seen here on the cover, seated next to Jughead.)
(https://www.archiefans.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.comicbookdb.com%2Fgraphics%2Fcomic_graphics%2F1%2F239%2F119062_20080208224525_large.jpg&hash=b6219718b7be7aca9fbb8dd655ecb04741465ed5)


After that, she didn't reappear until BETTY #150 (Nov. 2005), after which she started appearing (mostly in B&V stories) with more frequency for a year or two... then faded back into obscurity. She still turned up on occasion, even a couple of years back, but there are less and less opportunities for her to do anything meaningful in the stories as time goes on... shrinking panel space at ACP.


Here's a couple of lists...


At Comicbookdb.com
http://www.comicbookdb.com/character_chron.php?ID=29781 (http://www.comicbookdb.com/character_chron.php?ID=29781)


At ComicVine
http://comicvine.gamespot.com/tomoko-yoshida/4005-60751/issues-cover/ (http://comicvine.gamespot.com/tomoko-yoshida/4005-60751/issues-cover/)


At GCDb
http://www.comics.org/character/name/Tomoko%20Yoshida/sort/alpha/ (http://www.comics.org/character/name/Tomoko%20Yoshida/sort/alpha/)
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: invisifan on April 04, 2016, 09:27:35 AM
+1 to DR for Tomoko — Akira is her (slightly) younger brother ...

Kumi Tanura — first appeared in the new story in Betty & Veronica Digest #190 (not Double) and was in the multi-part "Battle of the BFFs" story paired with Brigitte Reilly ... plus a few other random appearances scattered over a ½ dozen different stories and issues
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: Original Sin on April 04, 2016, 09:56:10 AM
Quote from: BettyReggie on April 03, 2016, 09:27:41 PM
It seem like they got rid of Ethel,  she hasn't been in the Archie reboot or the Jughead reboot. Even the show hasn't casted an actress for Ethel.

That's terrible!
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: 60sBettyandReggie on April 04, 2016, 12:44:01 PM
What was the name of a character we were talking about in the old forum, a boy that was Betty's love interest for a few issues? I think someone mentioned he was a reporter?
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: BettyReggie on April 04, 2016, 01:30:58 PM
Betty dated Adam & Jason & Reggie  & Trey. That's only I could think of.
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: DeCarlo Rules on April 04, 2016, 04:12:43 PM
Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on April 04, 2016, 12:44:01 PM
What was the name of a character we were talking about in the old forum, a boy that was Betty's love interest for a few issues? I think someone mentioned he was a reporter?


Dexter Howard, WPBJ Channel 10 news photographer? From BETTY AND ME #197-200?
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: DeCarlo Rules on April 04, 2016, 04:21:03 PM
Quote from: Original Sin on April 04, 2016, 09:56:10 AM
Quote from: BettyReggie on April 03, 2016, 09:27:41 PM
It seem like they got rid of Ethel,  she hasn't been in the Archie reboot or the Jughead reboot. Even the show hasn't casted an actress for Ethel.

That's terrible!

If you change the art style, there's probably no point in Ethel existing any more. Her only function as a character was to be the one who wasn't pretty like the other girls, an awkward ugly duckling who chased Jughead relentlessly and was sort of his nemesis. I mean, let's face it, those were her only real defining characteristics.

But it really doesn't matter now, if Erica Henderson's drawing JUGHEAD. Now everybody's ugly looking, even the girls who are supposed to be pretty, like Betty. Makes it kind of difficult to get the point across through the artwork that Ethel is supposed to be significantly less attractive than most of the other girls.
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: invisifan on April 04, 2016, 06:50:29 PM
What would Erica H come up with if asked to draw "ugly"?  Do we want to know? Anyway, she's leaving so hopefully we won't have to ...

Ethel? Tall, skinny, good at sports, nice, but low self-esteem — I'd say she mostly chases Jug because she wants a boyfriend and he's conspicuously unattached ... no one is chasing her and she doesn't believe she can compete — you don't need ugly for that ...
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: 60sBettyandReggie on April 04, 2016, 06:59:52 PM
Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 04, 2016, 04:12:43 PM
Quote from: 60sBettyandReggie on April 04, 2016, 12:44:01 PM
What was the name of a character we were talking about in the old forum, a boy that was Betty's love interest for a few issues? I think someone mentioned he was a reporter?


Dexter Howard, WPBJ Channel 10 news photographer? From BETTY AND ME #197-200?


Ah, yes. That's the one. The very elusive Dexter 'cause I still can't find any pics of him.
If anyone has those Betty issues please share them with us. At least some panels.
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: PTF on April 04, 2016, 07:27:30 PM
Quote from: invisifan on April 04, 2016, 06:50:29 PM
What would Erica H come up with if asked to draw "ugly"?  Do we want to know? Anyway, she's leaving so hopefully we won't have to ...

Ethel? Tall, skinny, good at sports, nice, but low self-esteem — I'd say she mostly chases Jug because she wants a boyfriend and he's conspicuously unattached ... no one is chasing her and she doesn't believe she can compete — you don't need ugly for that ...

I actually liked the older version who took the universe just piling on her in stride. The low esteem thing happened mostly with Al Hartley. Mr. !!! at the end of every sentence. :)
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: 60sBettyandReggie on April 04, 2016, 08:09:40 PM
QuoteBut it really doesn't matter now, if Erica Henderson's drawing JUGHEAD. Now everybody's ugly looking, even the girls who are supposed to be pretty, like Betty...

;D ;D
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: BettyReggie on April 05, 2016, 12:56:57 PM
I just can't believe we haven't seen Ethel at all in first 5 Jughead issues. Do you think Trula Tywst will be in any issue. Jughead & Trula love hate relationship was awesome. I miss their fights.  I think should be since January Andrews had be in one or two issues.
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: Oldiesmann on April 07, 2016, 10:54:35 PM
She has to show up at some point. It'll be fun to see what they do with her.
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: Great Gazoo on April 07, 2016, 11:12:07 PM
I agree both Ethel and Trula have to be used at some point in the near future at least in the Jughead Reboot. I am thinking Ethel would appear first, but you never know. I hope they use Ethel in a very similar way as they used her in the classic Archie comics where she is chasing Jughead and trying to lure him with food. As for Trula they have to have her using her wit against Jughead in someway.
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: Mr.Lodge on April 08, 2016, 12:13:08 AM
Quote from: MLJ 1939 on April 03, 2016, 10:12:00 PM
Gabby - the bespectacled town blabbermouth that showed up in a number of 1940s stories
You mean the town radio station? :smiley6600:
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: Mr.Lodge on April 08, 2016, 12:17:36 AM
For older women, Patty Pacer and Ms. Phlips look hot.  ;)
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: Mr.Lodge on April 08, 2016, 12:18:45 AM
Brigitte Reilly
Cricket O'Dell
Googie Gilmore
Trula Twyst
Wendy Weatherbee
:P
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: Oldiesmann on April 08, 2016, 12:41:40 AM
How about Ophelia Glutenschnable, who was basically a predecessor to Big Ethel?

(https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/59636_10151557420989525_1022734497_n.jpg?oh=6c903b0a45f0ae680c9cde324ecda3a7&oe=57BC84A7)
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: Great Gazoo on April 08, 2016, 07:34:58 PM
I have been reading some digital exclusive lately and a character popped up I know I have seen before but not many time and that is Jinx Malloy. Can anyone tell me approximately how many times he may have appeared in stories? There was also a Girls P.E. Teacher who has a handicap named Ms. Gantner who leads the Riverdale Boys Basketball Team to victory also teaching Reggie a lesson. I do not remember seeing her used previously.
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: HarryLuceyFan on April 08, 2016, 08:56:02 PM
Does anyone remember Miss Shapely from Riverdale High? Va-va-voom!!!  :smitten:
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: Great Gazoo on April 08, 2016, 09:13:57 PM
Quote from: HarryLuceyFan on April 08, 2016, 08:56:02 PM
Does anyone remember Miss Shapely from Riverdale High? Va-va-voom!!!  :smitten:
Yes, she was a substitute teacher and she had the perfect name because she had a very nice shape.

How about another teacher the Drama Teacher Ms. Lovett?
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: HarryLuceyFan on April 08, 2016, 09:24:04 PM
I vaguely remember Ms. Lovett by name, but I can't recall what she looks like unfortunately.
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: BettyReggie on April 08, 2016, 09:31:14 PM
I'm surprised that in the new Jughead reboot there's no JellyBean. I wonder if she ever be add. I only saw Hot Dog in one issue of the reboot. And Ethel is no where to be seen.
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: HarryLuceyFan on April 08, 2016, 09:41:29 PM
Quote from: BettyReggie on April 08, 2016, 09:31:14 PM
I'm surprised that in the new Jughead reboot there's no JellyBean. I wonder if she ever be add. I only saw Hot Dog in one issue of the reboot. And Ethel is no where to be seen.

I have a feeling that Ethel will be in the next story arc. I also have a feeling that Jellybean doesn't exist... yet.
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: Great Gazoo on April 08, 2016, 09:42:01 PM
Quote from: HarryLuceyFan on April 08, 2016, 09:24:04 PM
I vaguely remember Ms. Lovett by name, but I can't recall what she looks like unfortunately.
I just recall she was the Drama Teacher.
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: Oldiesmann on April 09, 2016, 01:44:21 AM
We could probably start a whole topic about obscure Riverdale High faculty members. There have been dozens of random ones over the years - some who only appear for one story and others who appear whenever they're needed (such as guidance counselor Mr. Meeks).
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: Great Gazoo on April 09, 2016, 09:48:35 AM
Quote from: Oldiesmann on April 09, 2016, 01:44:21 AM
We could probably start a whole topic about obscure Riverdale High faculty members. There have been dozens of random ones over the years - some who only appear for one story and others who appear whenever they're needed (such as guidance counselor Mr. Meeks).
I don't remember Mr. Meeks at all.
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: Oldiesmann on April 09, 2016, 09:58:59 AM
He didn't show up very often. I think he's one of the characters that Bob Bolling came up with.

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Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: Great Gazoo on April 09, 2016, 10:01:12 AM
Quote from: Oldiesmann on April 09, 2016, 09:58:59 AM
He didn't show up very often. I think he's one of the characters that Bob Bolling came up with.

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I will have to keep an eye out for him in the future.
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: DeCarlo Rules on April 09, 2016, 11:29:08 AM
What was RHS's school guidance counselor's name again?  I know there have been a couple, but I'm talking about the one they had for a few years where they'd have a story where he meets with a student, and after the student leaves he's all stressed out and thinking about quitting because the students are driving him bonkers...
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: Great Gazoo on April 09, 2016, 12:29:24 PM
Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on April 09, 2016, 11:29:08 AM
What was RHS's school guidance counselor's name again?  I know there have been a couple, but I'm talking about the one they had for a few years where they'd have a story where he meets with a student, and after the student leaves he's all stressed out and thinking about quitting because the students are driving him bonkers...
I think you maybe talking about Mr. Jenkins.
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: Midge Klump on June 24, 2016, 02:54:56 PM
How about Veronica's Nerdy Cousin Marcy McDermott?
Title: Re: Obscure characters
Post by: steveinthecity on September 09, 2016, 02:14:27 AM
Anyone remember Scott Pansky?  He seemed to be a one-off throwaway character in his few appearances, but he was a real life person included in the comics.