Bad Boy Trouble

Bad Boy Trouble

"Bad Boy Trouble" is an American comic book story by writer Melanie J. Morgan and artists Steven Butler and Al Milgrom that was originally serialized in Betty & Veronica Double Digest # 151-154. The story features Betty and Veronica (and other Archie Comics characters), and is notable because of its length (at approximately 100 pages, much longer than most Archie Comics stories) and because it was the first of an occasional series of Archie Comics stories drawn in a more realistic style. Also unusual for Archie Comics, the story was collected into a trade paperback edition within a month after the original serialization was completed.

This story was adapted from a Riverdale High novel written by Michael Pellowski. The novel was titled Bad News Boyfriend and was published in 1991.

The next story using the more realistic character designs was The Matchmakers, serialized in Jughead's Double Digest # 139-142. It is also based on a Riverdale High novel (It's First Love, Jughead Jones by Michael Pellowski and John L. Goldwater). A third story in this vein, titled Break-up Blues (and based on the Riverdale High novel The Big Breakup), was released in Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest #125-128. Two more of the realistic style stories were made, the first called Goodbye Forever and the second, A Funny kind of Love.