Derrek’s the tall, handsome brute Veronica was to date after seeing his personal profile in the story Roadblock On The Information Superhighway in issue 82 of Betty & Veronica Digest (July, 1996)—after realizing that her (mystery at that time) date’s initials were D.D., she then mistook him for Dilton, became shocked, and ran off for Australia. Derrek ended up dating Betty.