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[no title indexed]
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Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:They say in springtime a young man's heart turns to fancy!
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper

Indexer Notes

Later redrawn for the cover of World of Archie Double Digest #38.

This issue has 1 variant

Issue Data

Bruised Ego
(Table of Contents: 1)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Chances Are...
(Table of Contents: 2)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Chance Revoir
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica both use their position in the school office to change the schedule of a new exchange student.
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Anger Cliffhanger
(Table of Contents: 3)

Veronica / comic story / 1 page

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Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis:
Veronica is angry with Archie.
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Best Test
(Table of Contents: 4)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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A Cheap Trick
(Table of Contents: 5)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Dick Malmgren (credited)
Pencils:
Dick Malmgren (credited)
Inks:
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica accuse Archie and Reggie of being cheap.
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Who's Sorry Now
(Table of Contents: 6)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen; humor
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Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee (cameo)
Synopsis:
Everyone is puzzled when Betty's conversation becomes riddled with titles of old popular songs.
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Dream Magic
(Table of Contents: 7)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages

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Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
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When Archie and Veronica dream of marrying one another, Betty convinces Veronica to see a psychic about it, and Veronica realizes dreams aren't always what they mean.
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Betty’s Best Authors
(Table of Contents: 8)

Betty Puzzle Funhouse / activity / 1 page

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Indexer Notes

Word search

Success Story
(Table of Contents: 9)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen; humor
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica think Miss Grundy is a failure because she has nothing except her "dull teaching job," and compare her unfavorably to Nobel Prize chemist Dr. Mary Hoffman. But it turns out that Miss Grundy was Dr. Hoffman's teacher and inspiration.
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Who Needs Archie?
(Table of Contents: 10)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 12 pages

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Pencils:
Fernando Ruiz (credited)
Inks:
Al Nickerson (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis:
After appearing on a cable TV dating advice show that suggests they dump Archie, Betty and Veronica do just that. But their resulting fame from the appearance soon becomes overwhelming.
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Clothes Woes
(Table of Contents: 11)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:teen; humor
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Synopsis:
Veronica causes Archie to walk into a lamppost.
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Foto Fun
(Table of Contents: 12)

Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page

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Synopsis:
Mr. Lodge used to be happy, before he met Archie.
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A Code in the Head!
(Table of Contents: 13)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Archie is upset over Veronica's little black book and is amazed when she throws it in the fire.
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Inflation Vexation
(Table of Contents: 14)

Betty / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The price of movie admissions is up!
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Synopsis:
Prices are going up, but at least one thing isn't.
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Gig Gala!
(Table of Contents: 15)

Josie / comic story / 5 pages

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Josie; Valerie; Melody; Alex Cabot III
Synopsis:
Alex books the girls on a hectic European tour, giving them no time to relax.
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 16)

Josie / activity / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, no! This happens every time I drive to the mall!
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Head Count
(Table of Contents: 17)

Josie / comic story / 6 pages

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Josie and the Pussycats [Josie McCoy; Valerie Smith; Melody Valentine]
Synopsis:
The Pussycats get shocked on stage and develop punk rock hair.
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Now You See It -- Now You Don't
(Table of Contents: 18)

Josie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Synopsis:
Melody can't decide what to wear to a party.
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The Rivals
(Table of Contents: 19)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen; humor
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Veronica helps Betty test a new video game.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest #283, no credits listed in this digest.

Betty's Manual - The Care and Training of Pet Dogs and Pet Boyfriends
(Table of Contents: 20)

Betty / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils:
Hy Eisman (credited)
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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Pet dogs come in many sizes and shapes...
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Hal Cooper
Synopsis:
Betty tells us about the similarities of pet dogs and boyfriends.
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Streak of Luck
(Table of Contents: 21)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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Veronica is intentionally wandering into the boy's gym class, disrupting class and driving Coach Kleats' blood pressure up just to boost her ego. So, to teach her a lesson, Betty and Jughead have Archie disrupt the girls' class in nothing but swim trunks.
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Trying Times
(Table of Contents: 22)

Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages

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Betty writes in her diary about all the times she almost gave up but instead continued to work hard and reach a goal.
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Wanted
(Table of Contents: 23)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Archie tries to confess an indiscretion of infidelity to Veronica, but she doesn't believe him.
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The Hero
(Table of Contents: 24)

Betty / comic story / 2 pages

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Betty tells everyone that Archie can tear a phone book in half.
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A Weighted Problem
(Table of Contents: 25)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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Veronica is appalled that she has gained five pounds and obsessively tries to lose weight but it turns out that her scale was broken.
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Tale of a Sale
(Table of Contents: 26)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages

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Stan Goldberg (credited as Stan G.)
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Synopsis:
Betty decides to clean out the family attic and sell the items at a yard sale. However, nostalgia soon makes her regret it.
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Sweet Little Fourteen
(Table of Contents: 27)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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Veronica's second cousin, Pamela, has always been a willful, spoiled child. Well, now she's a willful, spoiled well-built fourteen year old girl and she's taken a shine to Archie.
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Indexer Notes

When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #212, the lettering is credited to Rod Ollerenshaw.

Face Case
(Table of Contents: 28)

Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Something to Cheer About
(Table of Contents: 29)

Little Betty and Veronica / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
Dexter Taylor (credited)
Pencils:
Dexter Taylor (credited)
Inks:
Rudy Lapick (credited)
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  • Genre:children
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Synopsis:
Little Veronica joins the cheer-leading squad.
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Late Date
(Table of Contents: 30)

Little Betty / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:children
Characters:
Miss Grundy; Little Archie; Little Jughead; Little Betty
Synopsis:
Little Archie gets Little Betty to do his homework while he goes out with Little Veronica.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (1987 series) #232.

A Good Sport
(Table of Contents: 31)

Little Veronica / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
Dexter Taylor (credited)
Pencils:
Dexter Taylor (credited)
Inks:
Ken Selig (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews Jughead Jones; Smithers the butler; Hermione Lodge; Betty Cooper; Gaston the chef
Synopsis:
Mr. Lodge gets swept up into coaching Veronica's youth basketball team.
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Date Fate
(Table of Contents: 32)

Little Betty / comic story / 4 pages

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Little Betty; Little Archie; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Little Jughead
Synopsis:
When Little Archie gets assigned detention, Betty pulls a prank on Mr. Weatherbee to get detention so she can be with Little Archie.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #222, no credits listed in this issue.

The Present
(Table of Contents: 33)

Veronica / comic story / 2 pages

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Jim DeCarlo (signed)
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  • Genre:teen
Synopsis:
By accident, Veronica comes up with the perfect birthday gift for her father.
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The Fugitive
(Table of Contents: 34)

Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Harold Smith (credited as Hal Smith)
Pencils:
Bob Bolling (credited)
Inks:
Mike Esposito (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:drama; teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Caramel
Synopsis:
Betty finds an escaped penguin from the zoo and decides to keep it.
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That Old Feline!
(Table of Contents: 35)

Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis:
Archie wants to spend the day with Veronica, but she puts him through agony trying to capture a stray kitten. When it causes havoc at home, Mr. Lodge assumes Archie is pretending to pass off his pranks on a mythical cat. Veronica pretends she knows nothing about it, as Daddy detests cats, and lets Archie take the rap.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprinting in B&V Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #233.

Sew What?
(Table of Contents: 36)

Veronica / activity / 1 page

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Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Put the letters in numerical order.

A Blast from the Past
(Table of Contents: 37)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica are set to attend a '70s themed dance, in full era costume, but find themselves enduring one delay after another waiting for Archie and Reggie to pick them up.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

When reprinted in B&V Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #233, inks were credited to Rudy Lapick.

Too Many Cooks
(Table of Contents: 38)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Taking Jughead's advice, Betty tries to reach Archie's heart with her cooking skills; but Veronica sabotages every dish by adding too much hot seasoning.
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Dinner for Who?
(Table of Contents: 39)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Waiter; Fred Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie takes Veronica out to eat to a fancy restaurant after promising that she won't be stuck paying the bill again.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #263, no credits listed in this digest.

Persistence Resistance
(Table of Contents: 40)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Uncle Henry Cooper
Synopsis:
Betty has trouble with a door-to-door salesman.
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["They say in springtime a young man's heart turns to fancy!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. Bruised Ego
    Betty and Veronica
  3. Chances Are...
    Betty and Veronica
  4. Anger Cliffhanger
    Veronica
  5. Best Test
    Betty and Veronica
  6. A Cheap Trick
    Betty and Veronica
  7. Who's Sorry Now
    Betty and Veronica
  8. Dream Magic
    Betty
  9. Betty’s Best Authors
    Betty Puzzle Funhouse
  10. Success Story
    Betty and Veronica
  11. Who Needs Archie?
    Betty and Veronica
  12. Clothes Woes
    Betty and Veronica
  13. Foto Fun
    Mr. Lodge
  14. A Code in the Head!
    Betty and Veronica
  15. Inflation Vexation
    Betty
  16. Gig Gala!
    Josie
  17. ["Oh, no! This happens every time I drive to the mall!"]
    Josie
  18. Head Count
    Josie
  19. Now You See It -- Now You Don't
    Josie
  20. The Rivals
    Betty and Veronica
  21. Betty's Manual - The Care and Training of Pet Dogs and Pet Boyfriends
    Betty
  22. Streak of Luck
    Betty and Veronica
  23. Trying Times
    Betty's Diary
  24. Wanted
    Archie
  25. The Hero
    Betty
  26. A Weighted Problem
    Betty and Veronica
  27. Tale of a Sale
    Betty
  28. Sweet Little Fourteen
    Betty and Veronica
  29. Face Case
    Archie
  30. Something to Cheer About
    Little Betty and Veronica
  31. Late Date
    Little Betty
  32. A Good Sport
    Little Veronica
  33. Date Fate
    Little Betty
  34. The Present
    Veronica
  35. The Fugitive
    Betty's Diary
  36. That Old Feline!
    Veronica
  37. Sew What?
    Veronica
  38. A Blast from the Past
    Betty and Veronica
  39. Too Many Cooks
    Betty
  40. Dinner for Who?
    Veronica
  41. Persistence Resistance
    Betty
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