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Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page


  • Genre:teen; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gosh, Ronnie! You're really into old fashioned things!
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; W. C. Fields (poster); Charlie Chaplin (statue)

Indexer Notes

Redrawn from the cover of Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #193.

Issue Data

Ronnie’s Big Workout

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You'd better sign up with a spa like I did, Betty-- if you want to keep your girlish figure!
  • Keywords:car hops; exercise; roller skates
Characters:
Frank; Morty
Synopsis:
Veronica joins a health club to try to meet a handsome boy. But where she failed, Betty succeeds at her car hop job.
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Betty / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Work clothes are the latest "in" fad!
  • Keywords:fashion; work
Characters:
Synopsis:
Betty wears work clothes as a fashion trend. Her mother thinks she should wear them for work.
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You Know It's Your Lucky Day When...

Archie / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Synopsis:
Three bad luck incidents that turn out in Archie's favor. He avoids food poisoning and a scary rollercoaster, and gets the attention of a pretty girl.
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Bright Sprite

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I have a terrific energy-saving idea!
  • Keywords:energy
Characters:
Synopsis:
Archie and Jughead have different ideas about saving energy.
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Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Stick out your tongue, Jughead!
  • Keywords:envelopes
Characters:
Synopsis:
Betty tricks Jughead into licking an envelope.
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Switch Pitch

Betty / comic story / 5 pages


  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Victor Vanning
Synopsis:
Veronica is ignoring Archie in favor of a track star. Betty accidentally draws the athlete's attention with her barbecuing.
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They're Off!

Josie / comic story / 5 pages


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Good heavens! Who's getting married?
  • Keywords:turtles
Characters:
Pierre
Synopsis:
Alan M. shows off his racing turtles at the Cabot mansion.
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Archie / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hold my cone for a second, Jug!
  • Keywords:ice cream
Characters:
Synopsis:
Archie makes the mistake of leaving Jughead in charge of his ice cream cone.
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Indecision Derision

Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ronnie, will you be my date?
  • Keywords:dates
Characters:
Synopsis:
Veronica won't tell Archie if she will be his date.
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Betty / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm following a diet that consists of nothing but onions and garlic!
  • Keywords:diets; garlic
Characters:
Sylvia
Synopsis:
Betty's friend Sylvia has lost all her dates because of her garlic diet.
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:These craft displays should give your parents a good idea of what we do!
  • Keywords:camping; hiking
Characters:
Benson
Synopsis:
Archie films Mr. Weatherbee's hiking trip with some young campers.
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Water Pressure

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Nothing like it, Betty!
  • Keywords:boats; canoes
Characters:
Synopsis:
Archie tries to convince Veronica that canoeing is romantic.
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Archie and His Pals / comic story / 6 pages


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ronnie Baby, you're in for a treat!
  • Keywords:cars
Characters:
Synopsis:
Reggie decides that Archie's car must be why girls prefer him. He swaps cars with Archie, but his plan backfires when it starts raining.
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Jungle Bungle

Jughead / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It was nice of Mr. Lodge to take us on this jungle safari!
  • Keywords:eggs
Characters:
Synopsis:
On a jungle trip, Jughead tries to find some eggs for breakfast.
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Father Is Right

Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Veronica, don't you think that's a little skimpy?
  • Keywords:swimsuits
Characters:
Synopsis:
Mr. Lodge objects to Veronica's new bikini.
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Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Good grief! Look at all these bills from the tennis shop!
  • Keywords:money; tennis
Characters:
Synopsis:
Veronica overspends on tennis outfits.
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Glamourously Yours!

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages


  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Esmeralda; Pierre
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica get a drastic makeover for a frumpy girl who has a crush on Jughead.
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Indexer Notes

In the original printing, the girl chasing Jughead is called Big Ethel, despite looking nothing like the previous appearances of the character. In reprints, her named is changed to Esmeralda.

Canadian Summer

Archie / comic story / 6 pages


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Many, many years ago, in the wilds of Northern Canada, an intrepid trapper trudged tiredly through the deep winter snows in search of wild game- or tame game - or even some tasty bark from a tree!
  • Keywords:Canada; skunks; snow
Characters:
Synopsis:
Archie plays the role of a dimwitted French-Canadian trapper, encountering his friends in other stereotypically Northern guises.
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Betty / comic story / 4 pages


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I struck out three times in a row!
  • Keywords:baseball; luck
Characters:
Synopsis:
Betty makes Archie wear her lucky baseball cap.
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Star Spangled Angle

Veronica / comic story / 7 pages


  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Synopsis:
Veronica tries to do nice things for others, but everyone assumes she has an ulterior motive.
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Food Fare Freakout

Jughead / cartoon / 1 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jughead quips about his favorite subject...
  • Keywords:fish; food; ventriloquism
Characters:
Synopsis:
Jughead makes corny food jokes with doubles of himself, including his own reflection and a ventriloquist dummy.
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Betty / comic story / 6 pages


  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Ms. Boswell; Mr. Flushton
Synopsis:
Betty coordinates her school schedule to match Archie's. She keeps having to make changes, and accidentally ends up in a plumbing class.
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Archie / comic story / 5 pages


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oooh, Archiekins! I'm really looking forward to that concert tomorrow night!
  • Keywords:mystery; television
Characters:
Synopsis:
Archie is desperate to see the finale of a TV miniseries: "Who is Jeremy Jarvis?". Veronica offers to tape the show for him, but the twist ending is accidentally spoiled.
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Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages


  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I don't know how I let you talk me into this, Sabrina!
  • Keywords:ants; picnics
Characters:
Synopsis:
Sabrina takes her aunts on a picnic, where Aunt Hilda spends the whole time complaining.
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Archie / comic story / 1 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What's with the glue, Archie?
  • Keywords:surfing
Characters:
Synopsis:
Archie glues himself to his surfboard to win a contest.
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Bubble Trouble

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Try this new bubblebath on Hot Dog!
  • Keywords:baths; dogs
Characters:
Synopsis:
Hot Dog gets a bubble bath, very much against his will.
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Protein Scene

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You should buy this shampoo, too!
  • Keywords:shampoo
Characters:
Synopsis:
Archie tries to get Jughead to buy some shampoo.
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Mr. Lodge Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You'd think with all this room in this house, they could dance without bumping into each other!
  • Keywords:dancing
Characters:
Synopsis:
Mr. Lodge objects to Archie and Veronica's dancing.
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What's your beef?
  • Keywords:shopping
Characters:
Synopsis:
Archie tries to return a sweater that shrank.
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Indexer Notes

This comic is in a vertical three-panel format.

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:My world has fallen apart!
  • Keywords:globe
Characters:
Synopsis:
Archie's world literally falls apart when he drops a globe in shop class.
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Indexer Notes

This comic story is in a vertical format.

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Coach, I'd like to make the track team but I'm very slow!
  • Keywords:shotput
Characters:
Synopsis:
Jughead tries out for shotput.
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Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What would you like to become, Jughead?
  • Keywords:careers; DJs
Characters:
Synopsis:
Jughead wants to become a DJ because it involves sitting down.
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Down in the Mouth!

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 5 pages


  • Genre:children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:When I grow up I'm going to be an astronaut!
  • Keywords:doctors; sickness
Characters:
Synopsis:
Charley Hawse laughs at Li'l Jinx's ambition to become a doctor. She gets her revenge by making him think he is sick.
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Archie, why must you always be late?
  • Keywords:lateness; school
Characters:
Synopsis:
Archie argues that he isn't always late in school.
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Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Mr. Lodge figured out the perfect way to sink putts!
  • Keywords:golf
Characters:
Synopsis:
Mr. Lodge designed his golf course with extra-large holes.
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Happiness is Sharing

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hey, super! Look at this, Betty!
  • Keywords:money; newspapers
Characters:
Synopsis:
Mr. Lodge won't give Veronica money for a new wardrobe, so she tricks him by asking finance questions.
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Archie / comic story / 5 pages


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gee! That looks like hard work, Mr. Weatherbee!
  • Keywords:exercise; hospital
Characters:
Synopsis:
Archie helps Mr. Weatherbee exercise, but he keeps being distracted by food. Eventually Weatherbee ends up injured and on a low-calorie hospital diet.
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gosh, Jug! Nobody seems to know what caused my strained neck!
  • Keywords:neck
Characters:
Synopsis:
Archie strained his neck by turning to look at girls.
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Let's pull on the wishbone, Archie!
  • Keywords:beach; wishbone
Characters:
Synopsis:
Jughead brought a wishbone to the beach.
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Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:That's Hot Dog's best trick... playing dead!
  • Keywords:dog tricks
Characters:
Synopsis:
Hot Dog and Jughead are both great at playing dead.
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Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page


  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Going to the carnival, Arch?
  • Keywords:carnivals
Characters:
Synopsis:
Archie thinks the carnival is overrated, mostly because he can't afford to go.
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Dress 'n' Guess

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages


  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gollee! What an utterly gorgeous gown!
  • Keywords:conscience; dresses
Characters:
Synopsis:
Betty tries to trick Veronica into buying the same dress as Midge, so that she can be the one to stand out at the school dance. Betty's plan backfires when Veronica's conscience intervenes.
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Indexer Notes

In the original printing, the butler was named Smedley. In the Betty and Veronica Digest #33 reprint, his name is edited to Smithers.

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