Price: 1.79 USD
Pages: 100
Editing: Nanci Dakesian (credited) (editor); Victor Gorelick (credited) (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (credited as Richard Goldwater) (editor-in-chief)
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Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Daddy! A twister is headed our way!
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Lodge

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Indexer Notes

Christmas themed digest.

Plain & Pimple
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Ms. Grundy; Jason Blossom
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Veronica gets a pimple and Betty helps her hide it with a headband. She also gives her calming music to listen to as she thinks the pimple is due to stress.
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Veronica's Christmas List!
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Veronica / activity / 1 page

Script:
Rod Ollerenshaw (credited as RGO)
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Rod Ollerenshaw (credited as RGO)
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Rod Ollerenshaw (credited as RGO)
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Rod Ollerenshaw (credited as RGO)
  • Genre:teen
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Word find puzzle with a gift theme.

Just Testing
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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Dan DeCarlo (layouts)
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Betty and Veronica try to prepare for Christmas and for an English Literature test at the same time.
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The Present
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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Archie can't resist the temptation to open his present before Christmas.
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Colorful Character
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Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page

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Hilda is revolted by a girl's rainbow hair. Sabrina gives her rainbow clothes.
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Betty / activity / 0.5 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Help me pick a date for tonight!
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Holiday Joy-Boy
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Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Mr. Lodge nearly induces a stroke in himself worrying about what accident Archie will have during his visit to the mansion.
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Tree Triumph
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page

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Path of Glory
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Riverdale is snowed under, but Veronica still has Christmas shopping to do so she gets out her skis to go to the mall.
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It's about Time
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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Jinx leaves her father a message on the bathroom mirror.
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All Wrapped Up
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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Dan DeCarlo (layouts)
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Veronica is determined to wrap her Christmas gifts herself, in spite of not knowing how.
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Engage the Enemy
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • Feature Logo:Betty and Veronica
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Why, Archiekins, you sly old rascal! What are you doing?
  • Keywords:Christmas
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Synopsis:
Veronica goes on the war path when she mistakenly assumes Archie is giving Betty an engagement ring for Christmas.
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Is This Trip Necessary?
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Veronica plans to go to Jamaica for Christmas, unaware that her parents would prefer that she stay home for the holidays.
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Snow Fun
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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The gang plan to wait out a howling snowstorm at the Lodge mansion until Reggie gets a better idea.
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Editor's Notebook / in-house column / 1 page

Hearty Party
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:This is going to be the best Christmas party our sorority has ever given!
  • Keywords:Christmas
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Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica throw a party where all of the guests dress as Santa.
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Broom Zoom
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Sabrina / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Darn this snowmobile I bought! It's a lemon!
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Synopsis:
Sabrina ties brooms to Hilda's broken snowmobile to make it work.
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Bullseye
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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The Gift of Love
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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Dan DeCarlo (layouts)
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Veronica finally figures out that her parents would like her to stay for Christmas.
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Betty and Veronica's Pin Up / illustration / 1 page

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Ski instructor
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Christmas Season with Betty & Veronica
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Betty and Archie each sacrifice something precious to them in order to buy gifts for each other.
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Indexer Notes

This plot is very similar to the O. Henry short story "The Gift of the Magi".

Betty's Christmas Card
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Betty / illustration / 1 page

Script:
Tiffy Pugliese
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Dan DeCarlo (signed)
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Alison Flood (signed)
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Betty hangs stockings by the fire decorated with bulbs in the shape of the heads of Archie, Jughead, Reggie and Veronica. However, she drops Veronica's bulb - - "accidentally", of course.
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Reader Tiffy Pugliese is credited with the page concept.

Food for Thought
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Archie / public service announcement / 1 page

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Synopsis:
Archie learns about handicapped accessibility.

With a Little Help from His Friends
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Sabrina's Christmas Magic / comic story / 5 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Every Christmas Eve it's the same old story!
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Synopsis:
Sabrina's aunts reveal that they use their magic to help Santa deliver presents every Christmas Eve.
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Ice Scream
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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Heat Beat
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The best way to keep warm is to wear a lot of light weight items!
  • Keywords:snow
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Archie tells Betty and Jughead that the trick to staying warm in the winter is to wear many layers.
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I'll Be Home for Christmas
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Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Daddy! A twister is headed our way!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. Plain & Pimple
    Betty and Veronica
  3. Veronica's Christmas List!
    Veronica
  4. Just Testing
    Betty and Veronica
  5. The Present
    Archie
  6. Colorful Character
    Sabrina
  7. ["Help me pick a date for tonight!"]
    Betty
  8. Holiday Joy-Boy
    Veronica
  9. Tree Triumph
    Betty and Veronica
  10. Path of Glory
    Betty and Veronica
  11. It's about Time
    Li'l Jinx
  12. All Wrapped Up
    Betty and Veronica
  13. Engage the Enemy
    Betty and Veronica
  14. Is This Trip Necessary?
    Betty and Veronica
  15. Snow Fun
    Betty and Veronica
  16. [no title indexed]
    Editor's Notebook
  17. Hearty Party
    Betty and Veronica
  18. Broom Zoom
    Sabrina
  19. Bullseye
    Li'l Jinx
  20. The Gift of Love
    Betty and Veronica
  21. ["Don't you remember me?"]
    Betty and Veronica's Pin Up
  22. Christmas Season with Betty & Veronica
    Betty and Veronica
  23. Betty's Christmas Card
    Betty
  24. Food for Thought
    Archie
  25. With a Little Help from His Friends
    Sabrina's Christmas Magic
  26. Ice Scream
    Li'l Jinx
  27. Heat Beat
    Archie
  28. I'll Be Home for Christmas
    Betty's Diary
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