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Pages: 196
On-sale Date: 2007-05-14
Editing: Nelson Ribeiro (editor); Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
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Bad Boy Trouble
(Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Steven Butler (signed)
Inks:
Al Milgrom (signed)
Colors:
?
  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:

Indexer Notes

New Look art.

This issue has 2 variants

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: The Archie Digest Library
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: 9 times a year in Jan., Mar., Apr., May, July, Aug., Sept., Oct. and Dec.
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?
  • Barcode: 762816469500 15111

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from Betty and Veronica Digest Magazine #173.

Bad Boy Trouble Part 1
(Table of Contents: 1)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 25 pages

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  • Genre:drama; teen; humor
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Angelina (the maid); Midge Klump; Nick St. Clair; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis:
During a girls' night out, Veronica, Betty and Midge meet Nick St. Clair, who sneaked into the movie without paying. Nick has recently moved to Riverdale. Veronica is immediately smitten with the tough, motorcycle-riding loner. She ditches her friends and goes riding with Nick. Hours later, she returns home to a frantic father and her friends. Rather than explaining their lateness, Nick merely drops Veronica off and rides away. Mr. Lodge forbids her to see the teenage thug again.
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Indexer Notes

This is the first story of the "new-look" for the Archie characters.

Quiz Fizz
(Table of Contents: 2)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Dan DeCarlo (layouts)
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  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Fifi the maid
Synopsis:
Betty takes a magazine quiz to see how well she knows her best friend, and Veronica feels her friend's answers are way off.
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Clueless
(Table of Contents: 3)

Veronica / activity / 1 page

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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
  • Genre:humor; teen
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Veronica's Party Fashions
(Table of Contents: 4)

Veronica / illustration / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
fashion page
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Indexer Notes

fashions submitted by John Hunter

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 5)

Betty's Pin Up / illustration / 1 page

Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Beauty and her Bears
Characters:
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Let It Rain
(Table of Contents: 6)

Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper (flashback); Alice Cooper (flashback)
Synopsis:
Trapped inside on a rainy day, Betty curls up with her diary and recalls other storms and the events they inspired.
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Indexer Notes

When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #212 the inks are credited to Bob Smith.

It's in the Stars
(Table of Contents: 7)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils:
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Inks:
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Mr. Svenson; Miss Rogers; Miss Grundy; Ethel Muggs; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Betty's horoscope says it will be her lucky day, but (almost) everything goes wrong.
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Madwoman of Riverdale
(Table of Contents: 8)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Smithers the butler; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Synopsis:
Veronica is having "one of those days" and she's ready to tear someone a new one.
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Happy Mirthday to You
(Table of Contents: 9)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doily; Chuck Clayton; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
The gang plans a roller skating surprise birthday party for Betty.
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No Problem
(Table of Contents: 10)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Synopsis:
Mr. Lodge tries to put his foot down, but only ends up putting it in his mouth.
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Dream Dilemma
(Table of Contents: 11)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper
Synopsis:
Betty dreams she rejects Archie and is so shaken by the dream that it takes Veronica to talk her down from her agitated state.
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Indexer Notes

When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #212, the writing is credited to George Gladir.

Comfort Zone
(Table of Contents: 12)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
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?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
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That Certain Something
(Table of Contents: 13)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mr. Bedell; Mrs. Bedell
Synopsis:
Veronica does everything she can to impress the handsome new teacher, until she finds out he's married.
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Indexer Notes

When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #212, writer is credited to Mike Pellowski.

Sheer Fear
(Table of Contents: 14)

Veronica / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
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?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen
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Chore Score
(Table of Contents: 15)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Gaston
Synopsis:
Veronica's dad wants her to start saving money, but her economical ideas cause more trouble than they're worth.
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Fashions of Fancy
(Table of Contents: 16)

Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page

Pencils:
Rex Lindsey (signed)
Inks:
Rex Lindsey (signed)
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica model ethnic costume designs submitted by readers.
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Classick TeeVee
(Table of Contents: 17)

Veronica / illustration / 1 page

Pencils:
Rex Lindsey (signed)
Inks:
Rex Lindsey (signed)
Colors:
Letters:
Rex Lindsey (signed)
  • Genre:fashion; teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Veronica wears fashions that pay tribute to sixties television shows "That Girl", "The Avengers", "The Addams Family", and seventies show "The Bionic Woman".
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Point of View
(Table of Contents: 18)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Bob Bolling (credited)
Pencils:
Bob Bolling (credited)
Inks:
Mike Esposito (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica think spring is "girl's weather" but have their mind changed by a spring storm.
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Yee-Hah!
(Table of Contents: 19)

Betty / activity / 1 page

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?
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?
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?
  • Genre:teen
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Indexer Notes

Put the letters in numerical order.

Law of the Land
(Table of Contents: 20)

Veronica / comic story / 1 page

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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
  • Genre:teen
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Synopsis:
Archie shows up as a cowboy to take Veronica to a masquerade party.
Reprints (1)

Fashion Flirt
(Table of Contents: 21)

Veronica / illustration / 1 page

Pencils:
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks:
?
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:fashion; teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge
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Queen for a Week
(Table of Contents: 22)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Harold Smith (credited as Hal Smith)
Pencils:
Tim Kennedy (credited)
Inks:
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Veronica, this is the ambassador from Snoozlevania!
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Veronica becomes Queen for a week in Snoozlevania but because their economy crashed they make her pay for everything during her trip.
Reprints (1)

Fashion Don’ts
(Table of Contents: 23)

Betty / illustration / 1 page

Pencils:
?
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?
Colors:
?
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
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A Moving Experience
(Table of Contents: 24)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Gwendolyn Grubbs; Waldo Weatherbee; Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
When the editor of the school paper has to transfer to another school, both Betty and Veronica apply for the position. Mr. Weatherbee decides to give the job to the one who can get the best story.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 25)

Veronica Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
  • Genre:teen
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Synopsis:
Veronica doesn't like her measurements using the metric system.
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Missed List
(Table of Contents: 26)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Veronica goes into a deep depression when she doesn't make a ten best dressed list.
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The Competitive Edge
(Table of Contents: 27)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Smithers the butler; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis:
Envious of all the sports trophies Betty has won, Veronica buys a trophy case and fills it with trophies she purchased on her own.
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Worst Date Fate
(Table of Contents: 28)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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?
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?
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?
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica both discover that their worst dates have been with Archie.
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Talk Balk
(Table of Contents: 29)

Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page

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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
  • Genre:humor; teen
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Synopsis:
Veronica thinks she and her father should talk more.
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Share Flair
(Table of Contents: 30)

Betty / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
?
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?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
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Synopsis:
Betty overdoes her interest in Archie's sports team.
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Full of Hot Air!
(Table of Contents: 31)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
Bill DuBay (credited as Dubay)
Pencils:
Stan Goldberg (credited as Goldberg)
Inks:
Stan Goldberg (credited as Goldberg)
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Moose Mason (Cameo); Geraldine Grundy (Cameo); Waldo Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley (Cameo); Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate (Cameo); Midge Klump (Cameo); Chuck Clayton (Cameo); Coach Clayton (Cameo)
Synopsis:
The line breaks on Reggie's hot air balloon and he and Veronica are headed for doom.
Reprints (2)

[Archie and Veronica kissing]
(Table of Contents: 32)

Which 2 Are Alike / activity / 1 page

Script:
?
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?
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?
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?
Letters:
?
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An Ugly Win
(Table of Contents: 33)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis:
When Veronica hears that Betty and Archie plan to run together on the Woodland Nature Trail, she invites herself along to make sure all they do is run.
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Hit or Ms.
(Table of Contents: 34)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica challenge Archie and Jughead to a boys versus girls game of baseball.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 35)

Jug's Jokes / comic story / 1 page

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?
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?
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?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hey, Arch! What do you call a sleeping dinosaur?
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate

Get A Life
(Table of Contents: 36)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis:
Watching his daughter and Betty engage in a vigorous badminton game gets Mr. Lodge pining for his youth. So he grabs Smithers and challenges the girls to a doubles match.
Reprints (1)

Fab Job
(Table of Contents: 37)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils:
Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
Inks:
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
Betty gets a job as a parking lot attendant, and Veronica gets jealous when she sees how many cute boys visit the booth.
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On a Roll
(Table of Contents: 38)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mayor Glibb
Synopsis:
Archie and Betty are working at a fifties-style drive-in restaurant. A local fast food competitor dresses as the mayor to steal their food secrets. Betty saves the day. Features an owl singing Elvis songs throughout.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 39)

Betty's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
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?
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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:How's your roller skating job, Betty?
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Betty loses her job as a drive-in waitress.
Reprints (1)

Don't Suit Yourself
(Table of Contents: 40)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
? [as Kennedy] (credited)
Inks:
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica discover that shopping for bathing suits is not as much fun without Archie along to give his thoughts.
Reprints (2)
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Bad Boy Trouble
    Betty and Veronica
  2. Bad Boy Trouble Part 1
    Betty and Veronica
  3. Quiz Fizz
    Betty and Veronica
  4. Clueless
    Veronica
  5. Veronica's Party Fashions
    Veronica
  6. ["Beauty and her Bears"]
    Betty's Pin Up
  7. Let It Rain
    Betty's Diary
  8. It's in the Stars
    Betty
  9. Madwoman of Riverdale
    Veronica
  10. Happy Mirthday to You
    Betty
  11. No Problem
    Veronica
  12. Dream Dilemma
    Betty
  13. Comfort Zone
    Betty and Veronica
  14. That Certain Something
    Betty and Veronica
  15. Sheer Fear
    Veronica
  16. Chore Score
    Betty and Veronica
  17. Fashions of Fancy
    Betty and Veronica
  18. Classick TeeVee
    Veronica
  19. Point of View
    Betty and Veronica
  20. Yee-Hah!
    Betty
  21. Law of the Land
    Veronica
  22. Fashion Flirt
    Veronica
  23. Queen for a Week
    Veronica
  24. Fashion Don’ts
    Betty
  25. A Moving Experience
    Betty and Veronica
  26. ["Bawww!"]
    Veronica Gag Bag
  27. Missed List
    Veronica
  28. The Competitive Edge
    Betty and Veronica
  29. Worst Date Fate
    Betty and Veronica
  30. Talk Balk
    Veronica
  31. Share Flair
    Betty
  32. Full of Hot Air!
    Betty and Veronica
  33. [Archie and Veronica kissing]
    Which 2 Are Alike
  34. An Ugly Win
    Betty and Veronica
  35. Hit or Ms.
    Betty and Veronica
  36. ["Hey, Arch! What do you call a sleeping dinosaur?"]
    Jug's Jokes
  37. Get A Life
    Betty and Veronica
  38. Fab Job
    Betty and Veronica
  39. On a Roll
    Betty and Veronica
  40. ["How's your roller skating job, Betty?"]
    Betty's Gag Bag
  41. Don't Suit Yourself
    Betty and Veronica
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