Price: 1.50 USD
Pages: 132
On-sale Date: 1989-06-27
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Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Betty, is Archie up to par?
  • Keywords:miniature golf
Characters:
Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews

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Indexer Notes

On sale date from Amazing Heroes #167.

Brace Yourself
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Tree Flee
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Mr. Lodge / comic story / 1 page

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Respectable Rating
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Sabrina's Aunts Zelda & Hilda / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Geee! I'm worried!
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Hilda Spellman; Zelda Spellman
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Hilda and Zelda aren't sure whether to allow Sabrina to go to a punk rock club.
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Thimble Minded
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Betty / comic story / 5 pages

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Frank Doyle (credited)
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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I wonder what it is that Ronnie has to show us this time!
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Veronica invites Betty and Archie over to the house to see a rare thimble from a Royal coronation that's worth $30,000. Betty rushes home to look in her mother's sewing kit and finds six thimbles which appear to be identical - but aren't.
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Kitty Ditty
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Sabrina the Teenage Witch / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
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Sabrina; Salem; Aunt Hilda
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When Sabrina spills some witch's brew on Salem, it gives him magical powers.
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Decibel Dilemma
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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Archie can't study and his father says it's no wonder with the TV distracting him so he sends him upstairs.
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Class Will Tell
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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Veronica is a bit embarrassed to take Archie to her country club because he doesn't wear designer clothes.
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Full of Hot Air!
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Archie and the Gang / comic story / 11 pages

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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)
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The line breaks on Reggie's hot air balloon and he and Veronica are headed for doom.
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Fly Boy
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 8 pages

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis:
After surviving water skiing with Betty and Veronica, Archie watches Mr. Lodge teach him kite surfing.
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Supreme Temptation
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Sabrina / comic story / 1 page

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Over-Dated
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Josie / comic story / 10 pages

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Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; Alexander Cabot III
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Josie mistakenly makes a date with both Alex and Albert for the dance, so she gets Pepper and Melody to distract the two boys so they won't realize they're dating the same girl.
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Archie Happy
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 2.67 pages

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley
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Dilton claims to have invented a survey that can match a girl to her ideal boy.
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Kiss Miss
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Moose / comic story / 0.33 page

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Moose answers a question of the ages.
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Animal Antics
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Reggie / comic story / 1 page

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Reggie tries to impress Veronica with animal imitations.
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Plant Parley
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Sabrina / comic story / 1 page

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Sabrina uses magic to make the trees and plants talk.
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Make Believe
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis:
As part of a project for school, the kids act out fantasy scenarios that could never happen, like Betty refusing Archie, and Jughead refusing food.
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The Lure
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
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Veronica schemes to lure Archie and Reggie into a picnic with her and Betty.
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Sandy Dandy
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Moose / comic story / 1 page

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Smart Art
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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Betty asks Archie to explain inflation.
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Wait Strait
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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Fault Folly
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Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page

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Lift Gift
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Archie / comic story / 0.5 page

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Camper Caper
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Midge Klump
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Veronica's home movies reveal what really went on between Archie and Betty on a camping trip.
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The Nifty Fifties
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Archie / comic story / 5 pages

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Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Mr. Kretzler; Mrs. Kretzler; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis:
Betty throws a "fifties party", where everyone dresses in vintage clothing and dances to fifties rock and roll.
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Indexer Notes

As an in joke, the artist draws Archie and Jughead wearing the letter sweaters and pants they made famous in their fifties comics.

Credits for this story come from the index of the original printing, no credits are printed in this digest.

Top Side
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Betty / comic story / 1 page

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Vain Refrain
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Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page

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Plant Chant
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Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page

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The Tipster
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Archie / comic story / 6 pages

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Chaperone Chef
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper
Synopsis:
When Veronica hears that Archie is coming over to Betty's house to "study," she convinces Betty's mother that they shouldn't be alone without a chaperone. So Jughead is called over, and Betty uses the lure of food to get him to leave her alone with Archie.
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Fairy Tale Land Revisited
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Betty Cooper Presents / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Have you ever noticed how in some children's books we females come off as namby-pamby characters?
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Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper
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Betty retells fairy tales with females as stronger characters.
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Map Flap
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Archie and the Gang / comic story / 1 page

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You Gotta Have Sole
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
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Betty accuses Archie of letting Veronica walk all over him.
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Betty, is Archie up to par?"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. Brace Yourself
    Betty and Veronica
  3. Tree Flee
    Mr. Lodge
  4. Respectable Rating
    Sabrina's Aunts Zelda & Hilda
  5. Thimble Minded
    Betty
  6. Kitty Ditty
    Sabrina the Teenage Witch
  7. Decibel Dilemma
    Archie
  8. Class Will Tell
    Archie
  9. Full of Hot Air!
    Archie and the Gang
  10. Fly Boy
    Betty and Veronica
  11. Supreme Temptation
    Sabrina
  12. Over-Dated
    Josie
  13. Archie Happy
    Betty and Veronica
  14. Kiss Miss
    Moose
  15. Animal Antics
    Reggie
  16. Plant Parley
    Sabrina
  17. Make Believe
    Betty and Veronica
  18. The Lure
    Betty and Veronica
  19. Sandy Dandy
    Moose
  20. Smart Art
    Archie
  21. Wait Strait
    Archie
  22. Fault Folly
    Mr. Lodge
  23. Lift Gift
    Archie
  24. Camper Caper
    Betty and Veronica
  25. The Nifty Fifties
    Archie
  26. Top Side
    Betty
  27. Vain Refrain
    Reggie
  28. Plant Chant
    Reggie
  29. The Tipster
    Archie
  30. Chaperone Chef
    Betty and Veronica
  31. Fairy Tale Land Revisited
    Betty Cooper Presents
  32. Map Flap
    Archie and the Gang
  33. You Gotta Have Sole
    Betty and Veronica
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