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Pages: 100
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Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Will this new look really shock my parents, Betty?
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Hiram Lodge
This issue has 1 variant

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: The Archie Digest Library
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: 8 times a year in Feb, April, May, July, Aug., Sept., Nov. and Dec.
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?
  • Barcode: 762816468558 10411

Hooked
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bob Bolling (credited)
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Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis:
Veronica invites herself along on Betty's fishing trip with Archie, then uses her ignorance of the sport to monopolize Archie's attention.
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Rad Fad
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:So that's Veronica the big trend setter!
  • Keywords:hats
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Synopsis:
Veronica accidentally starts a trend when she wears a ski cap to cover a bad haircut.
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Prom Promoter
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Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Gilly and the Gig Pigs
Synopsis:
Veronica plans to make a grand exit from the prom by leaving in a helicopter. She is upstaged when Betty is sick on prom night and the band goes to serenade her.
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Indexer Notes

The band at the prom is Gilly and the Gig Pigs, a group which has made several background appearances in other stories.

Video Victim
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Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh girl, you are indeed a thing of beauty and joy forever!
  • Keywords:vanity; video camera
Characters:
Marie
Synopsis:
Veronica accidentally filmed herself preening in front of the mirror, and Archie has borrowed her camcorder to take to the sports rally.
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The Happy Hiker
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Betty / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:teen
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Synopsis:
While Betty is hiking with the Lodges, a wildfire starts, forcing them to flee along with the forest animals.
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Veronica Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Your leg is in a cast?!
  • Keywords:cast
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Synopsis:
Veronica doesn't mind her broken leg because lots of boys signed her cast.
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Indexer Notes

Most of the names on Veronica's cast reference Archie comics staff members.

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Digest-ions! / text article / 2 pages

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hey Gang, OK, pencils down. We have all 50 winners to the first Archie Digest-ions! trivia game.
  • Keywords:contest; quiz; trivia
Characters:
Nelson Ribeiro, Bryan, Suzanne
Synopsis:
The Archie Comics staff and Veronica as Miss Vanity share the answers to a trivia quiz, and the names of the winning readers.

Indexer Notes

Winners were: Anna Houston, Molly Ligon, Courtney Oaks, John Decena, Jessica Yeo, Renee York, Carmen Rowe, Sabrina Kraft, Emily Hanavan, Gregory Meyer Jr., Sarah Croft, Elizabeth Bee, Sarah Bastin, Alycia Holland, Penny Gerald, Dalton Jackson, Ariel Gomes, Chris Harris, Emily Abrash, Holly Glover, Jamila Moore, Nancy Acosta, Stephanie Williams, Delicia Valdez, John Montuno, Jackie Garcia, Karlie Butler, Kris Pribyl, Jaclyn Spierowski, Theodore Clodhopper, Faye Wong, Tracy Flanders, Rachel Chung, Sandy Gale-Tovic, Susie Ley, Angela Malone, Kristin Box, Melissa Karlick, Stephen Cruz, Enrique Gonzales, Morgan Miyahira, Jocelyn Palestrant, Cheryl Hanna, Julie Tedjamulia, Amber Rosso, Elyse Marcus, Julie Frenznick, Melanie Jess, Maurietta Ortman, and Gary Morgan.

Look Who's Watching
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Professor Winkle
Synopsis:
Veronica gives Archie a medallion that conceals a tracking device so she can crash his dates with Betty.
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Veronica Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:How do you like it, Archie!?!
  • Keywords:fashion; Western
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Synopsis:
Archie approves of Veronica's Western outfit.
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There's an Opening at Second
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Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen
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Willard
Synopsis:
Betty's softball team is lacking motivation. Betty finds a way to awaken their fighting spirit.
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Don't Play with Fire
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Know Your Heroes! / public service announcement / 2 pages

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  • Genre:advocacy; superhero
Characters:
Little Archie Andrews [cameo]; Jimmy; Joey
Synopsis:
Fireball, Inferno, and the Firefly teach two kids about the dangers of playing with fire.
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Everglade Raid!
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Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen
Characters:
John Dsala
Synopsis:
Veronica helps foil a thief in the Everglades.
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Phone Groan
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Betty / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Betty, dearest!
  • Keywords:dream; kiss
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Synopsis:
Betty's romantic dream is interrupted.
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Medical Alert
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:She is so... precious!
  • Keywords:hospital; nurse; work
Characters:
Nurse Bradford; Roger
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica become hospital volunteers, hoping to help care for new babies. Their work turns out to be tiring and dirty, and they don't even get near the maternity ward. But at least Veronica got a new date out of it.
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Going One Better
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Synopsis:
Betty's parents surprised her with a new car, and she worries Veronica will immediately top it like she has so many times before.
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Yard Sale of the Century!
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Synopsis:
The Lodges decide to have the fanciest yard sale in Riverdale history. They don't sell much, but everyone has a good time anyways.
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Strange Arrangement!
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Betty / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen
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Synopsis:
Betty decides to rearrange the furniture in her room.
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Moody & Snooty
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Synopsis:
Veronica can't get a mood ring to show that she is happy, so she has one made that stays blue all the time.
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Will this new look really shock my parents, Betty?"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. Hooked
    Betty and Veronica
  3. Rad Fad
    Betty and Veronica
  4. Prom Promoter
    Veronica
  5. Video Victim
    Veronica
  6. The Happy Hiker
    Betty
  7. ["Your leg is in a cast?!"]
    Veronica Pin Up
  8. ["Hey Gang, OK, pencils down. We have all 50 winners to the first Archie Digest-ions! trivia game."]
    Digest-ions!
  9. Look Who's Watching
    Betty and Veronica
  10. ["How do you like it, Archie!?!"]
    Veronica Pin Up
  11. There's an Opening at Second
    Betty's Diary
  12. Don't Play with Fire
    Know Your Heroes!
  13. Everglade Raid!
    Veronica
  14. Phone Groan
    Betty
  15. Medical Alert
    Betty and Veronica
  16. Going One Better
    Betty and Veronica
  17. Yard Sale of the Century!
    Betty and Veronica
  18. Strange Arrangement!
    Betty
  19. Moody & Snooty
    Betty and Veronica
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