Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #159

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Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page

Pencils:	Jeff Shultz
Inks:	Jon D'Agostino
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:teen; humor

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Betty, you look great!

Characters:

Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper

Issue Data

Publisher's Brand: The Archie Digest Library
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Indicia Frequency: 9 times a year in Jan., Feb., Apr., May, June, Aug., Sept., Oct. and Nov.
Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Printer: ?
Barcode: 071896468557 59

[The Batman Wants You!]

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Post Cereals [multiple varieties] / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 2)

Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page

Pencils:	?
Inks:	?
Colors:	?

Genre:teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Curtain Call

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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	George Gladir (credited)
Pencils:	Pat Kennedy (credited)
Inks:	Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Colors:	Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:	Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre:teen; humor

Characters:

Alice Cooper; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis:: Veronica overhears Betty looking for fabric for her dance dress and buys the whole bolt to thwart Betty.; in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #184 (November 2010), #257 (December 2017)

Indexer Notes

Credits are the bottom of the illustration in the previous sequence.

[Sweet like cherries...]

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Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum / advertisement / 1 page

Summer Settings

(Table of Contents: 5)

Veronica / illustration / 1 page

Pencils:	Rex Lindsey
Inks:	Rex Lindsey
Colors:	?

Genre:teen

Characters:

Veronica Lodge

Reprints (1)

from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #89 (July 1999)

Indexer Notes

Fashion page.

[Justice League Sugar Free Pops]

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Justice League Sugar Free Pops / advertisement / 1 page

Roller Derby Ruckus

(Table of Contents: 7)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages

Script:	Bill Golliher
Pencils:	Dan Parent
Inks:	Jon D'Agostino
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:teen; humor

Keywords:inline skating; roller derby

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Kyle Clifton; Hulking Heidi; Hermione Lodge

Synopsis:: Spurred by their competitive nature, Betty and Veronica sign on with a local women's roller derby team. Quickly they run afoul of the team's prima donna star, Hulking Heidi.; from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #38 (November 1999)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

[Loonatics Unleashed]

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The WB Television Shows / advertisement / 1 page

[Dive Into a Goldfish Bowl]

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Campbell's Soup / advertisement / 1 page

[The Proud Family Movie]

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Disney Channel Shows / advertisement / 1 page

Winners & Losers

(Table of Contents: 11)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

Script:	George Gladir
Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo
Inks:	Alison Flood
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:teen; humor

Keywords:beach volleyball

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom; Archie Andrews; Nancy Woods; Rex Dexter; Jughead Jones

Synopsis:: Cheryl's presence causes Betty and Veronica's competitive spirit to amp up, improving their beach volleyball skills just in time for a big tournament.; from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #103 (September 1996)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

[New Triple Treat]

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Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum / advertisement / 1 page

[A Series of Unfortunate Events]

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Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events" Books / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]

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Editor's Notebook / in-house column / 1 page

[Dino Attack]

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LEGO Toys / advertisement / 1 page

Bugged!

(Table of Contents: 16)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	Michael Pellowski
Pencils:	Stan Goldberg
Inks:	Mike Esposito
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:teen

Characters:

Betty Cooper

Synopsis:: Betty's attempt to paint a landscape is ruined by mosquitos. Or maybe not.; from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #76 (August 1999)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

[Betty & Veronica]

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Hyperion Books for Children / advertisement / 1 page

A Real Workout

(Table of Contents: 18)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	?
Pencils:	Dan Parent
Inks:	?
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:teen

Characters:

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Smithers

Synopsis:: Veronica is worn out from ordering the staff around all day.; from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #88 (June 1999)

[Archie's Subscription Offer]

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Golf Clubbed

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Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	Dan Parent
Pencils:	Dan Parent
Inks:	Rich Koslowski
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:humor; teen

Keywords:golf; miniature golf

Characters:

Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Matt; Archie Andrews (cameo)

Synopsis:: Veronica agrees to go with her father to the golf course.; from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #89 (July 1999)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

[Archie's 2004 Collector Sets]

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Archie's Angels

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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages

Script:	Dan Parent
Pencils:	Dan Parent
Inks:	Jon D'Agostino
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:humor; teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:That movie was so cool!

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge [as Hiram Bigbucks]; Jughead Jones; Brigitte Reilly; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Seymour Trump; Cheryl Blossom [as Cheryl Trump

Synopsis:: Archie's Angels must rescue Hiram Bigbucks from Seymour Trump.; from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #44 (November 2000)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

[Archie's Collector Sets]

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Love Showdown]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 24)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Sonic Checklist]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 25)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Feed Frenzy

(Table of Contents: 26)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	Kathleen Webb
Pencils:	Stan Goldberg
Inks:	Bob Smith
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:humor; teen

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper

Synopsis:: Betty tries to prevent the local squirrels from eating the birdseed she puts out for the birds.; from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #86 (June 2000)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Panning For Goldfish!

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Salem / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	Michael Gallagher
Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo
Inks:	Jon D'Agostino
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:humor; animal; fantasy-supernatural; anthropomorphic-funny animals

Characters:

Salem; Sabrina; Finbar

Synopsis:: Sabrina buys a goldfish, and tells Salem that the fish is not to be eaten.; from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1997 series) #30 (October 1999)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

A Happy Ending

(Table of Contents: 28)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	Kathleen Webb
Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo
Inks:	Henry Scarpelli
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge

Synopsis:: Betty and Veronica reminisce about all the fun things they did over the summer and don't want summer to end until Mrs. Lodge offers to take them shopping for back to school clothes.; from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #152 (October 2000)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

[Archie's Digest Subscription Offer]

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Back to School Fashions

(Table of Contents: 30)

illustration / 1 page

Script:	?
Pencils:	?
Inks:	?
Colors:	?

Characters:

Veronica Lodge

Reprints (1)

in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #276 (October 2019)

Back to School Blues

(Table of Contents: 31)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

Script:	Kathleen Webb
Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo
Inks:	Henry Scarpelli
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:teen; humor

Keywords:dress; fashion; revamp; sewing machine

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley

Synopsis:: Veronica misses the first week of school and when she shows up with her designer dress she discovers that everybody else is wearing the same dress.; from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #153 (November 2000)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

[Archie's Collector Sets]

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

She's All That!

(Table of Contents: 33)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	Kathleen Webb (credited)
Pencils:	? [as Kennedy] (credited)
Inks:	Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Colors:	?
Letters:	?

Genre:teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Nancy Woods

Synopsis:: Betty makes friends with the new kids in school this year.; in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #273 (October 2019)
in Archie Giant Comics Hop (Archie, 2019 series) (2019)

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Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page

Issue Data

[The Batman Wants You!] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

Post Cereals [multiple varieties] / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page

Curtain Call (Table of Contents: 3)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Indexer Notes

[Sweet like cherries...] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum / advertisement / 1 page

Summer Settings (Table of Contents: 5)

Veronica / illustration / 1 page

Indexer Notes

[Justice League Sugar Free Pops] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

Justice League Sugar Free Pops / advertisement / 1 page

Roller Derby Ruckus (Table of Contents: 7)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages

Indexer Notes

[Loonatics Unleashed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 8)

The WB Television Shows / advertisement / 1 page

[Dive Into a Goldfish Bowl] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

Campbell's Soup / advertisement / 1 page

[The Proud Family Movie] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 10)

Disney Channel Shows / advertisement / 1 page

Winners & Losers (Table of Contents: 11)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

Indexer Notes

[New Triple Treat] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 12)

Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum / advertisement / 1 page

[A Series of Unfortunate Events] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events" Books / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

Editor's Notebook / in-house column / 1 page

[Dino Attack] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

LEGO Toys / advertisement / 1 page

Bugged! (Table of Contents: 16)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages

Indexer Notes

[Betty & Veronica] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

Hyperion Books for Children / advertisement / 1 page

A Real Workout (Table of Contents: 18)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

[Archie's Subscription Offer] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 19)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Golf Clubbed (Table of Contents: 20)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Indexer Notes

[Archie's 2004 Collector Sets] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 21)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Archie's Angels (Table of Contents: 22)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages

Indexer Notes

[Archie's Collector Sets] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 23)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Love Showdown] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 24)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Sonic Checklist] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 25)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Feed Frenzy (Table of Contents: 26)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages

Indexer Notes

Panning For Goldfish! (Table of Contents: 27)

Salem / comic story / 5 pages

Indexer Notes

A Happy Ending (Table of Contents: 28)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Indexer Notes

[Archie's Digest Subscription Offer] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 29)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Back to School Fashions (Table of Contents: 30)

illustration / 1 page

Back to School Blues (Table of Contents: 31)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

Indexer Notes

[Archie's Collector Sets] (Expand) / (Table of Contents: 32)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

She's All That! (Table of Contents: 33)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents)

[The Batman Wants You!]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

[no title indexed]

(Table of Contents: 2)

Curtain Call

(Table of Contents: 3)

[Sweet like cherries...]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

Summer Settings

(Table of Contents: 5)

[Justice League Sugar Free Pops]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

Roller Derby Ruckus

(Table of Contents: 7)

[Loonatics Unleashed]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 8)

[Dive Into a Goldfish Bowl]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 9)

[The Proud Family Movie]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 10)

Winners & Losers

(Table of Contents: 11)

[New Triple Treat]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 12)

[A Series of Unfortunate Events]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

[no title indexed]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

[Dino Attack]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

Bugged!

(Table of Contents: 16)

[Betty & Veronica]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

A Real Workout

(Table of Contents: 18)

[Archie's Subscription Offer]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 19)

Golf Clubbed

(Table of Contents: 20)

[Archie's 2004 Collector Sets]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 21)

Archie's Angels

(Table of Contents: 22)

[Archie's Collector Sets]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 23)

[Love Showdown]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 24)

[Sonic Checklist]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 25)

Feed Frenzy

(Table of Contents: 26)

Panning For Goldfish!

(Table of Contents: 27)

A Happy Ending

(Table of Contents: 28)

[Archie's Digest Subscription Offer]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 29)

Back to School Fashions

(Table of Contents: 30)

Back to School Blues

(Table of Contents: 31)

[Archie's Collector Sets]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 32)

She's All That!

(Table of Contents: 33)

[Josie / Summer Fun Special Offer]

(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 34)

[New Digests on Sale]

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[You can get a taste of pirate power]

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[Big League Chew]

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