Price: 1.79 USD; 1.99 CAD
Pages: 100
On-sale Date: 1997
Editing: Nanci Dakesian (editor); Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor in chief)
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Betty / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A person who wears a 'crown' will sweep you off your feet!
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Synopsis:
Betty gets one idea from reading her fortune in a Chinese restaurant, while reality has a different idea entirely.
This issue has 2 variants

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Indexer Notes

Indicia title is just "Betty's Digest", cover title is "Betty's Digest Magazine".

A New Twist
(Table of Contents: 1)

Betty / comic story / 8 pages

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Haunting Flaunting
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Betty / comic story / 1 page

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Betty is tired of Veronica's bragging.
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Person to Person
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Betty / comic story / 5 pages

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Archie buys Betty a dozen roses, but kind-hearted Betty ends up giving them away to brighten up the lives of other people.
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Lend Me Your Era
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Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages

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Betty researches the 1950's for a story she is writing.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #255, no credits listed in this digest.

Tricky Business
(Table of Contents: 5)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

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Russ figures out a way to make Li'l Jinx's lemonade stand seem busy.
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A Gymnastic Twist
(Table of Contents: 6)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages

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Veronica schemes to get Betty off the cheerleader squad and away from Archie by getting her on the school gymnastics squad.
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Betty's Swimsuit Sketches
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Betty / illustration / 1 page

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The Late Show
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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page

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Swap Flop
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Betty / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dig what I got for Archie - a frisbee!
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Betty got a frisbee for Archie.
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Out of Sight!
(Table of Contents: 10)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page

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Greg and Li'l Jinx are playing baseball when Greg hits the ball into the woods.
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Sew What's New?
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Animals Are People, Too!
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Betty / comic story / 6 pages

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Mandy Moffet; Ollie Funt; Dexter Howard
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Promoted to on-air Consumer Affairs Reporter, Betty investigates Skintek cosmetics from a tip from Midge. There she finds secret experimentation on lab animals, but the renegade scientist in charge of the lab finds her and decides to experiment on her.
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Part one of a two-part story.

Animals Are People, Too! Part II
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Betty / comic story / 5 pages

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Mandy Moffet; Ollie Funt; Dexter Howard; Arnold Drake
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Promoted to on-air Consumer Affairs Reporter, Betty investigates Skintek cosmetics from a tip from Midge. There she finds secret experimentation on lab animals, but the renegade scientist in charge of the lab finds her and decides to experiment on her.
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Betty's Funky Fashions
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No story; Betty models fashion designs submitted by Holly Summers, who is also credited with the page concept.

A Weighty Matter
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Betty / comic story / 5 pages

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Betty decides she needs to go on a diet to lose five pounds.
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[no title indexed]
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Betty Pin Up / illustration / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'll mow your lawn for nothing, Mr. Andrews, if you give Archie the money to take me to the movies tonight!!
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Betty makes Mr. Andrews an offer she hopes he can't refuse.
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Frame Game
(Table of Contents: 17)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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Both Betty and Veronica pretend to not know how to bowl so Archie will help them but the truth comes out that they are both very good bowlers.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #262.

This Girl For Hire
(Table of Contents: 18)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages

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Betty will do anything to make some spending money.
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Decision Maker
(Table of Contents: 19)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages

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Betty can't decide which dress to wear to the dance. She takes them to Veronica for her advice, with her modeling one and Archie modeling the other.
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Reserved for V.I.P.
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Reggie / comic story / 1 page

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Here Comes The Son
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Betty and Me / comic story / 6 pages

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Alice asks Betty to invite Archie over so he can help her father with painting and house repairs, since Betty is too much of a weak little girl to help him herself.
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Say It With Flowers
(Table of Contents: 22)

Betty / comic story / 2 pages

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Betty tries to make Archie jealous by having flowers delivered to her.
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Sure Lure
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Jughead / comic story / 1 page

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Read All About It
(Table of Contents: 24)

Betty's Diary / comic story / 6 pages

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Mr. Patterson
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Betty finds out that her neighbor, Mr. Patterson, is an illiterate adult and hiding the problem. She wants to help him, but doesn't know how. Discussing the problem with Veronica gets her friend into action on the problem.
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Indexer Notes

Writing credit from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #255.

Shade Parade
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page

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Veronica will only accept a spot with a particular type of shade.
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It's All in the Cards
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Betty / comic story / 5 pages

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Betty offers to give her sister Polly's old collection of baseball cards to Archie and Jughead, but her mom has just thrown them away.
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["A person who wears a 'crown' will sweep you off your feet!"]
    Betty
  2. A New Twist
    Betty
  3. Haunting Flaunting
    Betty
  4. Person to Person
    Betty
  5. Lend Me Your Era
    Betty's Diary
  6. Tricky Business
    Li'l Jinx
  7. A Gymnastic Twist
    Betty
  8. Betty's Swimsuit Sketches
    Betty
  9. The Late Show
    Li'l Jinx
  10. Swap Flop
    Betty
  11. Out of Sight!
    Li'l Jinx
  12. Sew What's New?
    Li'l Jinx
  13. Animals Are People, Too!
    Betty
  14. Animals Are People, Too! Part II
    Betty
  15. Betty's Funky Fashions
    Betty
  16. A Weighty Matter
    Betty
  17. ["I'll mow your lawn for nothing, Mr. Andrews, if you give Archie the money to take me to the movies tonight!!"]
    Betty Pin Up
  18. Frame Game
    Betty and Veronica
  19. This Girl For Hire
    Betty
  20. Decision Maker
    Betty
  21. Reserved for V.I.P.
    Reggie
  22. Here Comes The Son
    Betty and Me
  23. Say It With Flowers
    Betty
  24. Sure Lure
    Jughead
  25. Read All About It
    Betty's Diary
  26. Shade Parade
    Betty and Veronica
  27. It's All in the Cards
    Betty
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