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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Dan Parent (signed)
Inks:
Dan Parent (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Way to strike a pose, Betty!
  • Keywords:fashion
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

Previous issue lists the onsale date for this issue as 02/22/2011.

[My Comics Are Archie Comics]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Fashion Fatigue
(Table of Contents: 2)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bob Bolling (credited)
Inks:
Jim Amash (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Teresa Davidson (credited)
  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica take Archie along as they shop for clothes for a vacation they are taking.

Indexer Notes

Listed on cover.

Cool Winter Style
(Table of Contents: 3)

Veronica / illustration / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:fashion; teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

[Archie Comics Book Club]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 4)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Goodbye Forever]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Rest Test!
(Table of Contents: 6)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Inks:
John Lowe (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper
Synopsis:
Betty tries to sleep in on a snow day.
Reprints (1)

Inner Voices
(Table of Contents: 7)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica observe each other at the mall and each is jealous of the other's advantages. Archie makes the mistake of trying to be a peacemaker.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

Quiz Whiz
(Table of Contents: 8)

Veronica / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy
Synopsis:
Veronica needs special dispensation from Miss Grundy in order to take the test her way.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

Star Struck
(Table of Contents: 9)

Veronica / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Inks:
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Bill Yoshida (credited)
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Brett Bolder; Vicki; Amber
Synopsis:
Vicki and Amber ask Veronica to produce a photo of herself and soap opera star Brett Bolder to prove she knows him.
Reprints (1)

Shape Up!
(Table of Contents: 10)

Veronica / activity / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Unscramble the words puzzle with an exercise theme.

Veronica's On the Town Fashions
(Table of Contents: 11)

Veronica / illustration / 1 page

Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge
Reprints (1)

[Life With Archie Magazine]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 12)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Archie & Friends Double Digest]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Warming Trend
(Table of Contents: 14)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Kathleen Webb (credited)
Pencils:
Jeff Shultz (credited)
Inks:
Al Milgrom (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Mr. Svenson; Dilton Doiley; Hiram Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis:
Veronica wears a fake fur coat so she can stay warm despite wearing skimpy clothes underneath it.
Reprints (1)

The Ice Breaker
(Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
With the town iced over, Archie offers to ice skate Mr Lodge's sealed bid to City Hall.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Jughead and Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #24, no credits listed in this digest.

Give Me a Ring
(Table of Contents: 16)

Betty / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Caramel; Veronica Lodge; Smithers the butler; Hiram Lodge; unidentified Tangapoonian nationals; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Betty gets an ancient ring from the country of Tangapoon, one of dozens of artifacts recently purchased from the country by Mr. Lodge, stuck on her finger. That makes her a target of radicals from the country determined to reclaim the ring at any cost.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

[Mega Man]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Buy Three Books and Get the Fourth Free]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 18)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Enough Stuff
(Table of Contents: 19)

Veronica / comic story / 1 page

Script:
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils:
? [as Kennedy] (credited)
Inks:
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis:
Mr. Lodge hires a moving company to remove Archie from the house.
Reprints (1)

Wow! My Name Is on the Map!
(Table of Contents: 20)

activity / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
Characters:
Betty Cooper

Indexer Notes

Unscramble the words puzzle.

The Marrying Kind
(Table of Contents: 21)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Hermione Lodge
Synopsis:
Veronica fantasizes about what it would be like to be married.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #251, no credits listed in this digest.

[Will You Marry Me?]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 22)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[B & V Friends Double Digest #209-212]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 23)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Preferential Treatment!
(Table of Contents: 24)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Kathleen Webb (credited)
Pencils:
Jeff Shultz (credited)
Inks:
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Betty and Veronica go to an expensive department store Bon Bon for shoe shopping. The sales women all fawn over Betty because they think she is the mystery shopper.
Reprints (1)

Laugh Track
(Table of Contents: 25)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason
Synopsis:
Betty counsels Veronica to stop overreacting if people laugh at her.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

Sale Tale
(Table of Contents: 26)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Mrs. Smith
Synopsis:
Betty helps her neighbor clean our her attic and they find highly collectible dolls which they are able to sell to help her neighbor travel to see her daughter.
Reprints (1)

[Politics Unusual!]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 27)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Jughead Double Digest #165-168]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 28)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

When You Gotta Glow
(Table of Contents: 29)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy
Synopsis:
Betty is paranoid that something will turn her nose red just before the up-coming dance.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

Late Mate
(Table of Contents: 30)

Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Veronica is always late for her dates with Archie and he tries to teach her a lesson.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #249, no credits listed in this digest.

The Wrong Stuff
(Table of Contents: 31)

Veronica / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Sir Nigel
Synopsis:
Sir Nigel went hunting on Captain Smedley's last hunting expedition.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

[Jinx]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 32)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Veronica Times Three]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 33)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 34)

Sabrina / illustration / 1 page

Pencils:
Fernando Ruiz (signed)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural; teen

Indexer Notes

Illustration used as the title page for the next section featuring Sabrina reprints.

The Deed Doer
(Table of Contents: 35)

Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:
Sabrina; Della
Synopsis:
Della follows Sabrina in disguise to find out whether she's doing good deeds.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

The Greatest Magic
(Table of Contents: 36)

Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:
Sabrina; Della; Harvey
Synopsis:
After Della forbids her to use magic to punish a bully who beat up Harvey, Sabrina watches as an ordinary girl turns the bully into a nice guy through the power of love.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

This story uses a different, less cartoony design for Della.

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

Grounded
(Table of Contents: 37)

Sabrina / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:teen; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:
Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Harvey
Synopsis:
Hilda thinks she's seen a UFO.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

[Archie Comic Book Collector Sets]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 38)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Comic Book Fairs]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 39)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Ready For Something Different
(Table of Contents: 40)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Miss Beazley; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper
Synopsis:
Archie assigns Betty to research and write an article on cheap, creative alternatives to peanut butter.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

Chore Bore!
(Table of Contents: 41)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper
Synopsis:
After losing a bet, Veronica has to do Betty's household chores for a week.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #250, no credits listed in this digest.

Betty's Casual Fashions
(Table of Contents: 42)

Betty / illustration / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:fashion; teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

Good Sports
(Table of Contents: 43)

Betty and Veronica / activity / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

word scramble puzzle

Bird Is the Word
(Table of Contents: 44)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
? [as Colon]
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Archie and Veronica are going to a masquerade party.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

Comfy and Cozy
(Table of Contents: 45)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Greg Crosby (credited)
Pencils:
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Inks:
John Lowe (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Betty invites Archie over for a romantic dinner on a snowy night.
Reprints (1)

With Kid Gloves
(Table of Contents: 46)

Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis:
Veronica reluctantly agrees to substitute baby-sit for a flu-ridden Betty, then finds her hands full with two five year old future terrorists.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

[Archie & Friends All Stars]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 47)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Get the Archie Comics App]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 48)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 49)

statement of ownership / 0.5 page

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Stronger Than Fiction!
(Table of Contents: 50)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis:
Veronica's fabricated diary goes "missing."
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

Lost and Found
(Table of Contents: 51)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; teen
Characters:
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Betty gets lost in the Lodge Mansion.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

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

Scents Make Sense
(Table of Contents: 52)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils:
Jeff Shultz (credited)
Inks:
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
Jack Morelli (credited)
  • Genre:teen; humor
Characters:
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Dana
Synopsis:
The smell of Veronica's perfume makes people want to shop.

[Archie Comics Double Digest Subscriptions]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 53)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Next Issue]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 54)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Archiedigital.com]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 55)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

[Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 56)

Square Enix; Nintendo DS / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Way to strike a pose, Betty!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. [My Comics Are Archie Comics]
  3. Fashion Fatigue
    Betty and Veronica
  4. Cool Winter Style
    Veronica
  5. [Archie Comics Book Club]
  6. [Goodbye Forever]
  7. Rest Test!
    Betty
  8. Inner Voices
    Betty and Veronica
  9. Quiz Whiz
    Veronica
  10. Star Struck
    Veronica
  11. Shape Up!
    Veronica
  12. Veronica's On the Town Fashions
    Veronica
  13. [Life With Archie Magazine]
  14. [Archie & Friends Double Digest]
  15. Warming Trend
    Betty and Veronica
  16. The Ice Breaker
    Archie
  17. Give Me a Ring
    Betty
  18. [Mega Man]
  19. [Buy Three Books and Get the Fourth Free]
  20. Enough Stuff
    Veronica
  21. Wow! My Name Is on the Map!
  22. The Marrying Kind
    Veronica
  23. [Will You Marry Me?]
  24. [B & V Friends Double Digest #209-212]
  25. Preferential Treatment!
    Betty and Veronica
  26. Laugh Track
    Betty and Veronica
  27. Sale Tale
    Betty
  28. [Politics Unusual!]
  29. [Jughead Double Digest #165-168]
  30. When You Gotta Glow
    Betty and Veronica
  31. Late Mate
    Veronica
  32. The Wrong Stuff
    Veronica
  33. [Jinx]
  34. [Veronica Times Three]
  35. [no title indexed]
    Sabrina
  36. The Deed Doer
    Sabrina
  37. The Greatest Magic
    Sabrina
  38. Grounded
    Sabrina
  39. [Archie Comic Book Collector Sets]
  40. [Comic Book Fairs]
  41. Ready For Something Different
    Betty
  42. Chore Bore!
    Betty and Veronica
  43. Betty's Casual Fashions
    Betty
  44. Good Sports
    Betty and Veronica
  45. Bird Is the Word
    Betty and Veronica
  46. Comfy and Cozy
    Betty
  47. With Kid Gloves
    Veronica
  48. [Archie & Friends All Stars]
  49. [Get the Archie Comics App]
  50. [no title indexed]
  51. Stronger Than Fiction!
    Betty and Veronica
  52. Lost and Found
    Betty and Veronica
  53. Scents Make Sense
    Betty and Veronica
  54. [Archie Comics Double Digest Subscriptions]
  55. [Next Issue]
  56. [Archiedigital.com]
  57. [Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded]
    Square Enix; Nintendo DS
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