B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine #228 [Newsstand]

(October 2012)

[The Best of Archie Comics Book Two] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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Rad Grad (Table of Contents: 2)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Ethel Muggs; Chuck Clayton (cameo); Jughead Jones (as a dream); Archie Andrews (cameo); Reggie Mantle (cameo)

Synopsis

The girls think about their careers after high school: Betty talks about going to an all-girls school, Nancy thinks about a career in chemistry, Ethel wants to attend culinary school so she can nab Jughead, and Veronica wants to go to business school.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #228 (August 2007)

The Homebody (Table of Contents: 3)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler

Synopsis

Betty's enthusiastic descriptions of her summer travels to the countryside outside of Riverdale makes Veronica envious that she was only able to travel to Hawaii and Switzerland.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #45 (November 1991)

Ms. Match (Table of Contents: 4)

Nancy / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Jack Morelli

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Nancy Woods; Chuck Clayton; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate (cameo)

Synopsis

Impressed with her own good luck in love, Nancy decides to play matchmaker. Her first victim: Jughead.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #111 (September 2007)

Well, Excuse Me! (Table of Contents: 5)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

John Lowe (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton

Synopsis

Ms Beazly's goulash causes Betty to belch during Miss Grundy's class.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #130 (November 2003)

Space Case (Table of Contents: 6)

Veronica / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Marcy (Veronica's cousin); Leonard Winslow; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Veronica's cousin Marcy drags her to a science fiction convention and Veronica meets a new boy.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #137 (May 2003)

[The Art of Betty and Veronica] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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Back to Cool Style (Table of Contents: 8)

Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #26 (November 1997)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Josie and the Pussycats / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (signed)

Inks

Bob Smith (signed)

Colors

?

Indexer Notes

Illustration used as the title page for the next section featuring Josie and the Pussycats reprints.

Take Me To Your Leader (Table of Contents: 10)

Josie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot

Synopsis

The Pussycats' van is repossessed due to lack of payments, so Alexandra provides a new van in exchange for changing the group's name to "Alexandra the Great." The first stop on the tour is in a Central American republic, where Alexandra writes and performs a song that stirs the entire country up to revolution and wrecks American foreign policy in the region.

Reprints

• from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #51 (October 1970)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Melody / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Help!! This puzzle is driving me nuts!

Characters

Melody

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #114 (October 2007)

Indexer Notes

Unscramble the words puzzle.

[Love Showdown] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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Spectacular Style (Table of Contents: 13)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dan Parent (signed)

Inks

Dan Parent (signed)

Colors

?

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #27 (January 1998)

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

Sabrina / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Characters

Sabrina Spellman

Indexer Notes

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

Corporal Punishment (Table of Contents: 15)

Sabrina / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Gallagher

Pencils

Dave Manak (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen

Characters

Sabrina Spellman; Chloe; Gem; Corporal Bandsaw [Poindexter J. Wifflepopp]; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Salem; Frank Hopkins

Synopsis

The school gets a new Principal who is a drill sergeant.

Reprints

• from Sabrina (Archie, 2000 series) #36 (November 2002)

[Double Digest Sample Pack] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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Tame Game (Table of Contents: 17)

Betty & Me / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. ?

Inks

Jim DeCarlo

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

In a pick-up football game, Veronica demonstrates a unique interpretation of "illegal procedure".

Reprints

• from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #101 (April 1979)

Keywords

football

Indexer Notes

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

[Clash of the New Kids] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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Topsy-Turvy! (Table of Contents: 19)

Betty / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Betty Cooper

Reprints

• from Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #154 (October 2007)

Indexer Notes

Unscramble the mystery phrase.

Ring-A-Ding-Ding (Table of Contents: 20)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Betty's wish on an old television program premium comes true, thanks to Jughead.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #93 (November 1995)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman (signed)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (signed)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Archie and the guys are coming over!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge creates a room where he can hide when the kids come over but they take over the new room.

Indexer Notes

Comic strip reprint.

Photo Finish (Table of Contents: 22)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Pat Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Al Nickerson (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

John Workman (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Alice Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica enter a marathon.

Hair Scare (Table of Contents: 23)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

The girls switch hair colors and the boys are amazed.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #83 (January 1995)

Fight That Fright (Table of Contents: 24)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Brigitte; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis

When Brigitte gets stage fright right before the talent show, Betty and Veronica find a way to cure her.

Reprints

• from Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #100 (October 2001)

Is It Love? (Table of Contents: 25)

Ethel / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Ethel Muggs

Reprints

• from Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #128 (April 2007)

Indexer Notes

Circle all the times the puzzle spells "love".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Betty's Pin-Up / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Betty runs to answer the phone but it's really the phone on the television.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #23 (Winter 1962-1963)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman (signed)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (signed)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hasn't Veronica called you today?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica calls Archie to deliver some ice cream.

Indexer Notes

Comic strip reprint.

Bear Facts (Table of Contents: 28)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Veronica and Ethel think that Betty's teddy-bear collecting has gotten out of hand.

Reprints

• from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #146 (July 1985)

Fear Factors (Table of Contents: 29)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Hiram Lodge; Faye Battle

Synopsis

Ethel's favorite self-help author happens to be a friend of the Lodge family so Veronica invites her over to meet her idol.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #157 (February 2005)

Stuff Stuff Stuff (Table of Contents: 30)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

John Lowe (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Kumi; Emma

Synopsis

Betty decides to get rid of all the clutter in her room which inspires her friends to do the same.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #64 (August 1998)

Best Buds (Table of Contents: 31)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Ethel Muggs; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Cynthia Van Loot

Synopsis

Veronica is tired of her friends and their mundane conversations.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #106 (December 2000)

Stress Struck (Table of Contents: 32)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper

Synopsis

Betty is concerned with the stress in the lives of her friends and it's giving her stress.

Reprints

• from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #17 (June 1988)

Muffin Madness (Table of Contents: 33)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Trying to win a state baking competition, the girls seek out Jughead to tell them where their recipe went wrong.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #93 (November 1995)

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

Cheryl Blossom / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Paul Oswald (signed)

Inks

Paul Oswald (signed)

Colors

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Cheryl Blossom

Indexer Notes

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

P.I.P. (Table of Contents: 35)

Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Holly Golightly [as Holly G.] (credited)

Pencils

Holly Golightly [as Holly G!] (credited)

Inks

? [as Costanza] (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Cheryl Blossom; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Chrissy Arugala

Synopsis

Cheryl, Veronica and Betty are hired to protect rock star Chrissy Arugala.

Reprints

• from Cheryl Blossom (Archie, 1997 series) #35 (October 2000)

Are You Like A Millionaire? (Table of Contents: 36)

Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Holly Golightly [as Holly G.] (credited)

Pencils

Holly Golightly [as Holly G!] (credited)

Inks

? [as Costanza] (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Cheryl Blossom; Archie Andrews (cameo); Reggie Mantle (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo)

Synopsis

A quiz for readers to see if they are more like Veronica, Betty or Cheryl.

Reprints

• from Cheryl Blossom (Archie, 1997 series) #34 (September 2000)

Indexer Notes

Actually an activity disguised as a proposal for an article in Cheryl's magazine "Fresh."

[Comic Book Fairs] (Table of Contents: 37) (Expand) /

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Treasured Moment (Table of Contents: 38)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Mrs. Floyd

Synopsis

Veronica fills in for Betty reading for children at the library's story hour.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #175 (December 2006)

[Subscribe Today] (Table of Contents: 39) (Expand) /

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The Mystery of History! (Table of Contents: 40)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

John Lowe (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs (as Cleopatra); Jughead Jones (as Marc Antony); Veronica Lodge (as Marie Antoinette); Nancy Woods

Synopsis

Betty imagines her friends as various people throughout history.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #157 (August 2006)

[The Best of Archie Comics Book Two] (Table of Contents: 41) (Expand) /

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In The Swing (Table of Contents: 42)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Jim DeCarlo

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy

Synopsis

Veronica wows the school with her "new look" - - which happens to be a retread of the '70s "Preppy Look".

Reprints

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #302 (February 1981)

Indexer Notes

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

[The Best of Archie Comics] (Table of Contents: 43) (Expand) /

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 44) (Expand) /

Everything's Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Download the Archie App for free!] (Table of Contents: 45) (Expand) /

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[The Archie App. Download it for free!] (Table of Contents: 46) (Expand) /

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