Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #222 [Newsstand]

(May 2014)

Runaway Ronnie (Table of Contents: 1)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Angelo De Cesare (credited as Angelo DeCesare)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hermione Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy

Synopsis

After a huge fight with her parents, Veronica moves out on her own. Quickly she finds juggling school, a job and layabout roommates to be just as much of a hassle.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #235 (June 2008)

Attempting Assault (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Alison Flood (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton

Synopsis

Betty bets Reggie that she can get Archie to kiss her while he's on a date with Veronica.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #559 (June 1986)

Indexer Notes

The original story credited Jim DeCarlo with the inking.

Monday Blues (Table of Contents: 3)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Caramel (Betty's cat); Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Betty oversleeping is just the start of a morning filled with little annoyances.

Reprints

• from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #8 (June 1987)

Indexer Notes

The logo on this reprint was changed from "Betty's Diary" to "Betty".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Veronica Pin Up Page / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Dan DeCarlo

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I see Archie and Veronica must have had another fight!!!

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Veronica repossesses all the presents she gave Archie.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #168 (January 1970)

The Assistant (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Stacy; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Veronica hires a personal assistant to help manage her hectic socialite life.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #147 (May 2000)

Indexer Notes

The original story lists Fernando Ruiz as the writer, Dan DeCarlo as the penciler and Rudy Lapick as the inker.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Double Takes! / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Vincent DeCarlo

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You girls ever play golf before?

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica try golfing. Veronica weighs herself. Betty knits Archie a sweater.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #142 (December 1963)

Two Much Magic (Table of Contents: 7)

Sabrina / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Angelo De Cesare (credited as Angelo DeCesare)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Harvey; Heather O'Malley; Aunt Zelda; Salem; Ms. Angler; Principal Gaston

Synopsis

Sabrina must battle a mischievous female leprechaun who has enrolled in school.

Reprints

• from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1997 series) #14 (June 1998)

Keywords

leprechaun

Frisky Feline (Table of Contents: 8)

Sabrina / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Golliher

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Dan DeCarlo

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen

Characters

Sabrina; Harvey; Salem

Synopsis

Salem likes playing checkers.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #60 (April 1998)

Taking the Dive (Table of Contents: 9)

Sabrina / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Golliher

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Dan DeCarlo

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen

Characters

Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda

Synopsis

Hilda and Zelda go scuba diving very close to home

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #122 (April 1998)

Keywords

scuba diving

Now That's News (Table of Contents: 10)

Aunt Hilda / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Golliher

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Dan DeCarlo

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor

Characters

Aunt Hilda; the paper boy

Synopsis

Hilda and the paper boy get into a dispute over his aim with the morning paper.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #124 (June 1998)

The Morning Moos (Table of Contents: 11)

Sabrina / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Golliher

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Dan DeCarlo

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen

Characters

Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda

Synopsis

A distracted Sabrina conjures up a milk supply for breakfast.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #23 (May 1997)

Hex-Ercise (Table of Contents: 12)

Salem / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Golliher

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Dan DeCarlo

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Salem; Sabrina

Synopsis

Sabrina ensures Salem gets his morning exercise.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #115 (September 1997)

Moonlight Mischief (Table of Contents: 13)

Sabrina / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Golliher

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Dan DeCarlo

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Sabrina; Harvey

Synopsis

Harvey makes the mistake of invoking the ancient stereotype of witches in front of Sabrina.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #55 (November 1997)

Way Cool Fashions (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Pencils

Jeff Shultz

Inks

?

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

?

Genre

fashion; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica model fashion designs sent in by readers.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #197 (March 2004)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman (signed)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (signed)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (signed)

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

They say you can never be too rich or too beautiful!

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Veronica judges her popularity by how many people aren't speaking to her.

Reprints

• from Archie Sunday (Creator's Syndicate) #?

An Odd Gift (Table of Contents: 16)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Veronica guilt-trips Archie into giving her a present.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #209 (June 1975)

The Triangle (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley

Synopsis

The author and artist speculate on how life would be if both Betty and Veronica could have Archie at the same time.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #20 (May 1989)

Keywords

fourth wall

Indexer Notes

The original story credited Jim DeCarlo with the inking.

Dan DeCarlo draws himself as the artist of the story. Among the items around his drawing board are a pencil cup shaped like Jughead's head and a small figuring that resembles George Baker's character Sad Sack, wearing a Riverdale sweater.

Hide and Seek (Table of Contents: 18)

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

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Vincent DeCarlo (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Veronica tries to avoid Archie so he can't ask her to the dance before a handsome college man does.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #16 (June 1962)

Designing Women (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Alison Flood (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Alice Cooper; Kelvan Kleen

Synopsis

Veronica talks Betty into going into the dressmaking business with her.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #107 (January 1997)

Indexer Notes

The original story lists Kathleen Webb as the author and Henry Scarpelli as the inker.

Call Me Loser (Table of Contents: 20)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Vincent DeCarlo (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Betty is depressed because of her ongoing streak of losing Archie to Veronica.

Reprints

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #108 (December 1964)

Peek Performance (Table of Contents: 21)

Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

A commercial is shooting using the Lodge Mansion as a backdrop and Veronica's insatiable curiosity about it ends up causing havoc.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #64 (June 1997)

Indexer Notes

The original story credited Angelo DeCesare with the script, Jeff Shultz with the pencils and Rudy Lapick with the inking.

That's Art? (Table of Contents: 22)

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

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Alison Flood (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cousin Cari (Lodge?); Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Smithers the butler; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Veronica introduces her avant-garde artist cousin to the Riverdale gang. Later Betty and Veronica go to a showing of Cari's newest pieces, and find they hold the gang up to ridicule.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #124 (June 1998)

Indexer Notes

The original story credited Dan Parent with the script and Dan DeCarlo with the inking.

Parting Ways (Table of Contents: 23)

Betty / comic story / 6 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

Characters

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Betty and Archie aren't going anywhere. They just like kissing good-bye.

Reprints

• from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #60 (September 1974)

The False Friend (Table of Contents: 24)

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

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Vincent DeCarlo (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge

Synopsis

Betty offers to break her date with Archie and let Veronica go out with him, and Veronica refuses, convinced that this is some conspiracy against her.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #13 (October 1961)

Dressed For Dinner (Table of Contents: 25)

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

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Smithers

Synopsis

Veronica invites Archie to a business dinner her father is holding and, of course, Archie creates a disaster.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #118 (November 2001)

Beauty and the Beast (Table of Contents: 26)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 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

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis

Thinking the man taking pictures around the school is a fashion photographer, Betty and Veronica stalk him in order to be his subjects.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #486 (October 1979)

Pizza With Extra Heart (Table of Contents: 27)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Terry Terwilliger; Tammy Terwilliger; Hal Cooper

Synopsis

Archie delivers pizza to the home where Betty is babysitting. She tries to get him to stay and recruits the twins to help.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #3 (December 1992)

Indexer Notes

The original story credited Bob Bolling with the script and Doug Crane with the pencils.

I Dream of Genie (Table of Contents: 28)

Betty / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dan Parent

Pencils

Dan Parent

Inks

Dan Parent

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Dan Parent ?

Genre

teen

Reprints

• from Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #147 (March 1999)

The Big Slice (Table of Contents: 29)

Betty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Dan DeCarlo

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Betty makes the mistake of letting Jughead select his own piece of the pie she just baked.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #3 (May 1993)

Betty's Fashion Parade (Table of Contents: 30)

Betty / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (signed)

Inks

Stan Goldberg (signed)

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Stan Goldberg

Genre

fashion; teen

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #135 (April 2004)

A Good Sport (Table of Contents: 31)

Little Veronica / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Pencils

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Inks

Ken Selig (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Little Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Little Archie Andrews; Little Jughead Jones; Smithers the butler; Hermione Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Gaston the chef

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge gets swept up into coaching Veronica's youth basketball team.

Reprints

• from Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #123 (June 2004)

Keywords

basketball

Date Fate (Table of Contents: 32)

Little Betty / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Pencils

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

When Little Archie gets assigned detention, Betty pulls a prank on Mr. Weatherbee to get detention so she can be with Little Archie.

Reprints

• from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #73 (September 1972)

That Does Not Compute (Table of Contents: 33)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Hermione Lodge; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Iris (a small robot)

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge gives Veronica a small robot that records personalities, traits and behaviors. After one day, the robot acts just like Veronica-- and that's not a good thing.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #123 (April 2002)

Indexer Notes

The original story credited Jim Amash with the inking.

Tale of a Sale (Table of Contents: 34)

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; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Betty decides to clean out the family attic and sell the items at a yard sale. However, nostalgia soon makes her regret it.

Reprints

• from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #158 (June 1987)

Color Me Ron (Table of Contents: 35)

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

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Betty agrees to help Veronica paint her room to match the color of her favorite nail polish.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #23 (May 1997)