Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine
#173
[Newsstand]
(May 2007)
Archie,
1983 Series
- Price
- 2.49 USD; 2.99 CAD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- nine times a year
- On-sale Date
- 2007-03-23
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 009128468556 73
- Editing
- Nelson Ribeiro; Victor Gorelick
Issue Notes
Indicia title is "Betty and Veronica Digest Magazine."
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz (signed)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm giving Archie the ultimate GPS...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Keywords
- GPS
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Sweet as Butter
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Barbara Slate (credited)
- Pencils
- Tim Kennedy (credited)
- Inks
- Jim Amash (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- John Workman (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica is being suspiciously nice to everyone.
- Reprints
Wedding Gown Woe
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bill Golliher (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- John Lowe (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What a great way to spend the afternoon!
- Feature Logo
Betty- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty tries on her Grandmother's wedding gown and fantasizes about being married to Archie.
- Reprints
-
from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #95 (March 2001)
-
Butler Bumble!
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Mrs. Smithers; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- When Smithers' mother comes to visit, the Lodges agree to pose as his servants.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #109 (March 2001)
-
Party Crasher
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Holly Golightly
- Pencils
- John Costanza
- Inks
- John Costanza
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Penelope Blossom; Clifford Blossom; D.J. Mopy; Sugar
- Synopsis
- Cheryl has a party while her parents are away.
- Reprints
- from Cheryl Blossom (Archie, 1997 series) #36 (January 2001)
-
- Keywords
- party; vase
Indexer Notes
Cheryl's miniskirt outfit and hair idea from: April Engelberg (Toronto, Ontario).
DJ Mopy is a spoof of Moby.
Extra Baggage
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Fifi
- Synopsis
- Veronica packs too much for a short trip.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #109 (March 2001)
-
High Toned Tooter
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Valerie Smith; Melody Valentine; Han
- Synopsis
- Valerie gets a new boyfriend Hank who is an orchestra musician. But she doesn't know what he does after the performance.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #104 (December 1985)
-
- Keywords
- clarinet; Zebra Club
That Takes the Cake
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Alexandra Cabot; Alexander Cabot III; Alan M; Mr. Cabot
- Synopsis
- Alexandra and Josie make a cake for her father's birthday while Alex and Alan M try to wallpaper his den.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #93 (December 1976)
-
- Keywords
- birthday; cake; gift; present
Something to Flip Over
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie; Valerie; Melody; Alex
- Synopsis
- Josie and Valerie are flabbergasted that Alex would let clumsy Melody carry a valuable coin.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #86 (December 1975)
-
Fashion Bashin'
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #108 (February 2001)
-
A Mall for All Seasons
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods
- Synopsis
- Betty has a solution for the local mall's flagging sales.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #99 (July 2001)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #269, no credits listed in this digest.
Casual Fashions
Betty and Veronica / illustration / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz (uncredited)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (uncredited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (uncredited)
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #160 (May 2001)
-
Indexer Notes
fashion designs by Stacey Alexander, Ashley Mignetaut, Keliah Hughes, Nadia Burgess, Rebecca Clark, Lavon Miller, and Anacia Sterling.
Running Wild
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge decides to take up jogging, but finds Riverdale at dawn not to his liking.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #116 (September 2001)
-
The Big Wish
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I wish for a new coat, a new handbag and shoes to die for!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods
- Synopsis
- Betty and Nancy wonder what Veronica will wish for at the wishing well.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #105 (November 2000)
-
- Keywords
- wishing well
Kiddie Time
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Betty; Archie; Veronica; Mr. Weatherbee; Midge; Bridgett; Frankie; Jughead; Dilton
- Synopsis
- The Communications Class is going to start a weekly TV show.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #45 (January 2001)
-
Indexer Notes
Part 1 p1-6; Part 2 p7-11
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["I'm giving Archie the ultimate GPS..."]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Sweet as Butter
Betty and Veronica -
2.
Wedding Gown Woe
Betty -
3.
Butler Bumble!
Veronica -
4.
Party Crasher
Cheryl Blossom -
5.
Extra Baggage
Veronica -
6.
High Toned Tooter
Josie -
7.
That Takes the Cake
Josie -
8.
Something to Flip Over
Josie -
9.
Fashion Bashin'
Veronica -
10.
A Mall for All Seasons
Betty -
11.
Casual Fashions
Betty and Veronica -
12.
Running Wild
Veronica -
13.
The Big Wish
Veronica -
14.
Kiddie Time
Betty and Veronica -
15.
Early Bird!
Betty and Veronica
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- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
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