(April 2012)

Archie, 1987 Series
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164
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On-sale Date
2012-03-07
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Archie Comic Publications Inc.
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The Archie Library
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Dan Parent (signed)
Inks
Rich Koslowski (signed)
Colors
Rosario "Tito" Peña (signed)

Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

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Shop Till You Drop (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Bill Golliher (credited)
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Inks
John Lowe (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre
humor
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Priscilla
Synopsis
Betty becomes a personal shopper for Veronica and her friends.
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Old Flame! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Bill Golliher (credited)
Pencils
Jeff Shultz (credited)
Inks
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre
humor
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Albert Sherman
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica reunite Miss Grundy with her high-school sweetheart.
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Face in the Crowd! (Table of Contents: 4)

Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Pellowski (credited)
Pencils
Dan Parent (credited)
Inks
Jim Amash (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Nancy; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Mr. Murphy
Synopsis
Veronica is selected to read her essay on patriotism in front of the school, but Veronica is scared of public speaking.
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A Sketch in Time (Table of Contents: 5)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Barbara Slate (credited)
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Inks
John Lowe (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Nancy; Midge Klump
Synopsis
Betty's artwork is selected for an art show at the school.
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Indexer Notes

Betty visits an exhibit by an artist named "Warwol", a parody of the artist Andy Warhol.

It's Unavoidable! (Table of Contents: 6)

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
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis
Archie spends the day with Veronica at the Lodge Mansion and manages to destroy Mr. Lodge's day.
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Keywords
billiards

Double Trouble (Table of Contents: 7)

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

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Pencils
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Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Indexer Notes

Decode the message puzzle.

Veronica's Ski Fashions (Table of Contents: 8)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

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?
Inks
?
Colors
?

Characters
Veronica Lodge
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Keywords
skiing

Indexer Notes

Fashion page.

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Pa vs. Spa (Table of Contents: 10)

Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica gives up shopping for a day and goes to the spa instead.
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Have No Fear, Volunteer (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
Bill Golliher (credited)
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Inks
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
humor
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Nurse Klein; Larry Jackson (child actor)
Synopsis
Veronica agrees to join Betty in volunteering at a hospital.
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The Grass Is Always Greener... (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Inks
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Smithers the Butler
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica spend the afternoon envying the other one's life.
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Take My Daughter, Please (Table of Contents: 15)

Mr. Lodge / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Letters
?

Characters
Hiram Lodge
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Indexer Notes

Unscramble the words puzzle.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

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
Face it Veronica, you just love to gossip!
Genre
humor
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Archie tells Veronica a rumor to prove she can't keep quiet.

Indexer Notes

Comic strip reprint.

Voices of Change (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script
Frank Doyle (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; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Veronica feels the social lives of the students are being negatively impacted by too much homework. So she goes to Mr. Weatherbee to get him to scale back homework assignments.
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The Big Payoff (Table of Contents: 18)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils
Doug Crane (credited)
Inks
Mike Esposito (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews (fantasy only); Jughead Jones (fantasy only); Veronica Lodge (fantasy only)
Synopsis
Hal buys some lottery tickets and the whole Cooper family fantasize what might happen to their lives if they actually won the fifty million dollar prize.
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The All American Look (Table of Contents: 19)

Betty's Fashions / activity / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors
?

Characters
Betty Cooper
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Indexer Notes

Reader submitted fashions by Theo A., Nancy R., Heather M., Anna D. and Ginger M.

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

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

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Inks
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Colors
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Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Veronica has a bad attitude!
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Unscramble the words puzzle.

[Ginger #1] (Table of Contents: 22)

Ginger / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

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?
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?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Ginger
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover reprint used as the title page for the next section featuring Ginger reprints.

Where There's a Willy....There's a Way (Table of Contents: 23)

Ginger / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey (signed)
Inks
Harry Lucey (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen; humor
Characters
Ginger Snapp; Mr. Snapp; Willy Fopp; Mr. Fopp
Synopsis
Ginger tricks Willy into doing all her chores.
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It's an Ill Wind! (Table of Contents: 24)

Ginger / comic story / 3.75 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey (signed)
Inks
Harry Lucey (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen; humor
Characters
Ginger Snapp; Ickky Jones; Thorny
Synopsis
Ickky pretends to be sick so he won't have to go to a boring concert with Ginger.
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Cat's Meow! (Table of Contents: 25)

Ginger / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

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Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen; humor
Characters
Ginger Snapp; Bunny Clarke
Synopsis
Bunny claims she hasn't kissed one boy in school.
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Miss-Informed! (Table of Contents: 26)

Ginger / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils
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Inks
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Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen; humor
Characters
Ginger Snapp; Mr. Snapp; Mr. Davis; Patsy
Synopsis
Mr. Davis asks Ginger to help grade papers.
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Thrill of the Hunt (Table of Contents: 28)

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

Script
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Inks
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
humor
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica take some old clothes and sell them to get money to buy even older clothes.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

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
This book tells how...
Genre
humor
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge tries to follow a self-help book on having a positive attitude.

Indexer Notes

Comic strip reprint.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

Betty and Veronica's Pin-Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You're no fun to gossip with...
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Betty keeps secrets.
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Just a Girl Who Can't Say 'Yes' (Table of Contents: 31)

Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Greg Crosby (credited)
Pencils
Dan Parent (credited)
Inks
Jim Amash (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
humor
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge bets Veronica she can't go the whole weekend without saying 'yes' to any question.
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Working Hand in Glove (Table of Contents: 33)

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

Script
Kathleen Webb (credited)
Pencils
Jeff Shultz (credited)
Inks
Al Milgrom (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Boyola (a professional hand glove designer); Smithers
Synopsis
Veronica gets a chance to be a hand glove model for a famous designer.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

Sabrina the Teenage Witch / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Fernando Ruiz (signed)
Inks
Jon D'Agostino (signed)
Colors
?

Characters
Sabrina

Indexer Notes

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

Castle Hassle (Table of Contents: 35)

Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils
Bob Bolling (credited)
Inks
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
teen
Characters
Sabrina; Count Viktor; Cousin Ambrose; Aunt Hilda
Synopsis
Sabrina visits Ambrose's vampire friend and immediately starts dragging him into the twentieth century.
Reprints

The Nose Knows (Table of Contents: 36)

Sabrina the Teenage Witch / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Malmgren (credited)
Pencils
Dick Malmgren (credited)
Inks
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Sabrina; Harvey; Jasper
Synopsis
Jasper's new dog keeps barking at Sabrina, so Jasper suspects Sabrina is not what she seems.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colorist/Letterer credits from the index of the original printing in Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch #58. Colorist and Letterer are not credited in this digest.

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Shower Power (Table of Contents: 38)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Mike Pellowski (credited)
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Inks
John Lowe (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Dan Nakrosis (credited)

Genre
humor
Characters
Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper; Nancy; Midge; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Betty plans a long bath for Friday night but Veronica calls with other plans.
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A Motto to Live By (Table of Contents: 39)

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

Script
Kathleen Webb (credited)
Pencils
Pat Kennedy (credited)
Inks
Ken Selig (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Mindy Eisman (credited)

Genre
humor
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Veronica needs a new life motto.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40) (Expand) /

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You Spent How Much on Accessories? (Table of Contents: 41)

Veronica / activity / 1 page (report information)

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?
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?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Word find puzzle.

Movie Madness! (Table of Contents: 42)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Inks
John Lowe (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge goes to talk to Betty at her job at the movie theater to get ideas for his home theater.
Reprints

[Katy Keene #12] (Table of Contents: 43)

Katy Keene / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Woggon
Inks
Bill Woggon
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Katy Keene
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover Reprint used as the title page for the next section featuring Katy Keene reprints.

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

Katy Keene / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woggon (signed)
Pencils
Bill Woggon (signed)
Inks
Bill Woggon (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Begorra, Katy!
Genre
humor
Characters
Katy Keene; K.O.
Synopsis
Katy tries to decide what costume she is wearing to Clancy's Costume Ball with K.O.
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Moving Picture Magazine (Table of Contents: 45)

Katy Keene / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woggon (signed)
Pencils
Bill Woggon (signed)
Inks
Bill Woggon (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Katy Keene; Danny; Adrienne; Joe Pasterneck; Terry
Synopsis
Katy uses some of the reader's costume submissions to save a photo shoot.

Katy's Kitchen Fashions Are Even Glamorous. (Table of Contents: 46)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Woggon (signed)
Pencils
Bill Woggon (signed)
Inks
Bill Woggon (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Paper dolls.

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Recycle Saga (Table of Contents: 48)

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; Hiram Lodge; Big Ethel (Cameo); Smithers (Cameo)
Synopsis
Betty tries to get Veronica to recycle but she doesn't give in until she sees first hand what goes on at the dumps.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 49) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Art of Doing Nothing (Table of Contents: 50)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir (credited)
Pencils
Dan Parent (credited)
Inks
Jim Amash (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Teresa Davidson

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Smithers; Fifi (the Lodges' maid); Gaston
Synopsis
Determined to have a quiet family dinner together, Veronica reassigns the servants with extra duties, including her homework.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Colorist/Letterer credit from the index of the original printing, no credits for those roles are listed in this digest.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 51) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Betty in Wonderland! (Table of Contents: 52) (Expand) /

B&V Presents / preview (from the publisher) / 5 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 53) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 54) (Expand) /

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

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. ["Download the Archie App for free"]
  3. 2. Shop Till You Drop
    Betty and Veronica
  4. 3. Old Flame!
    Betty and Veronica
  5. 4. Face in the Crowd!
    Veronica
  6. 5. A Sketch in Time
    Betty
  7. 6. It's Unavoidable!
    Veronica
  8. 7. Double Trouble
    Betty and Veronica
  9. 8. Veronica's Ski Fashions
  10. 9. ["Kevin Keller in Hardcover"]
  11. 10. Pa vs. Spa
    Veronica
  12. 11. Have No Fear, Volunteer
    Betty and Veronica
  13. 12. ["Archie & Valerie Are Back"]
  14. 13. The Grass Is Always Greener...
    Betty and Veronica
  15. 14. ["The Married Life Book Two"]
  16. 15. Take My Daughter, Please
    Mr. Lodge
  17. 16. ["Face it Veronica, you just love to gossip!"]
    Archie
  18. 17. Voices of Change
    Betty and Veronica
  19. 18. The Big Payoff
    Betty
  20. 19. The All American Look
    Betty's Fashions
  21. 20. ["Archie Meets KISS"]
  22. 21. ["Veronica has a bad attitude!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  23. 22. [Ginger #1]
    Ginger
  24. 23. Where There's a Willy....There's a Way
    Ginger
  25. 24. It's an Ill Wind!
    Ginger
  26. 25. Cat's Meow!
    Ginger
  27. 26. Miss-Informed!
    Ginger
  28. 27. ["Jinx"]
  29. 28. The Thrill of the Hunt
    Betty and Veronica
  30. 29. ["This book tells how..."]
    Archie
  31. 30. ["You're no fun to gossip with..."]
    Betty and Veronica's Pin-Up
  32. 31. Just a Girl Who Can't Say 'Yes'
    Veronica
  33. 32. ["Betty and Veronica Best Friends Forever"]
  34. 33. Working Hand in Glove
    Betty and Veronica
  35. 34. [no title indexed]
    Sabrina the Teenage Witch
  36. 35. Castle Hassle
    Sabrina
  37. 36. The Nose Knows
    Sabrina the Teenage Witch
  38. 37. ["The Magic of Sabrina the Teenage Witch"]
  39. 38. Shower Power
    Betty
  40. 39. A Motto to Live By
    Betty and Veronica
  41. 40. ["Archie Marries Betty & Veronica"]
  42. 41. You Spent How Much on Accessories?
    Veronica
  43. 42. Movie Madness!
    Betty
  44. 43. [Katy Keene #12]
    Katy Keene
  45. 44. ["Begorra, Katy!"]
    Katy Keene
  46. 45. Moving Picture Magazine
    Katy Keene
  47. 46. Katy's Kitchen Fashions Are Even Glamorous.
  48. 47. ["The Best of Archie Comics"]
  49. 48. Recycle Saga
    Betty and Veronica
  50. 49. ["Subscribe Today"]
  51. 50. The Art of Doing Nothing
    Veronica
  52. 51. ["Betty and Veronica Storybook"]
  53. 52. Betty in Wonderland!
    B&V Presents
  54. 53. ["Betty and Veronica Storybook"]
  55. 54. [no title indexed]
    Everything's Archie
  56. 55. ["Download the Archie Comics App for free!"]
  57. 56. ["Stan Lee's Mighty 7"]
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