B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine #226 [Direct Edition]

(August 2012)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Job (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Josh; Hermione Lodge

Synopsis

Betty gets a job promoting Lodge's new surfing line and Veronica gets a job teaching surfing to young girls.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #210 (September 2005)

Keywords

surfing

Trying Not to Get Burned! (Table of Contents: 3)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

John Lowe (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Jack Morelli

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Dilton Doiley; Brandy; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Nancy Woods; Chuck Clayton; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Betty is at the beach but has forgetten her sunblock. She asks all of her friends for some but no one has any, or they have some that won't work for her... except Archie.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #165 (July 2007)

Looks Schnooks (Table of Contents: 4)

Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Hiram Lodge; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Veronica tries to prove that Archie likes her no matter what she looks like.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #130 (October 2002)

Time Lapse (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie and Jughead think Betty and Veronica are strange for shopping for winter coats in the middle of the summer.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #226 (October 1974)

Barking Up the Wrong Tree! (Table of Contents: 6)

Veronica / comic story / 5 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

Veronica Lodge; Cousin Leroy; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica decides to renovate the old tree house.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #112 (June 2001)

The Ring (Table of Contents: 7)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

John Lowe (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Betty Cooper; Polly Cooper; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Brandy; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Nancy Woods

Synopsis

Every time Betty saves enough money for the ring she wants some emergency comes up and eats up all her money.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #114 (September 2002)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

Attention Getter (Table of Contents: 9)

Ethel / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Ethel; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Ethel hopes her new shirt will attract Jughead's attention.

Reprints

• from Jughead & Friends Digest Magazine (Archie, 2005 series) #20 (July 2007)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

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 of the next section featuring Josie reprints.

Word to the Wise (Table of Contents: 11)

Josie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M

Synopsis

Josie, Valerie and Alan make fun of Melody for getting her sayings all mixed up.

Reprints

• from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #79 (October 1974)

They're Off (Table of Contents: 12)

Josie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Josie; Alan M; Alex Cabot; Alexandra Cabot

Synopsis

Alan's new pastime is racing turtles.

Reprints

• from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #52 (September 1977)

I'll Bite (Table of Contents: 13)

Josie and the Pussycats / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Jon D'Agostino ?

Colors

Barry Grossman ?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine

Synopsis

Melody is nervous about seeing the dentist.

Reprints

• from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #68 (April 1973)

Indexer Notes

No credits listed in this digest, credits here come from the index of the original printing.

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

Poor Fish (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

When Archie snubs both Betty and Veronica and selects Jughead has his partner in a fishing derby the girls decide to create their own team, even though neither know how to fish.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #33 (September 1990)

Keywords

fishing

Mall Mutterings (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Jeff Shultz ?

Inks

Al Milgrom ?

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Jack Morelli

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Betty models a new outfit for Veronica who's less than impressed.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

No credits in this digest, credits come from the index of the original printing of this story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

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

I've figured out why Archie brings that guitar along!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers

Synopsis

Archie annoys Mr. Lodge with his guitar.

Keywords

electric guitar

Four Is a Crowd (Table of Contents: 18)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 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; Archie Andrews; Cheryl Blossom

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica spend their afternoon at the beach trying to keep Archie away from Cheryl.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #91 (September 1995)

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Hit the Beach Fashions (Table of Contents: 20)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Reprints

• in World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #6

Indexer Notes

Reader submitted fashions.

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Classick TeeVee (Table of Contents: 22)

Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Rex Lindsey (signed)

Inks

Rex Lindsey (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica spoofs classic TV shows.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #65 (July 1997)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Sabrina / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Characters

Sabrina

Indexer Notes

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

Sabrina's Camp Diary (Table of Contents: 24)

Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Angelo Decesare (credited)

Pencils

Dave Manak (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Sabrina; Chloe; Gem Stone

Synopsis

Sabrina and Chloe discover a sea monster while practicing for a canoe race at summer camp.

Reprints

• from Sabrina (Archie, 2000 series) #35 (October 2002)

Keywords

canoe; sea monster; summer camp

Shirt Tale (Table of Contents: 25)

Salem / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Angelo Decesare (credited)

Pencils

Dave Manak (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Sabrina; Salem; Harvey

Synopsis

Salem stops an alien invasion.

Reprints

• from Sabrina (Archie, 2000 series) #9 (September 2000)

Keywords

flying saucer

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

Summer Ode to Softball (Table of Contents: 27)

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

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

? [as Bender] (credited)

Inks

? [as Bender] (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

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

Synopsis

Archie is the umpire of a softball game and Betty and Veronica are both on the Riverdale team.

Reprints

• from Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #144 (September 2006)

Keywords

softball

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

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

Veronica's doing the cooking at her house tonight!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica makes a meal for Archie and Jughead.

The Big Countdown (Table of Contents: 29)

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; Alice Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Coach Kleats; Miss Grundy

Synopsis

Betty's heavily anticipated summer vacation from school proves to be more stressful than school.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #40 (August 1996)

Flower Power (Table of Contents: 30)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Ethel; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Veronica sets a new trend by sending flowers to Archie and Reggie.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #163 (September 2005)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31) (Expand) /

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

Frankie & Maria's Romantic Summer Fashions (Table of Contents: 32)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dan Parent (signed)

Inks

Dan Parent (signed)

Colors

?

Characters

Frankie Valdez; Maria Rodriquez

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #42 (July 2000)

Indexer Notes

Fashion page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Li'l Jinx / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (signed)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (signed)

Colors

?

Genre

humor; children

Indexer Notes

Illustration used as the title page for the next section featuring Li'l Jinx reprints.

Prize Catch (Table of Contents: 34)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards (signed)

Pencils

Joe Edwards (signed)

Inks

Joe Edwards (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Greg; Gigi

Synopsis

Jinx and Greg catch a fish and Greg puts it in Gigi's fish tank.

Reprints

• from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #294 (September 1975)

Keywords

fishing

You're Out (Table of Contents: 35)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards (signed)

Pencils

Joe Edwards (signed)

Inks

Joe Edwards (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Mort

Synopsis

The rest of the guys don't want Li'l Jinx on the baseball team because she hits more home runs than they do.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #125 (October 1965)

Keywords

baseball

A Mind Joggler (Table of Contents: 36)

Charley / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards (signed)

Pencils

Joe Edwards (signed)

Inks

Joe Edwards (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse

Synopsis

Jinx tries to get Charley to jog around the block.

Reprints

• from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #55 (September 1977)

Indexer Notes

This story was also reprinted in the previous issue of B&V Friends Double Digest.

On the Grow (Table of Contents: 37)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards (signed)

Pencils

Joe Edwards (signed)

Inks

Joe Edwards (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Hap Halliday

Synopsis

Li'l Jinx makes her plant grow by talking to it.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #281 (October 1981)

Let's Face It! (Table of Contents: 38)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards (signed)

Pencils

Joe Edwards (signed)

Inks

Joe Edwards (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Li'l Jinx

Synopsis

Li'l Jinx makes funny faces.

Reprints

• from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #14 (August 1970)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39) (Expand) /

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

The Private Beach (Table of Contents: 40)

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

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Dilton Doiley

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica fix up one of Mr. Lodge's properties so they can have their own private beach.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #621 (September 1991)

Date Fate (Table of Contents: 41)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Mel Gifford

Synopsis

Veronica has a date with the movie star Mel Gifford but it doesn't turn out as she hoped.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #45 (August 1995)

Doll Dance (Table of Contents: 42)

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

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Victor Gorelick (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Maria Rodriguez; Frankie Valdez; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Veronica and Betty give Maria a glamorous makeover so Frankie's attention won't drift at the dance. But the girls do their work too well.

Reprints

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #276 (December 1978)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 43) (Expand) /

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Double Trouble (Table of Contents: 44)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

John Lowe (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Adam; Nancy

Synopsis

Betty wins a surfing contest no thanks to Archie and Adam.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #156 (July 2006)

Keywords

surfing

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 45)

Cheryl Blossom / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Paul Oswald (signed)

Inks

Paul Oswald (signed)

Colors

?

Genre

humor; teen

Indexer Notes

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

Helping Hand (Table of Contents: 46)

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

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Cheryl Blossom; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Madge Reynolds; Estelle

Synopsis

Cheryl rushes to help volunteer at a local nursing home just to get on TV.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #112 (July 2007)

The Reel World (Table of Contents: 47)

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

Script

Holly Golightly (credited as Holly G!)

Pencils

? [as Costanza] (credited)

Inks

? [as Costanza] (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Cheryl Blossom; Sandy; Monica; Lesley; Candy

Synopsis

Cheryl is selected to be on the reality show The Reel World.

Reprints

• from Cheryl Blossom (Archie, 1997 series) #33 (August 2000)

Indexer Notes

The Reel World is a spoof of the MTV show The Real World.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 48) (Expand) /

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

Summer or Later (Table of Contents: 49)

Veronica / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Teresa Davidson (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Maria Rodriguez; Superintendant Hassle

Synopsis

Veronica bemoans going to summer school, but makes the best of it by convincing Ms. Grundy to hold classes outside.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #172 (September 2006)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 50) (Expand) /

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

New Kids Off the Wall Part One (Table of Contents: 51)

New Kids Off The Wall / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Alex Simmons

Pencils

Dan Parent

Inks

Rich Koslowski

Colors

Digikore Studios

Letters

Jack Morelli

Genre

humor; teen

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #148 (December 2010) [5 page excerpt]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 52) (Expand) /

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

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

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

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