B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine
#233
[Direct Edition]
(June 2013)
Archie,
2011 Series
- Price
- 3.99 USD
- Pages
- 164
- Indicia Frequency
- 7 times a year (monthly except Feb., May, Aug., Sep., Nov.)
- On-sale Date
- 2013-04-17
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Library
- Barcode
- 762816468558 23311
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Smith (signed)
- Colors
- Rosario Peña (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Okay, girls... now smile.
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom; Veronica Lodge; Toni Topaz; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Kumi Tanura
- Reprints
-
in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #234 (August 2013)
-
- Keywords
- iPad
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World Party, Part One
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dan Parent (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan Parent (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Vickie Williams (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Lady Smitty; Rob; Mika
- Synopsis
- Veronica's parents let Veronica have her birthday party anywhere in the world, so Veronica begins to scout locations for her party.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #150 (May 2004)
-
- Keywords
- Barbados; London; Piccadilly Circus; Tokyo
World Party, Part 2
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dan Parent (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan Parent (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Vickie Williams (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Ethel Muggs; Midge Klump
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #150 (May 2004)
-
Big Apple Daze
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dan Parent (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan Parent (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Ginger Lopez; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Ginger is homesick for New York.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #56 (November 2002)
-
Fantasy Girl
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- John Lowe (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Jack Morelli (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Chuck Clayton
- Synopsis
- Betty imagines how life with Archie would be different if she had superpowers.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #173 (June 2008)
-
Yankee Doodle Darling
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Miss Beazley; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Chuck Clayton
- Synopsis
- The Riverdale students and staff dress up as famous American symbols and historic figures.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #157 (May 1987)
-
A Cheap Trick
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Pencils
- Dick Malmgren (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica accuse Archie and Reggie of being cheap.
- Reprints
- from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #95 (April 1977)
-
Seeing Red
Nancy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Nancy Woods; Mrs. Wilson
- Synopsis
- Nancy gets a job coming up with new names for red.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #122 (April 2003)
-
[no title indexed]
Josie / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Smith (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- teen
Indexer Notes
Illustration used as the title page for the next section featuring Josie reprints.
A Singular Idea
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Bill Golliher (credited)
- Pencils
- Rex Lindsey (credited)
- Inks
- Rich Koslowski (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alex
- Synopsis
- Alex gets the new Pussycats album ready. The girls love all his decisions, until he creates outfits for their store signings.
- Reprints
- from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #63 (December 2002)
-
Star Bright
Josie / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie; Alex Cabot
- Synopsis
- Josie tries to convince Alex that astrology works.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #70 (August 1973)
-
- Keywords
- astrology
[no title indexed]
Ethel Pin Up / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A red rose in your hair?!?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Ethel wears a red rose so her blind date will know who she is.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #278 (June 1973)
-
[no title indexed]
Sabrina / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen
Indexer Notes
Illustration used as the title page for the next section featuring Sabrina reprints.
Growing Pains
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Angelo De Cesare (credited as Angelo DeCesare)
- Pencils
- Dave Manak (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Chloe; Uncle Quigley; Aunt Zelda; Aunt Hilda; Gem Stone
- Synopsis
- Sabrina and Chloe accidentally use a plant growing potion as shampoo and begin to grow flowers in their hair.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina (Archie, 2000 series) #31 (June 2002)
-
The Write Stuff
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Gallagher (credited as Mike 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; Harvey; Chloe; Aunt Zelda; Salem
- Synopsis
- Sabrina was caught passing a note and has to write 100 times.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina (Archie, 2000 series) #5 (May 2000)
-
Spring Fashions
Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #173 (May 2002)
-
Indexer Notes
Reader submitted fashions from Brenna M., Cindy M., Shauna M. and Megan C.
Cuisine Scene
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Veronica takes Home Economics.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #286 (July 1982)
-
Gory Story
Miss Grundy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy thinks it's a crime what the band has done to Beethoven.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #286 (July 1982)
-
Cheerful Solution!
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- ? [as Kennedy] (credited)
- Inks
- Ken Selig (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Tina Tanner; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Veronica comes up with a new routine for the cheerleading squad, but has to learn to let somebody else be the star.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- cheerleader; cheerleading
[no title indexed]
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Craig Boldman (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Scarpelli (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Having a bad day? Worse!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to take precautions to not break Mr. Lodge's vase.
- Reprints
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Digest (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
- from Archie Sunday (Creators Syndicate) ????.??.??
-
Virtual Frivolity
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Kathleen Webb (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- John Lowe (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Nancy Woods; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- While playing with a virtual reality machine, Betty has a virtual wedding to Archie.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #111 (June 2002)
-
The Escort
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Doug Crane (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Tom Crowes; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Nobody believes that Reggie actually knows famous movie star Tom Crowes.
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Revenge! (Archie, 1994 series) #3 (Spring 1995)
-
Half Way Measures
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Bill Vigoda (credited)
- Inks
- Vincent DeCarlo (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie doesn't like Betty's new dress.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #33 (February 1971)
-
That Old Feline
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica takes home a stray kitten.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #146 (May 1963)
-
Exercise Scramble
Veronica's Puzzle Page / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #340 (February 1986)
-
Indexer Notes
Unscramble the words puzzle.
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits are listed in this digest.
Double Takes
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #184 (March 2003)
-
Indexer Notes
Three two-panel jokes.
[no title indexed]
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Craig Boldman (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Scarpelli (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Come On!!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie takes Betty to play paintball.
- Reprints
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Digest (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
- From Archie Sunday (Creators Syndicate) ????.??.??
-
- Keywords
- paintball
Idiomatic Expression
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Barbara Slate (credited)
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (credited)
- Inks
- Rich Koslowski (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Jack Morelli
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Nancy Woods; Chuck Clayton
- Synopsis
- Betty seems to be surrounded by idiomatic expressions.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #172 (April 2008)
-
Unavoidably Detained
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (credited)
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty is sleeping over at Veronica's and they spent half the night talking.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #159 (April 2001)
-
It Just Don't Look Right
Betty Cooper, Super Sleuther / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling (credited)
- Pencils
- Doug Crane (credited)
- Inks
- Ken Selig (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen; adventure
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Dr. Dippy-Dupe (villain); Mr. Weatherbee: Sgt. Shaughnessy; Svenson the janitor; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Riverdale has been plagued by a series of bank robberies executed by automatons. Her curiosity aroused, Betty begins snooping around the trail, aided by Moose.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #24 (April 1995)
-
Coaching Problem
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (credited)
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Goodbody
- Synopsis
- Veronica accepts an offer to coach third base for the girls' softball team hoping it will excuse her from the exertion of actually playing.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #124 (June 1998)
-
- Keywords
- softball
Call ‘Em As You See ’Em
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bob Bolling (credited)
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling (credited)
- Inks
- Bob Smith (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Alice Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Randy Lewis; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica make up new phrases for old words, and eventually get sent to the principal by Miss Grundy.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #130 (March 2005)
-
[no title indexed]
Cheryl Blossom / illustration / 1 page
- 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.
Highland Spirit
Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Holly Golightly (credited as Holly G!)
- Pencils
- Holly Golightly (credited as Holly G!)
- Inks
- John Costanza (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Cheryl Blossom; Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews; Jason Blossom; Brigit; Sharon Blossom; Aubrey Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie and his mother travel to Scotland with Cheryl and her mother and brother. While there, Archie and Cheryl help the ghosts of two of their ancestors reunite.
- Reprints
- from Cheryl Blossom (Archie, 1997 series) #31 (May 2000)
-
- Keywords
- ghosts; golf; Scotland
A Blast from the Past
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica are set to attend a '70s themed dance, in full era costume, but find themselves enduring one delay after another waiting for Archie and Reggie to pick them up.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #69 (November 1993)
-
Share & Share Alike
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)
- Pencils
- Tim Kennedy (credited)
- Inks
- Rich Koslowski (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Midge tells Moose about all the things Betty and Veronica share in their friendship.
- Reprints
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Okay, girls... now smile."]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
[New Crusaders]
-
2.
World Party, Part One
Betty and Veronica -
3.
World Party, Part 2
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Big Apple Daze
Betty and Veronica -
5.
Fantasy Girl
Betty -
6.
Yankee Doodle Darling
Betty -
7.
A Cheap Trick
Betty and Veronica -
8.
[Free Comic Book Day 2013]
-
9.
Seeing Red
Nancy -
10.
[no title indexed]
Josie -
11.
A Singular Idea
Josie -
12.
Star Bright
Josie -
13.
[Overstreet 43]
Overstreet -
14.
["A red rose in your hair?!?"]
Ethel Pin Up -
15.
[no title indexed]
Sabrina -
16.
Growing Pains
Sabrina -
17.
The Write Stuff
Sabrina -
18.
[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]
-
19.
Spring Fashions
Betty and Veronica -
20.
[Double Digest Sample Packs]
-
21.
Cuisine Scene
Betty and Veronica -
22.
Gory Story
Miss Grundy -
23.
Cheerful Solution!
Betty and Veronica -
24.
["Having a bad day? Worse!"]
Archie -
25.
Virtual Frivolity
Betty -
26.
The Escort
Betty and Veronica -
27.
Half Way Measures
Betty -
28.
That Old Feline
Veronica -
29.
Exercise Scramble
Veronica's Puzzle Page -
30.
Double Takes
Betty and Veronica -
31.
["Come On!!"]
Archie -
32.
Idiomatic Expression
Betty -
33.
Unavoidably Detained
Betty and Veronica -
34.
It Just Don't Look Right
Betty Cooper, Super Sleuther -
35.
Coaching Problem
Betty and Veronica -
36.
Call ‘Em As You See ’Em
Betty -
37.
[no title indexed]
Cheryl Blossom -
38.
Highland Spirit
Cheryl Blossom -
39.
[Comic Book Fair]
-
40.
A Blast from the Past
Betty and Veronica -
41.
[Archie Comics Subscriptions]
-
42.
Share & Share Alike
Betty and Veronica -
43.
Archie: Betty or Veronica?
-
44.
[no title indexed]
Everything's Archie -
45.
[Download the Archie App for free!]
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46.
Regular Show
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