Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #218 [Newsstand]

(January 2014)

[Archie: Riverdale Rescue] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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The Great Crashers (Table of Contents: 2)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Jimmy DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica helps Betty decorate for a Christmas party at the local children's shelter. Jughead and Reggie feel left out so they are tricked into cleaning up the party and become friends for a few hours.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #558 (January 1986), #558 (January 1986), #558 (January 1986), #558 (January 1986)

Keywords

Christmas

Indexer Notes

Part One: The Great Crashers 6 pages
Part Two: Love It or Lump It 5 pages
Part Three: Flip Side Fantasy 5 pages
Part Four: Ah, Sweet Mystery 5 pages

All that Glitters (Table of Contents: 3)

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; Mr. Brock; Mr. Snap; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica turns Betty's home-made ornaments into a business.

The Agreement (Table of Contents: 4)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 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; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hermione Lodge

Synopsis

The girls agree to only spend five dollars each on Archie's Christmas present, but soon they each suspect the other of having broken the agreement.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #546 (January 1985)

Keywords

Christmas

[The Munsters Action Figures] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

Veronica's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

See how Veronica smiles at Archie?

Genre

teen

Characters

Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee outlaws flirting at school.

Reprints

• from Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #130 (March 2005)

Gentlemen Prefer (Table of Contents: 7)

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; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Miss Grundy; Kimberly

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica are determined to make Archie express his preference between them. Archie is just as determined to dodge the question.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #8 (February 1988)

[Princess Party Pack] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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Veronica's Dressed Up Fashions (Table of Contents: 9)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

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Letters

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Characters

Veronica Lodge

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #183 (March 2003)

Indexer Notes

Reader submitted fashions.

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

Sabrina / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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Colors

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Characters

Sabrina Spellman

Indexer Notes

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

The Fruit Cake (Table of Contents: 11)

Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Sabrina Spellman; Harvey Kinkle; Aunt Hilda

Synopsis

Hilda's on the warpath because nobody likes her holiday fruitcake.

Reprints

• from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #30 (February 1975)

Keywords

Christmas

Holiday Spirit (Table of Contents: 12)

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 Spellman; Cousin Ambrose; Aunt Hilda

Synopsis

Sabrina uses her magic to help make Christmas better for the postman, people shoveling sidewalks and last minute shoppers.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #515 (January 1982)

Keywords

Christmas

Let's Have a Ball! (Table of Contents: 13)

Sabrina / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Characters

Sabrina Spellman

Reprints

• from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #24 (September 1992)

Indexer Notes

How many times can you find the word 'future' in Sabrina's magic ball.

The New Look (Table of Contents: 14)

Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Bob Bolling (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Sabrina Spellman; Cousin Ambrose; Aunt Hilda

Synopsis

Aunt Hilda has new furniture and she doesn't want anybody getting it dirty.

Reprints

• from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #80 (February 1981)

Indexer Notes

Original printing of this story credits Frank Doyle as scripter.

[Double Digest Sample Pack] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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You Know You're In Love When (Table of Contents: 16)

Betty / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Samm Schwartz

Inks

Samm Schwartz

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Samm Schwartz

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

How to tell when you're in love.

Reprints

• from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #400 (April 1987)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Movie Mayhem (Table of Contents: 17)

Betty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir ?

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Stan Goldberg

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Betty revolts against Archie's sudden obsession with martial arts films.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #118 (December 2002)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

Gift Exchange (Table of Contents: 18)

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; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

In order to get them out of her way to Archie, Veronica "gives" Reggie to Betty. So Betty and Reggie reciprocate and "give" Moose to Veronica.

Reprints

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #87 (March 1963)

All that Glitters (Table of Contents: 19)

Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Smithers

Synopsis

Veronica misplaces her grandmother's diamond ring.

Reprints

• from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #25 (June 1989)

She Takes the Cake (Table of Contents: 20)

Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Infatuated with a television body builder, Veronica bullies the entire household into a healthy eating regimen.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #70 (December 1997)

An Exercise in Living (Table of Contents: 21)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper

Synopsis

As Betty gets ready for her exercise class everything goes wrong.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #10 (June 1988)

Backups (Table of Contents: 22)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Archie manages to destroy all the backup copies of Mr. Lodge's article.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #384 (February 1991)

The Bookworms (Table of Contents: 23)

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

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee

Synopsis

Miss Grundy assigns Betty and Archie to weed out the unusable books from the library stacks. Because they were excused from class to do this, Reggie and Veronica plot a prank out of vengeance.

Reprints

• from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #166 (May 1988)

Caught in the Act! (Table of Contents: 24)

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

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited); Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Mr. Reynolds

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge is caught by a reporter playing with Veronica's karaoke machine.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #27 (January 1998)

Keywords

karaoke

Nothing Doing (Table of Contents: 25)

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

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

? [as Kennedy] (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica plan to spend the day doing nothing.

Reprints

• from Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #112 (March 2003)

The Slippers (Table of Contents: 26)

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

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Vincent DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Vincent DeCarlo (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Betty buys some new shoes that are so slippery that she winds up ripping everyone's clothes by grabbing onto them for support.

Reprints

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #124 (April 1966)

Family Friends (Table of Contents: 27)

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

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (signed)

Inks

Allison Flood (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica doesn't understand how Betty and her mom can be friends.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #1 (June 1987)

Isn't It Romantic? (Table of Contents: 28)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 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

Veronica plagiarizes a romance short story Betty wrote in order to get published.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #22 (March 1997)

Something To Cheer About (Table of Contents: 29)

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

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Dan DeCarlo

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Ethel Muggs; Nancy Woods; Fashion Designer Pierre

Synopsis

Disgusted with the design of the Riverdale High cheerleader uniforms, Veronica hires a premiere fashion designer to make one that properly shows her off to the crowd.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #110 (April 1997)

Keywords

cheerleaders; cheerleading

[20% off all Archie comics!] (Table of Contents: 30) (Expand) /

Midtown Comics / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Personalized Presents (Table of Contents: 31)

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

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

John Lucas (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge

Synopsis

Betty is giving personalized Christmas presents to everyone, including finding Veronica's lost dog.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #221 (March 1991)

Keywords

Christmas

[Archie: The Married Life Book Four] (Table of Contents: 32) (Expand) /

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

Betty and Veronica Christmas Pin-Up / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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All these packages are my Christmas presents to Archie!

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica ask Betty what she is getting Archie for Christmas.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #150 (January 1968)

Promises To Keep, Part I (Table of Contents: 34)

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; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Betty resolves to stop trying to come between Archie and Veronica. But she refuses to tell Veronica what her resolution is, causing Veronica to do her best to get Betty to break it, out of spite.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #61 (March 1993)

[The Best of Archie Comics] (Table of Contents: 35) (Expand) /

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Promises To Keep, Part II (Table of Contents: 36)

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

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Betty begins deliberately avoiding Archie and Veronica when they're together and it's got Veronica steamed.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #61 (March 1993)

Promises To Keep, Part III (Table of Contents: 37)

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

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee resolves to Miss Grundy not to let the students' behavior make him lose his temper. Instantly the student body puts his "iron resolve" to the test.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #61 (March 1993)

Promises To Keep, Part IV (Table of Contents: 38)

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

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley

Synopsis

Following her parents' advice, Betty scales back her resolution to something manageable.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #61 (March 1993)

[Archie Comics Subscriptions] (Table of Contents: 39) (Expand) /

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[Free Archie App!] (Table of Contents: 41) (Expand) /

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[Sabrina Secrets of a Teenage Witch] (Table of Contents: 42) (Expand) /

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