Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine #239

(February 2016)

[Download the All New App!] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

That's Some Val-entine! (The Many Loves of Archie Andrews!! part 3 of 10) (Table of Contents: 2)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

Digikore Studios (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Valerie Smith; Jughead Jones; Josie McCoy; Melanie Valentine; Alexander Cabot; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Archie and Valerie fall asleep while making music together and miss the train for their Valentine's Day concert.

Reprints

• in Archie 1000 Page Comics Shindig (Archie, 2016 series) (2016)

Keywords

band; concert; Facetime; Josie and the Pussycats; music; singing; songwriting; Valentine's Day

That's of Snow Account! part 1 and 2 (Table of Contents: 3)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 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; Count Monte Krysko; Hermione Lodge; Contessa Meryl

Synopsis

A Count visits the Lodges and steals their jewelry. Betty and Veronica come up with a plan to catch the thieves before they can skip town.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #28 (March 1998)

Keywords

house guest; jewels; snowmobile; thief

Cold Spell (Table of Contents: 4)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

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Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Betty laments how much she hates the cold weather but not if it brings her and Archie together.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #183 (February 2010)

Keywords

cold; hot; snow blower; snow shoveling

Mark of Madness (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Synopsis

Veronica freaks out when she gets a small callus on her hand.

Reprints

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #245 (May 1976)

[The Truth Is Out There] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Diamond Select; MiniMates / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Betty as Majorette] (Table of Contents: 7)

Betty's Pin-Up Page / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (signed)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Betty high-stepping in a red drum majorette's uniform and holding a baton.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #11 (June 1961)

Keywords

baton; drum majorette; marching band

Bird Ladies of Riverdale (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Alison Flood (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Jealous of the praise Betty garners when she spreads bird seed on the school grounds to feed hungry birds, Veronica decides to do the same. But naturally she can't settle for just spreading common bird seed.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #51 (May 1992)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Wow!! Knee boots and knickers... very smart, Betty!

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica admires Betty's snow shoveling outfit.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #145 (April 2004)

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

Sabrina / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (signed)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (signed)

Colors

?

Characters

Sabrina Spellman

Snogo (Table of Contents: 11)

Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Samm Schwartz (credited)

Inks

Samm Schwartz (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Samm Schwartz (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; unnamed stranger; the postman

Synopsis

Sabrina accidentally uses magic in front of a passing stranger. Hilda's efforts to cover for Sabrina only make things worse.

Reprints

• from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #37 (February 1976)

Horrible Harvey (Table of Contents: 12)

Sabrina the Teenage Witch / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Sabrina Spellman; Harvey Kinkle; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Archie begins to notice that whenever Reggie is mean or insulting to Harvey, freak accidents suddenly start happening to him.

Reprints

• from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #39 (April 1976)

Bringing Up Esmeralda (Table of Contents: 13)

Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Esmeralda

Synopsis

Sabrina takes Esmeralda to a ski resort.

Reprints

• from Laugh (Archie, 1987 series) #1 (June 1987)

Keywords

magician; resort; skiing

Fine and Dandy (Table of Contents: 14)

Sabrina / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards ?

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor

Characters

Sabrina Spellman; Harvey Kinkle

Synopsis

Harvey has an overdue library book - - way overdue.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #220 (December 1973)

Indexer Notes

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

Slimy Creatures (Table of Contents: 15)

Cousin Ambrose / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Rod Ollerenshaw

Inks

Rod Ollerenshaw

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Cousin Ambrose

Reprints

• from Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #14 (March 1990)

Indexer Notes

Unscramble the letters puzzle.

Pet Patter (Table of Contents: 16)

Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Samm Schwartz

Inks

Samm Schwartz

Colors

?

Letters

Samm Schwartz

Genre

teen

Characters

Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda

Synopsis

Aunt Hilda takes her pet into a store.

Reprints

• from Everything's Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #112 (July 1984)

Pajama Game (Table of Contents: 17)

Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Sabrina Spellman; Esmeralda

Synopsis

Sabrina and Esmeralda have a pajama party.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #243 (July 1984)

[Archie #5] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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Ball Brawl (Table of Contents: 19)

Mr. Lodge / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor

Characters

Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Smithers brings Mr. Lodge a platter of snowballs to use on Archie.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #268 (May 1980)

[Jughead #3] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

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Browse 'Til You Grouse (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica can't find anything to wear.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #208 (December 2010)

The Chains That Bind Chapter 1 (Table of Contents: 22)

Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Veronica gets ready to take a trip across the world to the country of Tonga, where they tend to dress more conservatively than Veronica is used to. Veronica also laments living in Riverdale and admits to wanting to be a jet-setter.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #50 (February 1996)

Free At Last Chapter 2 (Table of Contents: 23)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Todd; Mr. Veikune

Synopsis

Veronica arrives in Tonga, gets a handsome young escort named Todd, shops in Tonga's quaint shops, and goes snorkeling.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #50 (February 1996)

Keywords

scuba diving; stamp collecting; Tonga

The Guilded Cage Chapter 3 (Table of Contents: 24)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

adventure; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Ryan Golding; Todd

Synopsis

While exploring a suppossedly uninhabited island, Veronica meets Ryan Golding, an old acquaintance living a "Robinson Crusoe" lifestyle.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #50 (February 1996)

Keywords

flying fox; Tonga

Responsibilities Realized Chapter 4 (Table of Contents: 25)

Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; King of Tonga; Ryan Golding; Mr. Veikune; Todd; Betty Cooper; Professor Benjamin Flutesnoot

Synopsis

Veronica meets the King, finds that Ryan is rejoining the world, goes to a Tongan feast, and returns to Riverdale.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #50 (February 1996)

Keywords

Tonga

The Big Puzzle (Table of Contents: 26)

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

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Pat Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Nurse Oyama; Fred Andrews; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Veronica tells Betty she is done with Archie and Betty tries to figure out why.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #161
• in Archie 1000 Page Comics Shindig (Archie, 2016 series) (2016)

The Task (Table of Contents: 27)

Betty's Diary / comic story / 5 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; Miss Grundy

Synopsis

Miss Grundy wants Betty to tutor Archie, which makes Veronica jealous at the thought of all the time Betty and Archie will spend together.

Reprints

• from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #15 (February 1988)

Here Comes the Judge (Table of Contents: 28)

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

Script

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Judge Julie; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica decide to go on Judge Julie, a reality tv show, to settle their differences.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #102 (April 1999)

Keywords

courtroom

Indexer Notes

Judge Julie is a parody of the TV show Judge Judy.

Up to Date (Table of Contents: 29)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Victor Gorelick (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Veronica Lodge; George

Synopsis

Betty's mom alters her skimpy new dress into an old-fashioned gown with bustles and a high neckline, which Betty finds humiliating but which attracts a cute guy who loves the "old-fashioned girl."

Reprints

• from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #168 (March 1965)

Keywords

closet; dress; house-cleaning; sewing

Myth America (Table of Contents: 30)

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

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Alison Flood (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Gaston the chef; Smithers the butler; Jimbo the keyboardist

Synopsis

Veronica decides she's going to win the Miss America pageant. Now she has to find a talent she can perform in the pageant.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #73 (March 1994)

The Jokers (Table of Contents: 31)

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

Victor Gorelick (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Veronica puts black paper over her front teeth to play a gag on Archie. Archie gets payback by playing a trick on the girls using glasses of water.

Reprints

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #99 (March 1964)

Keywords

practical jokes; teeth

Slide Rule (Table of Contents: 32)

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

Script

Barbara Slate (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Betty slides down the banister at the Lodge mansion.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #132 (May 2005)

Indexer Notes

When originally printed in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #132, writing was credited to Mike Pellowski and inks were credited to Al Milgrom.

One of a Kind (Table of Contents: 33)

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

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

? [as Kennedy] (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Wacky Jackie

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica try to help a freshman student who's fashion sense is wacky.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #130 (March 2005)

[20% of all Archie Comics] (Table of Contents: 34) (Expand) /

Midtown Comics / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35)

Veronica Pin-Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

?

Letters

Victor Gorelick

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Skiing is such fun!!

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Veronica asks Archie what part of skiing he likes best.

Reprints

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #100 (April 1964)

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

Little Archie and Friends / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (signed)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (signed)

Colors

?

Indexer Notes

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

My Number One Gal (Table of Contents: 37)

Little Betty / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Pencils

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Inks

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Rod Ollerenshaw (credited)

Genre

children

Characters

Little Veronica Lodge; Little Archie Andrews; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Little Reggie and Little Jughead try to help Little Betty get her picture in the paper.

Reprints

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #140 (March 2003)

Back Yard Circus Puzzle (Table of Contents: 38)

Little Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

children

Reprints

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #134 (July 2002)

Keywords

circus

Indexer Notes

Unscramble the letters to discover the circus acts.

The School Scoop (Table of Contents: 39)

Little Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Pencils

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Inks

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Genre

children

Characters

Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Betty Cooper; Little Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Dilton Doiley; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

The kids go to Mr. Lodge to get the money to repair the school paper's broken printing press.

Reprints

• from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #114 (January 1977)

[Graphic Novel Library Sale] (Table of Contents: 40) (Expand) /

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Elite Defeat (Table of Contents: 41)

Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

The gang is at Mr. Lodge's private ski lodge.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #169 (February 1972)

There's Snow Business Like Snow Business (Table of Contents: 42)

Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica takes credit for the snowman built by Betty.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #73 (March 1998)

[Double Digest Bundle Pack] (Table of Contents: 43) (Expand) /

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

Fun Fan (Table of Contents: 44)

Betty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Betty argues that cross-country skiing is better than downhill skiing or ski jumping.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #184 (May 1973)

Keywords

cross country skiing; downhill skiing; ski jumping; skiing

[Welcome to the New Riverdale] (Table of Contents: 45) (Expand) /

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

The Switcheroo (Table of Contents: 46)

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

Script

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Al Nickerson (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica switch hair styles.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #79 (April 1999)

[Subscribe to all your favorite comics double digests...] (Table of Contents: 47) (Expand) /

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

[75 Years 75 Stories] (Table of Contents: 49) (Expand) /

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[Star Wars Jedi Academy] (Table of Contents: 50) (Expand) /

Scholastic / advertisement / 1 page (report information)