Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine #244

(August 2016)

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Sand-Wishes! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

Glenn Whitmore (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jennie; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Trev Smith

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica find a bottle on the beach that contains a genie.

Reprints

• in Your Pal Archie (Archie, 2017 series) #1 (September 2017)
• in Archie & Friends: Endless Summer (Archie, 2020 series) #1 (7) (September 2020)

Keywords

genie; surfing; yacht

Indexer Notes

The genie in this story looks like the character from the TV show "I Dream of Jeannie"

Travel Tip (Table of Contents: 3)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Hiram and Veronica try to decide where to go on their summer vacation.

Reprints

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

Who's the Coolest? (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

With the Lodge pool temporarily out of service, Betty and Veronica have to find other ways to cool off.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #220 (October 2006)

Keywords

ice skating

In a Blue Vein (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Barbara Slate (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Veronica declares blue the fashion color of the summer. She models swimwear at the beach with Archie but the photographer decides he likes Reggie better.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #176 (August 2002)

Keywords

beach; bikini; clothes; clothing; color; fashion; swimsuit

The Not-So-Perfect Date (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Adam; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica cons Archie into taking her to the fair instead of Betty, then is jealous when Betty shows up with another guy and they have a better time than she does.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #175 (July 2002)

Keywords

carnival; roller coaster

Surf Dumb (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Ken Selig (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Sandy; Duke; Waxer

Synopsis

Veronica stays on the beach and talks to the boys that are attracted by Betty's surfing prowess.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #144 (September 2006)

Keywords

surfing

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Burning Love (Table of Contents: 9)

Sabrina / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Abby Denson (credited)

Pencils

Holly Golightly [as Holly G!] (credited)

Inks

Al Nickerson (credited)

Colors

Jason Jensen (credited)

Letters

Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; teen

Characters

Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Salem; Pele; Kamapua'a

Synopsis

On vacation in Hawaii, Sabrina helps the goddess Pele find love.

Reprints

• from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 2003 series) #46 (August 2003)

Keywords

Hawaii; volcano

Stop Thief! (Table of Contents: 10)

Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Golliher (credited)

Pencils

Holly Golightly [as Holly G!] (credited)

Inks

Al Nickerson (credited)

Colors

Jason Jensen (credited)

Letters

Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; teen

Characters

Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Salem; Griffin

Synopsis

Hilda and Zelda bring home a lost puppy, but the pooch isn't exactly what he seems.

Reprints

• from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 2003 series) #46 (August 2003)

Keywords

griffin

Bikini Babes (Table of Contents: 11)

Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Abby Denson (credited)

Pencils

Holly Golightly [as Holly G!] (credited)

Inks

Al Nickerson (credited)

Colors

Jason Jensen (credited)

Letters

Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; teen

Characters

Sabrina Spellman; Julie

Synopsis

When Julie finds herself too shy to wear her new bikini, Sabrina enchants it with a confidence spell to help her friend out.

Reprints

• from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 2003 series) #46 (August 2003)

Keywords

bikini; vollyball

Time Out! (Table of Contents: 12)

Sabrina / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bill Golliher

Pencils

Holly Golightly

Inks

Al Nickerson

Colors

Jason Jensen

Letters

Vickie Williams

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Esmerelda

Synopsis

Sabrina's cousin gets put in time out.

Reprints

• from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 2003 series) #46 (August 2003)

Indexer Notes

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

[Archie #8] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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Cuff Stuff (Table of Contents: 15)

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

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Genre

teen

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Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Betty handcuffs Archie so he can't go on a date with Veronica.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #199 (September 1972)

Keywords

beach; payphone

[Jughead Volume One] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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Peeking Partners (Table of Contents: 17)

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Genre

teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica watch boys at the beach while Archie sleeps.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #201 (August 2004)

[Archie 1000 Page 75th Anniversary Bash] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Why pack extra lunches?

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica asks why they are packing extra lunches for their meal on the beach.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #211 (August 1973)

Keywords

bikini

Indexer Notes

Same gag was redrawn and slightly reworded as the cover of Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #69.

Working Girl Blues (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge decides that Veronica should get a job at the mall, but Veronica spends more money than she earns.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #39 (August 1993)

Trouble by the Yard (Table of Contents: 21)

Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers

Synopsis

To get Veronica's mind off Archie, Mr. Lodge puts her in charge of landscaping around the mansion. She redesigns the grounds into a giant portrait of Archie.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #114 (August 2001)

A Dry Sense of Humor (Table of Contents: 22)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Mia; camp director; campers; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Midge Klump

Synopsis

Betty's hair is perfect, and she spends the day struggling to keep it so for a party at Veronica's. The party quickly becomes a hilarious affair with everyone jumping into the pool.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #101 (September 2001)

Keywords

summer camp

Ring Ding-A-Ling (Table of Contents: 23)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper

Synopsis

When Archie hints that their date will be special and "involve a ring", Betty jumps to predictable conclusions.

Reprints

• from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #177 (August 1989)

No Soap (Table of Contents: 24)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Angelo Decesare (credited)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Pat Kennedy (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

A retired soap opera author moves to Riverdale seeking more normal and less drama. But the first person he runs into, unfortunately, is Veronica.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #30 (September 1993)

A Snappy Report (Table of Contents: 25)

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

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Doug Crane (credited)

Inks

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Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Smithers

Synopsis

Archie shoots Veronica with a rubber band, causing her to fall in the pool. She retaliates and causes Archie to fall into Betty and then into the pool.

Reprints

• from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #37 (October 1990)

[Veronica in the Bahamas] (Table of Contents: 26)

Veronica / comic story / 21 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Mindy Eisman (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

adventure; humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Key Largo; Joel Bethel; Emily; Hiram Lodge; Abraham; Daniel; Amos

Synopsis

Veronica is in the Bahamas for scuba diving, however the ship's captain is looking for sunken gold.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #18 (December 1991)

Keywords

Ardastra Gardens; Bahamas; Doubloons; Exuma Islands; flamingos; Freeport; gold; limbo; Nassau; Queen's Staircase; scuba diving; sharks

Indexer Notes

Story has four chapters. Chapter 1: Ron Takes the Plunge; chapter 2: In and Around Nassau Town; chapter 3: A Band In Limbo; chapter 4: Key To Success

How Race-y! (Table of Contents: 27)

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

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Veronica and Betty have a bet on a race they are both participating in, loser has to be the other's maid for a week.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #83 (September 1996)

Help! I'm a Mess! (Table of Contents: 28)

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

Script

Angelo Decesare (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Blahara Shlubb

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica have a TV show where they give change a dull teen into a glamorous teen.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #162 (July 2001)

Successful Dressing (Table of Contents: 29)

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

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Betty changes clothes trying to first keep up with Veronica and then later to be able to play touch football with the boys.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #219 (September 2006)

The Play's the Thing (Table of Contents: 30)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Doug Crane (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

After working all day supervising the children at an indoor play park, Betty goes on a date with Archie - - to an indoor play park.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #9 (October 1993)

O, Pioneer (Table of Contents: 31)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Dan Nakrosis (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Aunt Gladys

Synopsis

Veronica falls asleep reading a manuscript about a nineteenth century pioneer relative and dreams about life on the open prairie.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #152 (August 2004)

Keywords

prairie; rattlesnake

Deliverance (Table of Contents: 32)

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

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate

Synopsis

The new pizza parlor in town is getting lots of business by using pretty delivery girls, so Betty and Veronica offer to deliver food orders for Pop Tate.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #588 (October 1988)

On Off Again! (Table of Contents: 33)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

John Lowe (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Polly Cooper; Chic Cooper; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper

Synopsis

Betty keeps interrupting her day to keep tabs on Veronica's ever-changing weblog.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #148 (August 2005)

Read Between the Lines (Table of Contents: 34)

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

Script

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Al Nickerson (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica can't believe that Betty is going to read at the beach instead of swimming and other activities.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #126 (October 2004)

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Summer Bummer (Table of Contents: 36)

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

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Pencils

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

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Genre

children

Characters

Little Archie; Little Reggie; Little Jughead; Little Veronica; Little Betty; Fred Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Caramel

Synopsis

Little Betty is sad because Little Archie is away for the rest of the summer.

Beach Treat (Table of Contents: 37)

Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Pencils

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Inks

Dexter Taylor (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Dexter Taylor

Genre

children

Characters

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

Synopsis

The gang goes crabbing.

Reprints

• from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #61 (September 1978)

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Wet Blanket (Table of Contents: 39)

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Script

Harold Smith (as Hal Smith)

Pencils

Lou Maldonado

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica spends all day getting wet at the water park but doesn't want to be caught in the rain.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #32

Keywords

water park

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing.

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What's My Line? (Table of Contents: 41)

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

Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump

Synopsis

Betty finds a helpful way to get Veronica to show the proper level of emotion in her single line in the school play.

Reprints

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

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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #550 (August 1985)

Indexer Notes

Fashion page. Two of Betty's shirts have Archie's picture on them.

[Welcome to the New Riverdale] (Table of Contents: 44) (Expand) /

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Archie and Reggie are fighting with one another near Veronica's pool. Veronica tells them to cool it, and to go inside and watch TV since they can't behave at the pool. Veronica tells Betty that Archie and Reggie can be a bad scene at times, and then decides that she'd better go check on them. Once inside, the girls see Archie and Reggie fighting again. Veronica says that she thought she told them to watch TV. Archie says they are, and in the last panel, Reggie adds that they're deciding which channel to put on.

Reprints

• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #154 (November 1970)

Lifestyles of the Confused and Complicated (Table of Contents: 46)

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

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Barbara Slate (credited)

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Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

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Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jacques DePalma; Monica

Synopsis

A cute guy at the beach asks Veronica to introduce him to her father.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #209 (August 2005)

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