B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine #251

(November 2016)

[The New Riverdale] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Costume Calamity! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

Glenn Whitmore (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Pop Tate; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Veronica wins the school costume contest.

Keywords

costume; Halloween

Indexer Notes

Betty's costume from the movie Chilled is a spoof on Elsa's costume in the Disney movie Frozen.

A Haunting We Will Go (Table of Contents: 3)

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; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Investigating an old mansion that her father had purchased, Veronica and Betty find a trunk of nineteenth century gowns. After trying them on, the girls are mistaken for ghosts by some locals.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #75 (May 1994)

Who Is It? (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Greg Crosby (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doily

Synopsis

The theme for this years' Halloween Bash is "costume which disguises them completely".

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #167 (December 2001)

Keywords

gorilla; Halloween

Where's the Werewolf (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Hal Smith (credited)

Pencils

Holly Golightly [as "Holly G!"] (credited)

Inks

Ken Selig (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

After seeing a scary movie, Betty asks Veronica to keep her company at her babysitting job that night.

Keywords

babysitting; werewolf

Betty and Veronica's Halloween Memories (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

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Pencils

Dan Parent (signed)

Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Memories of past Halloweens.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #155 (December 2007)

Keywords

costume; Halloween

In Search for Intelligent Life... on Earth (Table of Contents: 7)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Harold Smith (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason (cameo)

Synopsis

Veronica's car breaks down outside Riverdale and she gets abducted by aliens.

Reprints

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

Keywords

alien abduction; aliens

[Girls Rule!] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

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

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

Monster Pin Up Page / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

?

Letters

Vincent DeCarlo

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Archie, how clever of you

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; unnamed werewolf; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Veronica doesn't realize that the werewolf she's dancing with isn't Archie.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #26 (June 1964)

Keywords

werewolf

[Betty & Veronica #2] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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What Kind of Ghoul Am I (Table of Contents: 11)

Josie and the Pussycats / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

adventure; humor; detective-mystery; teen

Characters

Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alexander Cabot III

Synopsis

Alex gets the Pussycats an audition at Ghostly Estates for someone claiming to be a real live Count. Instead he turns out to be a dead count, a Vampire - and the whole house is full of monsters and ghostly creatures.

Reprints

• from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #64 (September 1972)

Keywords

haunted house

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

We better get more seats for our Halloween concert tonight...

Genre

teen

Characters

Josie; Valerie; Melody; Alex

Synopsis

Alex's singing would raise the dead.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #155 (December 2007)

How Unfortunate (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor

Characters

Melody Valentine; Alex Cabot III

Synopsis

Melody goes to an astrologer.

Reprints

• from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #83 (August 1975)

Keywords

fortune teller; psychic

[Josie and the Pussycats #1] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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Train of Thought (Table of Contents: 15)

Ethel / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Ethel Muggs; Abigail (Ethel's grandmother; flashback); Ethel's mother; Betty (flashback); Chuck (flashback); Jughead (flashback); Archie (flashback); Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Ethel's mother tells her of the time her grandmother Abigail helped prevent a train from plunging into a river.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #88 (November 2004)

Keywords

railroad

Indexer Notes

Betty, Chuck, Jughead and Archie are characters in the flashback, with those names.

[Archie #12] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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Rave Wave (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Al Hartley

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

The mailman signals Betty when he brings the phone bill.

[Archie 75th Anniversary Digest #2] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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

Leaf Grief (Table of Contents: 19)

Ethel / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Ethel's perfume is "Autumn Leaves." Instead of attracting him, it makes him rake faster.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #106 (January 2002)

Indexer Notes

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

[Superman the Animated Series] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Diamond Select / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Follow the Leader (Table of Contents: 21)

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

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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

teen

Characters

Ethel Muggs; Veronica Lode; Midge Klump; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Veronica must figure out why everybody is running.

An Axe to Grind (Table of Contents: 22)

B&V / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica plan a Halloween evening watching scary movies, but the power goes out and the boys decide it is the perfect chance to scare the girls.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #85 (November 2008)

Keywords

Halloween

The Real Ethel (Table of Contents: 23)

Archie & Friends / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Ethel Muggs; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

An accident with Ethel's retainer gives her a chance to get to know a handsome boy.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #44 (December 2000)

Keywords

orthodontist; soccer

Strategist (Table of Contents: 24)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

With Betty away for the weekend, Veronica decides it's safe to date Reggie without worrying about Betty stealing Archie.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #61 (March 1997)

Get Real! (Table of Contents: 25)

Betty / comic story / 5 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; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Alice Cooper; Adam

Synopsis

Betty's new hobby, creating silk flowers, leads to confusion between Archie and Adam when they both think the other has bought her an expensive bouquet.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #132 (January 2004)

The Pledge! (Table of Contents: 26)

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

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Pat Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Ken Selig (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews; Karen

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica pledge to go an entire day without talking about Archie.

How Much Is That Hunk in the Window? (Table of Contents: 27)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (layouts; credited); Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom; Jason Blossom; Adam; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Cheryl plots to have Jason romance Betty and a friend named Adam romance Veronica, leaving her path to Archie free and clear.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #17 (January 1996)

Cinder-Betty (Table of Contents: 28)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (signed)

Inks

John Lowe (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper

Synopsis

Betty dreams what a modern girl would be like in Cinderella's time.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #147 (August 2005)

Diary Dilemma (Table of Contents: 29)

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

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Professor Flutesnoot; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump

Synopsis

Veronica finds Betty's diary and tries to find time during school to read it.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #175

Keywords

diary

Indexer Notes

Possible from Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #175 but needs confirmation.

Dates and Fates (Table of Contents: 30)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Bolling (credited)

Pencils

Doug Crane (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

To make Archie look bad at practice, Reggie overthrows his pass. Archie lunges for it and falls on the new school riding mower. Chaos ensues.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #11 (December 1993)

Keywords

cheerleading; football

Gridiron Gamers (Table of Contents: 31)

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

Script

Mike Pellowski (credited)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Inks

Al Nickerson (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Alice Cooper; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews; Midge Klump; Nancy Woods; Moose Mason; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

It is the guys vs the girls in touch football, until it starts raining halfway thru the game.

Keywords

football

Never Say Never (Table of Contents: 32)

Betty Cooper, Super Sleuther / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Bolling (credited)

Pencils

Doug Crane (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Coach Kleats; Greta Gripper (villain); The River Rats (villains); Dilton Doiley; Alice Cooper; Caramel

Synopsis

After the Riverdale football team is burglarized for their equipment, Betty tries to track it down by going undercover on the Craigville Crunchettes, a local semi-pro women's football team.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #45 (January 1997)

Keywords

football

Halloween Style (Table of Contents: 33)

B&V / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent

Pencils

Dan Parent

Inks

Rich Koslowski

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Jack Morelli

Genre

humor; teen

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #85 (November 2008)

Keywords

Halloween

Indexer Notes

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

Dog Days (Table of Contents: 34)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Polly Cooper; Adam

Synopsis

Betty finds a lost puppy.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #182

The Troubles She's Seen (Table of Contents: 35)

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

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

High school is being a hassle for Betty, though she soon discovers that there are ordinary hassles and Veronica-style hassles.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #187 (June 2003)

Shadow Play (Table of Contents: 36)

Betty and Veronica / 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; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Archie's shadow; Betty's shadow; Veronica's shadow

Synopsis

Archie wants to go with Veronica, but Archie's shadow wants to stay with Betty's shadow.

Reprints

• from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #174 (May 1989)

Advice To the Love Torn (Table of Contents: 37)

Ethel / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Betty gives Ethel advice on boys.

Reprints

• from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #19 (August 1988)

[Jughead #9] (Table of Contents: 38) (Expand) /

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The Big Catch (Table of Contents: 39)

Ethel / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Dan Parent

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Big Ethel rubs Stickum on her hands to prevent Jughead from slipping out of her hands.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #604 (November 1989)

Keywords

cheerleader; football

Indexer Notes

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

[20% off all Archie Comics] (Table of Contents: 40) (Expand) /

Midtown Comics / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Rare Scare (Table of Contents: 41)

Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; teen

Characters

Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Don

Synopsis

Sabrina's date brings a scary movie for them to watch, but he's the one that ends up scared by a night at Sabrina's house.

Reprints

• from Laugh (Archie, 1987 series) #6 (April 1988)

Spellbound! (Table of Contents: 42)

Sabrina / activity / 1 page (report information)

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Sabrina

Indexer Notes

Decode the reason Sabrina forgot her wand in class.

The Zoomin' Broom! (Table of Contents: 43)

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

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; teen

Characters

Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Charlie

Synopsis

Sabrina is embarrassed when her aunts give her a broom instead of a car for her birthday, but she recovers by fastening the broom to the bottom of a skateboard, which makes her a skateboarding champion.

Reprints

• from Laugh (Archie, 1987 series) #21 (June 1990)

Keywords

skateboard

[Graphic Novel Library Sale] (Table of Contents: 44) (Expand) /

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Sure Cure (Table of Contents: 45)

Mr. Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Samm Schwartz

Inks

Samm Schwartz

Colors

?

Letters

Samm Schwartz

Genre

teen

Characters

Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Smithers remedies Mr. Lodge's headache.

Sign Off (Table of Contents: 46)

Mister Lodge / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Samm Schwartz

Inks

Samm Schwartz

Colors

?

Letters

Samm Schwartz

Genre

teen

Characters

Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge puts up "No Archie" signs on the front lawn.

The Escort (Table of Contents: 47)

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

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Victor Gorelick (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; an unnamed monster

Synopsis

Veronica thinks that a monster roaming the halls of Riverdale High is really Archie in disguise. She even gets him to take her to a dance on Saturday night where all the students have to dress up like monsters.

Reprints

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #113 (May 1965)

Keywords

costumes; dance; monster; vampire

[Welcome to the New Riverdale] (Table of Contents: 48) (Expand) /

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Call Stall (Table of Contents: 49)

Betty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

?

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Betty receives a phone call from Archie.

The Big Prize (Table of Contents: 50)

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

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Nancy Woods; the Great Orlando; Dilton Doiley (cameo)

Synopsis

Veronica enlists Betty's aid to help with 5 costume changes at a Halloween party in order to impress a designer and hoping it helps her break into modeling.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #221 (December 2006)

Keywords

costume contest; Halloween

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[Betty and Veronica by Rachel Antonoff] (Table of Contents: 53) (Expand) /

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[Riverdale] (Table of Contents: 54) (Expand) /

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