Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine #248

(December 2016)

Ho Ho Hopeless! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Dan Parent

Pencils

Dan Parent

Inks

Bob Smith

Colors

Glenn Whitmore

Letters

Jack Morelli

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Caramel (Betty's cat)

Synopsis

When Veronica overhears Betty's neighbor insult her, Veronica orders her staff to help decorate Betty's house.

Reprints

• in Archie 1000 Page Comics Compendium (Archie, 2017 series) (2017)

Tree Experts (Table of Contents: 2)

Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Mike Pellowski

Pencils

Dan Parent

Inks

Jim Amash

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Jack Morelli

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Smithers; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge

Synopsis

The Lodge family get professionals to decorate their Christmas tree.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #191 (January 2009)

Many Magic Moments (Table of Contents: 3)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Barbara Slate

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Rich Koslowski

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper; Rose Cooper; Charlie Cooper; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Betty's grandparents visit for the holidays, and recount to Betty the story of their courtship.

Reprints

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

All Wrapped Up (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Kathleen Webb

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Alison Flood

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Veronica is determined to wrap her Christmas gifts herself, in spite of not knowing how.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #629 (January 1992)

Purchase Prize (Table of Contents: 5)

Betty and 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

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

With Veronica sick in bed, Betty does her Christmas shopping for her and bargains all the shop-keepers down.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #618 (January 1991)

Visions of Sugar Plums (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Kathleen Webb

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Jim DeCarlo

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Sugar Plum Fairy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

At a Christmas party, Betty and Veronica both use Sugar Plum to help them get Archie to themselves.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #606 (January 1990)

Tragic Magic (Table of Contents: 7)

Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren

Pencils

Dick Malmgren

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Sabrina Spellman; Hilda Spellman; Horace B. Rotten (Hilda's cousin); Zelda Spellman; Cousin Ambrose; Santa Claus

Synopsis

Horace B. Rotten, Hilda's cousin, stops by for Christmas to wreck havoc.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #503 (January 1981)

Using the Old Noodle (Table of Contents: 8)

Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren

Pencils

Dick Malmgren

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Harvey

Synopsis

When Sabrina attempts to make a Christmas dinner by hand, Hilda interferes and attempts to conjure one up through witchcraft.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #243 (January 1976)

With a Little Help From His Friends (Table of Contents: 9)

Sabrina Christmas Magic / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

?

Letters

Jon D'Agostino

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Santa Claus

Synopsis

Sabrina's aunts reveal that they use their magic to help Santa deliver presents every Christmas Eve.

Reprints

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

A Song For Lydia (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Rod Ollerenshaw

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper; Lydia Wyndham (flashback); Archie Andrews

Synopsis

While rummaging through Lydia Wyndham's effects, Betty finds one of Lydia's poems and decides to set it to music for a music class assignment.

Reprints

• from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #23 (February 1989)

Veronica's Gag Bag (Table of Contents: 11)

Veronica / comic story / 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

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica shows off her jeans for a date with Archie.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #122 (April 2004)
which is reprinted
• from Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #43 (1983-84)
which is reprinted
• from Archie newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate, XX-XX-19XX)

Betty's Fashions For All Seasons (Table of Contents: 12)

Betty / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Characters

Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Betty models fashions for each season.

Reprints

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

Shop Swap (Table of Contents: 13)

Veronica / comic story / 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

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Mr. Lodge asks Veronica if she ever thinks of anything besides mall shopping.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #199 (January 2010)

Up and Out (Table of Contents: 14)

Betty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Betty knows how to handle a pesky salesman.

Reprints

• from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #160 (August 1987)

Smorgasbored (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script

Kathleen Webb

Pencils

Bob Bolling

Inks

Rich Koslowski

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper

Synopsis

To fight boredom, Betty and Veronica decide to cook dinner for Betty's parents.

Reprints

• from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #28 (September 1989)

Plumber's Helper (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

Craig Boldman

Pencils

Rex Lindsey

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Archie offers to fix the leaky pipe for Betty's mom, but she ends up having to call a plumber.

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #257 (November 1986)

Trivia's Her Suit (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script

Hal Smith

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Jim DeCarlo

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Veronica tries to sabotage Betty from winning on a Jeopardy like trivia game show. But Betty wins a consolation prize and the real prize Archie.

Reprints

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

Mall of the Wild (Table of Contents: 18)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Vallely; Mark McClellan

Pencils

Dan Parent

Inks

Henry Scarpelli

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica is locked in a mall and turns the tables on a moronic mall security guard.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #19 (February 1992)

Bad Habit to Break (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Script

Kathleen Webb (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; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Veronica tries to guess what is Betty's bad habit.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #193 (December 2003)

Keywords

coffee; gym class; gymnastics; shower

Indexer Notes

Mentions Frappuccinos which were just starting to gain popularity at the time. Parodies Starbucks as Megabucks.

The Same Ol' Story (Table of Contents: 20)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Angelo Decesare

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Betty Cooper reads to children at the local library and two of the kids remind her of herself and Archie when they were young.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #58 (February 1998)

Walk a Mile in Cheap Shoes (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Script

Hal Smith

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica is forced to disguise herself as a frump, due to heavier than usual notoriety. While in disguise, she finds the world treats her a lot differently.

Reprints

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

Snap Flap (Table of Contents: 22)

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

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Veronica tries to be the new sports school photographer so she can get into the locker room to meet boys.

Reprints

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #234 (June 1975)

The Injured Party (Table of Contents: 23)

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

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Samm Schwartz

Inks

Samm Schwartz

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Samm Schwartz

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Everyone is sympathetic to Reggie when he shows up at school with his arm in a sling, but he's just using it to hide a water pistol.

Reprints

• from Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #84 (January 1976)

Ode to the Phone (Table of Contents: 24)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Pat Kennedy

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper

Synopsis

Betty is waiting for a call from Archie.

Reprints

• from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #188 (January 1991)

Crunch Time (Table of Contents: 25)

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

Script

Mike Pellowski

Pencils

Tim Kennedy

Inks

Ken Selig

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Betty is annoyed with all of the crunching sounds that she hears in the movie theater...and around town.

High Noon (Table of Contents: 26)

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

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Stan Goldberg

Inks

Mike Esposito

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Mary Andrews

Synopsis

Veronica is tired of Archie being late picking her up, so she gives him an ultimatum.

Reprints

• from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #386 (April 1991) [I haven't seen the credits in the reprint but in the original magazine the writer is listed as Hal Smith and the feature of the story is Archie not Betty and Veronica.]

Friendly Competition (Table of Contents: 27)

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

Script

Mike Pellowski

Pencils

?

Inks

Al Nickerson

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Two Riverdale students discuss the competitive, yet friendly relationship that Betty and Veronica have with each other.

Drastic Surgery (Table of Contents: 28)

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

Script

Dan Parent

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo; Dan Parent

Inks

Alison Flood

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Betty and Veronica argue about the virtues of plastic surgery, and later, when Veronica's face is bandaged after an allergic reaction, Betty thinks she's had a procedure done.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #12 (January 1995)

The Snoop (Table of Contents: 29)

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

Script

Kathleen Webb

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Dan DeCarlo

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Caramel; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper

Synopsis

While over at Betty's house studying, Veronica takes advantage of every instance she's alone to search Betty's bedroom for her diary.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #119 (January 1998)

Twist of Fate (Table of Contents: 30)

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

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Dan DeCarlo

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Veronica sprains her ankle performing gymnastics. But the cane she's given to help her get around proves to be a menace to everyone else's health.

Reprints

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

Toy Joy! (Table of Contents: 31)

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

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

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

Synopsis

Veronica buys meals from Burger Queen to collect the Teeny Toys figures for her collection and Betty talks her into donating the meals to the homeless shelter.

Reprints

• from Archie's Holiday Fun Digest (Archie, 1997 series) #3 (February 1999)

Is This Trip Necessary? (Table of Contents: 32)

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

Script

Kathleen Webb

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Alison Flood

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Smithers (the butler)

Synopsis

Veronica plans to go to Jamaica for Christmas, unaware that her parents would prefer that she stay home for the holidays.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #629 (January 1992)

The Bear Facts (Table of Contents: 33)

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

Script

Dexter Taylor

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

Ken Selig

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Santa Claus; Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate

Synopsis

Little Betty and Little Veronica both submit teddy bears to compete in the Riverdale Christmas Teddy Bear Festival.

A Friend for Christmas (Table of Contents: 34)

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

Script

Dexter Taylor

Pencils

Dexter Taylor

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Little Sabrina Spellman; Little Archie Andrews; Little Betty Cooper; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Little Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Pop Tate; Aunt Zelda; Santa Claus

Synopsis

Little Sabrina invites the gang over to her house. Aunt Zelda provides hamburgers and tells a Christmas story about a lonely girl that builds a snowman and brings it to life.

Reprints

• from Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #139 (February 2003)

Yule Yochs (Table of Contents: 35)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 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

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Three two-panel gags. First gag - Betty believes that it's better to give than to receive, so she gives Archie a gift certificate good for a dozen kisses from her. Second gag - Veronica is out shopping and says she wants to get something for Archie, so Betty asks how much she wants for him. Third gag - Veronica admires her bowling ball-shaped gift, saying that she's always wanted a bowling ball. Betty whispers to Jughead that she thinks she used too much wrapping paper on the golf ball.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #477 (December 1978)

Keywords

Christmas; Gag

Preparation Elation (Table of Contents: 36)

Leroy / comic story / 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

humor; children

Characters

Leroy; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Leroy puts a welcome mat on the roof for Santa's arrival.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #216 (December 1973)

The Hat (Table of Contents: 37)

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

Script

Frank Doyle

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Alison Flood

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Santa Claus; Svenson (the janitor); Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Beazly

Synopsis

Betty helps up a man dressed as Santa who has fallen on a patch of ice. He gives her his hat as a reward. After that, peculiar accidents begin happening to everyone around Betty, but not to her.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #72 (February 1994)

The Gift of Love (Table of Contents: 38)

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

Script

Kathleen Webb

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo; Dan Parent

Inks

Alison Flood

Colors

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Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica finally figures out that her parents would like her to stay for Christmas.

Reprints

• from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #629 (January 1992)