B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine #269

(May 2019)

[How to get your free comic] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Frog Princess (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Bill Golliher (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

Glenn Whitmore (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Princess Betty [Betty Cooper]; Princess Veronica [Veronica Lodge]; Price Archie [Archie Andrews]; Old Witch [Miss Grundy]

Synopsis

The Old Witch turns Princess Betty into a frog but when Prince Archie kisses her she returns to her normal self.

Reprints

• in Archie Modern Classics (Archie, 2019 series) #2 (2020)

Keywords

fairy tale; frog

Sweat It Out! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Veronica thinks Betty has been letting herself go and has a make-over for her but then regrets having done it.

Reprints

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

When Swing Was King (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Veronica's Maternal Grandmother; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods

Synopsis

Cleaning out the old clothes and memorabilia in the attic of Veronica's grandmother allows Veronica and the gang to attend Riverdale's newest hot spot, a Swing-era theme club, in costume.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #111 (May 1997)

Keywords

swing music; zoot suit

Let Them Eat Cake (Table of Contents: 5)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Chic Cooper; Polly Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle (cameo, in Betty's imagination); Veronica Lodge (cameo, in Betty's imagination)

Synopsis

On a rainy day, Betty tries to decide what kind of cake to make for her family. Each cake choice reminds her of someone, though.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #172 (April 2008)

Game Gambit (Table of Contents: 6)

Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Hermione Lodge; Dilton Doiley

Synopsis

Her mother can't understand why Veronica allows Archie and Reggie to compete for her so vociferously.

Reprints

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #296 (August 1980)

Ads That Add Up (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Nancy Woods; Midge Klump; Moose Mason (cameo)

Synopsis

Betty shows Veronica several amateur commercials she came up with in hopes of winning a corporate contest.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #234 (May 2008)

[Chilling Adventures of Sabrina] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Netflix / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Call Ball (Table of Contents: 9)

Big Ethel / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Ethel Muggs

Synopsis

Ethel practices talking to Jughead on the telephone.

Reprints

• from Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #52 (1988)
which is reprinted
• from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #209 (June 1975)

[Read it all on the Archie App.] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

Clothes Encounter (Table of Contents: 11)

Josie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Angelo De Cesare (credited as Angelo DeCesare)

Pencils

Rex Lindsey (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Feature Logo

Josie and the Pussycats

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Valerie Smith; Alexander Cabot III; Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine

Synopsis

Alexander is voted on the worst dressed manager list and the Pussycats try to get him a more stylish wardrobe.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #87 (February 2005)

It's Magic (Table of Contents: 12)

Josie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Mike Esposito (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Feature Logo

Josie and the Pussycats

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Josie and the Pussycats [Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Smith]; The 3 Prestos (magicians)

Synopsis

The dry cleaner mixes up the Pussycats outfits with a band of magicians' and magic tricks keep popping out of their tuxedos.

Reprints

• from Laugh (Archie, 1987 series) #14 (June 1989)

Keywords

gig; girl band; girl group; magic tricks; music

Up With Down Time! (Table of Contents: 13)

Josie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Angelo De Cesare (credited as Angelo DeCesare)

Pencils

Al Bigley (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Feature Logo

Josie and the Pussycats

Genre

teen

Characters

Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown; Melody Valentine; Alex Cabot III

Synopsis

Alex wants the Pussycats to take on interesting hobbies to gain some good publicity.

Reprints

• from Archie & Friends (Archie, 1992 series) #67 (April 2003)

Friends to the End (Table of Contents: 14)

Josie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alexandra Cabot

Synopsis

Melody is worried that Alexandra won't loan her money for a new outfit for the big dance.

Reprints

• from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #74 (February 1974)

[Tomorrow, Everything Changes] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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[Archie Comics Presents] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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Good Riddance (Table of Contents: 17)

Betty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Tim Kennedy

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Nancy Woods; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Betty does some spring cleaning, including getting rid of Archie.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #111 (June 2002)

Indexer Notes

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

[Spider-Man / Avengers Mini-Mates] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Diamond Select / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Veronica's Party Fashions (Table of Contents: 19)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (signed)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge

Indexer Notes

Fashion page.

[The Digest Bundle Pack Just Got Bigger!] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo

Inks

Rudy Lapick

Colors

?

Letters

Vincent DeCarlo

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oh Archie! Isn't the fair just wonderful!!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

While Veronica is admiring the majestic scenery of the New York World's Fair, Archie is picking up the counter girl at the refreshment stand.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #30 (Fall 1964)

Keywords

New York World's Fair; Unisphere

Turnpike Terror (Table of Contents: 22)

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

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

John Rosenberger (credited)

Inks

Mario Acquaviva (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Mario Acquaviva (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Betty takes up motorcycling, then Veronica has to try to outdo her to attract Archie's attention.

Reprints

• from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #3 (August 1966)

Keywords

motorcycle

The "Light Side" (Table of Contents: 23)

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

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones: Miss Grundy

Synopsis

Archie is carrying Betty for a math experiment, and Veronica doesn't care for that sort of horseplay.

Reprints

• from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #11 (December 1967)

Stop the Presses (Table of Contents: 24)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Hal Cooper; Miss Grundy

Synopsis

Betty sneaks an announcement in the school paper that her and Archie are getting married.

Reprints

• from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #12 (February 1968)

Keywords

school newspaper

A Mall for All Seasons (Table of Contents: 25)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

John Lowe (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods

Synopsis

Betty has a solution for the local mall's flagging sales.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #99 (July 2001)

Pizza My Mind (Table of Contents: 26)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Cheryl Blossom

Synopsis

Veronica gets Pop to hire Betty to deliver pizzas for him. But she thinks twice about it when Betty ends up at Archie's place all the time.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #161 (July 2005)

Love Is Blind (Table of Contents: 27)

Veronica / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Justin; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Veronica goes on a TV dating show.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #124 (May 2002)

Language of Love (Table of Contents: 28)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

John Lowe (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Denise; Ethel; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Betty and Denise study Jughead's body language while he talks with Ethel.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #155 (June 2006)

Serf Turf (Table of Contents: 29)

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

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Your flunky idea is a neat way to raise money for student activities!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Reggie organizes a 'flunky' day at the school to raise money. Students volunteer to become someone's flunky in exchange for a donation to the school. Betty and Archie are convinced by Veronica and Reggie to participate. They then place bids on Archie and Betty to be their flunkies for the day to run errands.

Reprints

• from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #377 (April 1983)

Dare to Be Different (Table of Contents: 30)

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

Script

Rod Ollerenshaw (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Jim DeCarlo (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Rod Ollerenshaw (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis

Betty declines to audition for a spot in a punk rock band since she only plays the cello.

Reprints

• from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #3 (August 1986)

Now Playing (Table of Contents: 31)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

John Lowe (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle; Polly Cooper; Adam; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Veronica has a fancy home theater installed in the mansion but Archie would rather watch movies at Betty's house to keep her from Adam.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #145 (May 2005)

You're Out of Line (Table of Contents: 32)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Cousin Marcy

Synopsis

Veronica reluctantly agrees to hold Marcy's place in line to buy tickets to the first showing of a major science fiction/fantasy film.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #151 (June 2004)

Whale of a Sale (Table of Contents: 33)

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

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

Suzannah Rowntree

Letters

Teresa Davidson (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews; Polly Cooper; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Betty and Archie hold a garage sale.

Reprints

• from B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #213 (June 2011)

Keywords

garage sale

That's News to Me (Table of Contents: 34)

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

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Tomoko; Akira; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis

Tomoko's newspaper story about a house fire is picked up by a major publisher.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #182

Just My Luck (Table of Contents: 35)

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

Script

Bill Golliher (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Betty gives a class talk about superstitions and performs acts that are rumored to bring you bad luck.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #41 (May 2000)

Keywords

superstitions

Personal Best (Table of Contents: 36)

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

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Nancy Woods; Ethel Muggs; Melanie; Archie Andrews (cameo); Reggie Mantle (cameo); Pop Tate (cameo)

Synopsis

The girls on the softball team work to improve their individual skills and strengths for the coming season.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #226 (June 2007)

Keywords

softball

Big Brother (Table of Contents: 37)

Ethel / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Pencils

Dick Malmgren (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Acting on Veronica's advice, Ethel plays hard to get.

Reprints

• from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #147 (January 1981)

[Official Betty and Veronica Merch!] (Table of Contents: 38) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Smell Spell (Table of Contents: 39)

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

Script

George Gladir

Pencils

Pat Kennedy ?; Tim Kennedy ?

Inks

Bob Smith

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Nancy Woods; Ethel Muggs

Synopsis

Veronica makes an irresistible perfume in lab class.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

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

Unsure if this is Pat or Tim Kennedy pencils.

[Graphic Novel Super Store] (Table of Contents: 40) (Expand) /

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

Down in the Mouth (Table of Contents: 41)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx Holliday; Charley Hawse; Greg

Synopsis

When Charley laughs at Li'l Jinx's plans to be a doctor, she claims to see something wrong with him. He then spends the rest of the day imagining that he has horrible illnesses.

Reprints

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #362 (June 1980)
which is reprinted
• from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #298 (January 1976)

Chain Pain (Table of Contents: 42)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday; Greg

Synopsis

Jinx receives a chain letter.

Reprints

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #267 (July 1972)

Keywords

chain letter

Way$ 'n' Mean$ (Table of Contents: 43)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards

Pencils

Joe Edwards

Inks

Joe Edwards

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday; Greg

Synopsis

Jinx is going to get money for a soda by any means necessary.

Reprints

• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #228 (April 1969)

[20% off all Archie Comics] (Table of Contents: 44) (Expand) /

Midtown Comics / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Hair's Veronica (Table of Contents: 45)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Miss Beazly

Synopsis

Veronica falls asleep in class and dreams that Dilton's invention gives her a mustache.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #160 (May 2005)

[Subscribe Today and Save At store.archiecomics.com] (Table of Contents: 46) (Expand) /

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

[Archie Milestones] (Table of Contents: 47) (Expand) /

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

Loose Lips! (Table of Contents: 48)

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

Script

Craig Boldman (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

Digikore Studios (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Tomoko Yoshida; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Ethel Muggs; Curtis

Synopsis

Veronica thinks she is good at keeping the secret that Tomoko and Curtis are dating but she's not.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #252 (April 2011)

Keywords

blabbermouth; gossip; secret

Indexer Notes

The Chronicles of Narnia is spoofed as The Chronicles of Farnia.

[Build Your Own Comics Double Digests Subscription!] (Table of Contents: 49) (Expand) /

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[Try these new Archie comics digests!] (Table of Contents: 50) (Expand) /

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[Riverdale] (Table of Contents: 51) (Expand) /

CW / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Wings of Fire] (Table of Contents: 52) (Expand) /

Scholastic Books / advertisement / 1 page (report information)