(April 1986)
Archie,
1983 Series
- Price
- 1.25 USD
- Pages
- 132
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly in Feb., April, June, Aug., Oct., and Dec.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 0271000691418
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the first half, Betty, I went zero for ten!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
- Keywords
- basketball; littering
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #267.
![Cover Thumbnail for Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (1983 series) #18 [Canadian]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/990/w100/990398.jpg?-6058781378655352484)
Meow Mix
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Betty is imitating the movements of a cat as a new exercise program and both Veronica and Reggie just think it's too funny.
- Reprints
-
from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #268 (April 1978)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
[Disneyland Birthday Party / Uncle Scrooge Goes to Disneyland]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Demonstration
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie and Betty show Mr. Weatherbee how they communicate.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #230 (June 1969)
-
Wind Chill Factor
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty is the object of ridicule from her friends for buying a down-filled thermal expedition parka and pants to protect her from the cold.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #292 (April 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Paper Caper
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Tired of listening to her father praise Betty for her willingness to work for her money, Veronica agrees to earn her clothing money through a paper route.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #293 (May 1980)
-
- Keywords
- paper route
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Footwear Frolic
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- When the snow is higher than their boots, Archie and Jughead try to think of a remedy.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #309 (February 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Prime Problem
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir ?
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Stan Goldberg
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica confides in her father that she has a love problem.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #343 (October 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
There's Always a Catch
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Coach Clayton; Chuck Clayton; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie accidentally destroys a prized Riverdale "lucky" football.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #311 (December 1981)
-
- Keywords
- football
Is Statue Love?
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; George
- Synopsis
- To fulfill a boast she made to Betty, Veronica hires a sculptor to fashion a truly elegant snowman in the Lodge Mansion front yard.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #293 (May 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Dinner Dither
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Mary Andrews; Benson (chauffeur); Betty Cooper; Alice (maid); Gaston; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Smithers
- Synopsis
- Veronica has a scheme to prevent Archie from having supper with Betty.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #294 (June 1980)
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Test Quest
Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie has to stay home for two weeks with a football injury so Mr. Weatherbee tapes his classes and brings them for him to watch on the VCR.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #311 (December 1981)
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When the Truth Hurts
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie; Valerie; Alexandra; Alan M.
- Synopsis
- During a cold winter day, Josie and Valerie visit Alexandra and enjoy the Cabot solarium and pool.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #76 (June 1980)
-
The Wet Blanket
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty can't wait to show Veronica her new stadium blanket, and Veronica can't wait to burst her bubble.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #293 (May 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Gone to the Dogs
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Sally Glutz
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #46 (May 1960)
-
- Keywords
- dogs
Indexer Notes
Various one, two and three panel gags, all with a dog theme.
Long Ago and Fur Away
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- How Jughead converted a twenties-era raccoon coat into five hundred dollars.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #310 (March 1981)
-
- Keywords
- fur coat
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Temptation
The Archies / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Miss Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- The Archies have been keeping their instruments in the school gym but Coach Kleats wants them to store them somewhere else.
- Reprints
- from Archie's TV Laugh-Out (Archie, 1969 series) #76 (June 1980)
-
Fashion Passion
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Vitteloni
- Synopsis
- Veronica sweet talks her father into having fashion photographer Vitteloni photograph Veronica in hopes of her being discovered. Instead, Vitteloni discovers that Betty is a great photographer.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #294 (June 1980)
-
Date Line!
Archie / comic story / 0.75 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie doesn't know if he has a date or not.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #46 (May 1960)
-
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Really, Betty - You wouldn't have trouble...
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica tells Betty she should let boys think they are smarter than she is.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #46 (May 1960)
-
Arf Arf
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie has a "baseball" dog.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #46 (May 1960)
-
Ear Acre
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica's singing reached a thousand ears.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #46 (May 1960)
-
On the Fence!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg; Gigi; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Greg shows Jinx "Fat Charley loves H.F.S." written on a fence, and she tries to figure out who H.F.S. is.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #313 (April 1977)
-
Odd Order
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie meets some odd people while working as a soda jerk.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #45 (March 1960)
-
- Keywords
- soda jerk
Miss-Direction
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Moose gives a lady on the bus directions.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #45 (March 1960)
-
Strung Out
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica has some early success at macrame, something Betty doesn't do, and soon she's filling the mansion with macrame.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #292 (April 1980)
-
- Keywords
- macrame
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Heat Treat
Jughead / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir; Samm Schwartz (additional dialogue)
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Samm Schwartz
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Forsythe P. Jones II; Fred Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to convince Jughead that he can brave the cold through psychology.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #309 (February 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
You Don't Say!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx can keep a secret.
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #148 (November 1979)
-
Letter Fretter
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- After a long day of spelling class, Archie is distraught by alphabet soup.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #292 (July 1975)
-
A Germ of An Idea
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Nurse Bascomb; Dr. Hobbs
- Synopsis
- Betty comes down with a virus on the day of the concert she was planning to attend with Archie.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #292 (April 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
The artist dresses Betty and Veronica in fashion designs submitted by two readers.
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Third-Degree Burn
Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie asks Veronica if he is the first boy she ever kissed.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #41 (July 1959)
-
Tanks a Lot
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- The gas tank of Archie's jalopy overflowed.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #41 (July 1959)
-
Lady on the Job
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- When Mrs. Andrews gets fed up with being a "brainless house cleaning robot," she decides to get a part-time job, much to the chagrin of Archie and his father.
- Reprints
- from Archie (Archie, 1959 series) #305 (June 1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
Military Expressions Adapted For Teens!
Jughead / cartoon / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- A series of gags based on alternative meanings for military terms.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #9 (January 1969)
-
Ice Scream
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx's hands are freezing.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #205 (January 1973)
-
Games People Play
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle (credited)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
- Inks
- Jim DeCarlo (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica leaves before Betty can beat her in a game of chess.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #294 (June 1980)
-
- Keywords
- chess
Errant Errand
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Pop Tate leaves Jughead in charge of the store while he runs to the bank.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #67 (January 1980)
-
Cook's Tour de Force
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie use Betty and Veronica's biscuits as hockey pucks.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #59 (December 1961)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["In the first half, Betty, I went zero for ten!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
Meow Mix
Betty and Veronica -
3.
[Disneyland Birthday Party / Uncle Scrooge Goes to Disneyland]
-
4.
Demonstration
Archie -
5.
Wind Chill Factor
Betty and Veronica -
6.
[Four Equals Five?]
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7.
Paper Caper
Veronica -
8.
Footwear Frolic
Jughead -
9.
Prime Problem
Veronica -
10.
There's Always a Catch
Archie -
11.
Is Statue Love?
Betty and Veronica -
12.
[Discount 32 Page Comic Subscriptions!]
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13.
Dinner Dither
Veronica -
14.
[Subscribe and Get 1 Free]
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15.
Test Quest
Archie -
16.
When the Truth Hurts
Josie -
17.
The Wet Blanket
Betty and Veronica -
18.
Gone to the Dogs
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals -
19.
[Archie Annual Digest #48]
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20.
Long Ago and Fur Away
Jughead -
21.
Temptation
The Archies -
22.
Fashion Passion
Betty and Veronica -
23.
Date Line!
Archie -
24.
["Really, Betty - You wouldn't have trouble..."]
Betty and Veronica -
25.
[Archie's Checklist]
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26.
Arf Arf
Archie -
27.
Ear Acre
Betty and Veronica -
28.
On the Fence!
Li'l Jinx -
29.
Odd Order
Archie -
30.
Miss-Direction
Moose -
31.
Strung Out
Betty and Veronica -
32.
Heat Treat
Jughead -
33.
You Don't Say!
Li'l Jinx -
34.
[Katy Keene Subscription Offer]
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35.
Letter Fretter
Archie -
36.
A Germ of An Idea
Betty and Veronica -
37.
[Little Archie Comics Digest Subscription Offer]
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38.
Third-Degree Burn
Veronica -
39.
Tanks a Lot
Archie -
40.
Lady on the Job
Archie -
41.
[Betty's Diary]
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42.
Military Expressions Adapted For Teens!
Jughead -
43.
Ice Scream
Li'l Jinx -
44.
Games People Play
Betty and Veronica -
45.
Errant Errand
Jughead -
46.
Cook's Tour de Force
Betty and Veronica -
47.
[Archie's Activity Digest Subscription Offer]
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48.
[no title indexed]
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49.
[300 Stickers]
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- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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