(July 2003)
Archie,
1983 Series
- Price
- 2.39 USD; 2.89 CAD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- 9 times a year in Feb., Mar., April, May, July, Aug., Oct., Nov. and Dec
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 071896468557 38
- Editing
- Nelson Ribeiro (editor); Victor Gorelick (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief)
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm sorry! You can't bring all that luggage on board!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Uniformly Appealing
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica are admiring men in uniform.
- Reprints
-
in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #162 (September 2008) - in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #262 (August 2018)
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Super Secret
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Midge Klump; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper (on phone)
- Synopsis
- Veronica can't keep a secret.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #137 (June 1969)
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Great Weight
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie thinks he should see more of Betty, because she lives closer to his house.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #137 (June 1969)
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Pinch Hitter Sitter
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Pellowski
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz
- Inks
- Rich Koslowski
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Kevin; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Filling in for Betty, Veronica must baby-sit a sports-obsessed pre-teen boy.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #77 (July 1998)
-
Scooter Scare
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty; Reggie
- Synopsis
- Betty takes two rides at once on Reggie's scooter -- her first and her last.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #107 (December 1966)
-
- Keywords
- motor scooter
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #232.
Charming Chuckle
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica shows off her charm bracelet.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #60 (February 1962)
-
- Keywords
- charm bracelet
A Tale of Riverdale
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Smithers the butler
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica's busy Saturdays are presented in contrast.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #125 (July 1998)
-
Musical Closets
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, mom! What are you doing?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Mrs. Cooper
- Synopsis
- Mrs. Cooper wants to throw out her husband's old ties, but Betty wants them.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #135 (April 1969)
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Voluntary Effort
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Bored out of her mind, Veronica stoops to helping Betty out at the local retirement community.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #125 (July 1998)
-
[no title indexed]
Betty Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why the long face, Betty?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; unnamed friend
- Synopsis
- Betty laments her relationship with Archie.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #28 (June 1970)
-
Repeat Deceit
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Betty is mad about a love letter Archie sent her.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #196 (May 1974)
-
Royal Flush
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Rudy
- Synopsis
- Veronica takes someone she thinks is Prince Rudolph on a whirlwind date.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #77 (July 1998)
-
Nice Night
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Next time maybe Archie will walk Betty to her house after their date.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #119 (December 1967)
-
Wedding or Not
Sabrina / comic story / 12 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Salem; Cousin Ambrose; Enchantra the Head Witch; Della
- Synopsis
- Sabrina, Salem and her aunts try to get Cousin Ambrose out of a marriage engagement to Enchantra without Ambrose getting turned into an animal.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1997 series) #15 (July 1998)
-
Indexer Notes
In the old continuity, Della was the Head Witch. Now she's just Enchantra's personal assistant, with a more conservative look.
Star Struck
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Smithers the butler; Hiram Lodge; Steven Squeelburger; Kermet Morgan
- Synopsis
- Hollywood director Steven Squeelburger is stopping by the Lodge mansion with an actor from his latest film, "Jurassic Pork", and neither Betty nor Veronica can contain themselves anticipating which gorgeous actor it is.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #125 (July 1998)
-
Suit Yourself
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ms. Pushups; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- A fire emergency at the school forces everyone to evacuate the building, including Betty, who is wearing Veronica's new designer bikini and nothing else.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #125 (July 1998)
-
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #248, inks are credited to Jim DeCarlo.
Just Desserts
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda
- Synopsis
- Sabrina uses magic to help out the school cafeteria cook, without realizing the spell's consequences.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1997 series) #15 (July 1998)
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The Real McCoy
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Mr. McCoy
- Synopsis
- Unable to dissuade Veronica from going on a four-day vacation abroad alone, Mr. Lodge sends one of his employees in disguise to follow her and keep her out of trouble.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #77 (July 1998)
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Prom Qualm
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hermione Lodge; Cousin Wendy
- Synopsis
- Veronica spends all of her time leading up to the prom worrying about how Archie is going to mess it up.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #77 (July 1998)
-
- Keywords
- prom
[no title indexed]
Betty Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie! Can you try to get that doll?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie's roving eye rears its ugly head again at the carnival.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #32 (June 1965)
-
- Keywords
- carnival
Park Lark
Sabrina / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Harvey Kinkle; Amy
- Synopsis
- When Sabrina discovers Amy didn't invite her to the picnic so she could get Harvey to herself, she magically adds something to Amy's picnic basket.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #77 (July 1998)
-
- Keywords
- picnic; skunk
Distress Mess
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look, mom! We won our regional fitness trophy!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Caramel; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica pretend to be helpless to get Archie's attention.
- Reprints
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #161 (July 2008)
- in Archie Giant Comics Treat (Archie, 2017 series) ([August] 2017)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #255 (September 2017)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Festival (Archie, 2017 series) (2017)
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Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #255, no credits listed in this digest.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["I'm sorry! You can't bring all that luggage on board!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Uniformly Appealing
Betty and Veronica -
2.
Super Secret
Betty and Veronica -
3.
Great Weight
Archie -
4.
Pinch Hitter Sitter
Veronica -
5.
Scooter Scare
Betty -
6.
Charming Chuckle
Betty and Veronica -
7.
A Tale of Riverdale
Betty and Veronica -
8.
Musical Closets
Betty -
9.
Voluntary Effort
Betty and Veronica -
10.
["Why the long face, Betty?"]
Betty Pin Up -
11.
Repeat Deceit
Betty -
12.
Royal Flush
Veronica -
13.
Nice Night
Betty -
14.
Wedding or Not
Sabrina -
15.
Star Struck
Betty and Veronica -
16.
Suit Yourself
Betty and Veronica -
17.
Just Desserts
Sabrina -
18.
The Real McCoy
Veronica -
19.
Prom Qualm
Veronica -
20.
["Archie! Can you try to get that doll?"]
Betty Pin Up -
21.
Park Lark
Sabrina -
22.
Distress Mess
Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Peter Croome
- Thomas Johnson
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
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