(June 2006)

Archie, 1983 Series
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Price
2.49 USD
Pages
100
Indicia Frequency
9 times a year in Jan., Feb., Apr., May, June, Aug., Sept., Oct. and Nov.
On-sale Date
2006-04-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
The Archie Digest Library
Barcode
762816468558 16511
Editing
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Issue Notes

On-Sale date from Digest Checklist in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #165.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jeff Shultz (signed)
Inks
Jon D'Agostino (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There's bad interference on the radio!
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Mattel / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Lost Cause (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Mike Pellowski (credited)
Pencils
Pat Kennedy (credited)
Inks
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters
Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica help Archie retrace his steps to find his lost wallet.
Keywords
mountain biking

[Love Showdown] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

How Electrifying! (Table of Contents: 4)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Parent
Pencils
Dan Parent
Inks
Rich Koslowski
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Thomas
Synopsis
Disgusted at gas prices -- and at Veronica's entitled indifference -- Mr. Lodge buys her an electric car. She's mortified to be seen in such an un-cool vehicle, until Betty introduces her to a good-looking college man who's majoring in ecology.
Reprints
Keywords
ecology

Indexer Notes

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

[The Class of 2006] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

A Day to Remember (Table of Contents: 6)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
John Lowe
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis
Betty wins a day with rock idol Ricky Hartthrob, but it proves to be less than she imagined.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

[Archie Americana Series] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Jellybean's Find Your Name In Print / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Oldies but Goodies (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
Kathleen Webb
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Ethel Muggs; Nancy Woods; Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Kleats
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica find a box of old cheerleader uniforms and decide to have the squad wear them.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

[Archie's Collector Sets] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

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

A Novel Idea (Table of Contents: 11)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Kathleen Webb
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
John Lowe
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Betty considers writing a novel and imagines herself in various genre situations.
Reprints
Keywords
dragon; private eye

Indexer Notes

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

[Archie's Subscription Offer] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

The Astronaut (Table of Contents: 13)

Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Dan DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

I Need My Own Space (Chapter 1) (Table of Contents: 14)

Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Parent
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Veronica enters a contest held by NASA to send a regular person into space.
Reprints
Keywords
NASA

Indexer Notes

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

[Ginger Lopez Find Your Name In Print] (Table of Contents: 15)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Space Case (Chapter 2) (Table of Contents: 16)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Parent
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Veronica trains for her trip into space.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

[Josie / Summer Fun Special Offer] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

Look Up in the Sky...It's Veronica (Chapter 3) (Table of Contents: 18)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Parent
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Brian Jenkins; Jasmine Chen; Ann Reynolds; Roger Davis; Brad Haskins; Angela Symone
Synopsis
Veronica is launched into space on the space shuttle.
Reprints
Keywords
NASA; orbit; space shuttle

Indexer Notes

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

[Classic Archie Watches] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

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

Riverdale, We Have a Problem (Chapter 4) (Table of Contents: 20)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Dan Parent
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Brian Jenkins; Jasmine Chen; Ann Reynolds; Roger Davis; Brad Haskins; Angela Symone; Archie Andrews; Cheryl Blossom; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Veronica uses her cell phone to solve a problem on the space shuttle and returns to Earth.
Reprints
Keywords
space shuttle

Indexer Notes

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

Interplanetary Fashions (Table of Contents: 21)

Veronica / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Dan DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida
Editing
Victor Gorelick

Genre
fashion
Characters
Veronica Lodge
Reprints

Indexer Notes

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

The Best Things in Life (Table of Contents: 22)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Kathleen Webb
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
John Lowe
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Synopsis
Betty thinks about the ways her life is different from Veronica's.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #271, no credits listed in this digest.

[Archie's Digest Subscription Offer] (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

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

Once Is Enough (Table of Contents: 24)

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

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Henry Scarpelli
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica watch a video of Archie being clumsy at a county fair.
Reprints
Keywords
cotton candy; games; prize; roller coaster; theme park

Indexer Notes

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

Tall Story (Table of Contents: 25)

Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Alison Flood
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Veronica has to go through a day of school with a one-of-a-kind beehive hairdo and not have anything happen to it.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (1987 series) #223, no credits listed in this digest.

[Archie & Friends #100] (Table of Contents: 26) (Expand) /

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

Spring Cleaning (Table of Contents: 27)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Kathleen Webb
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
John Lowe
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hal Cooper
Synopsis
Betty can't stop spring cleaning.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (2014 series) #26, no credits listed in this digest.

Remote Possibility (Table of Contents: 28)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Smithers; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Betty falls asleep and dreams that she can use Veronica's remote to affect Veronica's actions, rewind time, and re-record events with a new outcome.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29) (Expand) /

Editor's Notebook / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Veronica Spring Style (Table of Contents: 30)

Veronica's Fashions / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan Parent ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Veronica Lodge
Reprints

Given a Choice (Table of Contents: 31)

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

Script
Kathleen Webb (credited)
Pencils
Dan Parent (credited)
Inks
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Veronica is sick so she gives Betty permission to take Archie to the spring dance.
Reprints

[Digest Checklist] (Table of Contents: 32) (Expand) /

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

[Big League Chew] (Table of Contents: 33) (Expand) /

Big League Chew / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["There's bad interference on the radio!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. ["It's one of those Bizarro days!"]
    Mattel
  3. 2. Lost Cause
    Betty and Veronica
  4. 3. [Love Showdown]
  5. 4. How Electrifying!
    Veronica
  6. 5. [The Class of 2006]
  7. 6. A Day to Remember
    Betty
  8. 7. [Archie Americana Series]
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Jellybean's Find Your Name In Print
  10. 9. Oldies but Goodies
    Betty and Veronica
  11. 10. [Archie's Collector Sets]
  12. 11. A Novel Idea
    Betty
  13. 12. [Archie's Subscription Offer]
  14. 13. The Astronaut
    Veronica
  15. 14. I Need My Own Space (Chapter 1)
    Veronica
  16. 15. [Ginger Lopez Find Your Name In Print]
  17. 16. Space Case (Chapter 2)
    Veronica
  18. 17. [Josie / Summer Fun Special Offer]
  19. 18. Look Up in the Sky...It's Veronica (Chapter 3)
    Veronica
  20. 19. [Classic Archie Watches]
  21. 20. Riverdale, We Have a Problem (Chapter 4)
    Veronica
  22. 21. Interplanetary Fashions
    Veronica
  23. 22. The Best Things in Life
    Betty
  24. 23. [Archie's Digest Subscription Offer]
  25. 24. Once Is Enough
    Betty and Veronica
  26. 25. Tall Story
    Veronica
  27. 26. [Archie & Friends #100]
  28. 27. Spring Cleaning
    Betty
  29. 28. Remote Possibility
    Betty and Veronica
  30. 29. [no title indexed]
    Editor's Notebook
  31. 30. Veronica Spring Style
    Veronica's Fashions
  32. 31. Given a Choice
    Betty & Veronica
  33. 32. [Digest Checklist]
  34. 33. [Big League Chew]
    Big League Chew
  35. 34. ["Justice League frozen novelties for unlimited adventures!"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen