Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine
#153
[Direct Edition]
(September 2007)
Archie,
1987 Series
- Price
- 3.69 USD
- Pages
- 196
- Indicia Frequency
- 9 times a year
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 762816469500 15311
- Editing
- Nelson Ribiero; Victor Gorelick
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Steven Butler (signed)
- Inks
- Al Milgrom (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Back off, carrot top! Veronica's got a new boyfriend now!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Nick St. Clair; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
New Look art.
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Bad Boy Trouble Part 3
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 29 pages
- Script
- Melanie J. Morgan
- Pencils
- Steven Butler
- Inks
- Al Milgrom
- Colors
- Stephanie Vozzo
- Letters
- John Workman
- Genre
- drama; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Nick St. Clair; Hiram Lodge; Midge Klump; Nancy Woods; Geraldine Grundy; Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Coach Clayton
- Synopsis
- Against her better judgement, Betty helps Veronica go out with Nick on the sly, telling Mr. Lodge that Veronica is spending the night with her. The next day at school, Ms. Grundy hands out a critical assignment for her class. Nick threatens Dilton to write his paper for him or else. Archie sees this and defends Dilton. Coach Clayton then stops the two teens before the situation escalates. Coach Clayton informs Archie, Nick, Betty and Dilton that a private boxing match between Archie and Nick will take place early Saturday morning, with only the five people there attending.
- Reprints
A Season of Stripes
Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Rex Lindsey (signed)
- Inks
- Rex Lindsey (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Rex Lindsey
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- The girls model fashion designs submitted by readers.
- Reprints
-
from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #117 (November 1997)
-
Garden of Delights
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The trouble with this game room, Betty, is that I've played all the games too many times!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper
- Synopsis
- Veronica provides skimpy outfits for doing gardening so they can get tanned while they work.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #563 (September 1986)
-
Fun in the Sun
Betty and Veronica / illustration / 2 pages
- Genre
- fashion; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #561 (August 1986)
-
The Party
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica are touched that Archie and Reggie are working overtime, until they find out what they're working overtime on.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #251 (November 1985)
-
Betty's Beach Fashions
Betty / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- fashion
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #286 (October 1979)
-
The Makeup Shake Up
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica gets talked into an outrageous look by her makeup artist and none of her friends have the nerve to tell her she looks awful.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #69 (November 1997)
-
Betty and Veronica's Summer Fashions
Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Featuring fashion designs inspired by readers: Abigail Gabbaro (Topeka, KS); Candy Baker (Wappinger Falls, NY); Jenny Jackson (Toronto, Canada); Cherry Corales (Chicago, IL); Nancy What's Her Last Name (New Jersey).
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #550 (August 1985)
-
[no title indexed]
Veronica / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let’s see… Which beach should I go to this weekend?
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #204 (October 2012)
-
Indexer Notes
Unscramble the phrase puzzle.
Shop Ahoy
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Alison Flood
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida ?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Baxter the chauffeur; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica takes Betty to an outlet mall located in the middle of a desert.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #632 (July 1992)
-
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #225, inks are credited to Mike Esposito.
Veronica's Summer Things
Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Veronica models summer fashions inspired by readers: Karen Lachero (Muncie, IN); Elana Hooper (Tulsa, OK); Patty Tallman (Houston, TX); Lara Rose (North Miami, FL).
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #42 (August 1991)
-
Triangle Angle
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- To answer Archie's need for a summer job, and to get him away from Veronica, Betty offers to coach him so they can become lifeguards together.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #124 (October 1981)
-
- Keywords
- lifeguard
Indexer Notes
Credits confirmed against the credits printed in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #204.
formerly a Betty and Me story.
Are You a Dressing Me?!
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Holly Golightly
- Pencils
- Holly Golightly
- Inks
- John Costanza
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Feature Logo
Betty & Veronica- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty goes to a fancy restaurant with Veronica and her parents but Veronica gives her "advice" all night.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #122 (September 2001)
-
Betty and Veronica's Breezy Summer Fashions
Betty and Veronica / illustration / 2 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #529 (August 1983)
-
Indexer Notes
Featuring fashions inspired by readers: Mignon O'Young (Taipai, Taiwan); Roxanne Chen (Oakland, CA); Teresa Harlan (Morgantown, WV); Lesley Nielson (Victoria, Australia); K. J. Blank (Grand Rapids, MI); Juli Dennock (Littleton, OH); Kim Swan (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada); Lori Walls (NY, NY).
Mind Over Matter
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Jenny
- Synopsis
- Betty starts wearing a "Think Betty" shirt to subliminally influence Archie to take her to the dance. Naturally Veronica has to top her.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #338 (October 1985)
-
Sick of It
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler
- Synopsis
- Veronica is showing acute symptoms of hypochondria and everyone is concerned.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #44 (October 1991)
-
- Keywords
- hypochondria
Green Dumb!
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Fernando Ruiz (credited)
- Pencils
- Fernando Ruiz (credited)
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited)
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida (credited)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty wants Veronica to help her do some gardening.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #253 (July 2017) which is reprinted
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #253.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica's Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Did you get Bobby Barren's autograph
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica discuss the latest teen idol concert.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #26 (June 1964) which is reprinted
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #21 (Summer 1962)
-
Love Is Blind
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #44 (September 1972)
-
Indexer Notes
formerly a Betty and Me story.
Reaction Faction
Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Mrs. Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica hopes to drive the boys mad with a $100 swimsuit.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #237 (October 1977)
-
Sign Line
Midge [Archie] / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Midge; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason (picture)
- Synopsis
- Betty is surprised that Moose let Midge come to the beach alone.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #237 (October 1977)
-
The "Voice" of Choice
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Veronica cuts a country album.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #69 (November 1997)
-
Viewpoint
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty and Archie go to the beach, and Archie is looking at all the girls except Betty.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #106 (October 1979)
-
Indexer Notes
formerly a Betty and Me story.
For the Benefit of Mr. Kite
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica makes the mistake of trying Betty's new kite while wearing roller blades.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #117 (November 1997)
-
Swimsuit Fashions
Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Reprints
- from Betty's Diary (Archie, 1986 series) #37 (October 1990)
-
Baited Breath
Betty [Archie] / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty and her father enjoy an afternoon fishing on a lake.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #225 (September 2014) which is reprinted
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Explosion (Archie, 2014 series) ([July] 2014)
-
- Keywords
- fishing
Pool Clue
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Dan Parent; George Gladir
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Smithers; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Midge invite Veronica to go to the beach but Veronica asks why should they go to the beach when she has a private pool.
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #110 (October 1991)
-
Worry Flurry
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie confesses the things that worry him on the beach.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #30 (September 1993)
-
The Baby-Sitter
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, could you do me a great big favor?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #54 (December 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
formerly a Betty and Me story.
[Betty on Wakeboard]
Betty's Coloring Page / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty in a two-piece swimsuit with vertical stripes, on a wakeboard pulled by a boat.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #13 (October 1961)
-
- Keywords
- wakeboard
Disco Dizzy
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Chuck Clayton (cameo); Nancy Woods (cameo); Moose Mason (cameo); Midge Klump (cameo)
- Synopsis
- The girls and Archie open a disco but they really just want to dance with Archie.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #308 (November 1976)
-
Bell Belles
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #110 (October 1991)
-
If at First You Don't Succeed - - Lie, Lie Again
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Michael Gallagher
- Pencils
- Dan Parent
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Veronica pulls out all the stops to attract the attention of an indifferent lifeguard.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #23 (September 1992)
-
Mr. & Ms.
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler
- Synopsis
- While speculating on whether they'll marry some day, Veronica informs Archie that she doesn't intend to change her name upon marriage.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #65 (July 1997)
-
An Opposite Kind of Guy!
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Jughead proves Betty right when she claims he is the most contrary person, by setting a bad luck spell that gives Betty only good luck.
- Reprints
- from Jughead (Archie, 1987 series) #39 (November 1992)
-
Indexer Notes
formerly a Jughead story.
Friends Till the Bitter End
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- The girls' discussion about the strong bonds of their friendship soon gets out of hand.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #117 (November 1997)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits changed to reflect the credits printed in B&V Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #227.
[Deck Hand]
Veronica's Pin Up / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- fashion
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica models sailing fashions.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #32 (June 1965)
-
Sailor Beware
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- adventure; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty foils a hijacking of Veronica's yacht.
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #217 (September 1980)
-
- Keywords
- hijacking; yacht
Indexer Notes
formerly a Life With Archie story.
Beauty on the Beach
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- At the beach, Jughead admires the birds, while Archie watches two very special "birds," Betty and Veronica, doing exercises in their skimpy bikinis.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #224 (September 1974)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Back off, carrot top! Veronica's got a new boyfriend now!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Bad Boy Trouble Part 3
Betty and Veronica -
2.
A Season of Stripes
Betty and Veronica -
3.
Garden of Delights
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Fun in the Sun
Betty and Veronica -
5.
The Party
Betty and Veronica -
6.
Betty's Beach Fashions
Betty -
7.
The Makeup Shake Up
Veronica -
8.
Betty and Veronica's Summer Fashions
Betty and Veronica -
9.
["Let’s see… Which beach should I go to this weekend?"]
Veronica -
10.
Shop Ahoy
Betty and Veronica -
11.
Veronica's Summer Things
Veronica -
12.
Triangle Angle
Betty and Veronica -
13.
Are You a Dressing Me?!
Betty and Veronica -
14.
Betty and Veronica's Breezy Summer Fashions
Betty and Veronica -
15.
Mind Over Matter
Betty and Veronica -
16.
Sick of It
Betty and Veronica -
17.
Green Dumb!
Betty and Veronica -
18.
["Did you get Bobby Barren's autograph"]
Betty and Veronica's Pin Up -
19.
Love Is Blind
Betty -
20.
Reaction Faction
Veronica -
21.
Sign Line
Midge [Archie] -
22.
The "Voice" of Choice
Veronica -
23.
Viewpoint
Betty -
24.
For the Benefit of Mr. Kite
Betty and Veronica -
25.
Swimsuit Fashions
Betty and Veronica -
26.
Baited Breath
Betty [Archie] -
27.
Pool Clue
Betty and Veronica -
28.
Worry Flurry
Archie -
29.
The Baby-Sitter
Betty and Veronica -
30.
[Betty on Wakeboard]
Betty's Coloring Page -
31.
Disco Dizzy
Betty and Veronica -
32.
Bell Belles
Betty and Veronica -
33.
If at First You Don't Succeed - - Lie, Lie Again
Veronica -
34.
Mr. & Ms.
Veronica -
35.
An Opposite Kind of Guy!
Betty and Veronica -
36.
Friends Till the Bitter End
Betty and Veronica -
37.
[Deck Hand]
Veronica's Pin Up -
38.
Sailor Beware
Veronica -
39.
Beauty on the Beach
Betty and Veronica
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