Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine
#186
[Direct Edition]
(September 2008)
Archie,
1983 Series
- Price
- 2.49 USD
- Pages
- 100
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly except for April and November
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
- The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 762816468558
- Editing
- Mike Pellerito (managing editor); Victor Gorelick (editor-in-chief)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard U.S. Digest
- Paper Stock
- cardstock cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- squarebound
- Publishing Format
- was ongoing series
Issue Notes
This issue has variants.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Smith (signed)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We know! You walked a mile to school... next you'll be telling us you didn't have a cell phone!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica isn't interested in the hardships her father faced at her age.
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Party Game
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Mike Pellowski
- Pencils
- Tim Kennedy
- Inks
- Al Milgrom
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Phil Felix
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty is tired of being a fifth wheel at the upscale parties Veronica drags her to.
- Reprints
-
in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #254 (August 2017)
-
B & V Summer Style
Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan Parent
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fashion
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica model fashion designs submitted by readers.
Style Guile
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods
- Synopsis
- Veronica brings a changing tent to the beach so she can change outfits while there.
- Reprints
- from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #129 (September 2002)
-
Surf's Up
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Dan Parent
- Pencils
- Dan Parent
- Inks
- Rich Koslowski
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ginger; Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica gets Dilton to make her an electronically enhanced surfboard in order to compete with Ginger at surfing.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- surfing
Indexer Notes
Writer, Inker, Letterer credit from B & V Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #244.
Dream Drama
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir ?
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Mike Esposito ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty tries to get Archie to pay less attention to his favorite superhero and more attention to her.
- Reprints
- in Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #22 (January 1971)
- from ?
-
Betty, Veronica and Bridgette's Do's For Summer
Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan Parent
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fashion
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Bridgette
- Synopsis
- Betty, Veronica and Bridgette model hair styles submitted by readers.
- Reprints
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #235 (September 2013)
-
Green Scene
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir ?
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Karen
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica move to head Archie off from meeting a gorgeous new girl at the beach.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #214 (September 2013)
-
See You Later, Prestidigitator
Sabrina / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Michael Gallagher ?
- Pencils
- Dave Manak ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Salem; Lysander; Judge Gorgonzola; Aunt Hilda; Chloe
- Synopsis
- Salem is put on trial for reckless use of magic.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina (Archie, 2000 series) #33 (August 2002)
-
Hero or Zero
Salem / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Michael Gallagher ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Salem; Sabrina Spellman; Karpesto; Aunt Hilda
- Synopsis
- An alien appears and wants to take Salem back to his planet as a novelty.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina (Archie, 2000 series) #22 (October 2001)
- from ?
-
Toot-Toot Tootsie
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Alan Mayberry; Valerie Brown; Alexander Cabot III
- Synopsis
- When Melody's terrible flute-playing drives everybody crazy, she is convinced to take up singing instead. It's not an improvement.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #86 (December 1975)
-
The Emissary
Josie / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot; Alexander Cabot II; The Emissary of Althuzar
- Synopsis
- Josie and Valerie team up with the Cabot children to expose a phony spiritualist conning Mr. Cabot.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #71 (September 1973)
-
[no title indexed]
Melody / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Melody, you turned down a date...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Melody Valentine; Josie McCoy
- Synopsis
- Melody is forced to turn down a date because she doesn't have access to her calendar.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #71 (September 1973)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #262 (August 2018)
-
Photo Finish
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir ?
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica brings her new camera to the beach.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #190 (September 2003)
-
Surfing School Saga
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Bob Smith
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Adam; Jughead Jones; Nancy Woods
- Synopsis
- Archie gets in deep with all the fibs he tells about his surfing prowess.
- Reprints
- from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #127 (September 2003)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #239 (August 2014)
-
- Keywords
- surfing
Indexer Notes
Writing credit from B&V Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #239. The same digest credits the inks on this story to John Lowe.
Dumb Dates
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dan Parent
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz
- Inks
- Henry Scarpelli
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Fred Andrews; Smithers the butler
- Synopsis
- Veronica uses Archie to cover for her while she flirts with the wild side of life.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #38 (September 1989) which is reprinted
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #541 (September 1984)
-
- Keywords
- biker; motorcycle gang
Indexer Notes
Writer credit from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #245.
Picnic Panic
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Mike Pellowski
- Pencils
- Jeff Shultz
- Inks
- Jim Amash
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Phil Felix
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Jughead's suggestion of a weekend picnic leads to a series of complications.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #225 (September 2014)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["We know! You walked a mile to school... next you'll be telling us you didn't have a cell phone!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Party Game
Betty and Veronica -
2.
B & V Summer Style
Betty and Veronica -
3.
Style Guile
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Surf's Up
Betty and Veronica -
5.
Dream Drama
Betty -
6.
Betty, Veronica and Bridgette's Do's For Summer
Betty and Veronica -
7.
Green Scene
Betty and Veronica -
8.
See You Later, Prestidigitator
Sabrina -
9.
Hero or Zero
Salem -
10.
Toot-Toot Tootsie
Josie -
11.
The Emissary
Josie -
12.
["Melody, you turned down a date..."]
Melody -
13.
Photo Finish
Betty and Veronica -
14.
Surfing School Saga
Betty -
15.
Dumb Dates
Veronica -
16.
Picnic Panic
Betty and Veronica
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- Peter Croome
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Kristin Kavanagh
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- Donald Dale Milne
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