B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine #223 [Direct Edition]

(May 2012)

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

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

May We Have This Dance? (Table of Contents: 2)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Dan Nakrosis (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Brigette; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Cheryl Blossom; Renee

Synopsis

Betty, Veronica, Cheryl and Archie are on a taping of the tv show American Dance-a-thon.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Spectacular (Archie, 1992 series) #65 (May 2004)

Indexer Notes

American Dance-a-thon is a parody of American Bandstand.

Second-Hand Anna (Table of Contents: 3)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

John Lowe (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Anna; Chuck Clayton; Dilton Doiley; Ethel

Synopsis

Betty interviews Anna for the school paper. Anna makes a living turning junk into something useful.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #96 (April 2001)

Cater to Your Needs (Table of Contents: 4)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Dan Nakrosis (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Marcy (Veronica's cousin)

Synopsis

When her cousin is sick, Veronica decides to make Marcy's catering delivery for her.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #149 (April 2004)

Now for a Really Super Story! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Al Milgrom (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Jack Morelli (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Pretty Game Star Deluxe [Betty Cooper]; Pure Fashion Diva Supreme [Veronica Lodge]; Cheryl Blossom; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

When Cheryl eyes Archie again, the girls become super-heroes and double team the unsuspecting romantic rival.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #225 (May 2007)

A Mall for All Seasons (Table of Contents: 6)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

John Lowe (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods

Synopsis

Betty has a solution for the local mall's flagging sales.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #99 (July 2001)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

The Big Wish (Table of Contents: 8)

Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods

Synopsis

Betty and Nancy wonder what Veronica will wish for at the wishing well.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #105 (November 2000)

Keywords

wishing well

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Josie and the Pussycats / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (signed)

Inks

Bob Smith (signed)

Colors

?

Indexer Notes

Illustration used as the title page of the next section featuring Josie reprints.

Something To Flip Over (Table of Contents: 10)

Josie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Josie; Melody; Alexander Cabot; Valerie

Synopsis

Alexander thinks Melody has lost a priceless coin he gave her.

Reprints

• from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #86 (December 1975)

It's Amazing (Table of Contents: 11)

Alan M / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Alexandra Cabot; Alan M.; Valerie; Alexander Cabot; Bozo (Alan's dog)

Synopsis

Alexandra tries using a love potion on Alan M.

Reprints

• from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #74 (February 1974)

Card Bard (Table of Contents: 12)

Josie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor

Characters

Josie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot

Synopsis

Josie and Alexander visit Alan at his job at a greeting card store.

Reprints

• from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #88 (April 1976)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

Distress Over A Dress (Table of Contents: 14)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Teresa Davidson

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Tomoko; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

It's a fashion disaster when Mr. Lodge refuses Veronica any more money for her unique fashions. Veronica then goes shopping at Fjordstroms and buys a dress that - she learns later-- was also bought by Betty, Midge, and Tomoko.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #179 (May 2007)

Indexer Notes

Color/Letters credits are not printed in this digest and are taken from the index of the original printing.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman (signed)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (signed)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Betty's filled a scrapbook...

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis

Archie doesn't remember any of the photos in Betty's scrapbook.

Indexer Notes

Comic strip reprint.

Perfectly Ridiculous (Table of Contents: 16)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Kathleen Webb (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

John Lowe (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason

Synopsis

Betty and Midge use a computer and scanner to make an image of the perfect guy.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #85 (May 2000)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

musicskins.com / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Extra Baggage (Table of Contents: 18)

Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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Genre

humor

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Fifi (the Lodge maid)

Synopsis

Veronica agrees she has packed too much luggage for a trip.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #109 (March 2001)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Betty Pin Up / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Say, Betty -- How about you and I taking in a movie?

Genre

humor

Characters

Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Reggie asks Betty to a movie.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #125 (January 2002)
which is reprinted
• from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #260 (December 1971)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Sabrina / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

?

Inks

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Colors

?

Characters

Sabrina

Indexer Notes

Illustration used a the title page of the next section featuring Sabrina reprints.

Just A Green With You! (Table of Contents: 22)

Sabrina / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Gallagher (credited as Mike Gallagher)

Pencils

Dave Manak (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Vickie Williams (credited)

Genre

humor; fantasy-supernatural; teen

Characters

Sabrina; Salem; Aunt Zelda; Harvey; Cernunnos; Llandra; Ant'ny

Synopsis

Cernunnos kidnaps Zelda and forces her to stay with him or he will withhold spring from the world.

Reprints

• from Sabrina (Archie, 2000 series) #17 (May 2001)

Indexer Notes

Two-part story.

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

All Dolled Up! (Table of Contents: 24)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Rich Koslowski (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Brigitte; Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Veronica has a giant doll-house built for the hospital's children's ward.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #110 (April 2001)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Craig Boldman (signed)

Pencils

Henry Scarpelli (signed)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ha! Look at me being a slob!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge

Synopsis

Did Betty forget she had a date with Archie, or did Archie forget he was supposed to be somewhere else?

Indexer Notes

Comic strip reprint.

Veronica Lodge, P.I. (Table of Contents: 26)

Veronica / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Jim Amash (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Teresa Davidson (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Betty Cooper; Marcy (Veronica's cousin)

Synopsis

Veronica gets security conscious when a rash of robberies begin occurring in her neighborhood.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #168 (March 2006)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 27) (Expand) /

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

Rejection Dejection (Table of Contents: 28)

Betty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harold Smith

Pencils

Sean Murphey

Inks

Jon D'Agostino

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Bill Yoshida

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Archie consoles Betty after she gets another publisher rejection slip.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #41 (September 1996)

Indexer Notes

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

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

Li'l Jinx / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (signed)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (signed)

Colors

?

Genre

children

Indexer Notes

Illustration used as the title page for the next section featuring Li'l Jinx reprints.

Now Fear This! (Table of Contents: 30)

Mort / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards (signed)

Pencils

Joe Edwards (signed)

Inks

Joe Edwards (signed)

Colors

Barry Grossman

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

children

Characters

Mort; Li'l Jinx

Synopsis

Mort gets listed in the McGenius Book of World Records as the person having the most different kinds of phobias.

Reprints

• from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #322 (January 1978)

Give In (Table of Contents: 31)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards (signed)

Pencils

Joe Edwards (signed)

Inks

Joe Edwards (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Greg

Synopsis

Li'l Jinx will give in when Greg admits he's wrong.

Reprints

• from Jughead (Archie, 1965 series) #217 (June 1973)

A Rain-Know (Table of Contents: 32)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards (signed)

Pencils

Joe Edwards (signed)

Inks

Joe Edwards (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday

Synopsis

Jinx questions her small part of the universe.

Reprints

• from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #84 (December 1962)

High and Low! (Table of Contents: 33)

Charley / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards (signed)

Pencils

Joe Edwards (signed)

Inks

Joe Edwards (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Charley

Synopsis

Li'l Jinx and Charley compare test scores.

Reprints

• from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #167 (June 1981)

Choices (Table of Contents: 34)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Joe Edwards (signed)

Pencils

Joe Edwards (signed)

Inks

Joe Edwards (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Joe Edwards

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Li'l Jinx; Hap Halliday

Synopsis

Li'l Jinx doesn't want meatloaf.

Reprints

• from Archie at Riverdale High (Archie, 1972 series) #74 (August 1980)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 35) (Expand) /

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

The Trend to Be Trendy (Table of Contents: 36)

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

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Jeff Shultz (credited)

Inks

Henry Scarpelli (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Nancy Woods

Synopsis

Veronica wants a tattoo for her birthday.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #198 (May 2004)

Accept No Substitutes (Table of Contents: 37)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

John Lowe (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason

Synopsis

Betty accidentally dyes her hair black.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #86 (June 2000)

Money Problems (Table of Contents: 38)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Pellowski (credited as Mike Pellowski)

Pencils

Tim Kennedy (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Frederick; Hiram Lodge; Cash Morgan; Melanie Morgan; Betsy Trumpet; Cindy Kerner; Teddy Hilton; Midge Klump

Synopsis

Veronica and her father attend a party of billionaires.

Reprints

• from Veronica (Archie, 1989 series) #52 (June 1996)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39) (Expand) /

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

Rainy Day Blues (Table of Contents: 40)

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

Script

Frank Doyle (credited)

Pencils

Dan DeCarlo (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

teen

Characters

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Midge Klump

Synopsis

When Archie and Betty are quarantined together at school because of the colds they're sporting, Veronica decides to make herself sick as well so she can horn in.

Reprints

• from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #89 (July 1995)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

Cheryl Blossom / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Paul Oswald (signed)

Inks

Paul Oswald (signed)

Colors

?

Genre

teen

Indexer Notes

Illustration used as the title page of the next section featuring Cheryl Blossom reprints.

Party Crasher (Table of Contents: 42)

Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Holly Golightly [as Holly G] (credited)

Pencils

John Costanza (credited)

Inks

John Costanza (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Cheryl Blossom; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper

Synopsis

Cheryl has a party while her parents are away.

Reprints

• from Cheryl Blossom (Archie, 1997 series) #36 (January 2001)

How Crafty! (Table of Contents: 43)

Cheryl Blossom / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Parent (credited)

Pencils

Dan Parent (credited)

Inks

Rudy Lapick (credited)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited)

Letters

Bill Yoshida (credited)

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Cheryl Blossom; Martina Stewrich

Synopsis

When Martina Stewrich decorates Cheryl's bedroom without her permission Cheryl gets even.

Reprints

• from Cheryl Blossom (Archie, 1997 series) #17 (November 1998)

Indexer Notes

Martina Stewrich is a parody of the celebrity Martha Stewart.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 44) (Expand) /

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

The New Rival (Table of Contents: 45)

Betty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Gladir (credited)

Pencils

Stan Goldberg (credited)

Inks

Bob Smith (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper

Synopsis

Betty has a new rival for Archie's time.

Reprints

• from Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #155 (June 2006)

Instant Chemistry (Table of Contents: 46)

Wendy Weatherbee / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Pencils

Fernando Ruiz (credited)

Inks

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Jon D'Agostino (credited)

Genre

humor

Characters

Wendy Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Dilton Doiley; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis

Mr. Weatherbee is misled into believing Dilton is dating his niece Wendy Weatherbee.

Reprints

• from Tales from Riverdale Digest (Archie, 2005 series) #16 (January 2007)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 47) (Expand) /

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

Little Jinx Grows Up (Table of Contents: 48)

Jinx / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

J. Torres

Pencils

Rick Burchett

Inks

Terry Austin

Colors

Martin McNabb

Letters

John Workman

Genre

humor

Reprints

• from Life with Archie (Archie, 2010 series) #7 (March 2011) [first 5 pages only]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 49) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 50) (Expand) /

Everything's Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 51) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 52) (Expand) /

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