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Issue: Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine #216
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
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Volume: none
Pages: 164
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UPC/EAN: 72262746950216
Price: $3.99 USD
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36 (32 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Victor Gorelick (editor-in-chief)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Digest
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Ongoing Series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper [as Wolf Girl]; Veronica Lodge [as The Bride of Frankenstein]; Archie Andrews [as Frankenstein's Monster]
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Based on the cover for Archie Annual #4.
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Chiller

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
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Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Hiram Lodge
Mr. Lodge allows the kids to use an old abandoned movie studio to shoot their new music video. While there they meet what they think are actors but turn out to be ghosts.
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The reprint credits the inking to Jim DeCarlo. However, the credits on the original story gave the credit to Rudy Lapick, and the inking style looks more like Lapick than DeCarlo.
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Drawing on Experience

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
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Betty Cooper; Polly Cooper; Archie Andrews (as an image in Betty's mind); Veronica Lodge (as an image in Betty's mind); Little Archie Andrews (flashback); Little Betty Cooper (flashback); Caramel (cameo)
Betty is trying to write a scary story for a horror writing contest, but hasn't liked the results so far. When Polly suggests that Betty write something she knows about, Betty remembers when she and Archie were kids and took a short cut across a haunted lane full of scary things.
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Now That's Scary!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Veronica is on a reality show where she must face her fears.
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5
Veronica #120 credits inking to Jim Amash.
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The Love Notes

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Barney Baxter
Someone is leaving propositioning notes to both Betty and Veronica and they're determined to track the culprit down.
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The Wish

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Fifi; Miss Hopkins; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Veronica makes a wish that her and Betty could exchange lives, but they both learn that the grass is not greener on the other side.
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Habit Forming

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
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Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Veronica Lodge
Betty tells how she broke all her bad habits except one.
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Trick or Treat Fashions

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
informational
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This is half of an original two page spread that also featured Veronica.
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Pucker Power

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Tommy
Veronica thinks Betty's phenomenal ability to whistle loudly is unladylike.
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The logo was changed from "Betty" to "Betty And Veronica" for this reprint volume. The original story credited the inking to Hy Eisman and the story to Frank Doyle.
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Crowning Glory

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
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Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
Veronica's hat blows away while on the way to school and she accidentally ends up wearing Jughead's beanie.
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The Proper Princess

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
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Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
Archie and Veronica go out on a date with hints from her father ringing in their ears.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
teen
Gee, I’d like to, Betty, but I haven’t any money!!!
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Saucer Sortie

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
teen
Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Cousin Ambrose
Aliens land on Earth in the middle of one of Aunt Hilda's parties, and are amazed at what they find.
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The original story credits Rudy Lapick with the inking.
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Witchkit Warning

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
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Sabrina Spellman; Little Harvey Kinkle (flashback only); Della The Head Witch (flashback only)
Sabrina recalls an incident during her childhood when she unwittingly gave Harvey a toy witchcraft kit.
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The reprint of this story in Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch #53 credits the story to Frank Doyle.
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Invitation for Disaster

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Subject Matter
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Sabrina Spellman; Ambrose
Ambrose throws a monster party.
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Pot Luck

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
teen
Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda
Little Esmeralda is crazy about Aunt Hilda's witchy brew.
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That's Batty

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Air Flair

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
teen
Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda
Sabrina and Aunt Hilda go to a witch convention.
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Ill Will

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
? [as Kennedy]
Subject Matter
teen
Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews
Veronica finds out that Archie isn't sick, he's actually on a date with Betty.
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Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
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Three's a Crowd

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
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Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Betty crashes Veronica and Archie's date.
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Match Play

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ferdie Von Pelf; Smithers; Johnnie Grifter; Flex Foster; Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews
Dilton's computer dating service finds the perfect dates for Veronica and Betty.
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The Infernal Triangle

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler
Veronica tries to get rid of Betty so she can go out with Archie and ends up insulting them both.
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By George

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Credits
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Subject Matter
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Sally; Irene; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews
Betty is mad because Veronica is spending all her time with her new boyfriend Gorgeous George.
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Dress Down Date

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Veronica warns Betty not to get dressed up for her date with Archie.
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Growing Pains

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Veronica vows to be more mature and not succumb to jealousy when Archie dates Betty.
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In the original comic, the story was credited to Frank Doyle.
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Oui, Mon Ami

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
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Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Archie learns French to impress Veronica.
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Person to Person

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
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Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Alice Cooper
Archie buys Betty a dozen roses, but kind-hearted Betty ends up giving them away to brighten up the lives of other people.
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The original story credits the story to Nate Butler.
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Put It There, Pal

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
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Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Betty calls Archie in a panic because she has scratched her father's new car.
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Prize Project

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Mr. Weatherbee
Betty and Veronica do a science project on the speed that rumors fly and manage to beat Dilton at the science fair.
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Man Over-Bored

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Betty overhears Archie saying he'd like a thrifty girlfriend, and sets out to demonstrate how thrifty she can be.
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Backward and Forward

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Veronica acts "forward" to attract a boy she likes.
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The Guitar Lesson

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
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Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Archie has an electric guitar he wants to play for Veronica, but when he plugs it in it blows a fuse.
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Child's Play

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
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Betty Cooper; Trisha; Alice Cooper
Betty spends an energetic afternoon trying to keep up with eight year old Trisha, the girl she's babysitting.
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Miscellaneous
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The original story credits the script to Mike Pellowski and the inking to Pat Kennedy.
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Pet Department

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
teen
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Veronica wants a more exotic pet.
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Myth-Conception

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
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Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper
Betty thinks she's opened Pandora's Box.
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Miscellaneous
5
The original story credited the script to Frank Doyle and the inking to Mark Brewer.
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Costume Brawl

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Betty and Veronica decide it would be easier for both of them if they shopped for their Halloween party costumes without each other along.
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