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Issue: B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine #225
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/30/2012
Volume: none
Pages: 164
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UPC/EAN: 76281646855822511
Price: $3.99 USD
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Content Items: 52 (29 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Digest Size U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Dan Decarlo (signed)
Rudy Lapick (signed)
Rosario "Tito" Peña (signed)
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humorous
Archie
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Archie, I'm hoping you'll see a lot of me this summer!
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The Archie App. Download it for free.
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A Ribiting Experience

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Golliher (credited)
Dan Parent (signed)
Jim Amash (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous
Betty and Veronica
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Midge; Betty Cooper
Archie gives Veronica a cement frog for her garden. Veronica hates it and tries to find a way to get rid of it.
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Always On Our Mind

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Dan Parent (credited)
Dan Parent (credited)
Rich Koslowski (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Jack Morelli (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous
Betty and Veronica
Ms. Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Midge; Moose Mason; Cheryl Blossom; Dilton Doily; Archie Andrews; Nancy; Chuck Clayton; Mr. Weatherbee; Hal Cooper; Mrs. Cooper; Mrs. Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Everyone daydreams of their fantasies.
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FlagBetty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #175 published July 2007
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A Hair Affair

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Golliher (credited)
Dan Parent (credited)
Jim Amash (credited)
Barry Grossman
Teresa Davidson
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Maurice (a hair dresser); Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones; Jellybean Jones
A hair dresser convinces Veronica that a hideous looking hairstyle is the latest craze in Europe and convinces her to try it.
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FlagVeronica #180 published July 2007
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Smelling Good!

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Kathleen Webb (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
John Lowe (credited)
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humorous
Betty
Betty Cooper; Polly Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods
Betty has a bottle of expensive perfume but she thinks Archie is allergic to it.
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Self-Descriptive Terms!

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Kathleen Webb (credited)
Jeff Shultz (credited)
Al Milgrom (credited)
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humorous
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews
The girls describe bad actions by themselves in terms of the guys.
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Process of Elimination

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Betty and Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Mary Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Midge Klump
Veronica suspects that Betty has taken Archie on a picnic and tracks them down.
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Archie Meets KISS
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Fashions of Fancy

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Rex Lindsey (signed)
Rex Lindsey (signed)
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humorous
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Betty and Veronica in various ethnic fashions.
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Fernando Ruiz (signed)
Bob Smith (signed)
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Josie and the Pussycats
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Litter By Litter

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Frank Doyle (credited)
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Josie
Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III
When Melody goes on an anti-littering campaign, her friends think she's protested by dumping garbage on the steps of City Hall.
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Control Pattern

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Josie; Valerie; Melody; Alan M; Alex; Mr. Manikin
The gang has a contest to make each other laugh.
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Now You See It -- Now You Don't

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Josie
Josie; Melody
Melody can't decide what to wear to a party.
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Archie: The Married Life
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Triangle Trouble

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humorous
Ochre Wintery; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Smithers; Hiram Lodge; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle; Great Wando
Betty, Veronica and Archie are asked to be on the Ochre Wintery show about love triangles.
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Ochre Wintery is a parody of Oprah Winfrey. Great Wando is a parody of Geraldo Rivera.
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Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews
Archie's on his way over.
Mr. Lodge has supplies to deal with Archie's clumsiness.
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Catching On

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Subject Matter
teen
Veronica Lodge; Midge; Betty Cooper; softball coach
Veronica accidently makes the game-winning catch in a softball game.
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FlagBetty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #175 published July 2007
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Archie Marries Betty & Veronica
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House ad for Life With Archie back issues and subscription information.
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Dream Theme

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews
Betty and Nancy see Archie sleeping in a hammock. Betty decides to dump a bucket of water on him though when she hears him talking in his sleep about kissing Veronica.
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FlagBetty #165 published July 2007
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Kevin Keller in Hardcover
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Veronica's Party Fashions!

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Fashion page.
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Sabrina
Sabrina
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Running Mate!

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Sabrina Spellman; Chloe; Gem Stone; Salem
Gem Stone tries to cheat to beat Chloe in a long-distance race.
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Two part story.
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Sabrina the Animated Series Graphic Novel
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Come and Join the Dance

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Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Nancy Woods; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Dilton Doiley; Brandy
Veronica discovers that Betty is taking dancing lessons and Veronica decides she needs some also so she can meet the instructors.
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This is probably from Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1987 series) #179 but needs confirmation. Story here is 5 pages, story in Betty and Veronica #179 is indexed at 6 pages.
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
I think I'll stop at Archie's house...
Archie can't find his bike.
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The Return of the Elevenaire

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Veronica Lodge; The Elevenaire; Cricket O'Dell; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
While having sodas, a mysterious man known as the Elevenaire gives Veronica eleven dollars in cash. When Veronica disappears while taking pictures in the country, Archie enlists Cricket O'Dell -- a girl with the ability to sniff out money and accurately determine how much is there-- to help find Veronica.
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FlagVeronica #180 published July 2007
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The Magic of Sabrina the Teenage Witch
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Betty's Fashions

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Betty Cooper
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Fashion page.
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humorous
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The Love Goat

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humorous
Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse; Greg
Charley tries to sabatoge Greg's date with Li'l Jinx.
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FlagLaugh Comics #342 published September 1979
was The Love Goat [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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Like Wise

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Li'l Jinx; Greg; Hap Holliday
Greg and Li’l Jinx like the neighbor's new refrigerator.
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Positively Speaking

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Mort; Charley Hawse
Mort thinks they are going to lose the game.
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Dog Gone!

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Li'l Jinx; Greg
Greg can't find his dog.
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A Mind Joggler

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Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Jinx tries to get Charley to jog around the block.
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Jinx
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Fashion Statement

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teen
Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Midge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Veronica decides to use her position as a fashion influence at school to mess with the other girls, wearing progressively more outlandish outfits. Jughead points out to the girls how they're being manipulated and they stop following Veronica.
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FlagBetty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #175 published July 2007
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Dream Come True

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humorous, teen
Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Betty dreams about Archie as he might have been like in other times while waiting for him to come home from summer vacation.
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FlagBetty #158 published October 2006
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Temptation

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Frank Doyle (credited)
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doily; Archie Andrews
Betty and Veronica have heard a rumor that there's a bad boy in town, and they want to meet him and try to reform him.
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FlagArchie's Girls Betty and Veronica #220 published April 1974
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Betty and Veronica Friends Forever
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Who Starts These Crazy Rumors Anyway?

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Kathleen Webb (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous
Betty
Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Mr. Weatherbee; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Betty tracks down the source of a rumor that the Riverdale school is going to close down.
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Paul Oswald (signed)
Paul Oswald (signed)
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Cheryl Blossom
Cheryl Blossom
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He-Mail

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Holly Golightly [as Holly G!] (credited)
Holly Golightly [as Holly G!] (credited)
? [as Costanza] (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Cheryl Blossom
Cheryl Blossom; Jason Blossom; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle ; Jughead Jones (cameo); Dilton Doily
Cheryl is e-mailing an anonymous guy and thinks she loves him, when he invites her to the prom where they finally meet.
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FlagBetty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #175 published July 2007
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In two parts, Part 1 is 6 pages.
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Subscribe Today
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Subscription information for various Archie magazines.
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A New Leaf

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Dan Parent (credited)
Dan Parent (credited)
Jim Amash (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Teresa Davidson (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Cheryl Blossom; Mrs. Smythe; Dilton Doiley; Pop Tate; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Veronica tries to turn over a new leaf and be calm and serene.
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FlagVeronica #173 [Direct Edition] published October 2006
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Archie the Married Life
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The Trial of Reggie Mantle

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Archie
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Archie the Married Life
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House ad for the second Archie the Married Life collection.
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Everything's Archie
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Archie the Married Life
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House ad for the first two collections of Archie the Married Life.
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LEGO
Battles of the Century!
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