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Issue: Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #6
Publication Date: November 1983
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Issues: #6 of 204 Issues (285 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
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Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 132
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0271000691406
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 38 (34 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard U.S. Digest
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: humorous, teen
First Line: Archie, you came here with me, not Veronica!
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Disclose Notes: Redrawn from the cover of Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #255
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The Light Side

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Synopsis: Archie is carrying Betty for a math experiment, and Veronica doesn't care for that sort of horseplay.
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Going, Going, Gone!

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Genres: humorous
First Line: Look at this paycheck!
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Star Spangled Angle

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Synopsis: When Veronica starts acting considerately to her father and friends, they all think she has an ulterior motive.
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Speed Deed

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Synopsis: Hal doesn't think Betty needs her own extension phone.
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The Show-off

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Synopsis: Veronica is shocked and amazed that everyone else at school isn't getting a new wardrobe for fall classes like she is.
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One in a Million

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Synopsis: Archie sneaks a portable television into class.
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Word of Warning

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Synopsis: Mr. Lodge knows Archie well.
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Direct Line

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica decline to direct a beautiful new girl to the Chok'lit Shoppe. Archie meets her and offers to take her there, after telling her that Betty and Veronica are insanely jealous. The girls decide to avenge this slander.
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Show & Tell

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Synopsis: Li'l Jinx is wearing the latest fashions.
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The Miracle Worker

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Genres: teen
Synopsis: Betty offers to make a pizza for the gang. Incensed when the gang praises Betty's cooking prowess, Veronica decides to sabotage the recipe.
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Nice Slice

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Synopsis: Jughead insists on coming over to help Betty with her homework.
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The Hang Up

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): unidentified store owner
Synopsis: Betty gives Archie a one-of-a-kind poster. To sabotage her efforts, Veronica has a thousand duplicates printed up to make Archie think Betty lied to him.
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Weather-Wise Puzzle

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Beware of Dog

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Gift Shift!

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Synopsis: When Archie spots Reggie giving Veronica a gift box, he thinks he's forgotten an important anniversary.
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First Line: Duh-h... Hey, Reggie...
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Keyboard Caper

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Synopsis: Mr. Lodge asks Archie to help him hide Veronica's birthday present: A baby grand piano.
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A Fool for School!

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Synopsis: Mrs. Andrews tries to get Archie out of bed.
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Veronica's New Hat (It's All in the Mind)

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First Line: I have a boyfriend who is being...
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Car Care

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Synopsis: Veronica doesn't understand the automotive advice Archie gave her.
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Short Retort

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Synopsis: Miss Grundy wants to ban mini-skirts.
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Always Archie

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Synopsis: Mr. Weatherbee claims that when something goes wrong in the school, no matter what the evidence seems to suggest, the culprit is "always Archie." Betty tries to help Archie disprove the theory by committing a lot of mayhem in the halls herself.
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First Line: Why is your dad in such a bad mood today, Veronica?
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Plant Problems

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First Line: Hi, Veronica! Care to catch a movie?
Synopsis: Archie talks to Veronica's plant and Reggie tries to trick him into thinking the plant talked back.
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Dress 'n' Guess

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Smedley the butler
Synopsis: Betty tries to out-think Veronica concerning which gown to buy for the dance, but ends up out-thinking herself.
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Quick Thinking

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Glamourously Yours

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Pierre the stylist
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica give Big Ethel a makeover in hopes she'll have better luck attracting Jughead.
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Disclose Notes: Though this Big Ethel acts the same as Ethel Muggs later would, the character is drawn as a chubby, slovenly short-haired redhead.
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Paper Caper

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First Line: Is it true Big Moose didn't get a single wrong answer on his test?
Synopsis: Miss Grundy shows Mr. Weatherbee Moose's test paper.
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Mark Lark

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First Line: Miss Grundy is marking your algebra exam now, Moose!
Synopsis: Jughead watches Miss Grundy correcting Moose's test paper.
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The Mechanic

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Synopsis: Betty's new prowess with auto mechanics impresses Archie so much that he asks her to the dance over Veronica.
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Disclose Notes: On page 3, panel 2, Betty states that she read some auto manuals to learn auto mechanics so she and Archie would have something in common. This may be the start of Betty's knowledge of auto mechanics that came to characterize her in the eighties and beyond.
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Radar Scoop

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Character(s): Gloria; Vicky; Angela
Synopsis: Betty points out that Veronica can sense when Archie is about to ask another girl out and Veronica decides to put the theory to the test.
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Paper Doll

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Synopsis: If Veronica can make a paper dress, so can Betty.
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I Only Have Eyes for You

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Synopsis: Jughead goes to the dance only for hamburgers.
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Honor Bright

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Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica decide that they need a return to old-fashioned values, starting with the commandment "honor thy mother and father."
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Genres: teen
First Line: Daddy (hic), I've got the (hic) hiccups!
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