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Issue: B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine #222
Publication Date: April 2012
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Issues: #222 of 78 Issues (106 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie 70th Anniversary Classic; The Archie LibraryView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 2012
Volume: none
Pages: 164
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07189646855722
Price: $3.99 USD
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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
52 (26 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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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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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): B&V Friends
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
First Line: Yoga quickens my pulse and makes my blood tingle!
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First Line: Download the Archie App for free!
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Inside front cover.
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Peace of Mind

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Ginger; Darlene; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump
Synopsis: Veronica takes yoga lessons to help with her anger issues.
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Catch Phrases

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Chuck & Nancy
Character(s): Nancy; Donna; Karen
Synopsis: Nancy brags about her boyfriend during hockey practice.
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First Line: It's my little red riding hood look!
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Slippin' and Slidin'

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Ethel; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
Synopsis: Betty and Jughead are sliding on the icy sidewalk for fun.
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The Rivalry

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Smithers the butler; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Synopsis: Veronica's attempts to upstage Betty on the group's ski trip inevitably backfire on her.
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She's Got Bad Taste

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Synopsis: Everything Betty tries to eat tastes terrible.
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First Line: Betty and Veronica Best Friends Forever
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Free Spirit Fashions

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Synopsis: Fashion page
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Cover Story

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Josie; Melody; Valerie; Harold Dinglehoffer; Beatrice
Synopsis: Melody goes ice skating for the first time.
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Feature(s): Alex
First Line: Alex really messed up this time!
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The Swingers

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Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Alex and Alexandra decide to video tape a Pussycats song to show potential candidates.
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Give a Girl a Break

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine
Synopsis: Josie has a solution to Melody's case of the dropsies.
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First Line: Get your Archie swag!
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Good Skates

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Archie challenges Reggie to an ice skating race across the pond.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
First Line: It's supershopper, off to the stores again!
Synopsis: Veronica buys herself a red carpet.
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Party Pooped!

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Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Veronica has a party at her house but Mr. Lodge can't wait until the teenagers leave.
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First Line: Archie Marries Betty & Veronica
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Betty's Dream Fashions

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First Line: Archie the Married Life
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Tooth or Consequences

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Character(s): Sabrina; Salem; Aunt Hilda; Tooth Fairy; Slugloaf
Synopsis: Sabrina becomes a tooth fairy for a night.
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First Line: Sabrina the Animated Series Graphic Novel
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Reflect on This!

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mangle; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis: Reggie scoffs at Betty and Jughead's apparent belief that Betty's compact mirror has magical abilities.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
First Line: What do you want to do today?
Synopsis: Veronica gets Archie to give the girls a ride.
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Keep It in the Family

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Gladys (Hermione's sister)
Synopsis: Veronica is embarrassed by her Aunt Gladys who is a truck driver.
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The Magic of Sabrina the Teenage Witch

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Ball Brawl

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Synopsis: Smithers brings Mr. Lodge a platter of snowballs to use on Archie.
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Quick on the Draw

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg; Gigi; Russ; Roz; Charley Hawse
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx dreams she's a character in a comic book.
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Think Spring

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Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis: In the middle of winter, Greg has his mind on baseball.
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Think Thank

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Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Synopsis: Charley gets a call thanking him for a party he never attended.
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Only Thing To Do!

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Character(s): Li'l Jinx
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx is having one of those days, so she goes back to bed.
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First Line: Little Archie and the Power Pets
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No Big Deal

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Betty & Veronica
Character(s): ; ; ; ;
Synopsis: Betty plans to get the upper hand with Veronica at her latest sleepover.
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Ordinary People

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Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Veronica wants to change her ways and be an ordinary person.
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Sweet Switch

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Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Brian Blade (Canadian figure skater)
Synopsis: Veronica switches her school paper assignment with Betty's assignment because she wants to interview Brian Blade.
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First Line: Archie Freshman Year
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The Big Surprise!

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Synopsis: The girls are discussing what their boyfriends could do to surprise them.
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Don't Rain On My Parade!

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cheryl Blossom; Jason Blossom; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Birdie Birdwell; The Governor; Miss Brown
Synopsis: Cheryl and her brother Jason plan to upstage the Archies at a local parade, and think back to the last time they tried a similar plan.
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First Line: The Best of Archie Comics
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Keep 'Em Guessing

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First Line: Betty and Veronica Storybook
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Betty in Wonderland

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Mr. Anderson; Mrs. Anderson; The Anderson kids
Synopsis: While babysitting for the Andersons, Betty tells the children a variation of "Alice in Wonderland", casting herself as Alice and her friends in various roles.
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Feature(s): Everything's Archie
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First Line: Download the Archie Comics App for free!
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Inside back cover.
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First Line: Stan Lee's Mighty 7
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