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Issue: B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine #226
Publication Date: August 2012
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Issues: #226 of 78 Issues (106 Printings)
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Variant: Direct Edition
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: The Archie LibraryView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/27/2012
Volume: none
Pages: 164
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76281646855822611
Price: $3.99 USD
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Content Items: 56 (34 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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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
First Line: We girls surf because of the poetic majesty of the cresting waves!
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From Content Item: FlagArchie's Girls Betty and Veronica #177 published September 1970
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First Line: Hot Summer Reads
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The Job

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Josh; Hermione Lodge
Synopsis: Betty gets a job promoting Lodge's new surfing line and Veronica gets a job teaching surfing to young girls.
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Trying Not to Get Burned!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Brandy
Synopsis: Betty is at the beach but has forgetten her sunblock. She asks all of her friends for some but no one has any, or they have some that won't work for her... except Archie.
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Looks Schnooks

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Hiram Lodge; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Veronica tries to prove that Archie likes her no matter what she looks like.
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Time Lapse

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie and Jughead think Betty and Veronica are strange for shopping for winter coats in the middle of the summer.
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Barking Up the Wrong Tree!

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Synopsis: Veronica decides to renovate the old tree house.
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The Ring

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Synopsis: Every time Betty saves enough money for the ring she wants some emergency comes up and eats up all her money.
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First Line: Archie the Married Life
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Attention Getter

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Character(s): Ethel; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Ethel hopes her new shirt will attract Jughead's attention.
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Word to the Wise

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Character(s): Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M
Synopsis: Josie, Valerie and Alan make fun of Melody for getting her sayings all mixed up.
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They're Off

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Character(s): Josie; Alan M; Alex Cabot; Alexandra Cabot
Synopsis: Alan's new pastime is racing turtles.
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I'll Bite

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Synopsis: Melody is nervous about seeing the dentist.
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First Line: Archie Meets KISS
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Poor Fish

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: When Archie snubs both Betty and Veronica and selects Jughead has his partner in a fishing derby the girls decide to create their own team, even though neither know how to fish.
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Mall Mutterings

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Betty models a new outfit for Veronica who's less than impressed.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers
First Line: I've figured out why Archie brings that guitar along!
Synopsis: Archie annoys Mr. Lodge with his guitar.
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Four Is a Crowd

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Synopsis: Betty and Veronica spend their afternoon at the beach trying to keep Archie away from Cheryl.
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First Line: Kevin Keller in Hardcover
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Hit the Beach Fashions

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First Line: Archie Meets KISS
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Classick TeeVee

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Synopsis: Veronica wears fashions that pay tribute to sixties television shows "That Girl", "The Avengers", "The Addams Family", and seventies show "The Bionic Woman".
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Sabrina's Camp Diary

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Character(s): Chloe; Gem Stone
Synopsis: Sabrina and Chloe discover a sea monster while practicing for a canoe race at summer camp.
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Shirt Tale

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Synopsis: Salem stops an alien invasion.
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First Line: Sabrina the Animated Series Graphic Novel
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Summer Ode to Softball

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Melanie
Synopsis: Archie is the umpire of a softball game and Betty and Veronica are both on the Riverdale team.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Veronica's doing the cooking at her house tonight!
Synopsis: Veronica makes a meal for Archie and Jughead.
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The Big Countdown

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Synopsis: Betty's heavily anticipated summer vacation from school proves to be more stressful than school.
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Flower Power

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Ethel
Synopsis: Veronica sets a new trend by sending flowers to Archie and Reggie.
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From Content Item: FlagVeronica #163 [Direct Edition] published September 2005
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First Line: Betty and Veronica: Best Friends Forever
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Frankie & Maria's Romantic Summer Fashions

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Prize Catch

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Synopsis: Jinx and Greg catch a fish and Greg puts it in Gigi's fish tank.
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You're Out

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Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Mort
Synopsis: The rest of the guys don't want Li'l Jinx on the baseball team because she hits more home runs than they do.
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A Mind Joggler

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Synopsis: Jinx tries to get Charley to jog around the block.
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On the Grow

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Synopsis: Li'l Jinx makes her plant grow by talking to it.
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Let's Face It!

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Synopsis: Li'l Jinx makes funny faces.
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First Line: Jinx
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The Private Beach

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Synopsis: Betty and Veronica fix up one of Mr. Lodge's properties so they can have their own private beach.
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Date Fate

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Mel Gifford
Synopsis: Veronica has a date with the movie star Mel Gifford but it doesn't turn out as she hoped.
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Doll Dance

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Synopsis: Veronica and Betty give Maria a glamorous makeover so Frankie's attention won't drift at the dance. But the girls do their work too well.
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From Content Item: FlagArchie's Girls Betty and Veronica #276 published December 1978
was Doll Dance [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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First Line: Get your Archie swag!
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Double Trouble

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Adam; Nancy
Synopsis: Betty wins a surfing contest no thanks to Archie and Adam.
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Helping Hand

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cheryl Blossom; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Madge Reynolds; Estelle
Synopsis: Cheryl rushes to help volunteer at a local nursing home just to get on TV.
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The Reel World

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Cheryl Blossom; Sandy; Monica; Lesley; Candy
Synopsis: Cheryl is selected to be on the reality show The Reel World.
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First Line: Subscribe Today
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Summer or Later

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Maria Rodriguez; Superintendant Hassle
Synopsis: Veronica bemoans going to summer school, but makes the best of it by convincing Ms. Grundy to hold classes outside.
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First Line: Archie: Clash of the New Kids
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New Kids Off the Wall Part One

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Feature(s): New Kids Off The Wall
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First Line: Archie: Clash of the New Kids
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Feature(s): Everything's Archie
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First Line: The Voyage Home
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First Line: New Crusaders - Rise of the Heroes
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