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Issue: B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine #233
Publication Date: June 2013
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Issues: #233 of 78 Issues (106 Printings)
Title:
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: 04/17/2013
Volume: none
Pages: 164
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76281646855823311
Price: $3.99 USD
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Content Items: 47 (30 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: teen
Character(s): Cheryl Blossom; Veronica Lodge; Toni Topaz; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Kumi Tanura
First Line: Okay, girls... now smile.
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New Crusaders

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World Party, Part One

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Lady Smitty; Rob; Mika
Synopsis: Veronica's parents let Veronica have her birthday party anywhere in the world, so Veronica begins to scout locations for her party.
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World Party, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Ethel Muggs; Midge Klump
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Big Apple Daze

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Ginger Lopez; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Ginger is homesick for New York.
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Fantasy Girl

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Chuck Clayton
Synopsis: Betty imagines how life with Archie would be different if she had superpowers.
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Yankee Doodle Darling

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Miss Beazley; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Chuck Clayton
Synopsis: The Riverdale students and staff dress up as famous American symbols and historic figures.
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From Content Item: FlagBetty and Me #157 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1987
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A Cheap Trick

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica accuse Archie and Reggie of being cheap.
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Free Comic Book Day 2013

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Seeing Red

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Nancy Woods; Mrs. Wilson
Synopsis: Nancy gets a job coming up with new names for red.
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[untitled]

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A Singular Idea

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alex
Synopsis: Alex gets the new Pussycats album ready. The girls love all his decisions, until he creates outfits for their store signings.
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Star Bright

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Josie; Alex Cabot
Synopsis: Josie tries to convince Alex that astrology works.
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Overstreet 43

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Feature(s): Overstreet
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[untitled]

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs
First Line: A red rose in your hair?!?
Synopsis: Ethel wears a red rose so her blind date will know who she is.
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From Content Item: FlagPep #278 published June 1973
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[untitled]

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Growing Pains

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sabrina Spellman; Chloe; Uncle Quigley; Aunt Zelda; Aunt Hilda; Gem Stone
Synopsis: Sabrina and Chloe accidentally use a plant growing potion as shampoo and begin to grow flowers in their hair.
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The Write Stuff

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Sabrina Spellman; Harvey; Chloe; Aunt Zelda; Salem
Synopsis: Sabrina was caught passing a note and has to write 100 times.
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Sabrina the Teenage Witch

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Spring Fashions

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Double Digest Sample Packs

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Cuisine Scene

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Miss Grundy
Synopsis: Veronica takes Home Economics.
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Gory Story

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: Miss Grundy thinks it's a crime what the band has done to Beethoven.
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Cheerful Solution!

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Tina Tanner; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis: Veronica comes up with a new routine for the cheerleading squad, but has to learn to let somebody else be the star.
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[untitled]

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
First Line: Having a bad day? Worse!
Synopsis: Archie tries to take precautions to not break Mr. Lodge's vase.
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Virtual Frivolity

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Nancy Woods; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: While playing with a virtual reality machine, Betty has a virtual wedding to Archie.
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The Escort

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Tom Crowes; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Nobody believes that Reggie actually knows famous movie star Tom Crowes.
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Half Way Measures

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie doesn't like Betty's new dress.
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That Old Feline

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Veronica takes home a stray kitten.
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From Content Item: FlagLaugh Comics #146 published May 1963
was That Old Feline! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Exercise Scramble

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge
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In Content Item: FlagArchie 1000 Page Comics Digest #[nn] published January 2013
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From Content Item: FlagArchie's Girls Betty and Veronica #340 [unnamed variant] published February 1986
was Exercise Scramble!! [Activity on Interior Page(s)]
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Double Takes

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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[untitled]

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
First Line: Come On!!
Synopsis: Archie takes Betty to play paintball.
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Idiomatic Expression

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Nancy Woods; Chuck Clayton
Synopsis: Betty seems to be surrounded by idiomatic expressions.
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From Content Item: FlagBetty #172 [Direct Edition] published April 2008
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Unavoidably Detained

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Betty is sleeping over at Veronica's and they spent half the night talking.
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It Just Don't Look Right

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Dr. Dippy-Dupe (villain); Mr. Weatherbee: Sgt. Shaughnessy; Svenson the janitor; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Riverdale has been plagued by a series of bank robberies executed by automatons. Her curiosity aroused, Betty begins snooping around the trail, aided by Moose.
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Coaching Problem

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Goodbody
Synopsis: Veronica accepts an offer to coach third base for the girls' softball team hoping it will excuse her from the exertion of actually playing.
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Call ‘Em As You See ’Em

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Alice Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Randy Lewis; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica make up new phrases for old words, and eventually get sent to the principal by Miss Grundy.
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Cheryl Blossom
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Highland Spirit

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Cheryl Blossom; Mary Andrews; Archie Andrews; Jason Blossom; Brigit; Sharon Blossom; Aubrey Andrews
Synopsis: Archie and his mother travel to Scotland with Cheryl and her mother and brother. While there, Archie and Cheryl help the ghosts of two of their ancestors reunite.
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Comic Book Fair

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A Blast from the Past

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica are set to attend a '70s themed dance, in full era costume, but find themselves enduring one delay after another waiting for Archie and Reggie to pick them up.
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was A Blast from the Past [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Archie Comics Subscriptions

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Share & Share Alike

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Midge tells Moose about all the things Betty and Veronica share in their friendship.
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Archie: Betty or Veronica?

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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Everything's Archie
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Download the Archie App for free!

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Regular Show

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Feature(s): Cartoon Network
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