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Issue: B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine #243
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/13/2015
Volume: none
Pages: 164
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UPC/EAN: 76281646855824311
Price: $4.99 USD
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Content Items: 43 (23 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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Bill Galvan (signed)
Bob Smith (signed)
Rosario Peña (signed)
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B & V Friends
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
I just love spring time!
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Avengers: Age of Ultron

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Lego; Marvel
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Spring Broken

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Paul Kupperberg (credited)
Jeff Shultz (credited)
Rich Koslowski (credited)
Colortek, Inc. (credited)
Jack Morelli (credited)
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teen
Betty & Veronica
Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Garibaldi; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Veronica and her friends can't go on spring break due to a hurricane so they party at the Lodge Mansion, which is a problem for Mr. Lodge because he has arranged a business meeting there at the same time.
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Common Scents

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Dan Parent (credited)
Dan Parent (credited)
Jim Amash (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Teresa Davidson (credited)
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teen
Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Ginger Lopez; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Nancy Woods; Cheryl Blossom; Dilton Doiley; Cricket O'Dell
Veronica has a custom perfume fragrance made in her name.
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Doug Crane (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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Betty
Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Mr. Cutter
Ethel is feeling like an ugly duckling next to her three attractive friends. Betty tries to lift Ethel's spirits.
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What a Doll!

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Dan Parent (credited)
Dan Parent (credited)
Jim Amash (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Teresa Davidson (credited)
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teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Betty and Veronica don't understand the difference between dolls and action figures.
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Sitting Pretty

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Mike Pellowski (credited)
Doug Crane (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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teen
Betty
Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Marty Parks; Mr. Parks
Betty babysits Marty The Menace.
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Jab Jibe

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Ethel
Ethel Muggs; Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods
Ethel works out on the heavy bag so she will be ready when some boy gets fresh with her.
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Fernando Ruiz (signed)
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Josie
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Study Doll

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Bill Webb (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Pat Kennedy (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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Josie
Josie; Valerie; Melody; Alexandra Cabot
Josie can't find a quiet place to study for a test.
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Saturday's Child

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Frank Doyle (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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teen
Josie
Josie; Valerie; Melody
Melody strikes out as a door-to-door salesman during the week, but on the weekend when the husbands are home she sells lots of product.
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Superman Adventures

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Diamond Select
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Fresh Style

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Dan Parent ?
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Betty and Veronica and Ginger
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ginger
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Reader submitted fashions.
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Paul Oswald (signed)
Paul Oswald (signed)
Rosario Peña (signed)
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Cheryl Blossom
Cheryl Blossom
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Spring Blossom!

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Dan Parent (credited)
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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teen
Cheryl Blossom
Cheryl Blossom; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Cheryl turns the Riverdale Cherry Blossom festival into the Cheryl Blossom festival.
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Midtown Comics
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Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Er... where was I, Betty?
Archie is distracted by Veronica's arrival.
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Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Top half of illustration is Betty, bottom is Veronica.
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Cricket's Good Scents

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George Gladir (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Mike Esposito (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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teen
Archie & Friends
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cricket O'Dell; Frankie Valdez; Uncle Ed; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
While on tour out of town the Archies run into Cricket O'Dell and Frankie Valdez.
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Blame That Tune!

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Dan Parent (credited)
Dan Parent (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Brigitte; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
When The Archies won't let Betty or Veronica perform solos of songs written by Brigitte, the girls quit the band and form a trio with Brigitte.
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Down Memory Lane

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George Gladir (credited)
Bob Bolling (credited)
Mike Esposito (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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Betty's Diary
Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper
Betty is becoming obsessed with singer Rick Melody, and her parents tell her about Alice's crush on the Blimeys, the British pop stars of an earlier era.
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Go West, Young Dudes

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George Gladir (credited)
Doug Crane (credited)
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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teen
The Archies
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
The Archies travel to California and play a beach prom.
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Work Jerk!

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Mike Pellowski (credited)
Fernando Ruiz (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Matt Brand
Veronica gets a job at a convenience store to meet the new boy in town.
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Opal of Mine

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George Gladir (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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Nancy
Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews
Nancy wants Chuck to buy her a fancy opal ring.
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Take Nothing for Granted

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Kathleen Webb (credited)
Jeff Shultz (credited)
Al Milgrom (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Adam; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Ethel Muggs
Veronica advises Betty to date other boys.
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Fan Elan

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George Gladir (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
John Lowe (credited)
Barry Grossman
Jack Morelli
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humorous, teen
Betty
Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Nancy Woods; Pop Tate (cameo); Jayson Jarson; Mort (Jayson Jarson's Pr Man); Marilyn (a Hollywood hair dresser an make-up person); Sean Baxter; Archie Andrews; Adam Chisolm
Betty wins a contest to go to a Hollywood premiere with her idol, Jayson Jarson. She is treated to a new dress and make over specifically for the occasion. But she comes to find out that Jayson is an egotistical bore and Sean Baxter -- another movie star that plays creepy characters on screen-- is really a nice guy.
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Prom Promoter

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George Gladir (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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teen
Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Svenson; Alice Cooper
Veronica plans to have the Lodge helicopter pick her up after the Spring Prom.
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Pet Puzzler

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Betty's Cat Caramel
Betty Cooper; Caramel
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Unscramble the code puzzle.
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Betty's Funky Fashions

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Dan DeCarlo Jr
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Barry Grossman ?
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Betty
Betty Cooper
No story; Betty models fashion designs submitted by readers.
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Diary of a Girl Next Door

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Excerpt from the Diary of a Girl Next Door prose novel featuring Betty.
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A Hair Affair

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George Gladir ?
Jeff Shultz ?
Henry Scarpelli
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
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Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Coiffeur
Betty and Veronica get new hair styles from a famed hair stylist, but aren't satisfied with the results.
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Graphic Novel Library

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It's A Stretch

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George Gladir (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Mike Esposito (credited)
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Betty
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Betty gives Archie a pair of suspenders.
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Fee Glee

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Mr. Lodge
Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Mr. Lodge decides to start charging a "parking fee" at the mansion.
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Dan Parent
Dan DeCarlo
Henry Scarpelli
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
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humorous, teen
Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
The developers for Mr. Lodge's new mall have thought of everything -- except to include any stores!
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Everything's Archie
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Star Wars; DK Books
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