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Issue: B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine #243
Publication Date: July 2015
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Issues: #243 of 78 Issues (106 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
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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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Genres: teen
Feature(s): B & V Friends
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: I just love spring time!
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Avengers: Age of Ultron

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Spring Broken

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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty & Veronica
Character(s): Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Garibaldi; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: 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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Genres: teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Ginger Lopez; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Nancy Woods; Cheryl Blossom; Dilton Doiley; Cricket O'Dell
Synopsis: Veronica has a custom perfume fragrance made in her name.
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You Gotta Have Art!

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Mr. Cutter
Synopsis: 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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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica don't understand the difference between dolls and action figures.
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Sitting Pretty

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Marty Parks; Mr. Parks
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Jab Jibe

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Character(s): Ethel Muggs; Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods
Synopsis: Ethel works out on the heavy bag so she will be ready when some boy gets fresh with her.
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Study Doll

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Character(s): Josie; Valerie; Melody; Alexandra Cabot
Synopsis: Josie can't find a quiet place to study for a test.
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Saturday's Child

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Character(s): Josie; Valerie; Melody
Synopsis: 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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Fresh Style

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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica and Ginger
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ginger
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Spring Blossom!

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Character(s): Cheryl Blossom; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Cheryl turns the Riverdale Cherry Blossom festival into the Cheryl Blossom festival.
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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Er... where was I, Betty?
Synopsis: Archie is distracted by Veronica's arrival.
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Free Archie App!

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Cricket's Good Scents

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cricket O'Dell; Frankie Valdez; Uncle Ed; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Synopsis: 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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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Brigitte; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: 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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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper
Synopsis: 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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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: The Archies travel to California and play a beach prom.
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Work Jerk!

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Matt Brand
Synopsis: 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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Feature(s): Nancy
Character(s): Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Nancy wants Chuck to buy her a fancy opal ring.
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Take Nothing for Granted

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Adam; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis: Veronica advises Betty to date other boys.
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Fan Elan

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Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): 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
Synopsis: 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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Genres: teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Svenson; Alice Cooper
Synopsis: Veronica plans to have the Lodge helicopter pick her up after the Spring Prom.
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Pet Puzzler

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Feature(s): Betty's Cat Caramel
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Caramel
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Betty's Funky Fashions

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Feature(s): Betty
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Synopsis: No story; Betty models fashion designs submitted by readers.
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Diary of a Girl Next Door

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A Hair Affair

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Coiffeur
Synopsis: 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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Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Betty gives Archie a pair of suspenders.
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Digest Sample Pack!

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Fee Glee

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Feature(s): Mr. Lodge
Character(s): Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge decides to start charging a "parking fee" at the mansion.
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Mystery Miscue!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: The developers for Mr. Lodge's new mall have thought of everything -- except to include any stores!
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Feature(s): Everything's Archie
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