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Issue: B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine #251
Publication Date: November 2016
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Issues: #251 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: 10/05/2016
Volume: none
Pages: 196
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UPC/EAN: 76281646855825111
Price: $5.99 USD
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Content Items: 55 (35 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): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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The New Riverdale

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The Costume Calamity!

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Pop Tate; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Veronica wins the school costume contest.
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A Haunting We Will Go

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Investigating an old mansion that her father had purchased, Veronica and Betty find a trunk of nineteenth century gowns. After trying them on, the girls are mistaken for ghosts by some locals.
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Who Is It?

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doily
Synopsis: The theme for this years' Halloween Bash is "costume which disguises them completely".
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Where's the Werewolf

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: After seeing a scary movie, Betty asks Veronica to keep her company at her babysitting job that night.
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Betty and Veronica's Halloween Memories

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Memories of past Halloweens.
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In Search for Intelligent Life... on Earth

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Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason (cameo)
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Girls Rule!

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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Monster Pin Up Page
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; unnamed werewolf; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews
First Line: Archie, how clever of you
Synopsis: Veronica doesn't realize that the werewolf she's dancing with isn't Archie.
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Betty & Veronica #2

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What Kind of Ghoul Am I

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Character(s): Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alexander Cabot III
Synopsis: Alex gets the Pussycats an audition at Ghostly Estates for someone claiming to be a real live Count. Instead he turns out to be a dead count, a Vampire - and the whole house is full of monsters and ghostly creatures.
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Character(s): Josie; Valerie; Melody; Alex
First Line: We better get more seats for our Halloween concert tonight...
Synopsis: Alex's singing would raise the dead.
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How Unfortunate

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Character(s): Melody Valentine; Alex Cabot III
Synopsis: Melody goes to an astrologer.
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Josie and the Pussycats #1

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Train of Thought

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Character(s): Ethel Muggs; Abigail (Ethel's grandmother; flashback); Ethel's mother; Betty (flashback); Chuck (flashback); Jughead (flashback); Archie (flashback); Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Ethel's mother tells her of the time her grandmother Abigail helped prevent a train from plunging into a river.
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Archie #12

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Rave Wave

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: The mailman signals Betty when he brings the phone bill.
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Archie 75th Anniversary Digest #2

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Leaf Grief

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Character(s): Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Ethel's perfume is "Autumn Leaves." Instead of attracting him, it makes him rake faster.
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Superman the Animated Series

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Follow the Leader

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Synopsis: Veronica must figure out why everybody is running.
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An Axe to Grind

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Aunt Gladys
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica plan a Halloween evening watching scary movies, but the power goes out and the boys decide it is the perfect chance to scare the girls.
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The Real Ethel

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Character(s): Ethel Muggs; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: An accident with Ethel's retainer gives her a chance to get to know a handsome boy.
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Strategist

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Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: With Betty away for the weekend, Veronica decides it's safe to date Reggie without worrying about Betty stealing Archie.
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Get Real!

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Alice Cooper; Adam
Synopsis: Betty's new hobby, creating silk flowers, leads to confusion between Archie and Adam when they both think the other has bought her an expensive bouquet.
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The Pledge!

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews; Karen
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica pledge to go an entire day without talking about Archie.
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How Much Is That Hunk in the Window?

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Cheryl Blossom; Jason Blossom; Adam; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: Cheryl plots to have Jason romance Betty and a friend named Adam romance Veronica, leaving her path to Archie free and clear.
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Cinder-Betty

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Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper
Synopsis: Betty dreams what a modern girl would be like in Cinderella's time.
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Diary Dilemma

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Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Professor Flutesnoot; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump
Synopsis: Veronica finds Betty's diary and tries to find time during school to read it.
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Dates and Fates

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Kleats
Synopsis: To make Archie look bad at practice, Reggie overthrows his pass. Archie lunges for it and falls on the new school riding mower. Chaos ensues.
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Gridiron Gamers

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Character(s): Alice Cooper; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Chuck Clayton; Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews; Midge Klump; Nancy Woods; Moose Mason; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: It is the guys vs the girls in touch football, until it starts raining halfway through the game.
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Never Say Never

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Coach Kleats; Greta Gripper (villain); The River Rats (villains); Dilton Doiley; Alice Cooper; Caramel
Synopsis: After the Riverdale football team is burglarized for their equipment, Betty tries to track it down by going undercover on the Craigville Crunchettes, a local semi-pro women's football team.
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Halloween Style

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Dog Days

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Polly Cooper; Adam
Synopsis: Betty finds a lost puppy.
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The Troubles She's Seen

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: High school is being a hassle for Betty, though she soon discovers that there are ordinary hassles and Veronica-style hassles.
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Shadow Play

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Archie's shadow; Betty's shadow; Veronica's shadow
Synopsis: Archie wants to go with Veronica, but Archie's shadow wants to stay with Betty's shadow.
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Advice To the Love Torn

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Betty gives Ethel advice on boys.
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Jughead #9

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The Big Catch

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Big Ethel rubs Stickum on her hands to prevent Jughead from slipping out of her hands.
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Rare Scare

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Genres: fantasy, teen
Character(s): Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Don
Synopsis: Sabrina's date brings a scary movie for them to watch, but he's the one that ends up scared by a night at Sabrina's house.
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Spellbound!

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The Zoomin' Broom!

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Character(s): Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Aunt Zelda; Charlie
Synopsis: Sabrina is embarrassed when her aunts give her a broom instead of a car for her birthday, but she recovers by fastening the broom to the bottom of a skateboard, which makes her a skateboarding champion.
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Graphic Novel Library Sale

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Sure Cure

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Smithers remedies Mr. Lodge's headache.
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Sign Off

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Character(s): Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge puts up "No Archie" signs on the front lawn.
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The Escort

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; an unnamed monster
Synopsis: Veronica thinks that a monster roaming the halls of Riverdale High is really Archie in disguise. She even gets him to take her to a dance on Saturday night where all the students have to dress up like monsters.
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Welcome to the New Riverdale

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Call Stall

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Synopsis: Betty receives a phone call from Archie.
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The Big Prize

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Nancy Woods; the Great Orlando; Dilton Doiley (cameo)
Synopsis: Veronica enlists Betty's aid to help with 5 costume changes at a Halloween party in order to impress a designer and hoping it helps her break into modeling.
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Betty and Veronica by Rachel Antonoff

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Riverdale

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