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Issue: Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #44
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Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 196
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07189646950944
Price: $2.75 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 51 (48 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: digest
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: ongoing series
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[untitled]

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Looks like Archie's getting help with his stocks and blondes!
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Hallway Havoc

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humorous, teen
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Attraction Action

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humorous, teen
Archie, I didn't expect you over tonight!
Betty is surprised to see Archie outside her window.
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Heart Art

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humorous, teen
Betty, I think Archie is on your mind too much!
Nancy thinks Betty has Archie on her mind too much.
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Female Travail

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humorous, teen
If I can sew up the female vote I'll win the school election!
Archie thinks he can win the school election if he can sew up the female vote.
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Spat Chat

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humorous, teen
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Cash Bash

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humorous, teen
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Write or Wrong

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humorous, teen
Veronica is sad that she's never received a love letter that her grandchildren could someday find. She and Betty convince Archie to start leaving town on weekends so that he could write to them.
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Two is a Crowd

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humorous, teen
Man! It's been a long time, Josie! A lo-o-ong time since we've had a real date, all by ourselves!
Josie and Alan M. hope to go on a private date together and have some alone time. They end up running into all their friends every place they go.
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Reign in the Snow

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humorous, teen
Veronica, chosen as "snow queen," picks an all-white ermine outfit to pose for a photoshoot in the show.
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Tarzan of Riverdale

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
This costume is great, Betty! I feel like a wild man already!
Archie dresses up as Tarzan for a school play and ends up rescuing a child from a burning building.
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Castle Hassle

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humorous
Medieval castles would raise their drawbridges when they saw the enemy approaching!
Mr. Lodge laments not having a drawbridge.
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Hearty Party

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Veronica's Parents
I just remembered! Ronnie was supposed to give a party today!
Mr. Lodge wonders if Veronica has thrown her party yet.
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Aroma of Influence

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Jason Blossom discovers Cricket O'Dell's ability to smell money, and takes her and Betty to Pembrooke Academy so he can show off Cricket's powers in front of his rich friends. But the smell of all those rich people in one room causes Cricket to pass out.
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Surprise Ending

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Ronnie! Ronnie, angel, lover doll, lamb chop!
Betty is furious at Veronica for manipulating Archie and turning him into a "crawling, boot-licking, apple-polishing jerk."
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Wheel Spiel

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humorous, teen
Archie wins a roller skating contest, despite not knowing how to skate.
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Dilton's Formula Equals Music!

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humorous, teen
Dilton Doiley and the Destroyers [Dilton Doiley; Bob; Leon; Vinny]; Mr. Edwards
Dilton puts together a band.
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Fairyland Excursion

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fantasy, humorous, teen
Sabrina and Esmeralda travel to Fairyland to experience fairytales instead of just reading about them.
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Features: Alice in Wonderland; Goldilocks and the Three Bears; Old Mother Hubbard; The Three Little Pigs; Cinderella.
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Past Masters

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Betty decides that the best way to get the girls in her class to learn history is to gossip about it.
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Priorities

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humorous, teen
Betty tries to adjust being a latchkey kid when her mother goes to work full-time.
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Blow the Man Down

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humorous, teen
Archie saves Gaston's dinner, then ruins it while taking a bow.
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No credits in this issue.
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Tub Flub

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fantasy, humorous, teen
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Stretching Exercise

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humorous
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The Secret of the Old Music Hall

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humorous, teen
Watch out!
The Archies rehearse at a music hall that's said to be haunted by the ghost of an actress that was murdered there many years ago.
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Part I (pp. 1-6), Part II (pp. 7-11).
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Top Secret

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Gulp!
Li'l Jinx is the treasurer of her club and has to transport the money safely home.
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typeset
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Feet First

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Smithers the butler
Veronica is given a special pair of orthopedic shoes to wear, but grows disenchanted with them when they prove to be unfashionable.
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Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
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Star Struck

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Archie believes in horoscopes until he reads Jughead's.
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Basket Banter

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humorous, teen
Veronica schemes to lure Archie away from his basketball practice with Betty, so Betty schemes to make Archie too tired to keep his date with Veronica.
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Let's Make a Wish

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humorous, teen
Elmer Klumpf
Betty is convinced that being positive and determined will allow her to be master of her fate.
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Candid Comment

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After a rough day at school, Miss Grundy and Miss Haggly go to the carnival.
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Biz Tiz

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humorous, teen
In order to outdo Betty once again, Veronica takes on a consignment of overstock work jumpsuits her father is ready to write off as a loss and goes into business for herself selling them.
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Trust Bust

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Cindy
I can't decide what pair to buy!
Betty offers to help a friend pick out some new shoes.
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Quiz Fizz

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Moose, spell Washington!
Miss Grundy asks Moose to spell Washington.
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Busy Tizzy

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humorous
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Switch Hitch

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humorous, teen
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Something Fishy

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humorous, teen
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Cold Snap

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humorous, teen
cute boy in store; tailor
Whooeee! I certainly picked one cold day to meet Alan M. on a street corner!
Alan M. is going to meet Josie for a date and his pants rip while he's shopping. He has a tailor fix them but it's taking too long. He calls the store to let Josie know he can't make it. The guy answering the phone at the shop where Alan M. was supposed to meet Josie decides to go on a date with Josie himself.
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Depend on It

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
Veronica is upset that her father doesn't treat her more like an adult. Mr. Lodge tells her she find out what it's like to have a dependent someday but she says that Archie is already dependent on her.
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Only on Sunday

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humorous, teen
The girls suggest that Pop Tate can revive his struggling business by moving to a more modern location: a mall.
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The end of the story hints that Pop might close down the old Chok'lit Shoppe and open a new, less anachronistic store, but like many ideas around this period, this was never followed up.
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Double Hexed

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Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous, teen
Hilda gives Sabrina a new cassette player and tapes to help her study witchcraft.
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Fuel Folly

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fantasy, humorous, teen
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Dark Lark

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humorous, teen
Arch, we made it to the top!
Reggie and Archie climb to the top of a mountain and go into a cave to get out of the wind.
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Riverdale High School Dance Contest

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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Veronica spares no expense to produce a "Flash Dance" video that will win the school competition. But Betty, Archie and Chuck put a video together on the fly using nothing more than Chuck's camera and Betty's charisma, and they beat Veronica's video out.
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Spinoff

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humorous, teen
Josie and Valerie teach Melody how to be a baton twirler.
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Dress Drama

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humorous, teen
Every time Betty buys a dress, Veronica buys a better one.
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This story has no dialogue except in the final panel.
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Kitchen Capers

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humorous, teen
What do you think of my dish, Miss Grundy!
Miss Grundy thinks Veronica's soup needs one more thing if she plans on serving it to anyone.
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Field Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
Archie and Veronica convince their dads to participate in the annual Field Day event, and they get very competitive in the kicking contest.
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Male Call

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humorous, teen
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Money Talks

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
Veronica is disillusioned when Archie and Betty inform her that when you have a credit card, someone eventually has to pay for all the things that get charged.
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