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Issue: Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #53
Publication Date: September 1995
 
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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: 07189646950953
Price: $2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 41 (40 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
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Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle
Veronica, what do you draw best?
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1
Redrawn from the cover of Archie Giant Series Magazine #496.
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Sock it to Me!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dan Parent
Dan Parent
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman; Kelly Fleming
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Cheryl Blossom; Zelda [The Terminatress]
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6
The TV show American Exterminators is a direct parody of American Gladiators.
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Relief Beef

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Dan DeCarlo
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Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Veronica says it's a relief to get away from boys.
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Tan Plan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
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5
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The Best of the West

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir (credited)
Dan Decarlo Jr. (credited)
James Decarlo (credited)
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Subject Matter
Archie and The Gang
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5
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Tale of Travail

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Stan Goldberg [as Stan G.]
Stan Goldberg [as Stan G.]
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Sabrina
Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Cousin Hagatha
Civilization is encroaching on Hilda's cousin Hagatha and it may force her to move out of her gingerbread cottage in the woods.
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Lucky Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Hartley (credited)
Al Hartley (credited)
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Veronica
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
A pantomime story about Archie finding a lucky horseshoe at the carnival.
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5
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Nothing to Fear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
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4
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Fill Her Up!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Li'l Jinx wants a snack before dinner but her dad objects to every suggestion.
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1
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Clean Defeat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
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Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Clayton
Betty and Veronica compete to impress a handsome professional cleaner getting the Lodge Mansion in shape for Veronica's party.
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6
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A Day to Remember

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Stan Goldberg
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Betty's Diary
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Betty has a bad day at the beach because of Archie's cluelessness, but eventually he makes it up to her.
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6
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Shower Power

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Al Hartley
Jon D'Agostino
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Betty and Veronica intentionally rain out the boys' table tennis match.
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1
Credits from the index of Archie's TV Laugh-Out #16.
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Gift Horse Laugh: Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Hartley
Al Hartley
Jon D’Agostino
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Betty
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5
Part 1 of story.
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Gift Horse Laugh: Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Hartley ?
Al Hartley
Jon D’Agostino
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Betty
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5
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The Equalizer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo
Jim DeCarlo ?
Barry Grossman
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Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews
Veronica decides to start dressing slovenly in order to better fit in with the common folk.
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6
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Election Selection

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx; Gigi; Hap Holliday
Jinx is elected president of her club.
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Bad Breaks on Bongo Beach

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Bolling
Bob Bolling
Chic Stone
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
adventure, humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Spotty; Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Mr. McJitters
Archie, Mr. Weatherbee and Archie's dog Spotty are out on Bongo Beach fishing at night, while Mr. Lodge is out on his fishing boat with Veronica and an important client. Dilton arrives to show Archie a special rocket that will enable his fishing lure to reach farther out, and the rocket winds up taking Archie into the air and, eventually, into Mr. Lodge's boat.
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Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
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Fright Plight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Archie offers to pay for everyone to ride the roller coaster.
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1
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Where the Boys Are

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
James DeCarlo
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Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Betty and Veronica are camp counselors at a girls' summer camp and try in vain to meet the boys across the lake.
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6
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Three Little Words

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dick Malmgren
Dick Malmgren
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Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews
Archie and Veronica get into an argument over whose fault a sailing accident was.
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Kitty Ditty

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Stan Goldberg
Rudy Lapick
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Subject Matter
teen
Sabrina's Cat Salem
Sabrina Spellman; Salem (her cat); Aunt Hilda Spellman; Abigail (cat); Missy (cat); Buster (dog)
Salem dips his tail in some witches' brew and gets magic powers. He uses them to impress a girl cat Abigail. His magic runs out and sends him running from some of Abigail's cat suitors.
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Different story than "Kitty Ditty" in Sabrina, the Teen-Age Witch #75.
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Split Bit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir ?
Stan Goldberg
Stan Goldberg
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Betty
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper
A mistaken impression causes Archie and Jughead to suddenly lose their appetites.
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1
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
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The Persuader

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
The Archies
The Archies [Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge]
Criminals steal The Archies' van while Jughead is asleep in the back.
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I'm in the Mood: For Food

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Jughead
Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Ethel tries to turn Jughead's thoughts from food to love.
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Saving Face

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dick Malmgren
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Jim DeCarlo
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
Archie comes to the mistaken impression that Mr. Lodge is beating Veronica and struggles to come to her rescue.
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6
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
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Half Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Subject Matter
humorous
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Jinx finds a four-leaf clover.
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Power Shortage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
teen
Sabrina
Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Cousin Ambrose
Sabrina uses her powers to the point that she runs out of magic.
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5
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Going to Pot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Stan Goldberg ?
Rudy Lapick ?
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Archie gets a job selling a new kind of cooking pot, but since his first prospective customer is Mr. Lodge things don't work out well.
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The Financial Advisor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Hal Smith (credited)
Tim Kennedy (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited); Nanci Dakesian (credited); Gregg Suchow (credited)
Victor Gorelick (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Mr. Lodge
Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Mr. Lodge learns there is money to be made in old comic books.
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Getting to the Bottom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Li'l Jinx's Pal Greg
Greg
Greg builds a soapbox racer that needs just one more thing to make it perfect.
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Date Straight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Donald; Mr. Benson
Veronica has a disastrous date with an Olympic swimmer.
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5
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Chime to Retire

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Bob Bolling
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida [as Bill Y.]
Subject Matter
teen
Sabrina
Sabrina; Harvey; Adelaide
Sabrina uses magic to cut off another woman leading Harvey on.
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Witchcraft

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle (credited)
Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
Jim DeCarlo (credited)
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Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Max
Archie thinks Veronica is driving Mr. Lodge's new racing boat.
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6
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The Hostess with the Mostest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Josie
Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III; Alexandra Cabot
Alexandra is upset that the Pussycats are going to play at a clambake on a public beach instead of accepting her offer to play at her own beach. When the clambake is rained out, she tries to get revenge by inviting everyone over to the Cabots' private island and leaving them stranded there.
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This story tries out bikini-style costumes for the Pussycats, with the same pattern as usual but even less material.
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My Aluminum Chum

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Randy (robot); Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley; Hiram Lodge
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Miscellaneous
5
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Domestic Help!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Harry Lucey
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Pop Tate
Archie and Betty help Archie's mom around the house but that keeps her from her other "duties" like watching soap operas and talking to her friends on the phone during the day.
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6
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Cover Up

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo
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Barry Grossman ?
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Frankie Valdez; Maria Rodriguez; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
Frankie doesn't have any problem seeing the other girls on the beach in revealing swimwear. However, the sight of Maria in swimwear drives him to possessively try to cover her up.
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5
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Kitty Ditty

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman
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Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Linda; Buttons the cat
While working as counselors at the Camp Pocahontas girls camp, Betty and Veronica encounter two problems: Getting one of the girls to relinquish her cat, and meeting the two handsome forestry recruits at the forestry station.
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The Journey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Stan Goldberg
Stan Goldberg
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Sabrina
Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda
Sabrina and Hilda travel to the Witch's Supermarket.
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1
Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.
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Wet N' Wonderful

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo
Jim DeCarlo
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida ?
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Charlie Bass
The Lodges get an obnoxious new neighbor who thinks nothing of inviting himself over to share the Lodge pool.
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Nose for News

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
teen
Betty
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs
Veronica's news makes Betty's news seem trivial.
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