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Issue: Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine #56
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
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Pages: 132
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UPC/EAN: 07189646855756
Price: $1.65 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 26 (25 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Nancy Tsetsekas; Victor Gorelick
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard U.S. Digest
Paper Stock: cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Stan Goldberg
Henry Scarpelli
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Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Betty Cooper
Daddykins always helps me color coordinate my purse!
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Miscellaneous
1
The Triangle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Dan Parent
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
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Miscellaneous
5
Career Steer!

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
Greg; Li'l Jinx
Ooh! I hurt my finger...
Greg hurt his finger and Li'l Jinx bandages it.
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Miscellaneous
1
Sounds Incredible

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Nate Butler
Nate Butler
Nate Butler
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Hiram Lodge
Archie gets a new guitar and takes it to Veronica's house to show it off, but Mr. Lodge is not too happy about it.
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Miscellaneous
2
A Cat Named Samantha

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Bob Bolling
Bob Bolling
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty's Diary
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Miscellaneous
5
Fashion Through the Years

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
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Miscellaneous
5
Bust Out

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
?
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Josie
Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert; Alexander Cabot III; Mr. Tuttle
Mistakenly thinking that Mr. Tuttle is trying to sneak out of school, Alex uses his vast wealth and resources to smuggle the principal out of the building in a filing cabinet.
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Miscellaneous
7
Hair Affair

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
fantasy, humorous, teen
Sabrina
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Miscellaneous
1
Just One of Those Knights

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Kathleen Webb
Dan DeCarlo
Jim DeCarlo
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
At a benefit renaissance fair, Betty and Veronica have to keep Archie away from other girls, Jughead has to keep away from Ethel armed with a love potion, and Archie has to keep from being beheaded by Reggie.
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Miscellaneous
6
Don't Walk

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
Slam
Jinx tracks mud all over the house.
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Miscellaneous
1
Beauty and the Beast

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee
Ssh! Don't breath a word!
Thinking the man taking pictures around the school is a fashion photographer, Betty and Veronica stalk him in order to be his subjects.
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Miscellaneous
6
Fun and Games

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dick Malmgren
Gus Lemoine
Gus Lemoine
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous
Josie
Valerie; Josie; Alexandra
Alexandra lends Valerie and Josie her sports car after she'd been outrunning the police in it earlier.
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Miscellaneous
1
The Kookout

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bob Bolling (credited)
Bob Bolling (credited)
Chic Stone (credited)
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Archie
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee
It's a wow of a luau, Ron!
Archie and Reggie temp as waiters for Mr. Lodge's party. Mr. Weatherbee gets injured starting Mr. Lodge's antique hand-crank car.
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Miscellaneous
8
Power Plant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews
Mr. Lodge has the entire mansion wired for remote broadcasting, which backfires on him when Archie comes over to visit.
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Miscellaneous
6
Birthday In Utopia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Rod Ollerenshaw
Stan Goldberg [as Stan G.]
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Betty's Diary
Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doily; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Betty's parents give Archie money to treat Betty to a carnival on her birthday and hire a photographer to make a photo album of the date.
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Miscellaneous
6
The Tickets

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Jim DeCarlo
Barry Grossman?
?
Subject Matter
teen
Archie
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews
Archie gets tickets to a big concert and plans to ask Veronica. But when he finds out boys are swarming Betty at her job in the hardware store, he asks her instead.
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Miscellaneous
5
formerly a Betty story
Do Not Disturb

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
Mr. Lodge
Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Oh, brother! This has got to be the slowest waiter I've ever seen!
Mr. Lodge and Veronica are in a restaurant and their waiter is very slow.
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Miscellaneous
1
Just a Perfect Friendship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman ?
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
Veronica shows her new hope chest to Betty, who starts to cry because she doesn't have one. Veronica buys one for Betty and asks Archie and Jughead to deliver it.
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Miscellaneous
6
The Hazards of Beauty

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge
Veronica goes to the beach, but she doesn't want to do anything fun for fear it might adversely affect her natural beauty.
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Miscellaneous
6
Where There's a Wile There's a Style

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
George Gladir
Stan Goldberg
Rudy Lapick
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?
Subject Matter
teen
Betty's Diary
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Miscellaneous
5
Slick Click

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
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Miscellaneous
1
The Fox Who Cried Wolf

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle (credited)
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Jim DeCarlo (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods
Hi, Betty! I saw you coming up the walk!
Betty tussles her hair to make it look like she and Archie shared a passionate kiss but let's Veronica in on the joke. When she kisses him for real later on Veronica still thinks Betty is joking.
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Miscellaneous
6
String Along With Me

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo
Rudy Lapick
?
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
teen
Josie
Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown; Alexander Cabot; Alexandra Cabot
Josie and Valerie convince Alexander that Alan M is a great banjo player.
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Miscellaneous
5
Credits from the reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #262.
The Competitor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
I won again, Betty!
Veronica thinks Betty is letting her win at games because Betty is a guest in her house.
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Miscellaneous
5
Figures in the Sand

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Doyle
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Jim DeCarlo
Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
The girls arrive at the beach to stun the boys with their new bikinis, but the guys are too occupied with building sand castles to notice them.
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Miscellaneous
6
Run Fun

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Dan DeCarlo ?
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?
Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Betty tries to teach Beatrice that shouting and running are not ladylike.
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Miscellaneous
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