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Issue: Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #196
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/30/2011
Volume: none
Pages: 164
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UPC/EAN: 76281646950019611
Price: $3.99 USD
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Content Items: 62 (33 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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Fernando Ruiz (signed)
Rich Koslowski (signed)
Rosario "Tito" Peña (signed)
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Betty and Veronica
Santa Claus; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
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Popfunk
The coolest Archie shirts around!
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It's a Wrap!

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Bill Golliher (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Jim Amash (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
John Workman (credited)
Victor Gorelick (editor/editor-in-chief)
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Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Miss Grundy
The gang opens a kiosk in the mall to wrap presents for charity donations.
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The Muppets now starring in books!
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Allposters.com
Archie Wall Art now available
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Fashions by Betty

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Then and Now

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George Gladir (credited)
Tim Kennedy (credited)
Ken Selig (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Phil Felix (credited)
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Betty and Veronica
Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Mr. Lodge is putting together a show for Lodgeland that contrasts the way teens live today vs. the way they lived 100 years ago.
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A Tale of Two Lockers

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Dan Parent (credited)
Jeff Shultz (credited)
Al Milgrom (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
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humorous
Betty and Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Hiram Lodge
Veronica needs a bigger locker for all her stuff at school.
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Over and Out

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Dick Malmgren (credited)
Dick Malmgren (credited)
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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humorous
Betty
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Pop Tate
Archie is suddenly obsessively attentive to Betty's feelings and Betty loves it.
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Talk Talk Talk!

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Veronica
Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Hiram makes Veronica hang up the phone and do something else, so she goes and uses the computer.
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Nintendo
Mario Kart 7
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Archie Comics Digital Universe
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Boys 'R Us

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Mike Pellowski (credited)
Jeff Shultz
Jeff Shultz (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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humorous
Betty and Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley
Veronica decides to create a book of photos of gorgeous guys.
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Mike Pellowski is incorrectly credited with pencils. When reprinted in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #252, Jeff Shultz is credited with pencils and inks.
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Choose or Lose

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Kathleen Webb (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
John Lowe (credited)
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Betty
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Archie and Betty can't decide which movie to rent for movie night.
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Shopping 101

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Dan Parent (credited)
Dan Parent (credited)
Jim Amash (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Teresa Davidson (credited)
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Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
When a burger joint takes over Riverdale's cafeteria, Veronica dreams of what it would be like to have the mall and the high school merge into one building-- with some good and not so good results.
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Little Brown and Company
How To Train Your Dragon
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Archie Cyber Adventures
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Dummy Up!

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Mike Pellowski (credited)
Tim Kennedy (credited)
Rich Koslowski (credited)
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Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
A store window mannequin looks just like Veronica.
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Rink Fink

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Reggie
Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
As Reggie skates around the rink with Veronica and Betty, he tells them about his dream the previous night where he hit four home runs. Veronica calls him an ego-tripper and says he's always dreaming about himself. Reggie says this isn't true and that both Betty and Veronica were in the dream as well - cheering him on.
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Craig Boldman (signed)
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
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Archie
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Mary, have you...
Archie's parents can complete each other's sentences.
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Veronica Pin Up
Veronica Lodge
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Ginger #1

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Ginger
Ginger
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Who's Hungary

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Ginger; Bunny; Ickky; Thorny
Ginger dresses up as a foreign bombshell to prove a point to Bunny.
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Quit Your Kidding!

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Ginger; Ickky
Ginger wants Ickky to dress as a little kid for a masquerade ball.
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Batter Than Ever

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Ginger
Ginger; Patsy; Principal Hummingbird
Ginger and Patsy make a cake for Principal Hummingbird on his birthday.
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Baby Knows Best!

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Ginger; Ickky
Ickky helps Ginger babysit.
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First and Last!

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Ginger
Ginger; Monk
Monk asks Ginger to dance.
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Archie Meets KISS
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The Best of Archie Comics
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Lure of the Arcade

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George Gladir (credited)
Dan Parent (credited)
Jim Amash (credited)
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humorous
Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Harmon
Veronica is asked to help her dad figure out how to get more girls in the arcade at the mall.
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For Your Information!

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Dan Parent (credited)
Dan Parent (credited)
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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humorous
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Betty and Veronica try to get a date with the guy working the information booth at the mall.
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Betty
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Unscramble the letters puzzle.
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Call Brawl

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Samm Schwartz
Samm Schwartz
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Samm Schwartz
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Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Reggie calls Veronica for a date while Archie is at Veronica's house.
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Neat Feat

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Samm Schwartz
Samm Schwartz
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Samm Schwartz
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Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
The bowling alley gives Veronica a bowling pin, the only one she knocked over during 8 games.
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Kevin Keller Four Issue Mini-series
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Sabrina the Animated Series Graphic Novel
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Fernando Ruiz (signed)
Jon D'Agostino (signed)
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Sabrina the Teenage Witch
Sabrina Spellman
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By the Book

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Dick Malmgren (credited)
Dick Malmgren (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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Sabrina
Sabrina Spellman; Harvey Kinkle; Aunt Hilda
Harvey insists he can ski the professional slope, even though he's never skied before.
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Three Is Trouble

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Frank Doyle (credited)
Bob Bolling (credited)
Bob Bolling (signed)
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Sabrina
Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Watchdog Committee; Tidbit O'Toole
Tidbit helps Sabrina and Aunt Hilda get even with the Watchdog Committee.
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"Archie the Married Life"

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The Best of Sabrina the Teenage Witch
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All Work & No Play

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George Gladir (credited)
Doug Crane (credited)
Mike Esposito (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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Betty
Betty Cooper; Mr. Morgan; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Betty thinks working in the Toy Department will be fun.
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Stood Up

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Veronica
Veronica Lodge
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Looks Like Reindeer

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Mike Pellowski (credited)
Dan Parent (credited)
Rich Koslowski (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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humorous
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Veronica orders some reindeer and they arrive the same night as a big party Mr. Lodge is hosting.
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A Lot of Living to Do

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Barbara Slate (credited)
Jeff Shultz (credited)
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Vickie Williams (credited)
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Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Veronica is bored.
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Katy Keene #12

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Katy Keene
Katy Keene
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Bill Woggon (signed)
Bill Woggon (signed)
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Katy Keene
Katy Keene; K.O. Kelly; Sis; Danny
K.O. buys Katy a hula-hoop.
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Skating Queen

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Bill Woggon (signed)
Bill Woggon (signed)
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Katy Keene
Katy Keene; K.O. Kelly
Katy and Kelly go figure skating.
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Skating

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Bill Woggon (signed)
Bill Woggon (signed)
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Katy Glamour Fashions
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Paper dolls.
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Bill Woggon (signed)
Bill Woggon (signed)
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Katy Keene
Katy Keene; Sis; Billy
Sis! Put That Book Away On Outer Space By U.R. Sputnik!
Sis dreams she takes a rocket ship ride to an outer space Candy land.
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Rockets For Katy's Gang

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Bill Woggon (signed)
Bill Woggon (signed)
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Katy Keene
Katy Keene
Signature style rockets for Katy, K.O., Sis and Ditto.
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FlagPep Comics #128 published July 1958
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Archie Marries Betty & Veronica
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Subscription information for Life with Archie magazine.
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Archie Christmas Classics
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Craig Boldman (signed)
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
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humorous
Archie
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Oh Archie! Just what I've always wanted...
Both Betty and Veronica have to return the gifts Archie got them for Christmas.
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Santa's Little Helper

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Dan Parent (credited)
Dan Parent (credited)
Jim Amash (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Teresa Davidson (credited)
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humorous
Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Phil
Archie is working as a mall Santa to make money for Christmas presents, but hasn't spent enough time with Veronica. She then gets hired as his assistant elf in order for them to spend time together.
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FlagVeronica #176 published January 2007
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What's on Her Mind?

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Betty
Betty Cooper
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Word finding puzzle.
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Animal Antics

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teen
Reggie
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Veronica thinks Reggie is a male chauvinist pig.
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The Real Thing

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Mike Pellowski (credited)
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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humorous
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Betty convinces Veronica that she should give to the less fortunate this Christmas. Veronica's idea of less fortunate is different than Betty's.
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Subscribe Today
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Subscription information for various Archie publications.
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Everything's Archie
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Nintendo
Super Mario 3D Land
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Lego
Relive the Adventure
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