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Issue: B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine #222
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Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 2012
Volume: none
Pages: 164
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 07189646855722
Price: $3.99 USD
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52 (26 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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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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Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Rosario "Tito" Peña (signed)
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B&V Friends
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Yoga quickens my pulse and makes my blood tingle!
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Peace of Mind

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Dan Parent (credited)
Dan Parent (credited)
Jim Amash (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida
Subject Matter
humorous
Betty and Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Ginger; Darlene; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump
Veronica takes yoga lessons to help with her anger issues.
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Catch Phrase

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Mike Pellowski (credited)
Jeff Shultz (credited)
Bob Smith (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Jack Morelli (credited)
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humorous
Chuck & Nancy
Chuck Clayton; Nancy; Donna; Karen
Nancy brags about her boyfriend during hockey practice.
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Veronica Pin Up
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
It's my little red riding hood look!
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Slippin' and Slidin'

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Kathleen Webb (credited)
Jeff Shultz (credited)
Al Milgrom (credited)
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humorous
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Ethel; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
Betty and Jughead are sliding on the icy sidewalk for fun.
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The Rivalry

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George Gladir (credited)
Dan DeCarlo Jr. (credited)
Jim Decarlo (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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humorous
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Smithers the butler; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Veronica's attempts to upstage Betty on the group's ski trip inevitably backfire on her.
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She's Got Bad Taste

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Kathleen Webb (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
John Lowe (credited)
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humorous
Betty
Betty Cooper; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews; Ethel; Veronica Lodge
Everything Betty tries to eat tastes terrible.
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Betty and Veronica Best Friends Forever
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Free Spirit Fashions

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Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
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Veronica
Veronica Lodge
Fashion page
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Fernando Ruiz (signed)
Bob Smith (signed)
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Josie and the Pussycats
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Cover Story

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Frank Doyle (credited)
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous
Josie
Josie; Melody; Valerie; Harold Dinglehoffer; Beatrice
Melody goes ice skating for the first time.
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Alex
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The Swingers

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Credits
Frank Doyle (credited)
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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humorous
Josie and the Pussycats
Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine; Valerie Brown; Alexander Cabot; Alexandra Cabot
Alex and Alexandra decide to video tape a Pussycats song to show potential candidates.
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Give a Girl a Break

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Dan DeCarlo
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Barry Grossman
Bill Yoshida
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Josie
Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine
Josie has a solution to Melody's case of the dropsies.
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Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits printed in this digest.
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Good Skates

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Mike Pellowski (credited)
Jeff Shultz (credited)
Henry Scarpelli (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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humorous
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Archie challenges Reggie to an ice skating race across the pond.
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Craig Boldman (signed)
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
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humorous
Archie
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
It's supershopper, off to the stores again!
Veronica buys herself a red carpet.
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Party Pooped!

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Mike Pellowski (credited)
Dan Parent (credited)
Jim Amash (credited)
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Jack Morelli (credited)
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humorous
Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Chuck Clayton; Nancy Woods; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Betty Cooper
Veronica has a party at her house but Mr. Lodge can't wait until the teenagers leave.
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Archie Marries Betty & Veronica
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Subscription form for Life With Archie magazine.
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Betty's Dream Fashions

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Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
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Betty
Betty Cooper
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Archie the Married Life
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Make-Up Word Find

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Betty
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Find the words puzzle.
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Sabrina
Sabrina
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Tooth or Consequences

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Mike Gallagher (credited)
Dave Manak (credited)
Jon D'Agostino (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Vickie Williams (credited)
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humorous
Sabrina
Sabrina; Salem; Aunt Hilda; Tooth Fairy; Slugloaf
Sabrina becomes a tooth fairy for a night.
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Sabrina the Animated Series Graphic Novel
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Reflect on This!

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Mike Pellowski (credited)
Jeff Shultz (credited)
Mike Esposito (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous
Betty and Veronica
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mangle; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Reggie scoffs at Betty and Jughead's apparent belief that Betty's compact mirror has magical abilities.
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Craig Boldman (signed)
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
Henry Scarpelli (signed)
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humorous
Archie
Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
What do you want to do today?
Veronica gets Archie to give the girls a ride.
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Keep It In the Family

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Dan Parent (credited)
Dan Parent (credited)
Jim Amash (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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humorous
Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Gladys (Hermione's sister); Smithers; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Dilton Doily; Reggie Mantle
Veronica is embarrassed by her Aunt Gladys who is a truck driver.
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Two-part story.
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The Magic of Sabrina the Teenage Witch

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Ball Brawl

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Mr. Lodge
Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Archie Andrews
Smithers brings Mr. Lodge a platter of snowballs to use on Archie.
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Fernando Ruiz (signed)
Jon D'Agostino (signed)
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Li'l Jinx
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Quick on the Draw

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Joe Edwards (signed)
Joe Edwards (signed)
Joe Edwards (signed)
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humorous
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx; Greg; Gigi; Russ; Roz; Charley Hawse
Li'l Jinx dreams she's a character in a comic book.
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Think Spring

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Joe Edwards (signed)
Joe Edwards (signed)
Joe Edwards (signed)
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humorous
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx; Greg
In the middle of winter, Greg has his mind on baseball.
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Think Thank

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Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
Joe Edwards
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humorous
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Charley gets a call thanking him for a party he never attended.
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Only Thing To Do!

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Joe Edwards (signed)
Joe Edwards (signed)
Joe Edwards (signed)
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humorous
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx
Li'l Jinx is having one of those days, so she goes back to bed.
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Little Archie and the Power Pets
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No Big Deal

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Holly Golightly [as Holly G] (credited)
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Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
Subject Matter
humorous
Betty & Veronica
Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Nancy Woods; Midge Klump; Veronica Lodge
Betty plans to get the upper hand with Veronica at her latest sleep-over.
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Ordinary People

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Mike Pellowski (credited)
Tim Kennedy (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Veronica wants to change her ways and be an ordinary person.
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Sweet Switch

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George Gladir (credited)
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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humorous
Betty and Veronica
Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Brian Blade (Canadian figure skater)
Veronica switches her school paper assignment with Betty's assignment because she wants to interview Brian Blade.
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Jim DeCarlo is credited with inks in the original.
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Archie Freshman Year
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The Big Surprise!

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George Gladir (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
John Lowe (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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humorous
Betty
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Ethel Muggs; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Cheryl Blossom; Ms. Beazly
The girls are discussing what their boyfriends could do to surprise them.
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Paul Oswald (signed)
Paul Oswald (signed)
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Cheryl Blossom
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Don't Rain On My Parade!

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Dan Parent (credited); Frank Doyle (credited)
Stan Goldberg (credited)
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Bill Yoshida (credited)
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humorous
Cheryl Blossom
Cheryl Blossom; Jason Blossom; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Birdie Birdwell; The Governor; Miss Brown
Cheryl and her brother Jason plan to upstage the Archies at a local parade, and think back to the last time they tried a similar plan.
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This appears to be two stories combined into one. Pages 5 thru 15 are titled "The Governor's Gig" and may come from a stand-alone story of that name with the rest of this story added before and after.
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The Best of Archie Comics
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Keep 'Em Guessing

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Betty
Betty Cooper
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Unscramble the code puzzle.
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Betty and Veronica Storybook
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Betty in Wonderland

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Dan Parent (credited)
Dan Parent (credited)
Jim Amash (credited)
Barry Grossman (credited)
Teresa Davidson (credited)
Subject Matter
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; The Andersons; The Anderson kids
While babysitting for the Andersons, Betty tells the children a variation of "Alice in Wonderland", casting herself as Alice and her friends in various roles.
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Betty and Veronica Storybook
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Everything's Archie
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Download the Archie Comics App for free!
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Inside back cover.
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Stan Lee's Mighty 7
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