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Issue: B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine #225
Publication Date: July 2012
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Issues: #225 of 78 Issues (106 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: Newsstand
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Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: The Archie LibraryView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 164
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UPC/EAN: 07189646855725
Price: $3.99 USD
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52 (29 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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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
First Line: Archie, I'm hoping you'll see a lot of me this summer!
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First Line: The Archie App. Download it for free.
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A Ribiting Experience

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Midge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: Archie gives Veronica a cement frog for her garden. Veronica hates it and tries to find a way to get rid of it.
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Always On Our Mind

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Ms. Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Midge; Moose Mason; Cheryl Blossom; Dilton Doily; Archie Andrews; Nancy; Chuck Clayton; Mr. Weatherbee; Hal Cooper; Mrs. Cooper; Mrs. Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis: Everyone daydreams of their fantasies.
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A Hair Affair

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Maurice (a hair dresser); Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs; Jughead Jones; Jellybean Jones
Synopsis: A hair dresser convinces Veronica that a hideous looking hairstyle is the latest craze in Europe and convinces her to try it.
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Smelling Good!

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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Polly Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Nancy Woods
Synopsis: Betty has a bottle of expensive perfume but she thinks Archie is allergic to it.
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Self-Descriptive Terms!

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: The girls describe bad actions by themselves in terms of the guys.
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Process of Elimination

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Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Mary Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Midge Klump
Synopsis: Veronica suspects that Betty has taken Archie on a picnic and tracks them down.
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First Line: Archie Meets KISS
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Fashions of Fancy

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Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica in various ethnic fashions.
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Feature(s): Josie and the Pussycats
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Litter By Litter

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alan M.; Alexander Cabot III
Synopsis: When Melody goes on an anti-littering campaign, her friends think she's protested by dumping garbage on the steps of City Hall.
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Control Pattern

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Josie; Valerie; Melody; Alan M; Alex; Mr. Manikin
Synopsis: The gang has a contest to make each other laugh.
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Now You See It -- Now You Don't

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Character(s): Josie; Melody
Synopsis: Melody can't decide what to wear to a party.
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First Line: Archie: The Married Life
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Triangle Trouble

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Ochre Wintery; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Smithers; Hiram Lodge; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle; Great Wando
Synopsis: Betty, Veronica and Archie are asked to be on the Ochre Wintery show about love triangles.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews
First Line: Archie's on his way over.
Synopsis: Mr. Lodge has supplies to deal with Archie's clumsiness.
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Catching On

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Midge; Betty Cooper; softball coach
Synopsis: Veronica accidently makes the game-winning catch in a softball game.
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First Line: Archie Marries Betty & Veronica
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Dream Theme

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Betty and Nancy see Archie sleeping in a hammock. Betty decides to dump a bucket of water on him though when she hears him talking in his sleep about kissing Veronica.
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First Line: Kevin Keller in Hardcover
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Veronica's Party Fashions!

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Feature(s): Sabrina
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Running Mate!

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Character(s): Sabrina Spellman; Chloe; Gem Stone; Salem
Synopsis: Gem Stone tries to cheat to beat Chloe in a long-distance race.
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First Line: Sabrina the Animated Series Graphic Novel
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Come and Join the Dance

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Nancy Woods; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Dilton Doiley; Brandy
Synopsis: Veronica discovers that Betty is taking dancing lessons and Veronica decides she needs some also so she can meet the instructors.
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
First Line: I think I'll stop at Archie's house...
Synopsis: Archie can't find his bike.
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The Return of the Elevenaire

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Character(s): Veronica Lodge; The Elevenaire; Cricket O'Dell; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: While having sodas, a mysterious man known as the Elevenaire gives Veronica eleven dollars in cash. When Veronica disappears while taking pictures in the country, Archie enlists Cricket O'Dell -- a girl with the ability to sniff out money and accurately determine how much is there-- to help find Veronica.
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First Line: The Magic of Sabrina the Teenage Witch
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Betty's Fashions

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The Love Goat

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Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse; Greg
Synopsis: Charley tries to sabatoge Greg's date with Li'l Jinx.
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Like Wise

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Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg; Hap Holliday
Synopsis: Greg and Li’l Jinx like the neighbor's new refrigerator.
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Positively Speaking

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Character(s): Mort; Charley Hawse
Synopsis: Mort thinks they are going to lose the game.
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Dog Gone!

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Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis: Greg can't find his dog.
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A Mind Joggler

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Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
Synopsis: Jinx tries to get Charley to jog around the block.
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First Line: Jinx
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Fashion Statement

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Midge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Veronica decides to use her position as a fashion influence at school to mess with the other girls, wearing progressively more outlandish outfits. Jughead points out to the girls how they're being manipulated and they stop following Veronica.
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Dream Come True

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Betty dreams about Archie as he might have been like in other times while waiting for him to come home from summer vacation.
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Temptation

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Writer(s): Frank Doyle (credited)
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman (credited)
Letterer(s): Bill Yoshida (credited)
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Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doily; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica have heard a rumor that there's a bad boy in town, and they want to meet him and try to reform him.
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First Line: Betty and Veronica Friends Forever
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Who Starts These Crazy Rumors Anyway?

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Writer(s): Kathleen Webb (credited)
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Inker(s): Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colorist(s): Barry Grossman (credited)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Mr. Weatherbee; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Betty tracks down the source of a rumor that the Riverdale school is going to close down.
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He-Mail

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Cheryl Blossom; Jason Blossom; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle ; Jughead Jones (cameo); Dilton Doily
Synopsis: Cheryl is e-mailing an anonymous guy and thinks she loves him, when he invites her to the prom where they finally meet.
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First Line: Subscribe Today
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A New Leaf

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Cheryl Blossom; Mrs. Smythe; Dilton Doiley; Pop Tate; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Synopsis: Veronica tries to turn over a new leaf and be calm and serene.
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The Trial of Reggie Mantle

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