ARCHIE COMICS DIGESTS

BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #153

Written by Melanie J. Morgan, art by Steven Butler.

If you haven't heard about ³Bad Boy Trouble Yet,² you haven't been paying attention! "Bad Boy Trouble" is the ground-breaking story that began in Betty & Veronica Double Digest #151 and caused quite a stir, because it features Riverdale's teens in a whole new look! That's right, the flagship characters of Archie Comics are getting an extreme makeover, and the buzz is deafening! Is wild man Nick St. Clair the misunderstand romantic he's convinced Veronica he is, or the wolf in biker's clothing that her friends think he is? All will be revealed in the pages of Betty & Veronica Digest.

Digest format, $3.69, in stores on July 4.

TALES FROM RIVERDALE DIGEST #22

Written and art by Fernando Ruiz and various.

"Civil Chores Part One" is a story that may just set the Riverdale teens asunder! When Archie goes on strike to protest the many chores/low allowance imbalance, he finds he has a lot of allies prepared to join him in his cause. But when Jughead realizes a raise for Archie means more dates with the girls and less time to hang with him, he forms an uneasy alliance with Riverdale's sneakiest and shiftiest. Will these monetary politics prove to be a triumph or tribulation for Riverdale's teens?

Digest format, $2.49, in stores on July 11.

JUGHEAD & FRIENDS DIGEST #22

Written by George Gladir, art by Bill Glavan.

The debut of artist Bill Galvan! In 2006 Archie Comics conducted portfolio reviews in search of new talent. Bill showed up at the San Diego Comic-Con with portfolio in hand and homemade Jughead shirt on back, and before too long his desire to render the misadventures of the crowned one was evident! Impressed by Galvan's pencil samples, the Archie management team hired Galvan as their newest artist, and his first-published work appears in Jughead & Friends #22. In "Mission Improbable," a story written by George Gladir, Jughead is helping his mother manage their booth at the bake sale. Do the delicious desserts stand a chance of being sold with Jughead around? You won't believe the outrageous lengths Jughead goes to "take the cake!"

Digest format, $2.49, in stores on July 25.