Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #215

When two new students arrive at Riverdale High, Betty and Veronica make an earnest effort to welcome them—only to find their kindness met with quiet wariness. As the girls navigate the unfamiliar terrain of first impressions, a quiet tension emerges between friendship and suspicion.

When Betty is hospitalized due to exhaustion, Veronica steps up to prove she’s her best friend by volunteering as a candy striper—only to bring her usual chaos to the hospital halls. Amid the beeping machines and sterile corridors, her antics test the limits of patience, friendship, and just how much trouble one well-meaning teen can cause.

In "Foolish Fashion Victims," Veronica dives deep into her term paper on fashion history, letting her usual style take a backseat as her obsession grows. Her transformation doesn't go unnoticed, especially by Betty, who's quick to point out the changes—though not all reactions are as friendly as she expects.

Veronica Lodge, still smarting from Mr. Lodge’s lecture about humility, decides to prove she’s not the snob he claims she is—by starting an "equality club" that promises to level the playing field at Riverdale High. But when her plan to make everyone equal ends up highlighting just how different they all are, she finds herself questioning whether true fairness is even possible.

Betty Cooper finds herself humming a familiar tune, one that carries memories of shared moments with Archie Andrews—until Veronica Lodge, ever perceptive, starts singing the same song. The melody, light and nostalgic, suddenly feels charged, a quiet echo between two girls who’ve both held a place in Archie’s heart.

When Mr. Lodge and the gang journey to Peru to investigate a mysterious emerald mine, they stumble into a forgotten temple and a centuries-old ritual—where Jughead and Veronica are unexpectedly "married" by ancient Incas, setting off a race against time before the sacred ceremony turns deadly.

In "This Old Mansion," Veronica takes over redecorating the Lodge estate, her endless redesigns pushing everyone to their limits. When Archie visits, his usual clumsiness sets off a chain of mishaps that finally drives both him and Veronica out of the house.