• Genre:humor; fashion; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Isn't it wonderful, Sis? Here we are in a magazine of our very own...

Synopsis:

Having been awarded her own comic book, Katy receives a deluge of letters, phone calls and visits from celebrities. Unfortunately, artist Bill Woggon is so nervous that he spills ink all over their story.

Katy's well-wishers on the splash page include: actors Robert Young, Tim Holt, George Brent, Gloria Grahame, Jane Greer, Robert Ryan, William Talman, and Mack Sennett; film director William Russell; film producer Jack Gross; writers Jack DeWitt, John Dalton, M.P. Wentworth, Don Quinn, Mildred Cram, and Audrey Ovington; singers Cliffie Stone, Andy Parker and the Plainsmen, and Tex Williams; Allen Saunders and Bill Woggon's brother Elmer, creators of "Steve Roper"; Don Dean, former MLJ artist and Elmer's assistant; Scott Fleming; politicians Mike DiSalle (Toledo mayor) and Norris Montgomery (Santa Barbara mayor); Archie Comics characters Sis, K.O. Kelly, Windy, Randy Van Ronson, Skipper Mason, Archie, Jughead, Reggie, Betty, Veronica, Suzie, Ferdie, Angela, Uncle Blunderbuss, Gregory Van Dripp, Wilbur, Laurie, Linda, Red, Li'l Jinx, Ginger, Debby, Betsy, Super Duck, Cubby, and Fauntleroy; and Archie Comics staffers Harry Shorten, Al Fagaly, Red Holmdale, Bob Montana, Ray Gill, Samm Schwartz, Bill Vigoda, John Goldwater, Louis Silberkleit, and Maurice Coyne.

Pose, etc. by Dixie Korbecki (Hampton, VA); Katy's pose, ensemble and coiffure by Janet Lehmann (Burbank, CA); dress by Norma Smart (Detroit, MI); K.O.'s outfit by Janet Ganteo (Gardenville, NY); sarong and pose by Laretta Candill (Ermine, KY); Hawaiian creation by Rebecca Pruett (Union City, TN); Katy's dress by Nancy Guignet (Lake Worth, FL).

• Genre:fashion; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Here's another page of Katy fashions sent in by Katy Keene readers!

Reprints (1)

• in Archie Annual (Gerald G. Swan, 1951 series) #25 ([April 1959] see notes) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Tennis outfit by Margaret Ann Waltier (Groton, SD); pose and swimsuit by Dale H. Edwards (U.S. Navy); tennis outfit by Harriet Klein (Newark 8, NJ); swim suit by Jean Cornelison (Salisbury, NC); sport outfit by Toba Pato (Bronx, NY); pedal pushers by Barbara Sodd (Louisville, KY); play suit by G. Wanta (Chicago, IL).

• Genre:humor; fashion; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:As our scene opens Katy Keene is in her apartment...
• Keywords:Hollywood

Synopsis:

Swami Rivah tells Katy's fortune and tells her she'll star opposite a great male movie star. Katy's co-star turns out to be Laddie, the collie.

Reprints (1)

• in Archie Annual (Gerald G. Swan, 1951 series) #25 ([April 1959] see notes) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Pose and gown by Roy Hergenroeder (Fresno, CA); Katy's negligee by Yvonne Johnson (Omar, WV); pajamas on Sis by Gloria Trevino (Detroit 4, MI); Katy's ensemble by Sun Kleinschmidt (Granite City, IL); dress on Sis by Rebecca Nipp (New Castle, IN); beach dress by Helene Hammontree (Las Animas, CO).

• Genre:fashion; teen

Jacket and slacks by Patsy Miller (Altoona, PA); practice costume by Agnes Rocca (New York, NY); shorts and shirt by Barbara Kuntz (Box 67, NY); beach coat and swim suit by Julie (Hazleton, PA); pose and Hawaiian costume by Sarah Garrison (Waynesville, NC).

• Genre:humor; fashion; teen

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:I see in the movie column where Jack Benny, Loretta Young...
• Keywords:Brown Derby; Hollywood

Synopsis:

Katy and Sis head to the Brown Derby, hoping Katy will be noticed by a big movie producer. Katy talks into a phone at the table to seem like she's in high demand, but is embarrassed when a waiter observes her phone isn't plugged in.

Reprints (1)

• in Archie Annual (Gerald G. Swan, 1951 series) #25 ([April 1959] see notes) [Reprinted in black and white.]

Katy's ensemble by Emily Cropper (Salisbury, MD); summer dress by Nancy Aycock (San Leandro, CA); play suit on Sis by Lois Ackerman (Santa Cruz, CA); Katy's ensemble by Norma Schwab (Cincinnati 19, OH); outfit on Sis by Beverly Voldseth (Sioux Falls, SD).

• Genre:humor; fashion; teen

• Keywords:Hollywood

Synopsis:

Katy tries to wear an outfit which will draw her publicity. Instead, surrealist artist Slavador Dolly asks to paint her. Katy is outraged by the surrealist picture she inspires.

Reprints (2)

• in Archie Annual (Gerald G. Swan, 1951 series) #25 ([April 1959] see notes) [Reprinted in black and white.]
• in Frisky Frolics (Robin Snyder and Steve Ditko, 2021 series) #35 (Winter 2021-22)

Splash page outfit by E. Nelson Bridwell (Oklahoma City 3, OK) who would eventually become a writer on Katy Keene; Katy's pajamas by Thelma Yeagley (Salina, KS); Sis's pajamas by Karen Turlay (National City, CA); "unusual outfit" by Ann Stewart (Westcliffe, CO); ballerina outfit by Margie Mack (Haverhill, MA); pirate outfit by Gladys Herndon (Culdesac, ID); majorette outfit by Myrtle Hamilton (Yates Center, KS); cowgirl outfit by Shizue Okamoto (Seabrook, NJ); fairy outfit by Phyllis Vertreese (Wichita, KS); Hawaiian outfit by Lucy Gatliff (New London, OH); Sis' majorette outfit by Mary Jane Pissott (Wilkes-Barre, PA); Katy's dress by Gary Lindner (Port Washington, WI).