Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1956-09-07
Editing: John L. Goldwater (editor); Harry Shorten (managing editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #27 Edit Cover
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Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hi Veronica! How was your date with Archie?
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Synopsis:
Betty sits on the phone, listening to Veronica describe how her date was all wet.

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: Archie Series
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: bi-monthly
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Fancy That
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:teen; humor
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Synopsis:
Veronica tries to sabotage Betty's entry in the Dressmaking and Modeling Contest to assure her own victory.

Surprise Ending
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Betty / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Don't forget, Archie! Dinner at my house tonight!
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Synopsis:
Betty cooks dinner for Archie, but serves him a surprise for dessert.
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Getting the Point
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Archie / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hi cutie! How about giving a new guest a dance?
Characters:
Chuck; miscellaneous unidentified youths
Synopsis:
Tired of failing with the girls in comparison to the rugged Chuck, Archie decides to show the ladies at the resort that he's a he-man, too.
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Katy Keene / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page

Rhyme Nor Reason!
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 3.75 pages

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  • Genre:teen; humor
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Following Reggie's inspiration, Veronica sends in an entry to a soap jingle contest under Betty's name so she'll be disqualified for two entries and Veronica's entry will win.
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Reggie / comic story / 0.25 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jughead's a great half-back!
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Synopsis:
Reggie says Jughead is a great halfback because he only pays back half of what he borrows.
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Who Am I?
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Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jughead, please take it easy on Reggie today!
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Synopsis:
Reggie is not himself today.
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Li'l Jinx / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Marshal Plan!
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:teen; humor
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Synopsis:
Veronica thinks she overhears that Reggie will be Grand Marshal of the Grand Ball and starts playing up to him hoping he'll pick her to be Ball Queen.
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Cherry-ty Bawl
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 3 pages

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  • Genre:teen; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I see you have a booth for the carnival, Jug!
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Synopsis:
Betty tricks Veronica into volunteering to have tarts thrown at her in Jughead's booth at the Riverdale Charity Carnival.
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Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Gags 'N' Gals / text story / 2 pages

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typeset
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The man told the waiter he couldn't pay his bill.
Synopsis:
Collection of joke stories.
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

Meow Meow
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Katy Keene; Sis the Candy Kid / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Bill Woggon (credited)
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Bill Woggon (credited)
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Bill Woggon (credited)
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  • Genre:fashion; romance; teen; humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, Sis, I had a horrible dream!
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Synopsis:
Katy and Sis compare strange dreams.
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Indexer Notes

Nightmare joke by Lucille Young (Portland, OR); poem about Trigger by Carol Dudek (Chicago 8, IL); pony tail joke by Theresa Woolsey (Hugo, OK).

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Sis Puzzles / activity / 0.33 page

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Indexer Notes

Includes connect the dots, juggler dropping balls with letters, and printing names of eight vegetables and fruits.

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Katy's Puzzles / activity / 0.33 page

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Includes filling spaces to complete words, filling in missing words, and combining small words to make 10 large words.

Skiff Tiff
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 4 pages

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Archie builds a small sailboat and the girls compete to get him to name the boat after her.
Reprints (1)
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Hi Veronica! How was your date with Archie?"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. Fancy That
    Betty and Veronica
  3. Surprise Ending
    Betty
  4. Getting the Point
    Archie
  5. ["Meet the queen of the pin-ups ... Katy Keene!"]
    Katy Keene
  6. Rhyme Nor Reason!
    Betty and Veronica
  7. ["Jughead's a great half-back!"]
    Reggie
  8. Who Am I?
    Reggie
  9. ["Happy mirthday to you!"]
    Li'l Jinx
  10. Marshal Plan!
    Betty and Veronica
  11. Cherry-ty Bawl
    Betty and Veronica
  12. ["Your thrill of the year!"]
    Archie
  13. ["The man told the waiter he couldn't pay his bill."]
    Gags 'N' Gals
  14. ["Hey, ARCHer, what do you expect to hit blindfolded?"]
  15. Meow Meow
    Katy Keene; Sis the Candy Kid
  16. [no title indexed]
    Sis Puzzles
  17. [no title indexed]
    Katy's Puzzles
  18. Skiff Tiff
    Betty and Veronica
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