Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 36
On-sale Date: 1960-09-04
Editing: ?
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Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Let go, Ronnie! You’ve had Archie on a string long enough!
  • Keywords:marionette; puppet
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Issue Data

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

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

The Puppet Masters
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Synopsis:
Veronica admits to Betty and Reggie that she sees Archie as her puppet.
Reprints (4)

Top Draw!
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Shrimpy / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
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Synopsis:
Marlon draws on fences for ten blocks to make the world's longest mural.

Indexer Notes

The Marlon character is called Brando in other stories. Joe Harold is probably Joe Edwards.

Sign Language
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Archie / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Liz; Gwen; Alice
Synopsis:
Veronica tells Archie all the current fashion fads relating to going steady.
Reprints (1)

Leg Work
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Synopsis:
Mr. Lodge forces Veronica to clean the pool when he finds her and Betty wearing shorts in the business district of town.
Reprints (3)

Take This Free Gift...
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Archie's Pals 'n' Gals / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Unteachable
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Synopsis:
Veronica tries to teach Betty to be more cold towards boys. The lessons don't work.
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The Civil War
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text article / 1 page

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typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction
Synopsis:
A brief article about the U.S. Civil War with an accompanying illustration.
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The Awful Truth
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Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Synopsis:
Veronica manages to park her sports car at the bottom of her swimming pool.

Dial Trial
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Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page

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  • Genre:humor; teen
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Synopsis:
Miss Grundy complains when Veronica has a telephone line installed at her school desk.

Dry Run
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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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Synopsis:
Veronica tries to convince Betty that she can navigate around the lake blindfolded.
Reprints (1)
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Let go, Ronnie! You’ve had Archie on a string long enough!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. The Puppet Masters
    Betty and Veronica
  3. Top Draw!
    Shrimpy
  4. Sign Language
    Archie
  5. Leg Work
    Betty and Veronica
  6. Take This Free Gift...
    Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
  7. The Unteachable
    Betty and Veronica
  8. The Civil War
  9. The Awful Truth
    Veronica
  10. Dial Trial
    Veronica
  11. Dry Run
    Betty and Veronica
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  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Lou Mazzella
  • Enrico Menin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jaime Weinman
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