Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
#54
[British]
(June 1960)
Archie,
1950 Series
- Price
- 9d [0-0-9 GBP]
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1960
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Harry Shorten
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #54.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I trust Archie!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Sally (Archie's cousin)
- Synopsis
- Archie is walking a pretty girl around and Veronica isn't upset in the least.
Indexer Notes
The cover is the splash page from the first interior story. The background has been modified slightly and the drawing has been added on at the bottom. There are no word balloons in the splash panel.
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"I Trust Him!" (As Far As I Can Throw Him!)
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Sally (Archie's cousin); Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- To the disbelief of everyone, Archie is escorting a beautiful young woman around Riverdale and Veronica isn't the least bit concerned.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- cousin; family tree; Fourth Wall
Indexer Notes
Both Betty and Jughead break "the fourth wall" and address the readers directly during the story. Veronica has detailed files on Archie's relatives and his family tree.
The War of 1812
American Hertitage / text article / 1 page
- Genre
- historical
- Synopsis
- A brief overview of the War of 1812 between the United States and England.
Indexer Notes
Text with 1/3 page illustration.
Curfew Blues
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie objects to Mr. Lodge's curfew demands concerning Veronica.
- Reprints
-
in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #20 (August 1986) - in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #20 (August 1990)
-
- Keywords
- curfew; time clock
Indexer Notes
The Archie faces in this story may be production paste-ups by a different artist.
A Woman's Intuition
Moose / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Moose can't figure out how Midge knows he's following her.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #20 (August 1986)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #20 (August 1990)
-
- Keywords
- newspaper
Chris-Crossed
Betty / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty tries to keep Veronica away from a handsome new boy at Pop's, not knowing that the boy is Veronica's cousin Chris.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #79 (August 1986)
-
- Keywords
- birthday; cousin
Fite Fright
Reggie / comic story / 0.67 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Reggie trains for a boxing match against Moose.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- boxing
Draw Flaw!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Jinx is disappointed by the abstract picture she's painting, confusing her father.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #20 (August 1986)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #20 (August 1990)
-
- Keywords
- abstract painting
Baseballitis
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica is disappointed with Archie's dedication to baseball.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #36 (September 1988)
-
- Keywords
- baseball; telephone
Double Play
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; unidentified spectators
- Synopsis
- Jughead and Archie commiserate about the high school baseball team being short-handed.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #36 (September 1988)
-
- Keywords
- baseball; peanut vendors
Glad To Be Bad
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Mr. Flutesnoot; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- The Riverdale faculty are at wits end over the distraction Veronica is causing among the male students. Betty is depressed because no one is distracted by her.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Dan DeCarlo caricatures himself as one of the students getting into a violent argument over Betty on page 5. The other "students" may be caricatures of other Archie Comics staffers.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I trust Archie!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
"I Trust Him!" (As Far As I Can Throw Him!)
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica -
2.
The War of 1812
American Hertitage -
3.
Curfew Blues
Archie -
4.
A Woman's Intuition
Moose -
5.
Winner Take All
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica -
6.
["They Said It Couldn't Be Done!"]
Archie Annual -
7.
Chris-Crossed
Betty -
8.
Fite Fright
Reggie -
9.
Draw Flaw!
Li'l Jinx -
10.
Baseballitis
Archie -
11.
Double Play
Archie -
12.
Glad To Be Bad
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
- Liam Sturgess
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