(September 1951)

Archie, 1950 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1951-07-17
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Brand
Archie Series [banner]
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor); Harry Shorten (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
Inks
George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Whew! I love the taste of your new lipstick, Veronica!
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Keywords
lipstick; Tunnel of Love

Indexer Notes

Later redrawn for the covers of Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #62 and Archie #222

Date Bait (Table of Contents: 1)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
Inks
George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, beautiful! Wait up! Let me carry those big ol' books for you!
Feature Logo
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Cooper
Synopsis
Jughead comes up with a plan to make Betty seem very popular. The scheme works too well.
Keywords
prom; school paper; telephone

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Archie Annual / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Oui, Oui, Fifi! (Table of Contents: 3)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
Inks
George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
B-Betty -- do you see what I see?
Feature Logo
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Fifi; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis
The new girl from France, Fifi, has the attention of all the boys in the school except for Archie. Betty and Veronica find that hard to believe.
Reprints
Keywords
France; jealousy; poodle

Indexer Notes

Signature is in the last panel. A promo for Jughead Comics is included in a "Wham!" sound effect panel on the last page.

Pardon My Punch (Table of Contents: 4)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
Inks
George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Sorry I have to miss out on the soda session, kids, but they're having tryouts for the baseball team!
Feature Logo
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Coach Kleats; Mrs. Jones
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica decide that Jughead should be on a sports team. The only one with an opening is the boxing team and that works out as well as would be expected.
Keywords
boxing

Too Scent-sitive (Table of Contents: 5)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
Inks
George Frese (signed as Geo Frese)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What's that, Archie?!? You can't come over tonight!?! Oh-h, Archie-ee-ee...
Feature Logo
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews (cameo)
Synopsis
Archie breaks a date with Betty to finish his homework. Betty is upset and decides to drown her sorrows with a big radish, scallion, and onion sandwich. Archie arrives unexpectedly and Betty tries to keep him at a distance because of her bad breath.
Reprints
Keywords
bad breath; homework; onions; radishes; scallions

Indexer Notes

Veronica does not appear.

Betty and Veronica Salute the Teenage Clubs! (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 0.6 page (report information)

Script
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Pencils
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Colors
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Letters
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Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Indexer Notes

A listing of teenage clubs: The Blue Bonnets (Detroit, Mich.), The Bubbelettes (Chicago, Ill.), The Flares (Brooklyn, N.Y), The Ukelettes (Belleville, N.J.), The Hayrides (Detroit, Mich.), The Sub Debs (Little Rock, Ark.), Millers Falls Drum Corps (Millers Falls, Mass.), The Q-T's (Brooklyn, N.Y.), The Y-Teens (Boise, Idaho), C. Y. O. Club St. Mary's (Wharton, N. J.), The Good Deeders (Owensboro, Ky.), The Ukelettes Gang (No. Sacramento, Calif.), The Pigtails (New York, N.Y.), The Flames (Chicago, Ill.), Junior Y Teens (Los Angeles, Calif.), and The Teen Teens (Vancouver, Wash.).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Ginger / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)

Cat and Moose (Table of Contents: 8)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
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Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boys, please! Stop fighting....I'll let you know later.....
Feature Logo
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Betty tries to get Moose to ask Veronica to the dance so that Archie will be too scared to ask Veronica. Moose ends up deciding to take Betty instead, which wasn't part of the plan.

Indexer Notes

In this story, Moose had been dating Lottie Little, but they had broken up. Moose is colored with red hair in this story.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Whew! I love the taste of your new lipstick, Veronica!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Date Bait
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. ["Hello kids! We're back with a brand new Archie Annual #3."]
    Archie Annual
  4. 3. Oui, Oui, Fifi!
    Betty and Veronica
  5. 4. Pardon My Punch
    Betty and Veronica
  6. 5. Too Scent-sitive
    Betty and Veronica
  7. 6. Betty and Veronica Salute the Teenage Clubs!
  8. 7. ["I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with a wonderful gal!"]
    Ginger
  9. 8. Cat and Moose
    Betty and Veronica
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