(1958)
Archie,
1953 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 82
- Indicia Frequency
- annual
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Editing
- Harry Shorten
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boys always think they're doing fine by throwing out the same old line!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews (as a fish); Reggie Mantle (as a fish); Jughead Jones (as a crab)
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica sit on a pier, fishing for aquatic life that bear a resemblance to their male friends.
- Keywords
- fishing
Poor Little Rich Girl
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- When Betty falls and hits her head at the Lodge Mansion, she gets the inspiration to pretend she thinks she's Veronica, hoping it will let her get a few dates with Archie.
- Reprints
A Matter of Degree
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Elvis
- Synopsis
- Sick of Jughead's nasty comments about them because they're women, Betty and Veronica dress up as men to see if he'll react differently to them.
- Reprints
-
in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #59 (November 1983) - in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #20 (November 1993)
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Scent-sational
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica comes down with a virus and can't make the dance, so Betty volunteers to substitute and accompany Archie. When Veronica discovers Archie is allergic to her new $60 an ounce perfume, she gives it to Betty so Archie won't get too close.
Rash Promise
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica forces Archie to ask Betty out on a pity date. Then the school moves the Fall Festival dance to that evening. Rather than go back on her word, Veronica tries to use Betty's naive suggestibility to convince her that she's too sick to keep the date.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #2 (November 1965) which is reprinted
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #60 (August 1992) [with "Archie" logo]
- in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #27 (December 1983)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #60 (August 1992)
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Safety Worst
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie takes Betty for a ride in his new sports car, despite her doubts that the car is safe.
Tracked Down
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Reggie feeds Archie a sports scoop for the school paper.
Sheer Nonsense
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Alice
- Synopsis
- When Veronica insults Betty over her cheap, coarse stockings, Jughead gets an idea to give Betty a measure of payback.
- Reprints
- in Archie: The Best of Dan DeCarlo (IDW, 2010 series) #2 (March 2011)
- in Archie: Best of Dan DeCarlo Treasury Edition (IDW, 2012 series) (February 2012)
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Triple Threat
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- In order to break up a shopping trip that Veronica has commanded Archie to attend, Betty plants two man-hungry coeds at the store and tells them that Archie is available.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #198 (July 2003)
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[no title indexed]
Fun Page / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Various word scramble and word fill-in puzzles.
Clean Defeat
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Clayton
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica compete to impress a handsome professional cleaner getting the Lodge Mansion in shape for Veronica's party.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #44 (September 1990)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #53 (September 1995)
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Sweater Boy
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Veronica buys a sweater for Archie. Unfortunately, it matches the sweater Betty just bought for herself and now everyone assumes Archie and Betty are going steady.
Gown and Out
Betty and Veronica / text story / 3 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- When Betty finds out that Veronica plans to wear the original gown she bought a copy of to the big dance, she hatches a plan to keep her friend from attending the dance all together.
Indexer Notes
The text illustration on page two is a cropped reprint of the Betty figure from the cover of Archie's Girls, Betty And Veronica #27. The other two illustrations may also be cropped reprints from other previously printed stories.
Sea Sore Affair
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
Tattler-Tale
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty notices the society page in the school paper is dominated by Veronica. Jughead shows her why.
Paint It the Truth
Moose / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Moose has started painting landscapes in oil. He's also selling everything he paints, mainly by threatening the other students if they don't buy.
Switchcraft
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- When Archie begins giving Veronica flowers for no reason, Betty hints to her that he's probably got another girl on the side. Then when Veronica blows up at him, Betty hints to Archie she did it because she's got another guy on the side.
Daffy-Nitions
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Humorous definitions of common words, based on the lives of Betty and Veronica.
[no title indexed]
Fun Page / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Various puzzles and activities, including a lesson on how to draw Archie.
Maiden Missed
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Midge Klump; Alice
- Synopsis
- When Veronica detects traces of a different perfume on Archie, she surreptitiously enlists the help of Betty, Archie, Reggie and Jughead to help her track down what girl he's been cuddling up to.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #51 (October 1991)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Boys always think they're doing fine by throwing out the same old line!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Poor Little Rich Girl
Betty and Veronica -
2.
A Matter of Degree
Betty and Veronica -
3.
Scent-sational
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Rash Promise
Betty and Veronica -
5.
Safety Worst
Betty -
6.
Tracked Down
Archie -
7.
Sheer Nonsense
Betty and Veronica -
8.
Triple Threat
Betty and Veronica -
9.
[no title indexed]
Fun Page -
10.
Clean Defeat
Betty and Veronica -
11.
["Leaders In Laughs"]
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12.
Sweater Boy
Betty and Veronica -
13.
Gown and Out
Betty and Veronica -
14.
Sea Sore Affair
Veronica -
15.
Tattler-Tale
Betty and Veronica -
16.
Paint It the Truth
Moose -
17.
Switchcraft
Betty and Veronica -
18.
Daffy-Nitions
Betty and Veronica -
19.
[no title indexed]
Fun Page -
20.
Maiden Missed
Betty and Veronica
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- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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