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Issue: Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #17
Publication Date: March 1955
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Issues: #17 of 347 Issues (359 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 21 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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FlagB&V Friends Double Digest Magazine #237 [Direct Edition] published February 2014 as Memories [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
First Line: What's that, Betty? A television antenna with legs?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four-panel story.
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Bigger and Bitter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Vigoda
Penciller(s): George Frese
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones (cameo); Reggie Mantle (cameo); Adrian (photographer)
Synopsis: Betty is going to give Archie a professional photo of herself for his birthday. Veronica finds out and goes to the same photographer and has a much larger photo made of herself. The sympathetic photographer finds a way for Betty to come out ahead.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (2016 series) (Archie) #4.
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fun Page
First Line: What's This?
Synopsis: Activity page: What's This?, Draw Me, Color Me, Draw the Design, Finish the Faces, Picture Words
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: No characters appear.
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Snooty Cuties!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Veronica invites Archie to a party she's hosting for some high-class girls. He thinks he's doing fine until he overhears them making fun of him.
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Pages: 2
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Woggon
Penciller(s): Bill Woggon
Inker(s): Bill Woggon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Katy Keene Jokes
Character(s): Katy Keene; Sis
First Line: Sis! What do you want to take your castor oil with?
Synopsis: Two single panel jokes: Taking castor oil with a fork and Sis wants a rabbit to help her with her arithmetic.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Jokes and fashions by Ellen Dobson (San Francisco, Calif.) and Patricia Meagher (Richmond, Va.).
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Woggon
Penciller(s): Bill Woggon
Inker(s): Bill Woggon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sis the Candy Kid
Character(s): Sis; Bertha
First Line: Somebody's at the door!
Synopsis: Bertha complains about Sis's grammar.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Three-panel strip plus a panel of jokes. Fashions and jokes by Joanne Kingdom (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), Patricia Gantes (San Diego, Calif.), Lenda Norcross (Snyder, Texas), K. Ron Zabo (Parma, Ohio), and Raymond Morales (Lubbock, Texas).
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Wiser Adviser

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Vigoda
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie gets mad when Betty knows more than he does. Jughead advises Betty to play dumb the next time she sees him, but that backfires.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2.75
Disclose Notes: Credits from the reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest #237.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jughead
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Wonder what it's like to be married to the same man for fifty years?
Synopsis: Looking at an elderly couple on a park bench, Veronica wonders what it would be like to be married for many years.
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Pages: 0.25
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Parents, Teachers, Pupils All Agree!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Comics
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Generic promo for Archie comics. Illustrated, but no characters appear.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Al Capp]
Penciller(s): ? [as Al Capp]
Inker(s): ? [as Al Capp]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil
Character(s): Fearless Fosdick; Anyface; Enzio
First Line: That giraffe stole my diamond necklace!
Synopsis: A giraffe swallows a woman's diamond necklace. Fosdick thinks the giraffe is the criminal "Anyface."
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Ad in comic format for Wildroot Cream-Oil hair dressing. Signed "Al Capp," but probably is by his studio.
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On the Other Foot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): Herb Holmdale
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Terry Szenics
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Reggie reads that a shoe store has a case of shoes only for the right foot. Betty remembers that Jughead bought a grab bag box at an auction that only had left foot shoes. Reggie and Betty are able to acquire both boxes, but it doesn't work out as intended.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Veronica does not appear. Credits from the reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest #237.
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Plots to You

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Veronica refuses to talk to Archie and he doesn't have any idea why.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text story with two-panel header.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Woggon
Penciller(s): Bill Woggon
Inker(s): Bill Woggon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Debby's Diary
Character(s): Debby; Oliver; Wagner Twins
First Line: Dear diary: I need eight more dollars to invest...
Synopsis: Debby wants to earn some money for an investment. She gets a baby-sitting job, but needs some help from her father.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Fashions by Phyllis Cousino (Erie, Mich.), Phyllis Farrington, (North Fairfield, Ohio), Betty Palmer (Troy, N.Y.), Ruth Leith (Toledo, Ohio), Lola Gravitt (Sunland, Calif.), Bernice Ashferd (Weston, Ontario, Canada), and Carole Peterson (St. Petersburg, Fla.).
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Memories

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Veronica
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Archie and Veronica are listening to records. Songs bring back good memories for Veronica and bad memories for Archie.
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Pages: 1
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The Hic Parade

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Betty tries to cure Veronica of the hiccups.
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Pages: 2.75
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Reggie
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: What are you two pondering about?
Synopsis: Reggie gives a suggestion for a motto for the girls sorority house.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
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Number Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Samm Schwartz [as Samm.] (signed)
Inker(s): Samm Schwartz [as Samm.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Betty thinks Archie "has Veronica's number" after she broke a date with him to go with Reggie. She's horrified when Archie takes a hammer to Veronica's house.
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Pages: 2.5
Disclose Notes: "Has her number" is slang for "knows the true story."
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Samm Schwartz ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, war
Feature(s): Reggie
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: I'm throwing a big party!
Synopsis: Reggie throws a party. Reggie tells a joke that ends in a pun on Tibet.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Two jokes in unusual format. One is three panels presented as the page of an partially-open comic book. The other is head shots and text presented in negative (yellow on black) format.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Giant Series
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Calling all kids!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Jughead Annual #3 and Betty and Veronica Annual #3. Covers are depicted, along with original artwork.
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One of Those Daze

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: No matter what Reggie says to Moose about Midge, he gets beaten up.
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Pages: 3
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth; Curtis Candy Co.
First Line: Delicious for Folks of Action!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Western-themed cartoon ad for Baby Ruth candy bars. Curtiss Candy Company.

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