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Genres: teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones

First Line: Betty, you've got it all wrong! You're just supposed to go up to Archie and say, long live the king!

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Pages: 1

Kiss and Yell!

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Genres: teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate

First Line: Veronica isn't the only pebble on the beach, Archie -- there are lots of nice girls around!

Synopsis: Veronica gets mad at Archie because she thinks he has been unfaithful. After Betty and Jughead convince Veronica to invite Archie over and make amends, Archie runs into an all-girl orchestra and shows up on Veronica's doorstep covered in lipstick.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Lingerie and bubble bath panels.

The Losing Battle

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Genres: teen

Character(s): Jughead Jones; Judy

First Line: Mush!

Synopsis: Jughead forms a platonic friendship with the man-hating Judy, but when they kiss good night to prove how disgusting kissing is, Judy falls in love with Jughead.

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Feature(s): Pep Fun Page

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Includes optical illusion, rebus, word puzzle, and maze.

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

First Line: Some figures, eh, Reggie?

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Advertisement for Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) comparing Betty and Veronica's figures to the sales figures for each issue (3 million).

Suit Yourself

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Suzie; Ferdie; Gregory Van Dripp

First Line: But gosh Suzie, I was counting on taking you to this dance!

Synopsis: After Ferdie and Gregory both split their pants at Suzie's house, they leave wearing oversized pants and a dress, respectively. Gregory pretends that Ferdie stole his purse so that Ferdie will be arrested and unable to take Suzie to the dance. After getting out of jail, Ferdie gets Gregory back by swiping his suit at the dance.

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Pages: 6

Notes: When reprinted in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #45, pencils are erroneously credited to George Frese. They match Schwartz's pencils, and Schwartz was the primary artist on Suzie at the time.

Handle With Care

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Genres: teen

Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Laurie Lake; Commodore Lake

First Line: Boy Laurie, it's a pleasure when your dad is out of town on business!

Synopsis: Wilbur picks up Laurie's father at the train station and comes up with a solution for his mishandled luggage.

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Feature(s): Pep Puzzle Page

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

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Notes: Includes jigsaw fun, triplets, and crossword fun.

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Feature(s): From Hollywood

Character(s): Archie Andrews

First Line: Scott Has Reason To Name Golf His Favorite Game

Synopsis: Gossip about Hollywood movies and their stars.

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Character(s): Archie Andrews

First Line: Look what you get by joining the Archie Club, boys and girls!

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Promo for Archie Club membership with first-prize report from Joe Bill Peno (Jasper, TX) on his stamp collecting hobby and club and second-prize report from Jacqueline Gifford (Wilton, CT) on a play performed by her Archie Club.

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Genres: humorous

Character(s): Katy Keene; Sis; Randy Van Ronson III; K.O. Kelly; Gloria Grandbilt

First Line: As our story begins Katy is checking her date book..

Synopsis: After being double booked for dates with Randy and K.O., Katy gets K.O. to reluctantly take Randy's cousin Gloria as a double date, not realizing that the Gloria who Randy remembers from five years ago (with pigtails, freckles, and braces) has grown up into an attractive woman.

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Pages: 7

Notes: Katy's pillow, gown, etc. by Celeste Joy (St. Petersburg, FL); Katy's lounging pajamas by Gloria Barnes (Tulare, CA); Katy's pillow by Barbara Ann Carroll (Franklin, MA); Randy's sport outfit by Marjorie Ford (Rutland, VT); Sis's lounging pajamas by Barbara McKaig (Skokie, IL); K.O. Kelly's sport jacket by Mary Tomassi (Tampa 6, FL); K.O.'s sweater, slack, and shoes by Ronna Rae Riley (Allentown, PA); riding habits by Ruth Sarhan (Miami, FL); Katy's dressing table and lamps by Mary Lou Prieto (Compton, CA); Katy's negligee by Wanda Tolen (Kansas, IL); Katy's gown by Mary Vinson (Antioch, CA); Sis's dress by Darlean Haggard (Bolivar, MO); Gloria's gown by Janet Stewart (Bedford, IN); Randy's car by Bobby Seth (Tampa 9, FL); Gloria's beach outfit by Johnnie Ruiz (Fresno 1, CA).

In this story, Katy and K.O. have yet to meet Gloria, despite Gloria having already appeared in several stories; this story was likely published out of order.

Katy Fashions

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Character(s): Katy Keene

Synopsis: Katy Keene paper doll with fashion accessories.

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Notes: Designs by Lenda Norcross (Snyder, TX); Betty York (Silver Spring, MD); Marlene Vilas (San Francisco 16, CA); Marlene Barber (Everett, WA); Patty Fanning (Celina, OH); and Carol Reed (Bremerton, WA).

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Includes naming famous person whose birthday is listed, maze to go from A to Z between hearts, riddle, science trick, and word puzzle.

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Suzie; Wilbur Wilkin; Katy Keene; Debby Twist

First Line: Old devil "gloom" got you down? Let Laugh Comics chase him away... in a hurry!

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Notes: Promo for Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) featuring an anthropomorphic issue of Laugh chasing away the Devil.

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Feature(s): Betty Fun Page

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews

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Pages: 0.5

Notes: Includes unscrambling Archie's five favorite school subjects, riddles on parade, rebus, drawing man, and finishing drawing of house.

Spell Bound

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Genres: childrens

Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Bill Bubblegum [Hap Holliday]; Merry Bubblegum [Merry Holliday]; Janie

First Line: There's a good P-I-C-T-U-R-E P-L-A-Y-I-N-G D-O-W-N-T-O-W-N! Think we can go??

Synopsis: Li'l Jinx wants to learn how to spell and ends up thinking that a spelling bee has something to do with a bee hive.

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Pages: 5.33

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Synopsis: Names and addresses of other readers to exchange letters with.

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Pages: 0.67

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

First Line: Join the big parade to our brand new comic magazine, Archie's Pals 'n' Gals starring Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica, and Reggie!

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Notes: Promo for Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #1.

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Suzie; Ginger Snapp; Super Duck; Wilbur Wilkin; Katy Keene

First Line: You can always judge a person by the company he keeps, kids!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Promo for Archie Comics publications. Inside back cover.