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Issue: Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #51

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Publication Date: March 1960

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Detail

Issues: #51 of 347 Issues (382 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Archie Publications, Inc.

Brand: Archie Series

Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.

On Sale Date: 12/31/1959

Volume: none

Pages: 36

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 12 (9 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s):

Notes: On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

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Format

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:

Reprinted In3

1 Content Item
- The Giant Anteater [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]0

reprinted as/ in another Issue.

2 Content Items
- [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]1
- Sweet and Lovely [Story on Interior Page(s)]1

reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Title Page

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Content Items (12 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

First Line: Trying It On

Synopsis: Both Betty and Veronica attempt to don a coat while Archie holds it.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Archie: The Best of Harry Lucey #1 published August 2011
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Sporting Chance

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Synopsis: When Mr. Lodge hears Betty's lament that she can't compete for Archie against Veronica's money, he gives her money equal to Veronica's weekly allowance so they'll be on equal terms for one week.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Please Rush Slowly

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Synopsis: Archie makes a pass at Betty.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.5

Marriage Mirage

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Synopsis: Jughead gives his opinion on marriage.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.5

My Fortune for a Fortune

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Character(s): Swami Riba

Synopsis: Betty gets her fortune told.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.5

Calling All Spacemen

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Character(s): his friend

Synopsis: Leroy spots some aliens in a hairdressers.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 0.5

Out-Dated

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Synopsis: Veronica breaks her date with Archie because he's broke. When Betty hears this, she goes running to him, cash in hand, ready to replace Veronica.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

First Line: Wake Up

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Advertisement for the Archie Comics Annuals line.

Crazy, Man, Crazy

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Synopsis: Reggie and Betty hatch a plot where Betty pretends she's lost her mind, hoping Archie will feel sorry for her and dump Veronica for her.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 4

The Giant Anteater

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: informational, non-fiction

Synopsis: Article on the giant anteater.

Reprinting

In Issue:

Archie Comics Digest #61 published August 1983

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Chew Chew

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Synopsis: Jinx makes lunch for Greg.

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Sweet and Lovely

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: teen

Synopsis: Betty unintentionally manages to get everyone else in trouble.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Archie Comics Digest #18 published June 1976
as Sweet and Lovely [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: Among the absentee students Miss Grundy names on page 3 are (Frank) Doyle, (Joe) Edwards, and (Victor) Gorelick, all of whom were Archie Comics contributors at the time. She also names Javits, perhaps a reference to Jacob Javits, US Senator from New York at the time.