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Issue: Archie's Girls, Betty and Veronica Annual #8
Publication Date: January 1960
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Issues: #8 of 8 Issues (12 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/29/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 84
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 18 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Volume 14, Part 1, Number 1, Books and Pamphlets, Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals, January-June 1960. Copyright registration number A436126. Copyright given to Close-Up, Inc. Also listed as a part of the Archie Giant Series in the catalog.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding:  
Publishing Format: was ongoing
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: Target for tonight!
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Pages: 1
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Sweet Sorrow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: When Veronica shows Betty a new dress she bought, Betty becomes despondent because Veronica has so much more than she does.
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Pages: 6
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The Kiss-Off

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot
Synopsis: Betty has won a prize of ten kisses from Archie, which she can collect one at a time at any time she wants. Every time she collects a kiss, she turns into a drooling moron, so that some of her teachers think she's smart and others think she's stupid. This complicates matters when she's selected to represent Riverdale High in an inter-school debate.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #41 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1980
as The Kiss-Off [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: A later digest reprint deleted Mr. Weatherbee's line "Professor Flutesnoot has been sniffing too many chemicals."
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Cleaned Up!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis: Li'l Jinx washes up.
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Pages: 1
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Cooking Caper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica overhear Archie and Jughead making nasty remarks about their cooking, and are determined to prove them wrong.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: In this story, Betty is as bad a cook as Veronica. The idea that Betty was a great cook, while it had occasionally appeared, did not take permanent hold until several years later.
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Putting On the Dog!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis: Archie and Veronica try to get an invitation to the home of Calvin Colcash, a man even richer than Mr. Lodge. They think they've found a way in when they find a dog that the Colcash butler lost.
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Pages: 10
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Father Pays Best

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Synopsis: Betty makes a catty remark when Archie says that Veronica knows how to dress.
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Pages: 0.5
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Show Biz

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis: Archie has promised to take Betty anywhere she wants for her birthday, but when she wants to go to the carnival, he says no, driving her into despair over his broken promise.
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Pages: 6
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Star of the Month: James Garner

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica presents
Synopsis: Article on the star of TV's "Maverick."
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Pages: 2
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The Conquest

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica both go to extremes trying to chase after a handsome new boy.
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Pages: 6
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Sorry, Right Number

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagArchie: The Best of Dan DeCarlo #3 published December 2011
as Sorry, Right Number [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.5
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Secretly Speaking

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Betty thinks Veronica blabbed a secret to Midge.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie: The Best of Dan DeCarlo #3 published December 2011
as Secretly Speaking [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.5
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Great Skate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Betty tries to break up Archie and Veronica's skating date on the frozen pond by causing them to skate over thin ice.
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Pages: 4
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Price War

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis: Pop Tate announces that he's going out of business because of rising costs. Betty and Veronica advise him to raise his prices, but he refuses. So the girls come up with a different way to lower Pop's costs.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #41 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1980
as Price War [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Big Mouth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Gigi; Merry Holliday
Synopsis: An argument is raging over whether Li'l Jinx is a "big mouth."
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Pages: 1
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Music Makers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Professor Fluteweed
Synopsis: Veronica joins the school orchestra to be closer to Archie, so Betty joins too, even though she can't play an instrument.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Annual Digest #36 published January 1980
as Music Makers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Passer-By!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Martha Jones
Synopsis: Jughead makes a trek across town using every form of public transit.
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Pages: 2
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A Choice Choice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis: To take his mother out on her birthday, Archie has to break a date with Veronica. Afraid to break the date, Archie tells Ronnie he's sick. When Veronica finds out, she's angry that Archie thought she wouldn't understand, so she decides to teach him a lesson.
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In Content Item: FlagArchie Comics Digest #41 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1980
as A Choice Choice [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagArchie: The Best of Dan DeCarlo #1 published May 2010
as A Choice Choice [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
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Pages: 8

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