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Issue: Katy Keene Comics #2
Publication Date: October 1950
 
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Variant: unnamed
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Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/05/1950
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 17 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Copyright, 1950, by Close-Up, Inc. On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age, then standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
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Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
humorous
Katy Keene; Sis; K.O. Kelly; Randy Van Ronson
I'm crazy about dates aren't you, K.O.?
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FlagKaty Keene Comics [Archie Series] #8 published January 1950
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Katy's cover costume designed by Scott Fleming (Maumee, OH). Credit located on splash page of first story.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Katy Keene; Sis; Randy Van Ronson; Jarvis
(Sob) I could jump off Santa Monica Pier--
Katy goes shopping for a new hat.
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Hats designed by Lucille Besch (Long Island City 1, NY); pajamas by Sandra Stoddard (Baker, OR); pajamas for Sis by Carolyn Barnett (Detroit 13, MI); Randy's suit by Mary Jo Holt (Muleshoe, TX); lounging robe by Carole Bagne (Somerville, MA); slip by Sandra Stewart (Alhambra, CA); Sis' lingerie by Dickens Hendrix (Baton Rouge, LA); outfits and poses of Katy and Sis by Mary Ann Sholtis (Grove City, PA); Katy's hat below by Dorothy Roland (Waterville 14, CT); hats by Janice Casper (Highland Park 3, MI), Patty Day (Convatier, OR), and Carolyn Barnett (Detroit 13, MI); hat on Katy above by Michael Gaddie (Buechel, KY); feather hat by Janell Guilbeau (Sunset, LA); housecoat by Barbara Brown (West Asheville, NC); nightie on Sis by Patsy Hass (Ridgewood, NY); Katy's gown by Lorraine Hamm.
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teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
The eternal triangle!
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Promo for Archie Comics publications in which Archie appears featuring Jughead explaining the Archie/Betty/Veronica love triangle.
The Life of the Party

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Tootsie Roll
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Ad for Tootsie Roll.
Katy Keene Pin-up

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Woggon
Bill Woggon
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Subject Matter
humorous
Katy Keene
Katy Keene
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Chinese costume designed by Georgina Vargas.
The Masquerade Ball

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Katy Keene; Sis; Smiley; Randy Van Ronson; Jeeves; Baby (a dog); Bogey (a dog)
Yawn! Now who can that be ringing our doorbell so early in the morning, Sis?
Katy attends Randy's masquerade ball as a leopard and gets attacked by his Great Danes.
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Randy's butler was named Jarvis in the first story. Chinese costume and pose by Georgina Vargas (Santurce, Puerto Rico); P.J.'s by Carol Roseman (Hollywood, FL); negligee and P.J.'s by Mary E. Jones (Salem, IL); queen outfit by L. Stefanowicz (Baltimore 24, MD); cowgirl outfit by Noel Lewis (Kanab, UT); sailor outfit by Dixie Lee O'Neal (Phillips, TX); gay nineties outfit by Naomi Finkelstein (Brooklyn 10, NY); Randy's cowboy outfit by Betty Miller (Northbrook, IL); P.J.'s on Sis by Susan Trott (Boston, MA); Katy's leopard suit by Mary Sue Long (Toledo 14, OH).
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Fauntleroy
Extra! Extra! Extra!
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Promo for Fauntleroy Comics (Archie, 1950 series) featuring newsboy announcing the issue.
Katy Fashions for Randy's Masquerade Ball!

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Katy Keene
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Lingerie by Jacqueline Lopez (Snohomish, WA); patch dress by Maureen Vigder (Kansas City, MO); witch outfit by Daphne Barber (Vancouver, BC); peasant dress by Jean Wullenweber (Kenmore 17, NY); shoes by Richard Holtz (Toledo, OH); Middle Eastern dress by Marjorie Gjertson (Worthington, MN).
Hats Off to Hollywood

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Katy Keene
Katy Keene
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Fashion design by Rosana S.
Hats Off to Hollywood

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Katy Keene
Katy Keene; Sis; Randy Van Ronson; Jeeves
Sis! Will you stop eating that candy before breakfast and answer the phone...
Sis opens up a lemonade stand on Hollywood Boulevard.
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Pose and outfit by Rosana S. (Joplin, MO); P.J.'s by Judy Hunt (Battle Creek, MI); negligee and pose by June McCray (Norwood, MO); Randy's suit by Twilla Lerch (Havana, IL); slip by Marie (Chicago 21, IL); dress by Nancy Shinbo (Papaikou, HI); Katy's blouse by Geraldine Houlihan (Utica 4, NY); Katy's skirt by Steve Katchmer (Niles, OH); Katy's coat by Sue Kemp (Detroit 7, MI); Randy's fishtail car by Eddie Girou (Bay City, MI); pinafore on Sis by Mary Lou Van Horman (Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada); Katy's hat and bag by Janis Dziak (Lakeside, OH).
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Katy Keene
Look! Now you can send for this new Katy Keene pin-up...
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Promo for Katy Keene pin-up and 30 cut-outs.
Katy Fashions

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Katy Keene
Katy Keene
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Fashion designs by Pat Skiba (River Grove, IL); Verna Whisman (Rochester, IN); Marilyn Bausch (Farmingdale, NY); Maryann Abbatiello (Richmond Hill, NY); Loretta Fulzher (Astoria 2, NY); and Kathy Martakis (Gary, IN).
Katy Keene the Pin-Up Queen

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Bill Woggon
Bill Woggon
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Katy Keene
Katy Keene
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Farmerette outfit by Lupe Serna.
Uncle John's Farm

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Katy Keene; Sis; K.O. Kelly; Windy
As the scene opens Katy and Sis are opening fan mail, when Katy discovers a letter from their Uncle John who lives on a farm.
Katy, Sis and K.O. Kelly go to Uncle John's farm.
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Pin-up pose and farmerette outfit by Lupe Serna (El Paso, TX); slack suit by Shirley Stitzer (Novinger, MO); shirt and jeans by Mrs. Jimmie Darling (Santa Rosa, CA); play suit and pose by Phyllis Vertreese (Wichita, KS); outfit and pose by Nellie Singer (Forest Park, IL); play suit and pose by Dorothy Lee McCarty (Clewiston, FL); sun dress by Audrey Burggraff (St. Cloud, MN); cute outfit and pose by Barbara Reusch (McPherson, KS); milkmaid outfit by Emily Slaby (Calumet, IL); swim outfit by Janet Snipes (North Baltimore, NY); gym outfit on K.O. by Audrey Zaruba (Mason City, IA); sweater by Edward Smith (Springfield, MO); K.O.'s sport outfit by Shirley Beck (Alpine, CO); Katy's outfit by Dannela Seijo (New York, NY); Sis's outfit by Jaqueline Banfield (New York 30, NY); outfit on Sis by Peggy Bickerstaff (New Kensington, PA); outfit on Katy by Mae Murakami (Seattle, WA); Katy's hair-do by M. Lang (Toledo, OH); shorts and polo shirt on Sis by Gerry Pollock (Chester, PA); playsuit on Katy by Barbara Downie (Kansas City 1, MO), Wanda Slawinski (Bronx 55, NY), Ruth Danancher (Seacliff, NY), Claire Monticello (Lake Charles, LA), Yvonne Rice (Grand Rapids, MI), and Faye Morrison (Beaumont, TX).
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Katy Keene; Sis; K.O. Kelly
Watch for Katy, Sis and K.O. in these four big magazines
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Promo for Archie comics featuring Katy Keene. Pose, etc. by Chloe Brewer (Affton 23, MO).
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teen
Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle
Wha' hoppen? Why is everybody running? Reggie is back!
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Promo for Archie's Rival Reggie (Archie, 1949 series) #2 featuring Archie, Jughead, and the Riverdale High faculty running from a giant Reggie head.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Archie's Pal Jughead is here to stay!!
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Promo for Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) announcing that the series has been popular enough to become a bimonthly publication.

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