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Issue: Katy Keene Comics #4
Publication Date: September 1951
 
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Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/19/1951
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 10 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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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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humorous
Randy Van Ronson; Sis; Katy Keene; Chubby Chuckles; K. O. Kelly
K. O., I wish you'd hang around some other booth -- you're bad for my business!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, informational
Katy Keene; Sis; Randy Van Ronson III; K.O. Kelly; Chubby Chuckles
Katy! I’ve got a new boy friend!
Sis makes Katy a date with Chubby Chuckles, a sweet shop worker, in the hopes that he'll bring lots of candy for Sis, but Chubby ends up eating it all himself.
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Star gown designed by 57 readers; Sis's slack suit and beanie by Suzie Cranmer (Forked River, NJ); nightie by Patty Dilger (Long Branch, NJ); K.O.'s boxing glove necktie by Trudy Holz (Paterson 1, NJ); Katy's shoes by Patricia Petree (Oklahoma City 8, OK); pajamas on Sis by Evelyn Shon (Dorchester, MA); Katy's dress by Emily Frances Cropper (Salisbury, MD); Katy's pajamas by Casie Wilson (El Cajon, CA).

In this story, Katy and Chubby have never met despite having a date in the previous issue; this story may have been published out of order.
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
informational
Katy Fashions
Katy Keene
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Shoes by Marilyn Sweeney (Indianapolis, IN); hat and suit by Carol Swift (Santa Rosa, CA); hat by Mary Russell (Chicago 40, IL); hat by Carol Smith (Chicago, IL); feather hat by Bunny Howard (St. Albans, VT); winged hat by Vicki Geremonte (Bayonne, NJ); other hats by Irene Falge (Detroit 21, MI), Louise M. Kaupes (Brooklyn 33, NY), Earl May (Portland, OR), Nancy Peters (Revere, MA), and Joseph Kruszewski (Reading, PA); blouse by Miss Darrel Brand (Long Island City 4, NY); daisy swim suit by Joy Eikam (Bettendorf, IA); Lassie blouse by Mildred Williams (Daytona Beach, FL); furs by Judy M. Vasser (San Francisco, CA).
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, informational
Katy Keene; Sis; Randy Van Ronson III
Eek!
When Katy asks Sis to take her gown to the cleaners, Sis has the gown shrunk so that Katy thinks she's gaining weight and will give her chocolates from Randy.
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Katy's heart play suit by Woodward (Cedar, MN); toy chest by Judy Duba (San Fernando, CA); Katy's robe and pose by Larry Hom (Berkeley, CA); nightie by Verna M. Kendall (Rochelle, IL); Randy's limousine by Dean Lewis Fisher (Madison 3, WI); polka dot gown by Lucille Miklas (East Chicago, IN); gown by Shirley Byus (Fort Wayne, IN); candy dress on Sis by Sandy Weber (Brooklawn, NJ); Katy's slip by Kathrine Blodgett (Portland 1, OR); handbag by Myrna Funkhouser (Mt. Vernon); candy dress on Sis by Sandy Weber (Brooklawn, NJ); formal by Pat Werpetinski (Omaha, NE); Randy's outfit by Suzanne Eisenberg (Detroit 6, MI); Van Ronson special by Bob Owens (Woonsocket, RI).
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Think of how much fun you can have!
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Promo for Laugh Comics.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, informational
Katy Keene; Sis; Randy Van Ronson III
As our scene opens, Randy Van Ronson is proposing to Katy Keene for the hundred and tenth time...
Sis dreams that Katy and Randy get married and that Randy gifts her extravagant buildings made of sweets.
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Hair style and earring designed by Faye Hadley (Porterville, CA); Katy's blouse and shoes by Louise Weber (Manhattan 26, NY); Katy's hair-do and skirt by Susan Wilder (Stewart Manor, NY); boats by Billy Francis (San Jose 12, CA) and Charles Knight (Enterprise, OR); heart robe on Sis by Linda Wolf (Queens, NY); candy boat and limepop lake by Len Gelstein (Chicago 13, IL); lollypop P.J.'s by Merle Schlesinger (Sumter, SC) and Barbara Downie (Kansas City 4, MO); gown and pose by Patricia Ann Jewell (Ventress, LA); limousine by William Frawcis Perkins (St. Albans, WV); Sis' new wardrobe by Dixie Lee Eubank (Pharr, TX), Betty Lee Boehm (Jamaica 4, NY), Ilene Shackman (Detroit, MI), and Harriet Lewis (Brooklyn 22, NY); Katy's dress, etc. by Tommy Nelson (Ocean Grove, NJ); candy cactus by Myrna Wayman (Oneonta, NY); Sis's dress by Sheryl Marshall (Bakersfield, CA); rocket ship by John Gray (Williamson, WV); spacesuits by Larry Jones (Porterville, CA); Katy's nightie by Sandra Hoose (Rye, NY).
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Sis; Katy Keene
Look, kids! You can send for a pin-up and cut-out set of Sis the Candy Kid!
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Promo for 6x9" pin-up of Sis with cut-out outfits. Sets #1 and #2 of Katy Keene still available.
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
informational
Katy Fashions
Katy Keene
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Miscellaneous
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Cowgirl hat, shoes, and skirt by Joyce McDowell (Vienna, WV); other fashions by Rita Fadden (Weatherly, PA), Betty Kee (Richwood, WV), Anne Rutkiewicz (Warren, RI), Anna Napoli (Bayside, NY), and James Wasson (Wasco, CA). The drawing of Katy is copied from pin-up and cut-out set #2 with promotional text at the bottom of the page for how to order.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, informational
Katy Keene; Sis; K.O. Kelly; Danny the Demon
As our story begins, the phone rings in Katy's apartment at 7070 Hollywood Blvd.
K.O. gifts Sis a ping-pong set for their picnic, but Katy and K.O. are too busy to play with her, so she competes with a beaver using his tail.
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K.O.'s outfit by Anna Bell Sylvest (Pearl River, LA); Katy's shoes by Peter Hasim (Haverhill, MA); hairdo by Betti Jean Basta (Omaha, NE); Katy's dress and pose by Mary Hein (Cleveland, OH); Katy's negligee and pose by Marian Poland (Orsino, FL); K.O.'s tie by Cynthia Carpenter (Scarsdale, NY); P.J.'s on Sis by Peggy Ann Bluth (Ferndale 20, MI); Katy's slip by Donald Clifton (De Soto, MO); K.O.'s sport shirt by Barbara Davis (Tomahawk, WI); Katy's sun suit by Evelyn Smith (Oxnard, CA); pose and sun suit by Joann Brown (Seffner, FL); Katy's barbecue gloves and sauce by Mick Maschke (Santa Barbara, CA).
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Katy Keene
Katy Keene your favorite comic book star appears in these four famous magazines
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Promo for Archie Comics publications in which Katy Keene appears. Katy's gown and pose by Rita Johanno (Kulpmont, PA).

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