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Issue: Katy Keene Comics #14
Publication Date: January 1954
 
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Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/26/1953
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 16 (8 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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Cover, Front
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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
humorous
Katy Keene; K.O. Kelly; Sis
Ho! Ho! Ho! And you said you could lick your weight in wildcats!!
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Miscellaneous
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, informational
Katy Keene; Danny O'Connel; Sis; Errol Swoon
Katy's telephone rings - she rushes to answer it!
Katy gets a part alongside Errol Swoon involving scenes with lions, gorillas, and elephants, but she faints when she sees a mouse in Danny's office.
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Miscellaneous
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Pin-up pose, etc. by Janell Guilbean (Sunset, LA); leopard-skin lettering by Lucy Snyder (Florence, AL); Katy's outfit by Virginia O'Connor (Grayling, MI); Katy's jewelry by Aida S. Cometa (Sampaloc, Manila); Katy's slip by Joyce Schenk (Brooklyn 27, NY); Katy's dress and pose by Betty Sue Brooks (Arpin, WI); Katy's gloves, purse, shoes by Trudy Holz (Paterson 1, NJ); Danny O'Connel's outfit by Theresa Brown (Summit, NJ); Katy's outfit by Katy Kelly (Amarillo, TX); Katy's pose and leopard sarong by Marilyn Cornell (Brooklyn 8, NY); Katy's outfit by Linda Coffee (Miami, FL). Final panel is promotion for Errol Swoon's appearances in Katy Keene stories.
Katy Fashions and Puzzles

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
informational
Katy Fashions
Katy Keene; Randy Van Ronson III; K.O. Kelly; Gloria Grandbilt
Katy's telephone rings - she rushes to answer it!
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Miscellaneous
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Suit and hat by Thelma Buell (Marienthal, KS); patchwork dress by Minnie Moss (New York 26, NY); sun suit by Barbara Downie (Kansas City 4, MO); swim suit and radio by Sara Mills (Washington, DC). Puzzles include date problem and word ladder (flash to broke).
A Short Animal Tale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Sis; Billy; Miss Reading
Sis, now it's your turn to draw the kind of animal you'd choose to be!
Sis draws herself as an octopus with a sweet in each tentacle.
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Miscellaneous
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Sis's dress by Mary Jane Ward (Fisk, MO); Miss Reading's blouse by Judy Bill (Santa Barbara, CA).
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, informational
Katy Keene; K.O. Kelly; Gloria Grandbilt
Dear readers, I'm so thrilled to hear from you telling me that you are...
Katy gives in to reader demand and does a story with more pin-ups. When Gloria calls demanding to be included, Katy gives her some less than attractive poses.
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Miscellaneous
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Katy's sun suit by Midge and Ky (Tucson, AZ); lettering and shoes by Shirley Fino (Revere 51, MA); radio by Katherine Wright (Dallas, TX); pose and outfit by June Herring (Victoria, TX); palm tree pose and suit by Sandra Bullington (Pensacola, FL) and Lia Aavaste (Charlotte, NC); cape outfit by Celeste Joy (St. Petersburg, FL) and June Hamlin (Cleveland 3, OH); sailing pose by Norma Genn (Amarillo, TX); beach pin-up and design by Graziana Gaubys (Brooklyn 19, NY) and Norma Fruchey (Beaverton, MI); pin-up, pose, scene, etc. by Leah Rominyk (Woonsocket, RI); love-seat, lamp, pillow, etc. by Faye Gean Neal (Corpus Christi, TX); ice skating pose by Colleen Fitzgerald (Jamestown, KS); glass pose by Nora Lee Duffe (Wilton Junction, IA); Katy pushing Gloria into pool pin-up by Mona Wotherspoon (Stettler, Alberta).
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Gloria Grandbilt
Katy's readers hate Gloria but they love her pin-up and cut-out sets!
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Miscellaneous
0.33
Promo for Gloria Grandbilt pin-up and cut-out set.
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
informational
Gloria Fashions
Gloria Grandbilt
Humph! I'll show Katy how popular I am!
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Miscellaneous
1
Dress, shoes, and glove at left by David Wong (San Antonio, TX); furs by Bob Owens (Woonsocket, RI); other designs by Janet Frances Ces Jackle (New Hyde Park, NY); Elaine Brandt (Cleveland Heights, OH); Linda Stein (Culpeper, VA); Martha Terrill (Houston, TX); Leona Asbury (San Diego 5, CA); Caroyn Ann Cline (Denison, TX); Dorothy Candid (Kansas City, MO); Mary-Ellen Esler (Tarentum, PA); Diane Gray (Chicopee Falls, MA); and Ernestine Martin (Stockton, CA).
Strange Things Are Hoppining

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Debby Twist; Oliver Twist; Lotta Twist; Betsy Ross
Betsy, you won't believe it but I turned down a date with that handsome captain of our football team to go to the movies with Virgil Gooney!
Debby's parents are confused when she plays a game of "Strange Things are Hoppining" on the phone with Betsy.
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Miscellaneous
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Debby's sweater and skirt by Amelia Gurley (Bartow, FL); Betsy's outfit by Joyce Ferrill (Gulfport, MS); Debby's monogram sweater by Sally Straker (La Canada, CA).
A Short Pig Tale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Sis; Bill Woggon
Hey, Bill Woggon! How about drawing me eating lots of candy?
Bill Woggon breaks the fourth wall to teach Sis a lesson about eating too much candy.
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Miscellaneous
1
Sis's dress by Claire Bierling (Merchantville, IN).
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
informational
Sis Fashions
Sis
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Miscellaneous
1
Bathrobe by Judy Straub (Laguna Beach, CA); sweater and shorts by Kathleen Kallstrom (Poulsbo, WA); swim suit by Penny McIntosh (Indianapolis, IN); pie hat by Janis Shepherd (Inglewood, CA); other fashions by Margaret and Derald Ginger (Orlando, FL); and B. Burkett (Oklahoma City, OK). Includes order coupon for Sis pin-up and cut-out set and promo for Sis's appearances in Katy Keene stories.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous
K.O. Kelly; Gloria Grandbilt; Sis; Katy Keene; Windy
The winner! He's my man!
Gloria hires Fearless Fagan as a sparring partner for K.O. but fires him when he knocks out K.O.
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Miscellaneous
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K.O.'s pose, cape, and trunks by Bill Young (San Francisco, CA); cape also by Sandra Prestwich (Vernon, British Columbia); Gloria's pose and gown by Lorraine Griffin (Rome, NY); K.O.'s cape and stool by Kerry Rotha (Half Moon Bay, CA); Gloria's outfit by Carolyn Lewis (Jonesboro, IN); K.O.'s trunks, robe, and towel by Donella George (Odessa, TX).
Framed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous, teen
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Hi Betty! Come in!
Betty defaces a photograph of Archie, mistaking it as a gift he meant for Veronica.
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Miscellaneous
1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Katy Keene
Katy is stepping out!
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Miscellaneous
1
Promo for Katy Keene Three Dimension Comics (Archie, 1953 series) #1.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Hollywood Gossip
Guy Madison Wins Fame as Cover Boy
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Miscellaneous
2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
humorous, informational
Katy Keene; Danny O'Connel; Bertha Bumples; Sis; Tammy Terry
Miss Terry, get Katy Keene on the telephone for me, please...
A studio photographer sent to take photos of Katy at home accidentally shoots her neighbor Bertha instead.
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Miscellaneous
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Pose, lettering, dress, etc. by Caroline Antil (Owatonna, MN); Katy's house dress by La Nell Collins (Oklahoma City, OK); Sis' candy dress by Barbara Homan (Bath, ME); Bertha's house dress and apron by Dolores Hanson (Stockton, CA); Danny's pose and pipe by Kathleen Bishop (Allegan, MI); pin-up pose and sailor outfit by Joan Skorupski (Newark 3, NJ); pose by Nancy Boley and Loann George (Brooklyn, MO); pose and sun suit by Thelma Lee Bircher (San Antonio, TX); pose and outfit by Alice Lauck (Mesa, AZ); Katy's shopping outfit by Frances Joyce (Stratford, CT).
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Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
informational
Katy and Bertha Fashions
Katy Keene; Bertha Bumples
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Miscellaneous
1
Katy's suit by Helen Redman (Miami Beach, FL); other designs by Sandra Sylvester (Stewart Manor, NY); Marguerite Grosvenor (Willowdale, Ontario); Gary Paul Jacksons (Antlers, OK); Barbara Luszcz (no address); Peggy Ann Farry (Long Island City 4, NY); Patsy Coffee (Cleveland, OH); Patty Neuman (Galion, OH); and Linda Gutknecht (Poland, OH).

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