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Issue: Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #3
Publication Date: January 1951
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Issues: #3 of 347 Issues (382 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/17/1951
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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:  
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Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagBetty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest #212 [Direct Edition] published June 2013 as Oui, Oui, Fifi! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
First Line: Whew! I love the taste of your new lipstick, Veronica!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Later redrawn for the covers of Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #62 and Archie #222
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Date Bait

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Cooper
First Line: Hey, beautiful! Wait up! Let me carry those big ol' books for you!
Synopsis: Jughead comes up with a plan to make Betty seem very popular. The scheme works too well.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie Annual
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
First Line: Hello kids! We're back with a brand new Archie Annual #3.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie Annual #3 with cover depicted and other original artwork. Mail-in coupon for the annual and the 1952 Archie Calendar, both for 25 cents.
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Oui, Oui, Fifi!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Fifi; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
First Line: B-Betty -- do you see what I see?
Synopsis: The new girl from France, Fifi, has the attention of all the boys in the school except for Archie. Betty and Veronica find that hard to believe.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Signature is in the last panel. A promo for Jughead Comics is included in a "Wham!" sound effect panel on the last page.
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Pardon My Punch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Coach Kleats; Mrs. Jones
First Line: Sorry I have to miss out on the soda session, kids, but they're having tryouts for the baseball team!
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica decide that Jughead should be on a sports team. The only one with an opening is the boxing team and that works out as well as would be expected.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Too Scent-sitive

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mary Andrews; Fred Andrews (cameo)
First Line: What's that, Archie?!? You can't come over tonight!?! Oh-h, Archie-ee-ee...
Synopsis: Archie breaks a date with Betty to finish his homework. Betty is upset and decides to drown her sorrows with a big radish, scallion, and onion sandwich. Archie arrives unexpectedly and Betty tries to keep him at a distance because of her bad breath.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Veronica does not appear.
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Betty and Veronica Salute the Teenage Clubs!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.6
Disclose Notes: A listing of teenage clubs: The Blue Bonnets (Detroit, Mich.), The Bubbelettes (Chicago, Ill.), The Flares (Brooklyn, N.Y), The Ukelettes (Belleville, N.J.), The Hayrides (Detroit, Mich.), The Sub Debs (Little Rock, Ark.), Millers Falls Drum Corps (Millers Falls, Mass.), The Q-T's (Brooklyn, N.Y.), The Y-Teens (Boise, Idaho), C. Y. O. Club St. Mary's (Wharton, N. J.), The Good Deeders (Owensboro, Ky.), The Ukelettes Gang (No. Sacramento, Calif.), The Pigtails (New York, N.Y.), The Flames (Chicago, Ill.), Junior Y Teens (Los Angeles, Calif.), and The Teen Teens (Vancouver, Wash.).
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Ginger Snapp
First Line: I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love with a wonderful gal!
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Pages: 0.4
Disclose Notes: Promo for Ginger Comics. The title is taken from the song "I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy" from the musical "South Pacific."
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Cat and Moose

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
First Line: Boys, please! Stop fighting....I'll let you know later.....
Synopsis: Betty tries to get Moose to ask Veronica to the dance so that Archie will be too scared to ask Veronica. Moose ends up deciding to take Betty instead, which wasn't part of the plan.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: In this story, Moose had been dating Lottie Little, but they had broken up. Moose is colored with red hair in this story.

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