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Issue: Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #5

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Publication Date: January 1952

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Issues: #5 of 347 Issues (382 Printings)

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Rating: [no rating]

Publisher: Flag

Archie Publications, Inc.

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Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.

On Sale Date: 01/04/1952

Volume: none

Pages: 36

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UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency: none

Content Items: 10 (5 stories, 1 cover)

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Format

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

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Content Items (10 total)

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Illustration on Cover, Front

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Letterer(s): typeset

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Genres: teen

Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews

First Line: Yes, I'll help you shop for a new dress, Betty. Do you want something that'll hug you?

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Pages: 1

For Whom the Bar-Bells Toll

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

First Line: Betty -- have you seen Archie or Reggie around lately?

Synopsis: Archie and Reggie are spending all their time at the gym trying to build muscles so Betty and Veronica tell them that they're going steady with Jughead.

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Pages: 7

Southern Comfort

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate

First Line: Chivalry is a thing of the past, Betty! Men just don't have the respect for women they used to have!

Synopsis: After complaining about the lack of chivalry in today's men a Southern gentleman approaches Betty and Veronica and charms them with his Southern drawl and manners.

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Pages: 5

It's in the Bag!

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle

First Line: Are you about ready, lambchop! It's getting late!

Synopsis: After spilling all of the items from Veronica's purse and being unable to stuff them back in Veronica tells Archie to put everything into his pockets. That creates one problem after another when he pulls his hand out of his pockets to shake Mr. Weatherbee's hand and gets lipstick all over them.

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Pages: 6

Notes: Mr. Weatherbee's wife or girlfriend in this issue refers to him as Terwilliger.

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First Line: Don't let it puzzle you!

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Pages: 0.33

Notes: Contains three rebuses and geometry activity.

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First Line: Ho! Ho! Ha! Ha! That Wilbur is so funny, he kills me --- he's always getting into hot water!

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Pages: 0.67

Notes: Advertisement for Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) featuring explorer about to be boiled alive by stereotypical African tribe while reading an issue of Wilbur.

Ladies in the Dark

Public Service Announcement on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

First Line: Wait until I plug this lamp in and we'll make those hats!

Synopsis: Comic story with instructions on how to change a fuse.

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Pages: 1

Telaphoney

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

First Line: The phone's ringing, answer it please, Betty!

Synopsis: The phone stops ringing before Betty or Veronica can get it and they can't stop wondering about who it might have been so they call up all of their friends in the middle of the night to see if one of them had called.

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Pages: 3

My Merry Old-Mobile

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Genres: humorous, teen

Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge

First Line: Okay, Gang! Sodas on me!

Synopsis: Veronica gets a new car from her father after passing her driver's test.

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Pages: 5.67

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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones

First Line: The eternal triangle!

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Pages: 0.33

Notes: Advertisement for comics in which Archie appears featuring Jughead explaining the Archie/Betty/Veronica love triangle.