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Issue: Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #8
Publication Date: January 1952
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Issues: #8 of 347 Issues (382 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/22/1952
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 18 (6 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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
First Line: Betty, you spelled that wrong! What we're studying is A-R-C-H-A-E-O-L-O-G-Y!
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Draw Instantly

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Synopsis: Amazing new invention makes drawing easy.
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Brazil Nuts

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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Conchita
First Line: Look Ronnie, there goes that Latin Lulu Conchita! What a character!
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica are jealous of a student from Brazil who has attracted the attention of the boys.
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Pages: 6
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Smog Fog

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Jenkins
First Line: Go to a movie? Don't be silly, Archie! Betty and I are watching Melvin Smog on television, tonight!
Synopsis: The girls are obsessed with a singer named Melvin Smog and swoon or faint whenever he's on TV or his name is mentioned.
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Pages: 4.67
Disclose Notes: Pencils previously credited to Harry Lucey, but they match Frese's style for the period, not Lucey's.
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Character(s): Ginger Snapp; Ickky; Patsy
First Line: If you knew Ginger, like we know Ginger
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Pages: 0.33
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On the Spot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Hi Betty, you're looking chipper as a chipmunk!
Synopsis: Betty tricks Archie into a date.
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Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
First Line: Join the big parade to our brand new comic magazine, Archie's Pals 'n' Gals starring Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica, and Reggie!
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Disclose Notes: Ad for Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #1 with 116 pages due in October.
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Stupid Cupid

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Why Midge honey, nothing can be as bad as that!
Synopsis: Moose's jealousy is making it hard for Midge to talk to anyone.
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Pages: 4.67
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First Line: Yessiree! Super Duck is better than a three-ring circus.
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Disclose Notes: Promo for Super Duck Comics (Archie, 1944 series) featuring Super Duck as a ringleader and Uwanna as a circus performer.
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Fall Guy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Doggone it Veronica, you've been dating that dead beat twice as often as you have me!
Synopsis: Veronica thinks Archie tried to hurt himself by jumping out a window when she turned him down for a date.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Samm Schwartz sneaks his signature into the eye chart on page two.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Don't Let It Puzzle You!
First Line: Can you name the city in the U.S.A. this drawing represents?
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Some figures, eh, Reggie?
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) comparing Betty and Veronica's figures to the sales figures for each issue (3 million).
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Sew What!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Sally
First Line: Golly, aren't those some clothes that Sally wears?
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica try to make their own clothes after seeing a girl in school who always wears nice hand-made clothes.
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Feature(s): Plaza Book Co.
First Line: Every romance has pitfalls.
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Write Thrilling Love Letters

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Ad for a book to help write love letters. Plaza Book Company
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Jimmy Proved His Point!

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Character(s): Jimmy; Mr. Martin
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad with comic strip.
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Every One's Talking About This Wonderful, Easy Way to Learn Music!

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Get Prizes Make Money

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Genres: childrens
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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