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Issue: Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #11
Publication Date: February 1954
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Issues: #11 of 347 Issues (382 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/31/1953
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 27 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Vol. 8, Part 2, No. 1, Periodicals, January-June, 1954.
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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): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: What do you girls mean you want me to give you a weather report?
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Disclose Notes: Later redrawn for the covers of Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #65 and Little Archie #58.
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Premiums or Cash given

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (spot illustrations)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Wilson Chemical Co.
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Missed Bliss!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
First Line: ....And if anyone knows just cause why Betty Cooper and Archie Andrews should not be joined in wedlock let him speak now or forever hold his peace!
Synopsis: After putting a piece of wedding cake under her pillow Betty has a dream about getting married to Archie.
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Shelby Cycle Co.; Yogi Berra
Character(s): Yogi Berra
First Line: This Christmas ask mom and dad for a Shelby, the winner's bike
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The Key Ring

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Ooooh Betty!! -- I lost a key from my charm bracelet!!
Synopsis: After losing a key that opens a locket Veronica offers a kiss as a reward to anyone who can find it for her.
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Disclose Notes: Pencils previously credited to George Frese; they match Vigoda's work.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Columbia Bicycles
First Line: Look! Merry Christmas to me!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): Hazel Marten [as Bill Woggon]
Inker(s): Hazel Marten [as Bill Woggon]
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, informational
Character(s): Katy Keene; Sis; Chubby Chuckles; Randy van Ronson III
First Line: It's Chubby Chuckles, Katy, an' he wants to take us for a ride in his hot-rod an' stop at his sweet-shop!
Synopsis: Chubby offers to drive the girls to the malt shop, but Katy refuses to be seen in his hot rod.
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Disclose Notes: Pose, gown, and lettering by Betty Lorraine Armbruster (Los Angeles 3, CA); Sis's dress by Diane Wallace (Phoenix, AZ); Katy's dress by Juli Wheeler (Marietta, GA); hot-rod by Rollie Wenzel (Richville, MI), Earl Clausen (Bend, OR), and Hugh Cooper (Gray Court, SC); gay 90s dress by Faye Hadley (Porterville, CA); Sis's lolly-pop dress by Margaret O'Connell (Toledo, OH); gown and pose by Judy White (Spokane, WA); antique car by Donald Paul Harris (Waurika, OK).

Final panel is promo for Gloria Grandbilt pin-up and cut-out outfit set.
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Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Character(s): Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Repeat performance!
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Disclose Notes: Promo for the second issues of both the Jughead Annual and the Betty and Veronica Annual.
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A Grim Fairy Tale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Isn't this heavenly! I could dance till the crack of dawn!
Synopsis: Veronica wants Archie to keep them past his curfew.
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Social Climbers

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Betty, am I glad to see you! My cousin Cleo is here!
Synopsis: Betty and Veronica try to keep Archie and Reggie away from Veronica's attractive cousin.
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Fleer Dubble Bubble

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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Fleer Dubble Bubble
First Line: Let's hurry - we'll make the native village by nightfall.
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Frank H. Fleer Corp. in a comic sequential format.
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Make Your Own Oil Painting on Canvas!

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Feature(s): Smith Bros. Oil Paints
Synopsis: Ad for a complete artist's set of paints, canvas and brush for 35 cents plus a Smith Brothers Cough Drop box cover.
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The Last Word!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Suzie Cue; Ferdie
First Line: Ferdie! You have a nerve! Calling me at the last minute for a Saturday night date!
Synopsis: Suzie enthusiastically accepts Ferdie's invitation to a country club dance but refuses to let him tell her it's a barn dance.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Stuff about Stars
First Line: Helen of Troy Entrant Found in Tennessee
Synopsis: News on movie stars and the latest films.
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Meat the Host

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Betty, you did a wonderful job, the party's going great guns!
Synopsis: Betty makes a birthday steak for Jughead after the doctor bans him from eating sweets.
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Disclose Notes: Pencils previously credited to George Frese; they match Vigoda's work.
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AMF Roadmaster Gives You Extra Features

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Feature(s): AMF Roadmaster
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Late for School

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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Whoa! Slow down Archie...
Synopsis: Archie breaks a date with Betty to be at school - - on a Saturday.
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Trust Buster!

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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
First Line: Bah! You can't trust any man!
Synopsis: Veronica overhears what she thinks is Archie talking about another woman.
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Feature(s): Fun Page
First Line: It's a three-letter word, and it's a pest!
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Includes rebus, word ladder (blow to goal), riddle, and corn off the cob (joke).
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Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Guilty!
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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: Promo for Archie, Pep, and Laugh comics.
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Fashion Passion!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
First Line: Wow!
Synopsis: Betty tries to make a replica of an expensive, fashionable hat to impress Archie.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Several Archie Comics publications are on sale at the newsstand on page three.
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The Ringer!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
First Line: A dog collar on the right leg means a girl is unattached!
Synopsis: The girls show off the latest fashion fad and naturally the boys must make light of it.
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Feature(s): Fun Page
First Line: Can you name the state each drawing represents?
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Disclose Notes: Includes rebuses for state names, combining eight words to form four new words, riddles on parade, rebus for vegetable, naming shapes, and rebus for slang expression.
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Character(s): Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson; Slats Morgan; Laurie Lake
First Line: For a king-size laugh... buy Wilbur Comics
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Promo for Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) featuring Wilbur wearing a crown while being carried on Red and Slats' shoulders.
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It's Nice to Have a Man Around the Mouse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, teen
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
First Line: Eeeeek!
Synopsis: Betty pretends she's a defenseless female to get Archie to save her from a mouse.
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Pages: 3
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Draw Bob Hope!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Art Instruction, Inc.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Good Kids with Smart Dads Get Santa's Finest Bikes -- Schwinn!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Arnold, Schwinn and Company
Synopsis: Ad for Schwinn Bicycles, featuring the Schwinn Black Phantom and the Schwinn Traveler.
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