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Issue: Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #11
Publication Date: February 1954
 
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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)
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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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teen
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
What do you girls mean you want me to give you a weather report?
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Later redrawn for the covers of Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #65 and Little Archie #58.
Premiums or Cash given

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Advertisement for Wilson Chemical Co.
Missed Bliss!

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
....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!
After putting a piece of wedding cake under her pillow Betty has a dream about getting married to Archie.
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Shelby Cycle Co.; Yogi Berra
Yogi Berra
This Christmas ask mom and dad for a Shelby, the winner's bike
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The Key Ring

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Ooooh Betty!! -- I lost a key from my charm bracelet!!
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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Pencils previously credited to George Frese; they match Vigoda's work.
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Columbia Bicycles
Look! Merry Christmas to me!
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Columbia bicycles.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Hazel Marten [as Bill Woggon]
Hazel Marten [as Bill Woggon]
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Subject Matter
humorous, informational
Katy Keene; Sis; Chubby Chuckles; Randy van Ronson III
It's Chubby Chuckles, Katy, an' he wants to take us for a ride in his hot-rod an' stop at his sweet-shop!
Chubby offers to drive the girls to the malt shop, but Katy refuses to be seen in his hot rod.
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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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Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Repeat performance!
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Promo for the second issues of both the Jughead Annual and the Betty and Veronica Annual.
A Grim Fairy Tale

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

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Betty, am I glad to see you! My cousin Cleo is here!
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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childrens
Fleer Dubble Bubble
Let's hurry - we'll make the native village by nightfall.
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Advertisement for Frank H. Fleer Corp. in a comic sequential format.
Make Your Own Oil Painting on Canvas!

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Smith Bros. Oil Paints
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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humorous, teen
Suzie Cue; Ferdie
Ferdie! You have a nerve! Calling me at the last minute for a Saturday night date!
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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non-fiction
Stuff about Stars
Helen of Troy Entrant Found in Tennessee
News on movie stars and the latest films.
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Meat the Host

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

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AMF Roadmaster
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Late for School

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Whoa! Slow down Archie...
Archie breaks a date with Betty to be at school - - on a Saturday.
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Trust Buster!

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

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Wow!
Betty tries to make a replica of an expensive, fashionable hat to impress Archie.
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Several Archie Comics publications are on sale at the newsstand on page three.
The Ringer!

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
A dog collar on the right leg means a girl is unattached!
The girls show off the latest fashion fad and naturally the boys must make light of it.
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Fun Page
Can you name the state each drawing represents?
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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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Wilbur Wilkin; Red Wilson; Slats Morgan; Laurie Lake
For a king-size laugh... buy Wilbur Comics
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Promo for Wilbur Comics (Archie, 1944 series) featuring Wilbur wearing a crown while being carried on Red and Slats' shoulders.
It's Nice to Have a Man Around the Mouse

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humorous, teen
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Eeeeek!
Betty pretends she's a defenseless female to get Archie to save her from a mouse.
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Draw Bob Hope!

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Art Instruction, Inc.
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Inside back cover.
Good Kids with Smart Dads Get Santa's Finest Bikes -- Schwinn!

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childrens
Arnold, Schwinn and Company
Ad for Schwinn Bicycles, featuring the Schwinn Black Phantom and the Schwinn Traveler.
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