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Issue: Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #40
Publication Date: January 1959
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Issues: #40 of 347 Issues (359 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagArchie Publications, Inc.
Brand: Archie SeriesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Close-Up Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Richard Goldwater
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): Harry Lucey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Harry Lucey
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
First Line: Really, Betty! - Can I help it if Archie prefers me? I certainly don't chase him!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Joyful Journey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Fred Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis: After hearing Mr. Weatherbee's lecture on the importance of spreading happiness, Betty decides to spread joy to everyone in her life, but her "joyful" pronouncements set off a class war between the Andrews and Lodge families.
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Pages: 5
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A Crack Skater

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Moore
Penciller(s): Tom Moore
Inker(s): Tom Moore
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Tom Moore
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: The reader has to draw a line to let Archie skate to Veronica without falling through cracks in the ice.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Season's Beatings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Moore
Penciller(s): Tom Moore
Inker(s): Tom Moore
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Tom Moore
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Leroy
Character(s): Leroy; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Leroy gets a drum for Christmas.
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Pages: 0.5
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World of the Past

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ken Hultgren
Inker(s): Ken Hultgren
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, informational
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In Content Item: FlagJughead with Archie Digest #4 published September 1974
as World Of The Past [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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The Warning!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg
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Pages: 1
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Fish Fried

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Veronica
Character(s): Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis: Archie comes up with an elaborate scheme that will allow him and Veronica to get more dating money out of Mr. Lodge. The first step is for Veronica to feign an interest in collecting extremely expensive tropical fish.
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Pages: 7
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Tree To Get Ready

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Vigoda
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump
Synopsis: Archie breaks the Christmas tree decorations, so the gang makes decorations out of food, but Jughead promptly eats them.
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Pages: 4
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Man's Best Friend

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ken Hultgren
Inker(s): Ken Hultgren
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, nature
Feature(s): Nature's Notebook
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In Content Item: FlagJughead with Archie Digest #8 published May 1975
as Man's Best Friend [Text Article on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Nope!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Edwards
Penciller(s): Joe Edwards
Inker(s): Joe Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Joe Edwards
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx
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In Content Item: FlagJughead with Archie Digest #8 published May 1975
as Nope! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Those Are the Breaks!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mrs. Cooper; Chuck Thomas
Synopsis: Trying to get a date with a handsome boy named Chuck who Archie is setting up with Betty, Veronica pretends to be Betty and bad-mouths Veronica, eventually convincing both Chuck and Archie that Veronica is no good.
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Pages: 6

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