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Issue: Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #55
Publication Date: July 1960
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Issues: #55 of 347 Issues (359 Printings)
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Variant: U.S. Cover Price
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: 12 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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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): Samm Schwartz
Inker(s): Samm Schwartz
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Samm Schwartz
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
First Line: Ronnie! You're looking at a friend in need!
Synopsis: Betty appeals to Veronica for help.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover scene is a redrawn version of the first story's splash panel, with Archie and Jughead stats pasted into the door.
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Something Borrowed, Something Blue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Vincent DeCarlo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Betty has to appear at her father's Beaver Lodge dance and she needs to borrow something from Veronica - - namely Archie.
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Pages: 6
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Pickett's Charge

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, war
Feature(s): American Heritage
Synopsis: Historical article on the Civil War battle nicknamed Pickett's Charge.
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Pages: 1
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SOS

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis: Betty resorts to drastic measures to get a date for the dance.
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Pages: 0.5
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What's My Angle?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Reggie
Character(s): Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Alice (Weatherbee?)
Synopsis: Reggie is escorting a homely girl around the neighborhood and Archie wonders what he's up to.
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Rockabye

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Dan DeCarlo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Archie
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis: When Jughead complains that Veronica is occupying too much of Archie's time promised to him, Veronica tries to repent by getting involved in Archie and Jughead's hobbies so she can share him.
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Harry Lucey
Inker(s): Harry Lucey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
First Line: They Said It Couldn't Be Done
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Disclose Notes: Advertisement for Archie Comics Annual #12.
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The Rivals

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Doyle
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Vincent DeCarlo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Veronica asks Betty to help her figure out exactly why she's dating Archie in the first place.
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Pages: 4
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Dumb Chum

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Moose
Character(s): Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Archie wagers with Jughead that Moose is the dumbest person alive.
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One For The Book

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: humorous
Feature(s): Li'l Jinx
Character(s): Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis: Jinx is unimpressed with the movie she and Greg have just seen.
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Operation Feast

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Rudy Lapick
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis: Betty goes to great lengths to cook a wonderful dinner for him. Archie proves to be as sensitive to her efforts as ever.
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Sweet Sock

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sy Reit
Penciller(s): Dan DeCarlo
Inker(s): Vincent DeCarlo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Vincent DeCarlo
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Betty and Veronica
Character(s): Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones
Synopsis: Betty talks Moose into becoming romantically interested in Veronica so Archie will be afraid to date her.
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Pages: 6

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