Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #53

Dates

Cover date

May 1960

On sale

February 29, 1960

Pages

36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #53 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Original edition10¢ cover

  Source ↗
• UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover

  British

  Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].

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Creators

Stories

• She Was a Teen-Age Snob · 6 pages

  Veronica gets a lesson in humility after she tells Mr. Weatherbee that he'll have to get an appointment with the company secretary before he can talk to her father.

• Count Down! · 0.5 pages

  Shrimpy is counting stars when a girl makes him lose count.

• A Turn for the Better! · 0.5 pages

  Shrimpy decides watching a singing commercial is better than watching the TV newscast.

• Biting Humor · 0.5 pages

  Miss Grundy asks Moose to tell her the best way to combat diseases spread by biting insects.

• Late Reason · 0.5 pages

  Moose is late for class, but has an excuse.

• Hand to Mouth! · 6 pages

  Veronica is smitten by the continental manners of her new French boyfriend Maurice.

• Picture Panic! · 4 pages

  Mr. Weatherbee overhears school photographers Betty and Veronica talk about shooting him when he is giving a school speech and thinks they are planning on using a gun.

• Taken for a Ride · 0.5 pages

  Moose complains because the Tunnel of Love was too dark.

• Baby Talk · 0.5 pages

  Reggie hires Betty to be his baby-sitter.

• Pin-Up Psychology! · 1 pages

  Jughead uses a pinup of a pretty girl as a backdrop to distract Archie when the two are playing ping pong.

• Jack Kelly · Veronica Presents the Star of the Month! · 1 pages

  Biography of Jack Kelly, then currently co-starring with James Garner in the television series "Maverick."

• Twist of Hate · 6 pages

  Betty thinks Veronica is a "frenemy," because she is Betty's friend, but is her enemy when it comes to Archie.

Reprinted in

Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (1977), Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine (1974), Jughead's Double Digest (1989), Archie's Double Digest Magazine (1984), Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (1987), World of Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (2010), B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (2011), Archie 1000 Page Comics-Palooza (2014), World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest (2021), Betty & Veronica Decades: The 1960's (2022)