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.

Publisher’s description

Betty & Veronica star in their first comic book series! Take a trip back to the earliest days of Archie Comics as Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge show the town of Riverdale who's really in charge! Prepare to experience the original Betty and Veronica with stories like "She Was a Teen-Age Snob", "Hand to Mouth" and more!

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)