CATALOG RECORD
Archie's Girls, Betty and Veronica Annual #2
Dates
- Cover date
- 1954
- On sale
- January 5, 1954
- Pages
- 100
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #2 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition25¢ coverSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Ladies Man! · 7 pages
Archie and Reggie dress up in drag for an all male musical comedy and then argue about which one is the more attractive female. In order to settle the argument they take turns being escorted by the other one in public to gauge the guys' reactions.
- Flash In the Pan! · 1 pages
Archie brings Betty a fudge pan as a present and then expects Betty to make fudge.
- Fur, Fur Away · 2.67 pages
Archie has tickets to a professional football game but Veronica says that she can't go because her fur coat has a hole in it. Archie assures her that he has a thermos of coffee and a warm blanket but she still refuses because she's so delicate. Betty tells Archie to invite Veronica ice skating and she shows up in a mini-skirt.
- The Lid's Off · 4 pages
Betty and Veronica wear some over-the-top hats and the boys make fun of them for it.
- Heartburn! · 2 pages
A tree on which Archie carved his and Betty's initials is being chopped down and Betty wants to save the initials.
- Ladies of the Lake · 4 pages
Archie and Jughead take Betty and Veronica fishing and both Betty and Veronica end up in the lake after riding a log towards a big fish.
- Who's Hula? · 4 pages
Veronica was scheduled to perform a hula dance solo at the school but Mr. Weatherbee got two costumes for the price of one so he wants the performance to be a duet. Veronica is unhappy about that so she arranges to have Betty's hula skirt sabotaged.
- Ballet Whoopee! · 6 pages
A ballet master named Itchinski is visiting Riverdale to create an original ballet based on American themes. Betty and Veronica want the theme to be American Indians so they dress up in native costumes and want Archie and Reggie to do so too. Archie, Reggie and Jughead dress up as Indians and Jughead (a Cleveland Indian) takes Itchinski to visit the tribal chief (Archie) who gets his sister (Reggie in drag) to teach the ballet master to jitterbug. After that session Itchinski cancels his plans at Riverdale.
- The Nose Knows · 3 pages
Archie and Reggie bet Betty and Veronica that they can find a boy on whom perfume will have no effect, planning to present Jughead as their evidence. Betty wins the bet by spraying herself with hamburger juice to attract Jughead.
- Star Glazed! · 3 pages
Jughead picks Veronica to meet a movie star guest at Riverdale High. The star is from the Tarzan movies but it turns out to be a monkey.
- Phoney Surprise · 1 pages
Veronica dresses up before she answers the phone because she hears that Archie is going to call to invite her to a come-as-you-are party.
- Duel Pigeons · 6 pages
Archie and Reggie fight over who used to win the most fights when they were young.
- Plots to You! · 5 pages
Veronica overhears Archie saying that Betty is too aggressive so she encourages Betty to be more aggressive as a way of sabotaging Betty's efforts with Archie.
- No Eggs-Cuse · 2.67 pages
Archie and Reggie play a prank on Betty using rubber eggs but she gets her revenge with Jughead's help.
- Fright Night · 3.67 pages
After seeing Betty and Veronica scared of a mouse Archie and Reggie decide to play a trick on them using a gorilla costume.
- Dark Doings · 3.67 pages
Archie wants Betty to develop some pictures for him, and Betty decides that she'll use her time alone with Archie in the darkroom to get romantic with Archie, but Reggie spoils her plans by telling Veronica all about it.
- Watch Out! · 2.67 pages
Betty puts an ad in the paper for boys looking for work and gives the address as Veronica's house in the hopes that Archie will be furious when he sees all them.
- Knight Must Fall · 4 pages
Betty daydreams about being a damsel in distress in medieval times and being rescued by her knight, Archie.
- Fur Crying Out Loud! · 7 pages
Betty is jealous of Veronica's mink coat because she thinks her furs are one of the reasons she can't compete with Veronica. Reggie gives Betty his father's old raccoon coat. Despite Archie's and Veronica's insults of the coat Archie asks Betty on a date to the football game.
- A Fight at the Opera · 4 pages
Archie has to see the Madame Butterfly opera with Veronica but he hates operas. Jughead convinces him to use his father's ear plugs so he won't have to listen to it. This results in a lack of understanding of what Veronica is saying and ends with Archie getting walloped by Veronica.
- It's a Darned Shamus · 2.67 pages
Veronica pretends to be kidnapped as a prank on Archie.
- Poison Girls Together · 3 pages
Betty threatens to take poison if Archie doesn't take her to the dance. Poison turns out to be the name of a guy who works at the soda fountain.
- It's In the Brag · 3 pages
Veronica dresses up like a little girl for a play but Reggie doesn't realize that it's her and brags to her about how much Veronica is in love with him.
- All Schemed Up · 2.67 pages
In an effort to get Archie to herself Betty disguises herself as Veronica on a phone call to Archie and tells him that she has to break their date as she has to drive her mother to the lake cottage. Archie rushes up to the lake cottage while Betty and Reggie go over to Veronica's house so Reggie can pick her up and - by coincidence - Veronica actually did have to take her mother to the lake house.