CATALOG RECORD
Archie's Girls, Betty and Veronica Annual #3
Dates
- Cover date
- 1955
- On sale
- January 12, 1955
- Pages
- 100
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- Hearts and Foulers · 3 pages
Veronica gets jealous when Archie sends Betty a valentine in class. Archie's plan was to give Veronica a $5 box of chocolates, but she breaks it over his head thinking he's trying to apologize.
- Time Will Tell · 3.75 pages
Archie and Veronica damage Mr. Lodge’s car while backing it out of the garage. Mr. Lodge's punishment is that they have to do some chores like cleaning out the garage to work off the cost of repairs. Archie gets bumped on the head while cleaning the garage and dreams that he's 200 years into the future in the year 2154.
- For Whom the Belle Tolls · 0.25 pages
Veronica refuses to play a carnival game.
- Fenced In · 1 pages
Veronica is in love with her new math teacher; Archie asks Veronica if she thinks kissing is unhealthy; Betty follows the directions on her medicine bottle.
- Lost Moss · 3 pages
Mr. Lodge tries to get some Peat Moss to win a gardening bet and Archie tries to help but he thought Mr. Lodge was looking for a guy named Pete Morse.
- Plane English · 3 pages
Miss Grundy and Mr. Weatherbee catch Archie throwing a paper airplane in class. Mr. Weatherbee punishes him but he also wants Archie to teach him how to make one that can loop.
- The Chokes on Me! · 3 pages
Mr. Weatherbee is having health problems and after seeing 20 doctors he can't get a diagnosis of what's wrong with him. He's convinced that he's going to die so he resigns from school and sells his house so he can travel and enjoy his last days on Earth. He goes to buy some shirts and argues with the sales clerk over what size collar he should be wearing. The clerk tells him that if his collar is too tight it will make him feel all choked up and he'll start seeing spots before his eyes. Mr. Weatherbee leaves the store laughing because those were the symptoms he was experiencing.
- Vicious Circle · 3.75 pages
Betty and Veronica play a prank on Archie and Reggie while at the lake.
- Untitled · 0.25 pages
Archie sends Reggie away by asking him to get the key to the oarlocks.
- Hard Coincident · 1 pages
Betty times it just right to 'coincidentally' run into Archie.
- I Scream · 4 pages
Betty and Veronica go to a health food place to eat because it's better for their figures.
- Anything for a Friend! · 3 pages
Archie refused to date Jughead's cousin but Veronica encourages him to do so while she's away because Veronica is under the impression that she's ugly and it will keep Betty away from Archie.
- Beauty and the Beast · 4 pages
Archie keeps having dreams that he's a caged tiger.
- Shovel Trouble · 2 pages
Reggie tries to con Archie into clearing Veronica's driveway.
- Ticket Trouble · 4 pages
Mr. Weatherbee gives Archie and Reggie two tickets to the big prize fight but they both try to scam the other out of their ticket so they can take a date.
- Ham 'n' Hex · 2.66 pages
Reggie makes fun of Betty's sculpture and Betty claims to put a "delayed reaction" hex on him, which manifests when he encounters Moose in the hallway.
- Knitten Kitten · 0.34 pages
Betty knitted three socks for her cousin because she heard he grew another foot last summer.
- Fight as a Fiddle! · 3 pages
Archie and Reggie put on makeup to make it look like they had a major fight over Veronica.
- The Voice Is Yet to Come! · 5 pages
Archie and Reggie think Veronica must be dating somebody else since she will not talk to either of them.
- Taken for a Ride · 3 pages
Veronica is reluctant to go with Archie on a trip to the country because he always runs out of gas near Lover's Lane, but Archie promises to stop at the gas station where Jughead works first. After being berated by his boss for a lack of service, Jughead gives Archie the royal treatment - except he forgets to pump gas.
- Snappy Return · 3 pages
Archie brings a paddle-ball to school and the teachers end up using it after they confiscate it from him.
- Dressed to Kill · 3 pages
Betty gets a job at a dress shop to afford a dress for the junior hop, but Veronica buys it out from under her. Betty gets the last laugh when Archie and Veronica get into a fight because Archie didn't like the dress.
- Fancy Dress Brawl! · 1 pages
Betty and Veronica pretend to not like a dress in a shop window but then secretly they each rush back to buy it.
- Weigh Off · 2 pages
Archie get jealous of a carnie guy who tries to guess Veronica's weight by picking her up in his arms.
- Picture Plot · 1 pages
Betty believes that Archie's wall of Veronica pictures makes him only think he's in love with her. She expresses this belief in front of her wall of Archie pictures.
- What's the Angle, Worm? · 2.75 pages
Betty and Veronica invite themselves along on a fishing trip with Archie and Reggie.
- It Makes No Difference! · 0.25 pages
Betty tells Veronica that Archie got an automatic clutch for his car. Veronica responds that he always had an automatic clutch with or without the car.
- The Hole Truth · 2.67 pages
Archie delivers a suit to a vaudeville performer but it gets dropped in mud and tar and then soaked in acid when he tries to clean it. He pays Jughead to buy a replacement but when Archie finally delivers the suit the performer cuts holes in it and pours acid on in to use as a tramp costume.
- Oh Boys! · 1 pages
Betty comments that she'd never be caught on a golf course until she gets invited by Reggie and Archie.
- Kiss and Shake Up · 3.5 pages
Archie and Reggie box to see who will take Veronica to the dance.
- It Was Tough · 1 pages
A newspaper reporter chooses to interview cheerleaders Betty and Veronica instead of the football players after a big win.
- Eye for Eye · 1 pages
Archie stares into Veronica's eyes when she pretends to have something in her eye, but he tells Betty to use Jughead's handkerchief when she pulls the same trick.
- Private Eye · 3 pages
Mr. Lodge takes Archie on a fishing trip with him so Archie can film him catching a fish, but when they get the film developed, all they can see is Archie's eye because he was holding the camera the wrong way.
- English Translation · 1 pages
Archie can't read the menu at a fancy restaurant.
- Right and Wrong · 1 pages
Veronica gets angry when Archie takes Betty's side in an argument.
- Ghost of a Chance! · 3 pages
The gang decides to do a scavenger hunt and see who can count the fireplaces in the haunted Kobbler mansion, with the winner getting to kiss their favorite boyfriend or girlfriend once for each fireplace. Archie puts on a ghost costume to scare Reggie out of the house, but then Betty does the same thing and scares Archie and Jughead away.
- Frozen Assets · 3 pages
The gang goes ice skating on the pond at night but they choose their partners 'Eskimo' style in which the boys pick a snowball and the name on the piece of paper inside the snowball will be their partner.
- Nick of Time! · 2 pages
Jughead interviews a millionaire who started out with a push-cart selling bananas.
- To Each His Own! · 2 pages
Betty and Veronica tell Archie and Reggie to stop fighting and if they think that's the way gentlemen act then they should act like ladies. Archie and Reggie then start making catty comments about each other's clothes and appearance.
Characters
Reprinted in
Archie Annual (1951), Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (1987), Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (1983), Archie's Double Digest Magazine (1984), Archie 1000 Page Comics Shindig (2016), Laugh Comics Digest / Laugh Comics Digest Magazine / Laugh Digest Magazine (1974), Archie Comics Digest (1973), Archie Valentine's Spectacular (2026)