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Issue Details

Issue #34
Published January 1958
Frequency bi-monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Harry Shorten
Notes From indicia on the bottom of the first page: "Published bi-monthly by Close-Up Inc., 420 DeSoto Ave., St. Louis 7, Mo. Editorial office: 241 Church Street, New York 13, N. Y. Chicago office: 35 East Wacker Dr., Chicago 11, Ill. Hollywood office: 439 So. Western Ave., Los Angleles 3, Calif." All information for this issue from Error Report #3349, by Darci.

Cover Details - "True, I Have My Faults, Betty!"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Genre teen
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz

1 page Sheaffer Pen Company advertisement "See! No fuss about filling Sheaffer's new cartridge pen!"

Letters typeset
Notes inside front cover

6 page Betty and Veronica story "Good Booking"

Characters Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis The sales training class is running a contest to see who can sell the most product. And it looks to everyone that Betty is gathering and selling incriminating evidence on the other students.
Genre teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

1 page Honor House Products Corp. advertisement "Toys! Tricks! Surprises! Galore"

Letters typeset

1 page Li'l Jinx story "Follow The Leader"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
Synopsis Jinx and her father play "follow the leader" on the frozen pond.
Genre gag
Script Joe Edwards (signed)
Pencils Joe Edwards (signed)
Inks Joe Edwards (signed)
Letters Joe Edwards (signed)

1 page Nature's Notebook text article "Nature's Notebook"

Synopsis Article on shellfish.
Genre children
Letters typeset

1 page Little Archie Comics promo (ad from the publisher) "Hey Kids!"

Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Bob Bolling
Notes House ad for Little Archie #5 (the cover pictured lists Little Archie Giant Comics)

5 page Betty and Veronica story "Solo Flight"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Veronica is suspicious when Betty claims she's going out on a date alone and sends Archie to stick as close as possible to her.
Genre teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo
Notes Bob White may have touched up some of the Archie faces in this story.
Reprinted In Archie... Archie Andrews Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #35

Half page Veronica story "Downbeat!"

Characters Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Veronica is too tired to go hiking with Archie, but she's not too tired to cut a rug with him.
Genre teen
Script Tom Moore
Pencils Tom Moore
Inks Tom Moore
Letters Tom Moore

Half page Betty story "Brush Off!"

Characters Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis Dilton fails as an art critic.
Genre teen
Script Tom Moore
Pencils Tom Moore
Inks Tom Moore
Letters Tom Moore
Notes The Betty faces may be photostatic paste-ups from old art done by George Frese.

1 page Archie's Pals 'N' Gals comics promo (ad from the publisher) "This one has everything!"

Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Terry Szenics ?
Notes House ad for Archie's Pals 'N' Gals #6.

4 page Betty and Veronica story "Confusion Conclusion"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Archie and Jughead compare stories of odd female behavior.
Genre teen
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz

1 page Pat The Brat story "Party of the First Part"

Characters Pat; Oswald (Pat's father)
Synopsis Oswald loses sight of Pat at a father/son picnic.
Genre teen
Pencils Raymond Harold Osrin ?; Leon Winik ?
Inks Raymond Harold Osrin ?; Leon Winik ?
Notes Art credits are artists listed for this feature at http://lambiek.net/.

Half page Buyer's Guild, Inc. advertisement "Lifetime Chronograph Stopwatch-window Calendar Watch"

Letters typeset

Half page Zenith Company advertisement "Everything You Need to Enjoy Stamp Collecting"

Letters typeset

1 page Veronica activity "Veronica's Magic Page"

Characters Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Veronica outlines some simple sleight of hand tricks.
Genre teen

Half page Moose story "Double Check"

Characters Marmaduke "Moose" Mason
Synopsis Moose doesn't get modern slang.
Genre teen
Script Tom Moore
Pencils Tom Moore
Inks Tom Moore
Letters Tom Moore

Half page Leroy story "Stretch the Truth"

Characters Cousin Leroy; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Veronica's Cousin Leroy has a ready excuse for the broken window.
Genre teen
Script Tom Moore
Pencils Tom Moore
Inks Tom Moore
Letters Tom Moore

1 page Best Values Co. advertisement "Free 2 Hit Parade Record Songs by Any of These Stars"

Letters typeset

6 page Betty and Veronica story "Mum's the Word"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis Suspicious that Betty has a secret formula to grow plants that will win the upcoming flower show, Veronica dispatches Archie to discover it.
Genre teen
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz

1 page Wilson Chemical Co. advertisement "Yogi Berra Homers in the 9th - Wins Big Game"

Characters Yogi Berra
Letters typeset
Notes inside back cover

1 page Chicago Roller Skate Co. advertisement "Get in on the fun!"

Letters typeset
Notes back cover