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  ARCHIE’s GIRLS BETTY & VERONICA #18

Dan DeCarlo Sighting!

(ARCHIE’s GIRLS BETTY & VERONICA #18 - cover-dated MAY 1955, on newsstands February 14th, 1955, with cover art unknown, but my guess is George Frese)

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I never get tired of singing the praises of George Frese…

Even among many long time Archie fans’, he’s mostly unknown.

He was THE Archie artist at one time!

(ARCHIE’s GIRLS BETTY & VERONICA #18 - cover-dated MAY 1955, on newsstands February 14th, 1955, with art, by George Frese)

Last reprinted in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest #1 (April 2019)

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Jughead gets a rare kiss from Betty!

(ARCHIE’s GIRLS BETTY & VERONICA #18 - cover-dated MAY 1955, on newsstands February 14th, 1955, with art, by George Frese)

Last reprinted in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest #1 (April 2019)

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And more!

(ARCHIE’s GIRLS BETTY & VERONICA #18 - cover-dated MAY 1955, on newsstands February 14th, 1955, with art, by George Frese)

Last reprinted in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest #1 (April 2019)

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Of course, it’s all for Archie, as Betty finally gets a one up on Veronica!

(ARCHIE’s GIRLS BETTY & VERONICA #18 - cover-dated MAY 1955, on newsstands February 14th, 1955, with art, by George Frese)

Last reprinted in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest #1 (April 2019)

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Samm Schwartz didn’t always have to SHOW action to be funny, sometimes it was more effective

to show the aftermath of it!

(ARCHIE’s GIRLS BETTY & VERONICA #18 - cover-dated MAY 1955, on newsstands February 14th, 1955, with art, by Samm Schwartz)

Last reprinted in the B&W UK Edition of Archie’s Girls Betty & Veronica #1 (1955) 

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I see some of what would influence Harry Lucey’s Archie art, in the way George Frese would draw Veronica.

Though… Harry’s Lucey’s work on it would take it up a notch! 

(ARCHIE’s GIRLS BETTY & VERONICA #18 - cover-dated MAY 1955, on newsstands February 14th, 1955, with art, by George Frese)

Last reprinted in Betty & Veronica Jumbo Comics Double Digest #223 (June 2014)

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Speaking of drawing attractive women…Dan DeCarlo was just getting some early work at Archie Comics and 

here we see an early version of his classic style!

(ARCHIE’s GIRLS BETTY & VERONICA #18 - cover-dated MAY 1955, on newsstands February 14th, 1955, with art, by Dan DeCarlo)

Last reprinted in Betty & Veronica Jumbo Comics Double Digest #223 (June 2014)

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For anyone unsure if it was DeCarlo’s work, this panel gave it away!

(ARCHIE’s GIRLS BETTY & VERONICA #18 - cover-dated MAY 1955, on newsstands February 14th, 1955, with art, by Dan DeCarlo)

Last reprinted in Betty & Veronica Jumbo Comics Double Digest #223 (June 2014)

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Archie ends up the winner in this one!

(ARCHIE’s GIRLS BETTY & VERONICA #18 - cover-dated MAY 1955, on newsstands February 14th, 1955, with art, by Dan DeCarlo)

Last reprinted in Betty & Veronica Jumbo Comics Double Digest #223 (June 2014)

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Samm Schwartz plays on Archie Fashion, 

(ARCHIE’s GIRLS BETTY & VERONICA #18 - cover-dated MAY 1955, on newsstands February 14th, 1955, with art, by Samm Schwartz)

Last reprinted in the B&W UK Edition of Archie’s Girls Betty & Veronica #1 (1955) 

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