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| Katy Keene number one, very awesome! |
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| Publication | 1949 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
| Notes | Outfit by Irene Nachtman (Cincinnati 27, OH); credit appears in Katy's Dress Design Contest promo. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Katy Keene |
| Notes | Outfit by Irene Nachtman (Cincinnati 27, OH); credit appears in Katy's Dress Design Contest promo. |
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| Comic Story | Congratulations to Katy Keene (5.67 pages) |
| Synopsis | Having been awarded her own comic book, Katy receives a deluge of letters, phone calls and visits from celebrities. Unfortunately, artist Bill Woggon is so nervous that he spills ink all over their story. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Fashion | Characters: Katy Keene; Sis; K.O. Kelly; Windy; Randy Van Ronson; Skipper Mason; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Suzie; Ferdie; Super Duck; Wilbur Wilkin; Angela; Uncle Blunderbuss; Reggie Mantle; Bill Woggon |
| Notes | Katy's well-wishers on the splash page include: actors Robert Young, Tim Holt, George Brent, Gloria Grahame, Jane Greer, Robert Ryan, William Talman, and Mack Sennett; film director William Russell; film producer Jack Gross; writers Jack DeWitt, John Dalton, M.P. Wentworth, Don Quinn, Mildred Cram, and Audrey Ovington; singers Cliffie Stone, Andy Parker and the Plainsmen, and Tex Williams; Allen Saunders and Bill Woggon's brother Elmer, creators of "Steve Roper"; Don Dean, former MLJ artist and Elmer's assistant; Scott Fleming; politicians Mike DiSalle (Toledo mayor) and Norris Montgomery (Santa Barbara mayor); Archie Comics characters Sis, K.O. Kelly, Windy, Randy Van Ronson, Skipper Mason, Archie, Jughead, Reggie, Betty, Veronica, Suzie, Ferdie, Angela, Uncle Blunderbuss, Gregory Van Dripp, Wilbur, Laurie, Linda, Red, Li'l Jinx, Ginger, Debby, Betsy, Super Duck, Cubby, and Fauntleroy; and Archie Comics staffers Harry Shorten, Al Fagaly, Red Holmdale, Bob Montana, Ray Gill, Samm Schwartz, Bill Vigoda, John Goldwater, Louis Silberkleit, and Maurice Coyne.
Pose, etc. by Dixie Korbecki (Hampton, VA); Katy's pose, ensemble and coiffure by Janet Lehmann (Burbank, CA); dress by Norma Smart (Detroit, MI); K.O.'s outfit by Janet Ganteo (Gardenville, NY); sarong and pose by Laretta Candill (Ermine, KY); Hawaiian creation by Rebecca Pruett (Union City, TN); Katy's dress by Nancy Guignet (Lake Worth, FL). |
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| Content | Characters: Katy Keene |
| Notes | Promo for 6x9" Katy Keene pin-up with 25 cut-out outfits. |
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| Content | Genre: Fashion | Characters: Katy Keene |
| Notes | Tennis outfit by Margaret Ann Waltier (Groton, SD); pose and swimsuit by Dale H. Edwards (U.S. Navy); tennis outfit by Harriet Klein (Newark 8, NJ); swim suit by Jean Cornelison (Salisbury, NC); sport outfit by Toba Pato (Bronx, NY); pedal pushers by Barbara Sodd (Louisville, KY); play suit by G. Wanta (Chicago, IL). |
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| Synopsis | Swami Rivah tells Katy's fortune and tells her she'll star opposite a great male movie star. Katy's co-star turns out to be Laddie, the collie. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Fashion | Characters: Katy Keene; Sis; Swami Rivah; Laddie |
| Notes | Pose and gown by Roy Hergenroeder (Fresno, CA); Katy's negligee by Yvonne Johnson (Omar, WV); pajamas on Sis by Gloria Trevino (Detroit 4, MI); Katy's ensemble by Sun Kleinschmidt (Granite City, IL); dress on Sis by Rebecca Nipp (New Castle, IN); beach dress by Helene Hammontree (Las Animas, CO). |
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| Illustration | Katy Keene Fashions (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Fashion |
| Notes | Jacket and slacks by Patsy Miller (Altoona, PA); practice costume by Agnes Rocca (New York, NY); shorts and shirt by Barbara Kuntz (Box 67, NY); beach coat and swim suit by Julie (Hazleton, PA); pose and Hawaiian costume by Sarah Garrison (Waynesville, NC). |
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| Synopsis | Katy and Sis head to the Brown Derby, hoping Katy will be noticed by a big movie producer. Katy talks into a phone at the table to seem like she's in high demand, but is embarrassed when a waiter observes her phone isn't plugged in. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Fashion | Characters: Katy Keene; Sis; John Dall; Garry Moore; Irene Dunne; Robert Cobb; Dorothy Lamour; Joan Bennett; George Burns; Gracie Allen |
| Notes | Katy's ensemble by Emily Cropper (Salisbury, MD); summer dress by Nancy Aycock (San Leandro, CA); play suit on Sis by Lois Ackerman (Santa Cruz, CA); Katy's ensemble by Norma Schwab (Cincinnati 19, OH); outfit on Sis by Beverly Voldseth (Sioux Falls, SD). |
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| Content | Characters: Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones |
| Notes | Promo for the new titles in the Archie Comics line: Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series), Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series), and Archie's Rival Reggie (Archie, 1949 series). |
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| Comic Story | The Nightmare of Katy Keene (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Katy tries to wear an outfit which will draw her publicity. Instead, surrealist artist Slavador Dolly asks to paint her. Katy is outraged by the surrealist picture she inspires. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Fashion | Characters: Katy Keene; Sis; Slavador Dolly |
| Notes | Splash page outfit by E. Nelson Bridwell (Oklahoma City 3, OK) who would eventually become a writer on Katy Keene; Katy's pajamas by Thelma Yeagley (Salina, KS); Sis's pajamas by Karen Turlay (National City, CA); "unusual outfit" by Ann Stewart (Westcliffe, CO); ballerina outfit by Margie Mack (Haverhill, MA); pirate outfit by Gladys Herndon (Culdesac, ID); majorette outfit by Myrtle Hamilton (Yates Center, KS); cowgirl outfit by Shizue Okamoto (Seabrook, NJ); fairy outfit by Phyllis Vertreese (Wichita, KS); Hawaiian outfit by Lucy Gatliff (New London, OH); Sis' majorette outfit by Mary Jane Pissott (Wilkes-Barre, PA); Katy's dress by Gary Lindner (Port Washington, WI). |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Coach Kleats; Miss Grundy |
| Notes | Promo for the comic, Archie's Rival Reggie. |
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| Content | Characters: Katy Keene |
| Notes | Promo for Katy's Dress Design Contest. Winning design will be sent to entrant as hand-painted scarf or tie and appear on the cover of the next issue. Includes credit for outfit on cover. |
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