0309 - Betty Betz Dollface and her Gang | Published
Publication
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Notes
Indicia title is "BETTY BETZ' DOLLFACE and her GANG, No. 309." Code number is B.BETZ O.S. #309-511. Copyright 1950 by Betty Betz. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1951 Pamphlets, page 37. Betty Betz was a noted authority on teenage behavior in the late 1940s, whose articles and drawings were published in the pages of Seventeen, Woman's Home Companion, Pictorial Review, and other magazines. She also had a local TV program in New York City.
Cover
1 page
Feature
Dollface and her Gang
Genre
Teen
Characters
Betty Betz (photo); Dollface
Pencils
Betty Betz
Inks
Betty Betz
Text Article
Photos (1 page)
Synopsis
Photos of Betty Betz-organized teen parties in New York, Hawaii, and Battle Creek, Mich.
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Genre
Teen
Characters
Betty Betz (photo); Candy Jones (photo)
Script
Betty Betz
Letters
Betty Betz
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos with hand-written captions.
Dollface's father finds Bunbrain a date for the prom, an employee from his office named Roger Vandermorgan III. He turns out to be a handsome young man and when Dollface's date turns up sick on the night of the prom, ends up escorting both girls to the event.
Feature
Dollface and her Gang
Genre
Teen
Characters
Dollface; Bunbrain; Gogo; Bootsie
Script
Betty Betz
Pencils
Betty Betz
Inks
Betty Betz
Comic Story
Movie Tonight (2 pages)
Synopsis
Dollface takes her little sister on her date at the movies with Dopey. Sis makes it interesting by telling Dopey all about Dollface's date with Loveboat the previous evening.
Feature
Dollface and her Gang
Genre
Teen
Characters
Dollface; Dopey; Sis
Script
Betty Betz
Pencils
Betty Betz
Inks
Betty Betz
Comic Story
Picnic Time (2 pages)
Synopsis
Dollface and Bunbrain invite Dopey and Loveboat on picnic. However other girls invite the boys for other activities on the same day and all the girls end up at picnic, too.
Feature
Dollface and her Gang
Genre
Teen
Characters
Dollface; Bunbrain; Dopey; Loveboat
Script
Betty Betz
Pencils
Betty Betz
Inks
Betty Betz
Comic Story
Having a Whirl (2 pages)
Synopsis
Dollface and Bunbrain take a class in ballroom dancing, only to find their partners are young boys.
Feature
Dollface and her Gang
Genre
Teen
Characters
Dollface; Bunbrain
Script
Betty Betz
Pencils
Betty Betz
Inks
Betty Betz
Text Article
Question - Answer (2 pages)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Teen
Script
Betty Betz
Pencils
Betty Betz
Inks
Betty Betz
Letters
Betty Betz
Notes
Illustrated advice column with two letters (both from Toledo, Ohio) and Betty Betz's answers.
Comic Story
TV Tonight (2 pages)
Synopsis
After Dollface's father buys a television set, the girls invite the boys over to watch, thinking they'll get to do some dancing when the boys are tired of watching the TV.
Dollface joins a Lonely Hearts Club; but the only letter she gets is one from Dopey.
Feature
Dollface and her Gang
Genre
Teen
Characters
Dollface; Bunbrain
Script
Betty Betz
Pencils
Betty Betz
Inks
Betty Betz
Comic Story
How to Trap a Monster (8 pages)
Synopsis
Dollface and Dopey have a fight and split up. Each takes a different date to the big dance, but they end up swapping dates and ending up together again.
Feature
Dollface and her Gang
Genre
Teen
Characters
Dollface; Bunbrain; Dopey; Orville; Janie
Script
Betty Betz
Pencils
Betty Betz
Inks
Betty Betz
Comic Story
Matinee (2 pages)
Synopsis
Dollface and Bunbrain go to the theater to see singer Frankie Samone. Samone's press agent wants to use them as "typical bobby soxers" in a publicity photo after the show.
Feature
Dollface and her Gang
Genre
Teen
Characters
Dollface; Bunbrain
Script
Betty Betz
Pencils
Betty Betz
Inks
Betty Betz
Notes
Frankie Samone is a take-off on Frank Sinatra.
Comic Story
The Big Sweep (2 pages)
Synopsis
Dollface cheerfully helps her mother with spring cleaning after Dopey tells her he likes the domestic type.
Feature
Dollface and her Gang
Genre
Teen
Characters
Dollface; Dopey
Script
Betty Betz
Pencils
Betty Betz
Inks
Betty Betz
Text Article
A Yak Sesh with Betty (2 pages)
Letters
typeset
Genre
Teen
Script
Betty Betz
Pencils
Betty Betz (signed)
Inks
Betty Betz (signed)
Notes
Illustrated advice column with short questions and long answers. "Sesh" in the title is slang for "session."
Text Article
Party Page (2 pages)
Synopsis
Ideas for planning theme parties.
Letters
typeset
Genre
Teen
Script
Betty Betz
Pencils
Betty Betz (signed)
Inks
Betty Betz (signed)
Notes
Text with two illustrations.
Comic Story
Dollface finds a Bargain (2 pages)
Synopsis
Dollface finds some half-price fabric to make a dress for a party, but at the party she finds the color and pattern is the same as the hosts' couch and curtains.
Feature
Dollface and her Gang
Genre
Teen
Characters
Dollface; Bunbrain; Gumshoe; Dopey; Queenie
Script
Betty Betz
Pencils
Betty Betz
Inks
Betty Betz
Comic Story
Christmas Planning (2 pages)
Synopsis
Dollface starts knitting a pair of socks in the summer to give at Christmas; but the intended recipient keeps changing.
Feature
Dollface and her Gang
Genre
Teen
Characters
Dollface; Bunbrain
Script
Betty Betz
Pencils
Betty Betz
Inks
Betty Betz
Comic Story
Beast and the Beauty (1 page)
Synopsis
Bunbrain gives Dollface an ultra-short "modern 1950" hairstyle.
Feature
Dollface and her Gang
Genre
Teen
Characters
Dollface; Bunbrain
Script
Betty Betz
Pencils
Betty Betz
Inks
Betty Betz
Text Article
Photos (1 page)
Synopsis
Photos from teen activities at Honolulu, Los Angeles, and Kellogg Youth Week at Battle Creek, Michigan.
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Characters
Betty Betz (photos); Jimmy Stewart (photo); Tamara Thomas (photo); Bud Smith (photo); Bruce Mosely (photo)
Script
Betty Betz
Letters
Betty Betz
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white. Five photos with hand-written captions.
Text Article
Hawaii - U.S.A. (1 page)
Synopsis
Photos from a teen party in Honolulu.
Pencils
Honolulu Star-Bulletin (photos)
Inks
Honolulu Star-Bulletin (photos)
Characters
Betty Betz (photo); June Allyson (photo)
Script
Betty Betz
Letters
Betty Betz
Notes
Back cover. Six black and white photos with hand-written caption. One photo is credited to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin newspaper, the others may or may not be from the newspaper.
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