KATY KEENE

'Katy Keene' is a character created by Bill Woggon who has appeared in several comic book series published by Archie Comics beginning in the 1940s.

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Character history

Reintroduction

External links

Character history

Katy Keene is a model known as the "Pin-Up Queen", and her comics encouraged readers to send in original drawings of unique cars and boats for her and her friends, house trailers and rockets, as well as accessories and outfits for her to wear. These designs were used in the comics with credit given to the submitters. She appeared in various anthology comic series in the 1940s, eventually getting her own short-lived comic. There continued to be specials such as ''Katy Keene Pin Up Parade'' and ''Katy Keene Fashion Book Magazine'' through the 1950s, but the character was not seen for about 20 years starting in the early 1960s until she was revived in the 1980s. Bill Woggon's apprentice, John Lucas has carried on the tradition with his comics and paper doll books. In the early 1990s she once again went into disuse, although she made an appearance in The Punisher Meets Archie in 1994.

Reintroduction

Archie Comics re-reintroduced Katy, now a high school student / aspiring model, in its 2005 Free Comic Book Day issue. She recently started appearing in ''Archie Comics'' and ''Archie & Friends Comics''.
She was reintroduced in Archie & Friends # 101 and has been featured in Archie & Friends ever since.

External links

★ Katy Keene official site