Betty Cooper

Elizabeth "Betty" Cooper (1941- ) is a fictional character of Archie Comics, the blonde-haired daughter of Hal and Alice Cooper. Older brother Chip Cooper and older sister Polly Cooper have both moved out of Riverdale, their hometown, but occasionally appear in flashbacks to her childhood. Betty likes sports, and is also a cheerleader. Betty was created in December of 1941.

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Fictional character - Archie Comics - December - 1941

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The quintessential girl-next-door, Betty's middle class upbringing is a world apart from the flashy lifestyle of her wealthy friend Veronica Lodge. Nowhere is this more evident than when she and Veronica are competing for Archie Andrews's heart, and yet they remain best friends. In the late 1960's, the two girls joined Archie's band, a garage band appropriately named The Archies. Both sang (usually backup), and Betty played tambourine, while the presumably more musically talented Veronica played organ.

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Middle class - Veronica Lodge - Archie Andrews - Garage band - The Archies - Tambourine - Organ

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In the early years, Betty had mastery of the traditional feminine domestic skills that Veronica was hopeless at. With the rise of the influence of feminism, Betty has also been depicted with a wide variety of talents such as auto mechanics. In addition, she is typically depicted as calm and cool in the face of crisis and often has ready solutions for whatever problem comes up in her featured stories.

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Ms. Cooper and Ms. Lodge are the stars of the Archie Comics spin-off Betty And Veronica Magazine.

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