(March 1962)

Archie, 1958 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1962-01-18
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Adventure Series
Editing
John L. Goldwater ?

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Life with Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Geeko
Genre
adventure; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones

Meet the Creature (Table of Contents: 1)

Life with Archie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Sy Reit
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
Marty Epp

Genre
adventure; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
The gang is staying at the Lodge's cabin when Archie and Reggie encounter a four-armed monster.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First part of a four-part story in this issue, but each part is separately paginated and there is no over-arching story title.

The Thing Who Came to Dinner! (Table of Contents: 2)

Life with Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Sy Reit
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
Marty Epp

Genre
adventure; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
The gang is trapped inside the cabin by the monster outside and they figure out that it eats metal.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Second part of a four-part story in this issue, but each part is separately paginated and there is no over-arching story title.

Metal Muddle! (Table of Contents: 3)

Life with Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Sy Reit
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
Marty Epp

Genre
adventure; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
The creature is still hungry, even after they've given it all the metal they can find.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Third part of a four-part story in this issue, but each part is separately paginated and there is no over-arching story title.

Badger (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; animal
Reprints

Smartniks (Table of Contents: 5)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children

The Creature Departs! (Table of Contents: 6)

Life with Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Sy Reit
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
Marty Epp

Genre
adventure; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Archie finally comes up with a way to drive the creature away. Mr. Lodge doesn't believe them when he returns.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Fourth part of a four-part story in this issue, but each part is separately paginated and there is no over-arching story title.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Geeko"]
    Life with Archie
  2. 1. Meet the Creature
    Life with Archie
  3. 2. The Thing Who Came to Dinner!
    Life with Archie
  4. 3. Metal Muddle!
    Life with Archie
  5. 4. Badger
  6. 5. Smartniks
    Li'l Jinx
  7. 6. The Creature Departs!
    Life with Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Steve Coates
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jaime Weinman