(June 1968)

Archie, 1965 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
seven times per year: February, April, June, August, September, October and December
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
Richard Goldwater

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Betty and Me / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I just got my allowance so let's splurge!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper

The Ol' Bawl Game (Table of Contents: 1)

Betty and Me / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Fairy Godmother; un-named teacher
Synopsis
An incompetent fairy godmother repeatedly tries and fails to get Betty a date with Archie, while a teacher tries to stop Betty from crying on the school walls all the time.
Reprints
Keywords
fairy godmother

Pretty Shifty (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bendix; Archie / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Can't Miss! (Table of Contents: 3)

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
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis
Jinx tries to help her father's golf game.
Keywords
golf

Two For Teenese (Table of Contents: 4)

Betty and Me / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis
Archie tells Betty about Mr. Weatherbee's "teenese," the method of getting people to do what you want without directly ordering them to do it.
Reprints
Keywords
handball

Indexer Notes

This and "Too Much Love" are early examples of how stories in this title began shifting toward portraying a more romantic relationship between Archie and Betty, a response to readers who wanted to see her get Archie more often.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Dear Betty / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Eda Edwards [as Betty]
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

Characters
Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Betty gives advice to readers from around the country.

Indexer Notes

Letters from W.B., H.J., S.R.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Pop, can we have two soda's on the cuff?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Archie tells Pop he'll give him "the bread" tomorrow.

Too Much Love (Table of Contents: 7)

Betty and Me / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; romance; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Cooper; Mrs. Cooper; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
When Betty goes overboard celebrating the tenth anniversary of the day she met Archie, everyone -- her parents, Archie's parents, her friends -- thinks she'll drive Archie away by coming on so strong.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["I just got my allowance so let's splurge!"]
    Betty and Me
  2. 1. The Ol' Bawl Game
    Betty and Me
  3. 2. Pretty Shifty
    Bendix; Archie
  4. 3. Can't Miss!
    Li'l Jinx
  5. 4. Two For Teenese
    Betty and Me
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Dear Betty
  7. 6. ["Pop, can we have two soda's on the cuff?"]
    Archie Pin Up
  8. 7. Too Much Love
    Betty and Me
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jaime Weinman