(July 1976)

Archie, 1965 Series
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Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
9 times a year in Feb., March, April, May, July, Aug., Sept., Oct., and Dec.
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Brand
Archie Series [vertical]
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Betty, dearest, I’m naming my boat after you!
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie discovers a way to use the same line on ten different girls and not lie.

Kitty Ditty (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie! Archie! Help me!!
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper
Synopsis
Archie puts his date with Veronica on hold to help Betty look for her lost cat.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

There are two 5 page stories titled Kitty Ditty. In one story Veronica has lost her cat, in the other Betty has lost her cat. This story is confirmed to be about Betty losing her cat.

Banky Panky (Table of Contents: 2)

Betty and Me / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards ?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Betty gives Archie a lesson in compound interest.
Reprints

Special Date (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Josie / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Get the Message (Table of Contents: 4)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
Synopsis
Hap interrupts a bedtime story with a public service announcement.

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

Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Bob Montana
Pencils
Bob Montana
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Calm down! Calm down! Please! Now, what’s wrong?
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Miss Grundy has an accident; Archie refuses to dance the Cha-Cha.
Reprints
  • from Archie newspaper strip (King Features Syndicate) 1961-03-16, 1961-01-20

Indexer Notes

These are reprints of two Archie syndicated newspaper strips.

Music Hath Charms (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Leonard Stroganoff
Synopsis
Veronica sets Betty up to be humiliated in front of a world-famous symphony conductor.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest, script is credited to Bob Bolling and inks to Rich Koslowski. The Rich Koslowski credit there is almost certainly incorrect as it appears that his career started in the early 1990's.

Money Honey (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Dick Malmgren
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Archie isn't thrilled when Betty has to take a part-time job.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
Eda Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I have a friend

Mind Grind (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr.
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Dilton tries various psychological therapies to help Betty stop pining for Archie.
Reprints
Keywords
hypnotism
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Betty, dearest, I’m naming my boat after you!"]
    Betty and Me
  2. 1. Kitty Ditty
    Betty and Me
  3. 2. Banky Panky
    Betty and Me
  4. 3. Special Date
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Josie
  5. 4. Get the Message
    Li'l Jinx
  6. 5. ["Calm down! Calm down! Please! Now, what’s wrong?"]
    Archie's Gag Bag
  7. 6. Music Hath Charms
    Betty and Me
  8. 7. Money Honey
    Betty and Me
  9. 8. ["I have a friend"]
    Dear Betty
  10. 9. Mind Grind
    Betty and Me
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Peter Croome
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Thomas Johnson
  • Scott Marshall
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen