(August 1981)

Archie, 1965 Series
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Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except for January, June and November
On-sale Date
1981-06-09
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Brand
Archie Series; Archie Comics Group
Barcode
?
Editing
Richard H. Goldwater (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #191.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
An ankle leash prevents the loss of your surfboard!
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Betty gets an unintentional tip from Reggie on how to control Archie's roving eye.
Reprints

Growling Grizzlies (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

In Arch We Trust (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Because of car trouble, Archie gets Betty back after curfew, then gets upset when nobody is suspicious of what happened.
Reprints

In Between Chapters (Table of Contents: 3)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 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
Jinx is unhappy with her bedtime story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Michael Gallagher ?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why did we camp so close to the boardwalk?
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Betty gets a tip from Veronica; Archie is puzzled by a piece of art in Betty's home.
Reprints
  • from ?

Indexer Notes

These are reprints of two late seventies era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.

Dream Drama (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
Stan Goldberg
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge (dream only)
Synopsis
While sleeping, Betty dreams of being a police officer and a fire fighter and rescuing Archie both times, only to have Veronica swoop in and take him from her.
Reprints

Basket Banter (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Stan Goldberg
Inks
? [as Vango]
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Hal Cooper
Synopsis
Veronica schemes to lure Archie away from his basketball practice with Betty, so Betty schemes to make Archie too tired to keep his date with Veronica.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Eda Edwards (credited as Betty)
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We Have Our House Up For Sale
Characters
Betty Cooper

Weather or Not (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / activity / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Exchange letters for numbers to find out what Archie heard.
Reprints

Crowd Control (Table of Contents: 9)

Betty and Me / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle ?
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Moose invites himself along on Betty and Archie's beach date.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["An ankle leash prevents the loss of your surfboard!"]
    Betty and Me
  2. 1. Growling Grizzlies
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Sabrina
  3. 2. In Arch We Trust
    Betty and Me
  4. 3. In Between Chapters
    Li'l Jinx
  5. 4. ["Why did we camp so close to the boardwalk?"]
    Betty's Gag Bag
  6. 5. Dream Drama
    Betty and Me
  7. 6. Basket Banter
    Betty and Me
  8. 7. ["We Have Our House Up For Sale"]
    Dear Betty
  9. 8. Weather or Not
    Archie
  10. 9. Crowd Control
    Betty and Me
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  • Peter Croome
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
  • James Zee