(March 1955)
Archie,
1950 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- ?
in 
Bigger and Bitter
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones (cameo); Reggie Mantle (cameo); Adrian (photographer)
- Synopsis
- Betty is going to give Archie a professional photo of herself for his birthday. Veronica finds out and goes to the same photographer and has a much larger photo made of herself. The sympathetic photographer finds a way for Betty to come out ahead.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Favorite Comics from the Vault (Archie, 2015 series) (2015) - in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #242 (May 2016)
- in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #4 (January 2017)
- in Archie Showcase Digest (Archie, 2020 series) #3 (July 2021)
-
- Keywords
- birthday party; photograph
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (2016 series) (Archie) #4.
[no title indexed]
Fun Page / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's This?
- Synopsis
- Activity page: What's This?, Draw Me, Color Me, Draw the Design, Finish the Faces, Picture Words
Indexer Notes
No characters appear.
Snooty Cuties!
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Veronica invites Archie to a party she's hosting for some high-class girls. He thinks he's doing fine until he overhears them making fun of him.
- Keywords
- party
[no title indexed]
Katy Keene Jokes / cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sis! What do you want to take your castor oil with?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Katy Keene; Sis
- Synopsis
- Two single panel jokes: Taking castor oil with a fork and Sis wants a rabbit to help her with her arithmetic.
Indexer Notes
Jokes and fashions by Ellen Dobson (San Francisco, Calif.) and Patricia Meagher (Richmond, Va.).
[no title indexed]
Sis the Candy Kid / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Somebody's at the door!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sis; Bertha
- Synopsis
- Bertha complains about Sis's grammar.
Indexer Notes
Three-panel strip plus a panel of jokes. Fashions and jokes by Joanne Kingdom (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), Patricia Gantes (San Diego, Calif.), Lenda Norcross (Snyder, Texas), K. Ron Zabo (Parma, Ohio), and Raymond Morales (Lubbock, Texas).
Wiser Adviser
Betty / comic story / 2.75 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie gets mad when Betty knows more than he does. Jughead advises Betty to play dumb the next time she sees him, but that backfires.
- Reprints
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #237 (February 2014)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics-Palooza (Archie, 2014 series) ([February] 2014)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest #237.
[no title indexed]
Jughead / comic story / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wonder what it's like to be married to the same man for fifty years?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Looking at an elderly couple on a park bench, Veronica wonders what it would be like to be married for many years.
- Reprints
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics-Palooza (Archie, 2014 series) ([February] 2014)
-
- Keywords
- marriage
On the Other Foot
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Reggie reads that a shoe store has a case of shoes only for the right foot. Betty remembers that Jughead bought a grab bag box at an auction that only had left foot shoes. Reggie and Betty are able to acquire both boxes, but it doesn't work out as intended.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- shoes
Indexer Notes
Veronica does not appear. Credits from the reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest #237.
Plots to You
Archie / text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica refuses to talk to Archie and he doesn't have any idea why.
- Keywords
- initiation; sorority
Indexer Notes
Text story with two-panel header.
[no title indexed]
Debby's Diary / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear diary: I need eight more dollars to invest...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Debby; Oliver; Wagner Twins
- Synopsis
- Debby wants to earn some money for an investment. She gets a baby-sitting job, but needs some help from her father.
- Keywords
- baby-sitting; hair style
Indexer Notes
Fashions by Phyllis Cousino (Erie, Mich.), Phyllis Farrington, (North Fairfield, Ohio), Betty Palmer (Troy, N.Y.), Ruth Leith (Toledo, Ohio), Lola Gravitt (Sunland, Calif.), Bernice Ashferd (Weston, Ontario, Canada), and Carole Peterson (St. Petersburg, Fla.).
Memories
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie and Veronica are listening to records. Songs bring back good memories for Veronica and bad memories for Archie.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- record player; records
The Hic Parade
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 2.75 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty tries to cure Veronica of the hiccups.
- Keywords
- hiccups
[no title indexed]
Reggie / comic story / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What are you two pondering about?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie gives a suggestion for a motto for the girls sorority house.
Number Game
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica / comic story / 2.5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Samm Schwartz [as Samm.] (signed)
- Inks
- Samm Schwartz [as Samm.] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty thinks Archie "has Veronica's number" after she broke a date with him to go with Reggie. She's horrified when Archie takes a hammer to Veronica's house.
Indexer Notes
"Has her number" is slang for "knows the true story."
[no title indexed]
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm throwing a big party!
- Genre
- humor; war
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Reggie throws a party. Reggie tells a joke that ends in a pun on Tibet.
- Keywords
- checkers; Tibet
Indexer Notes
Two jokes in unusual format. One is three panels presented as the page of an partially-open comic book. The other is head shots and text presented in negative (yellow on black) format.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["What's that, Betty? A television antenna with legs?"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Bigger and Bitter
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica -
2.
["What's This?"]
Fun Page -
3.
Snooty Cuties!
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica -
4.
["Sis! What do you want to take your castor oil with?"]
Katy Keene Jokes -
5.
["Somebody's at the door!"]
Sis the Candy Kid -
6.
Wiser Adviser
Betty -
7.
["Wonder what it's like to be married to the same man for fifty years?"]
Jughead -
8.
Parents, Teachers, Pupils All Agree!
Archie Comics -
9.
["That giraffe stole my diamond necklace!"]
Fearless Fosdick; Wildroot Cream-Oil -
10.
On the Other Foot
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica -
11.
Plots to You
Archie -
12.
["Dear diary: I need eight more dollars to invest..."]
Debby's Diary -
13.
Memories
Veronica -
14.
The Hic Parade
Betty and Veronica -
15.
["What are you two pondering about?"]
Reggie -
16.
Number Game
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica -
17.
["I'm throwing a big party!"]
Reggie -
18.
["Calling all kids!"]
Archie Giant Series -
19.
One of Those Daze
Betty -
20.
["Delicious for Folks of Action!"]
Baby Ruth; Curtis Candy Co.
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