(November 1956)
Archie,
1950 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Harry Shorten
Fancy That
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Veronica tries to sabotage Betty's entry in the Dressmaking and Modeling Contest to assure her own victory.
Surprise Ending
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty cooks dinner for Archie, but serves him a surprise for dessert.
Getting the Point
Archie / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Chuck; miscellaneous unidentified youths
- Synopsis
- Tired of failing with the girls in comparison to the rugged Chuck, Archie decides to show the ladies at the resort that he's a he-man, too.
- Reprints
Rhyme Nor Reason
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 3.75 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Following Reggie's inspiration, Veronica sends in an entry to a soap jingle contest under Betty's name so she'll be disqualified and Veronica's entry will win.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Americana Series (Archie, 1991 series) #2 - Best of the Fifties (1992) - in Best of Archie Comics Betty and Veronica (Archie, 2014 series) #1 (2014)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Blow-Out (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #233 (June 2015)
- in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #4 (January 2017)
- in Best of Archie Americana (Archie, 2017 series) #1 - Golden Age 1940s-1950s (2017)
-
- Keywords
- jingle
[no title indexed]
Reggie / comic story / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jughead's A Great Half-Back
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Reggie disrespects Jughead to Betty.
- Reprints
- in Archie Americana Series (Archie, 1991 series) #2 - Best of the Fifties (1992)
- in Best of Archie Comics Betty and Veronica (Archie, 2014 series) #1 (2014)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #233 (June 2015)
- in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #4 (January 2017)
- in Best of Archie Americana (Archie, 2017 series) #1 - Golden Age 1940s-1950s (2017)
-
Who Am I?
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Reggie is not himself today.
Marshal Plan
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Veronica thinks she overhears that Reggie will be Grand Marshal of the Grand Ball and starts playing up to him hoping he'll pick her to be Ball Queen.
Cherry-ty Bawl
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty tricks Veronica into volunteering to have tarts thrown at her in Jughead's booth at the Riverdale Charity Carnival.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #9 (August 1984)
-
Gags 'N Gals
text story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Collection of joke stories.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #13 (August 1975)
-
Meow Meow
Katy Keene / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- fashion; romance
- Characters
- Katy Keene; Sis
- Synopsis
- Katy and Sis compare strange dreams.
- Reprints
- in Katy Keene Special (Archie, 1983 series) #3 (April 1984)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Hi Veronica! How was your date with Archie?"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Fancy That
Betty and Veronica -
2.
Surprise Ending
Betty -
3.
Getting the Point
Archie -
4.
Rhyme Nor Reason
Betty and Veronica -
5.
["Jughead's A Great Half-Back"]
Reggie -
6.
Who Am I?
Reggie -
7.
["Happy Mirthday To You"]
-
8.
Marshal Plan
Betty and Veronica -
9.
Cherry-ty Bawl
Betty and Veronica -
10.
["Your Thrill of the Year"]
-
11.
Gags 'N Gals
-
12.
Meow Meow
Katy Keene -
13.
Sis Puzzles/Katy Puzzles
-
14.
Skiff Tiff
Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
- Igor Dybzinski
- Merlin Haas
- Roy Lyons
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
- Jaime Weinman
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