(May 1962)
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1962-02-27
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- Richard H. Goldwater (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
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[no title indexed]
Magic Art Reproducer / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Draw any person in one minute
Indexer Notes
Ad for Magic Art Reproducer tracing lamp.
High Fashion
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Susan
- Synopsis
- The girls get into a fashion war.
- Reprints
-
in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #12 (January 1976)
-
[no title indexed]
Bendix Bicycle Transmission / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look for the red bands
Indexer Notes
Illustrated ad for Bendix bicycle automatic brake hub with mail-in coupon. Eclipse Machine Division, Dept. A., The Bendix Corporation, Elmira, N.Y.
[no title indexed]
Chet Atkins Method / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Learn to play guitar the Chet Atkins way!
- Characters
- Chet Atkins (photo)
Indexer Notes
Illustrated ad for Chet Atkins guitar course for $3.00 from Josely Company, Dept. A, Box 321, Westbury, L. I., N.Y.
Fashion Passion
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Doris
- Synopsis
- Doris realizes that in order to attract boys she needs to wear medieval fashion. So, she paints her phone number on a shield.
- Keywords
- medieval fashion
[no title indexed]
Medford Products / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Develop a vise-like grip
Indexer Notes
Illustrated ad for rubber grip strengthener for $1.00 (plus 25¢ handling) from Medford Products, Dept. VA, P.O. Box 39, Bethpage, N.Y.
[no title indexed]
Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 8mm motion picture projector
Indexer Notes
Illustrated ad for 8mm electric motion picture projector for $6.98 (and 63¢ shipping) from Honor House Prod. Corp., Dept. BP30, Lynbrook, N.Y.
Surprise
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- The gang doesn't want Archie to tell Betty about the surprise birthday party they are planning for her.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #13 (March 1976)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #100 (April 1992)
-
- Keywords
- birthday; gossip; surprise party
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica Spectacular / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A spectacular event
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Promo for Archie Giant Series Magazine #16 (Betty and Veronica Spectacular) with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted along with original artwork with a circus theme.
Fancy Trance
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty is successful at hypnotizing people, but none of her hypnotic suggestions work in her favor.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #3 (March 1976)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #14 (January 1985)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #290 (March 2021)
-
- Keywords
- hypnotism
Indexer Notes
Ink and Letter credit from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #290.
Treasure Chest of Fun
Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Illustrated ad for 18 novelties and toys, with mail-in order form from Honor House Products Corp., Dept GK47, Lynbrook, N.Y.
Joseph Lister
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- historical
- Synopsis
- Biography of Joseph Lister.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #27 (August 1964)
-
Indexer Notes
Text with 1/3 page illustration. Art identification by Bob Hughes and Gene Reed, GCD Main List, 2015-07-27.
Reward $2,000.00 for This Coin!
Best Values Coins and Currency / advertisement / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Illustrated ad for buying coins. Mail-in coupon for catalogue for $1.00 from Best Values Co., Coin Dept. 486, 403 Market St., Newark, N.J.
The Original
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty is surprised to learn from Veronica that rich people don't wear their expensive jewelry in public but have copies made. So, Betty gives Veronica a plastic copy of her most valuable possession, Archie, and puts the real one under lock and key.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #13 (March 1976)
- in Archie: The Best of Dan DeCarlo (IDW, 2010 series) #1 (May 2010)
-
- Keywords
- copies; earrings; jewelry; safe
[no title indexed]
Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Prizes for you
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Greeting cards sales prize page. 54 prizes pictured, 6 are rifles. Junior Sales Club of America, Dept. AC-1, Springfield 1, Mass.
-
0.
["This six-legged Martian can do the Twist, the Pony, and the Majestic!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
["Draw any person in one minute"]
Magic Art Reproducer -
2.
High Fashion
Betty and Veronica -
3.
["Look for the red bands"]
Bendix Bicycle Transmission -
4.
["Learn to play guitar the Chet Atkins way!"]
Chet Atkins Method -
5.
Fashion Passion
Betty and Veronica -
6.
["Develop a vise-like grip"]
Medford Products -
7.
["8mm motion picture projector"]
Honor House Products -
8.
Surprise
Betty -
9.
["A spectacular event"]
Betty and Veronica Spectacular -
10.
Fancy Trance
Betty and Veronica -
11.
Treasure Chest of Fun
Honor House Products -
12.
Joseph Lister
-
13.
Movie Snacks
Li'l Jinx -
14.
Reward $2,000.00 for This Coin!
Best Values Coins and Currency -
15.
The Original
Betty and Veronica -
16.
["Prizes for you"]
Junior Sales Club of America Cards -
17.
["Fun! Action! are yours on 'Chicago' Double A Skates"]
Chicago Roller Skates
- Mark D. Anderson
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
- Donald Dale Milne
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Jaime Weinman
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