(May 1964)

Archie, 1950 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Bob White
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Veronica, I'll trade you Boardwalk and two railroads for Archie!
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Betty tries to trade for Archie while playing Monopoly with him and Veronica.

The Folk Singers! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo ?

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Betty, Veronica and Archie are suddenly obsessed with folk music and their practicing is driving Mr. Lodge up the wall.
Reprints
Keywords
folk music

Guide To Screwy Skiing (Table of Contents: 2)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Dan DeCarlo ?
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo ?

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
A light-hearted look at skiing.

Birdman of Riverdale (Table of Contents: 3)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo ?

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump
Synopsis
While Moose is occupied nursing a bird back to health, Reggie tries to move in on Midge.
Reprints

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Harry Lucey
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Spectacular Is the Only Word For It
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Archie Giant Series #26.

Side Splitter (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo ?

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica buys an expensive cheongsam (a sleeveless Chinese silk dress), but all anybody can do is crack jokes about it.

Indexer Notes

The story begins with Archie and Reggie imitating Annie and Sandy from "Little Orphan Annie." The initials "DDC" are on the trunk of a car in panel five of page two.

TV Secretary (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Overview of the duties of a secretary in broadcast television.

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

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Statement of Ownership
Synopsis
Statement of ownership, filed October 1, 1963; Owned by Close-Up Inc, Louis Silberkleit, John L. Goldwater, Maurice Coyne, all of 241 Church Street, New York 13 New York; Total Paid Circulation average for previous 12 months 320,305.

Bookmark (Table of Contents: 8)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
Synopsis
Jinx has an unusual bookmark.

Wooden You Know (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo ?

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; unidentified Riverdale coed
Synopsis
When Veronica finds out that Archie has been attending woodworking in order to make a play for a gorgeous redhead, she secretly sabotages his project and hers.
Reprints
Keywords
woodworking
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Veronica, I'll trade you Boardwalk and two railroads for Archie!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. The Folk Singers!
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. Guide To Screwy Skiing
    Betty and Veronica
  4. 3. Birdman of Riverdale
    Betty
  5. 4. ["Spectacular Is the Only Word For It"]
  6. 5. Side Splitter
    Betty and Veronica
  7. 6. TV Secretary
  8. 7. ["Statement of Ownership"]
  9. 8. Bookmark
    Li'l Jinx
  10. 9. Wooden You Know
    Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jaime Weinman