(November 1965)
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- Close-Up, Inc.
- Brand:
- Archie Series
- Editing:
- Richard Goldwater
- Color:
- color
- Dimensions:
- standard Golden Age US; then standard Silver Age US; then standard Modern Age US
- Binding:
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format:
- was ongoing series
Dinner For One
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils:
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks:
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors:
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters:
- Vince DeCarlo
Content Information
- Genre:
- teen; humor
- Characters:
- Superteen [Betty Cooper]; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; The Consumer (villain )
- Synopsis:
- Superteen battles the Consumer, an alien monster who can eat anything and anyone. She has to back down when the Consumer threatens to devour Archie, but luckily Jughead's eating power is greater than any alien's.
- Reprints:
-
in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #142 (October 1966) - in Archie's Super Teens (Archie, 1994 series) #2 (1995)
-
Indexer Notes
The first Superteen story that isn't a dream sequence.
A note in the splash page establishes the rule that the source of Superteen's power is her ponytail.
Betty Pin-Up
Betty / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- teen; humor
- Characters:
- Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
The First Step
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils:
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks:
- Vincent DeCarlo
- Colors:
- Sal Contera
- Letters:
- Vincent DeCarlo
Content Information
- Genre:
- teen; humor
- Characters:
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Peter
- Synopsis:
- Archie and Reggie impugn the masculinity of Veronica's ballet instructor Peter, until Peter shows that his ballet skills also translate into martial arts skills.
Indexer Notes
A partial remake of an earlier story, "Ballet Ruse." Both stories are partly based on a scene from the 1957 movie DESIGNING WOMAN, where a dancer/choreographer played by Jack Cole beats up a bunch of thugs who are threatening Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall.
The Driving Lesson
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Tom Ruth ?
- Pencils:
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks:
- Vincent DeCarlo
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Vincent DeCarlo
Content Information
- Genre:
- teen; humor
- Characters:
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis:
- Archie tries to teach Betty to drive.
Pogo-Go
Li'l Jinx / filler / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Edwards
- Pencils:
- Joe Edwards
- Inks:
- Joe Edwards
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Joe Edwards
Content Information
- Genre:
- children; humor
- Characters:
- Li'l Jinx
Rhyme Time
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils:
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks:
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Vincent DeCarlo
Content Information
- Genre:
- teen; humor
- Characters:
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis:
- A narrator explains the Archie gang's relationships in rhyming couplets.
- Reprints:
Editing
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Big Ethel, a girl should not run after a boy!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Dinner For One
Betty -
2.
Betty Pin-Up
Betty -
3.
The First Step
Betty and Veronica -
4.
The Driving Lesson
Betty -
5.
Brush For Beauty
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6.
Pogo-Go
Li'l Jinx -
7.
Rhyme Time
Betty and Veronica
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