(July 1966)
Archie,
1950 Series
- 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
- Richard Goldwater
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I really dig Stretchman!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Stretchman
- Keywords
- dancing; jukebox
Indexer Notes
Stretchman's costume is colored somewhat similarly to DC's Elongated Man, though the details (such as hair and boot color and the absence of gloves) makes it unlikely it was an exact reference.
Volley Dollies
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- The coach of the girls' volleyball team tries to get their minds off fashion and get them psyched up to play, but none of her motivational techniques work.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #5 (April 1974) - in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #3 (July 1982) ["1966" removed from coaches' manual cover]
-
- Keywords
- fashion; volleyball
Indexer Notes
In panel three of page one, the coach is reading a book titled "Coaches Manual 1966 by Dan DeCarlo."
[no title indexed]
Rocky and Bullwinkle; Cheerios / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You and Cheerios really make sweet music together, Bullwinkle!
- Characters
- Rocky; Bullwinkle
- Synopsis
- Bullwinkle is a one-man band.
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic format for Cheerios breakfast cereal. General Mills.
What's New?
Betty / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty wants Archie and Jughead to notice what's different about her.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #5 (April 1974)
- in Archie's Double Digest Quarterly Magazine (Archie, 1982 series) #3 (July 1982)
-
- Keywords
- boots
Fan-Atics
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Reggie's Rockers (band)
- Synopsis
- Betty introduces Archie to modern fan culture and the obsessive lengths fans go to in order to get autographs and souvenirs from pop stars.
- Keywords
- autographs; celebrities; fan clubs; judo
Indexer Notes
The club's leader has articles of clothing from Ringo Starr, one of the Animals, one of the Rolling Stones, and one of the Dave Clark Five.
Summertime and the laughin' is easy!
Betty and Veronica Summer Fun / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Those bathing-suited babes Betty and Veronica sell the reader on the latest issue of their "Summer Fun" comic.
Indexer Notes
Promo for Summer Fun #140 with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, along with original art with a beach theme.
The Olden Daze
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Veronica decides to be the first person in Riverdale to get in on the "Granny Dress" fad, but Miss Grundy thinks the dress is mocking her fashion sense, Ronnie's friends make fun of her, and two Boy Scouts mistake her for an old lady and try to help her across the street.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #5 (April 1974)
-
- Keywords
- Boy Scouts; granny dresses
Archie Brakes Up an Argument!
Archie; Bendix / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie settles an argument between Jughead and the girls over which Bendix brake system is the best.
Indexer Notes
Ad in comic format with mail-in coupon for Bendix Bicycle Brakes. The Bendix Corporation, Dept. C., Eclipse Machine Division, Elmira, N.Y.
Figure Flattery
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- An article on how the right clothes can make your figure look better.
Indexer Notes
Text with 1/3 page illustration.
Busy Signal
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx takes a call from her daddy's boss.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #6 (June 1974)
-
- Keywords
- telephone
Many Happy Returns
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty tries to trick Archie into calling her after he tries to get the phone number of another girl.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #3 (July 1974)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #161 (July 2008), #213 (August 2013)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Prestige (Archie, 2023 series) (2023)
-
- Keywords
- handkerchief; telephone
Pete Duncan--"Dropout"
International Correspondence Schools (ICS) / advertisement / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Pete drops out of high school to get a job, but finds a tough work environment. He decides to enroll in I.C.S. to earn a high school diploma.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover. Ad in comic format with mail-in coupon for International Correspondence Schools, Dept. 1637, Scranton, Pa. 18515.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I really dig Stretchman!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Volley Dollies
Betty and Veronica -
2.
["You and Cheerios really make sweet music together, Bullwinkle!"]
Rocky and Bullwinkle; Cheerios -
3.
What's New?
Betty -
4.
Fan-Atics
Betty -
5.
Summertime and the laughin' is easy!
Betty and Veronica Summer Fun -
6.
The Olden Daze
Betty and Veronica -
7.
Archie Brakes Up an Argument!
Archie; Bendix -
8.
Figure Flattery
-
9.
Busy Signal
Li'l Jinx -
10.
Many Happy Returns
Betty -
11.
Pete Duncan--"Dropout"
International Correspondence Schools (ICS)
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Merlin Haas
- Mike Nielsen
- Jaime Weinman
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