(October 1976)
Archie,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1976-07-27
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series [vertical]
- Barcode
- 0271000696010
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the Comic Reader #134.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ronnie, what does our horoscope say?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; unidentified child (holding a balloon that resembles Jughead's head)
- Synopsis
- Veronica's horoscope makes an accurate, if generic, prediction.
- Keywords
- merry-go-round
Growing Pains
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- The girls work at tending a garden while the boys stand by and make fun of them.
- Reprints
-
in Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #353 (August 1980) - in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #59 (July 1985)
-
Femme Gem
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica only wants to play a game where the woman is the center of attention.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #270 (July 1980) which is reprinted
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #38 (September 1989), #44 (September 1990)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #59 (July 1985)
-
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It must be time to go home!
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Judging by the style of clothing and the four-panel continuity, this is probably a reprint of two late fifties to early sixties era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.
Hot Stuff
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- During a heat wave, Veronica almost ruins a date with Archie by complaining about having to leave her air-conditioned house and go out into the hot weather. But Archie finds a way to cool her off for a goodnight kiss.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #498 (October 1980)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits were added to this story when it was reprinted in "Archie Giant Series" in 1980.
Angler's Angle
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Reprints
- in Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #69 (July 1980)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #59 (July 1985)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #85 (August 1987)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #21 (October 1990)
-
The Call of the Master
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty claims that Archie is so weak-willed that he'll come running whenever Veronica mentions his name.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #112 (July 1980)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #97 (August 1989)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #27 (October 1991)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #6 (July 1994)
-
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My teacher always makes jokes about me....
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #59 (July 1985) [Addresses of correspondents removed; Archie Comics address updated]
-
Indexer Notes
Letters from E.F. (Tucson, AZ), M.L.B. (Winnipeg, Manitoba), and J.S. (Kingston, NY).
Wheel Zeal
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Dilton Doily
- Synopsis
- All the boys in town are into skateboards, and so is Betty. Veronica convinces Betty that skateboarding is unfeminine.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #498 (October 1980)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #59 (July 1985)
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #20 (August 1986)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #113 (August 2007)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #273 (October 2019)
- in Archie Giant Comics Hop (Archie, 2019 series) (2019)
- in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #15
-
- Keywords
- skateboard
Indexer Notes
Credits taken from the reprint in "Archie Giant Series."
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Ronnie, what does our horoscope say?"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Growing Pains
Betty and Veronica -
2.
Femme Gem
Veronica -
3.
Josie Eats Her Words
Hostess Cup Cakes; Josie -
4.
Wet Look
Li'l Jinx -
5.
["It must be time to go home!"]
Betty and Veronica Gag Bag -
6.
Hot Stuff
Betty and Veronica -
7.
Angler's Angle
Betty -
8.
The Call of the Master
Betty and Veronica -
9.
["My teacher always makes jokes about me...."]
Dear Betty and Veronica -
10.
["Laugh Digest"]
-
11.
["Pick a Winner Every Time"]
-
12.
Wheel Zeal
Betty and Veronica
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