(July 1977)
Archie,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1977-04-26
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series [vertical]
- Barcode
- 0271000696007
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the Comic Reader #143.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll be all right!... ...it's just that Betty cleaned her room without being asked!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews (picture)
- Synopsis
- The sight of Betty's clean room is too much for her mother.
Yowsa Yowsa
Hostess Twinkies; Josie / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Alan Mayberry; Alexander Cabot III; Valerie Brown
Indexer Notes
Hostess ad in comic form.
Hats Off To Fashions
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't argue with the expert!
- Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Declaring that "hats are coming back in," Veronica talks her father into investing in a millinery shop. She gets hats at cost, but each one she tries on causes her to bump into something or hurt someone.
- Reprints
A Weak Beginning
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Halliday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx is allergic to Mondays.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Who was that who gave you a ride to school?
- Feature Logo
Archie's Gag Bag- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
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 comic strips.
Bored to Tears
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Darts? No, it's Indonesian football!
- Feature Logo
- Betty and Veronica
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica decides to practice to become the best darts player in town, so that she can surprise the boys with her skill. While practicing, she keeps throwing out her old dart boards and buying new ones.
- Reprints
-
in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #16 (December 1985)
-
- Keywords
- darts
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie 3 For $1.00 Offer
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Advertisement for the Archie "Three Issues For $1.00" offer.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie Andrews, Where Are You
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doily
- Synopsis
- Advertisement for Archie Andrews Where Are You Digest #3
Needles and Puns
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Creativity! That's where it's at!
- Feature Logo
- Betty and Veronica
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- The girls take up crafts like needlework and macrame, while the boys annoy them by making stupid puns about all their new hobbies.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #14 (August 1985)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #27 (October 1991)
-
Indexer Notes
Veronica's line "as any fool can plainly see" is a catchphrase from Al Capp's "Li'l Abner." Archie head writer Frank Doyle quoted it in a number of stories.
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I live near a girl who is 3 years younger than me.
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Advice column.
[no title indexed]
Veronica Pin Up Page / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aren’t they exquisite, Betty! And these are only my summer diamonds!
- Feature Logo
Veronica Pin Up- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Veronica shows off her "summer" diamonds.
Past Perfect
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Yes indeed! Betty is a lovely girl and my best friend in all the world!
- Feature Logo
- Betty and Veronica
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Nobody can stand being around Betty because she's "too perfect."
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #72 (January 1986)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #253 (April 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Inker credit from the reprint in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #253.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I'll be all right!... ...it's just that Betty cleaned her room without being asked!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Yowsa Yowsa
Hostess Twinkies; Josie -
2.
Hats Off To Fashions
Betty and Veronica -
3.
A Weak Beginning
Li'l Jinx -
4.
["Who was that who gave you a ride to school?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
5.
Bored to Tears
Betty and Veronica -
6.
["Archie 3 For $1.00 Offer"]
-
7.
["Archie Andrews, Where Are You"]
-
8.
Needles and Puns
Betty and Veronica -
9.
["I live near a girl who is 3 years younger than me."]
Dear Betty and Veronica -
10.
["Aren’t they exquisite, Betty! And these are only my summer diamonds!"]
Veronica Pin Up Page -
11.
Past Perfect
Betty and Veronica
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- Joey Beretta
- Peter Croome
- Igor Dybzinski
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Jaime Weinman
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