(February 1978)
Archie,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.35 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 [vertical]
- Barcode
- 0271000696002
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What a tacky resort!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; unidentified male skiers
- Synopsis
- Veronica is unimpressed with the ski lodge she and Betty have reserved - - until she gets a look inside.
- Reprints
in 
Strong Silent Type
Hostess Twinkies; Josie / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Sylvester (Cabot?)
- Synopsis
- Josie can't seem to impress Alex's cousin Sylvester, until she offers to share her Hostess Twinkies.
A Sound Solution
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Pop objects to the gang yelling so loud in his shop. They're so used to shouting over the jukebox that they don't notice it isn't operating.
- Reprints
-
in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #64 (May 1986) - in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #51 (March 1991)
-
A Grow Grow
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse
- Synopsis
- Charley asks Jinx if fish grow.
Indexer Notes
Jinx refers to Charley as "Russ" in this story.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Veronica! You dropped your pocketbook over the rail??!!
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee gets hit with nail polish. Jughead is scheduled to ski jump.
- Reprints
- from ?
Indexer Notes
Judging by the style of clothing and the four-panel continuity, this is probably a reprint of two late fifties era Archie syndicated comic strips.
Knockout Punch
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica is preparing for a party and her friends are helping her. Jughead and Archie are put in charge of making punch. First mistake.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #77 (April 1986)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #23 (February 1991)
-
A Nose for News
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Brenda Parr; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Determined to prove that Brenda Parr is too dumb to be an effective reporter for the school paper, Veronica deliberately plants a story so phony that nobody but Brenda would believe it.
- Reprints
- in Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #384 (June 1982)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #77 (April 1986)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #23 (February 1991)
- in Archie 1000 Page Mega Comics Digest (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #229 (February 2015), #289 (January 2021)
-
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- ? [as Betty and Veronica]
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards ?
- Inks
- Joe Edwards ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I like a boy
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- "Betty and Veronica" answer reader letters.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One big laugh
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Advertisement for Laugh Comics Digest #15.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's your Archie 3 for $1.00 checklist
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Checklist of titles available in Archie Comics "Three Issues for $1.00" offer.
Fall Guys
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica enlists Betty to help collect Veronica's old winter wardrobe to donate.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["What a tacky resort!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Strong Silent Type
Hostess Twinkies; Josie -
2.
A Sound Solution
Betty and Veronica -
3.
A Grow Grow
Li'l Jinx -
4.
["Veronica! You dropped your pocketbook over the rail??!!"]
Betty and Veronica Gag Bag -
5.
Knockout Punch
Betty and Veronica -
6.
A Nose for News
Betty and Veronica -
7.
["I like a boy"]
Dear Betty and Veronica -
8.
["One big laugh"]
-
9.
["Here's your Archie 3 for $1.00 checklist"]
-
10.
Fall Guys
Betty and Veronica
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- Igor Dybzinski
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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