(July 1978)
Archie,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1978-04-25
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series [vertical]
- Barcode
- 271000696007
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the Comic Reader #156.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When we were five we fed mud pies to Archie and Jughead!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica is serving homemade pie to Archie and Jughead, and it doesn't seem to be a culinary delight.
Down We Go
Hostess Twinkies; Josie / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown; Alan Mayberry
- Synopsis
- Valerie, Alan and Josie go sledding down a steep hill to get to some Hostess Twinkies at the bottom.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Hit and Run
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Chuck Clayton; Floyd Clayton
- Synopsis
- Archie and Chuck catch Betty and Veronica practicing softball rather ineptly and agree to give the girls a ten run advantage in the up-coming girls versus boys softball game. The girls skill level suddenly increases when the game starts.
- Reprints
-
in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #60 (September 1985) - in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #25 (May 1991)
-
Candy Man
Charley / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Charley buys some candy for his mother's birthday.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Veronica, Mr. Lodge looks sad!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Hiram laments his canary. Archie and Veronica complain about city revenue practices.
Surprise
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica cons Miss Grundy into excusing her from class, but winds up making the teacher think Veronica is planning a surprise party for Mr. Weatherbee.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #16 (December 1985)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #18 (April 1990)
-
Dear Diary
Betty / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- On Ethel's advice, Betty records a fantasy date with Archie in her diary. Veronica manages to see it and accuses Archie of two-timing her.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #129 (July 1982)
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #555 (October 1985)
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #38 (September 1989), #43 (July 1990)
-
[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
- Did you ever
- 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
- Madhouse Comics
Indexer Notes
Advertisement for Madhouse Comics Digest #4.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's Your 3 For $1.00 Checklist
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Indexer Notes
Checklist of titles eligible for the "Three Issues For $1.00" offer.
Trial and Error
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy holds a mock court trial in her classroom to demonstrate law and judicial procedure. However, she makes the mistake of selecting Jughead as prosecutor and Veronica as defense counsel.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #75 (December 1985)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #51 (March 1991)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["When we were five we fed mud pies to Archie and Jughead!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Down We Go
Hostess Twinkies; Josie -
2.
Hit and Run
Betty and Veronica -
3.
Candy Man
Charley -
4.
["Veronica, Mr. Lodge looks sad!"]
Betty and Veronica Gag Bag -
5.
Surprise
Betty and Veronica -
6.
Dear Diary
Betty -
7.
["Did you ever"]
Dear Betty and Veronica -
8.
["Madhouse Comics"]
-
9.
["Here's Your 3 For $1.00 Checklist"]
-
10.
Trial and Error
Betty and Veronica
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