(July 1979)
Archie,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.40 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1979-04-24
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series; Archie Comics Group
- Barcode
- 0271000696007
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the Comic Reader #168.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ronnie! I thought you said my blind date was dark and handsome!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty's blind date
- Synopsis
- Betty's date for the roller disco is less than she hoped for.
- Reprints
in 
All for Nothing
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Alice Cooper; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Betty finds an old fur muff in the attic and takes it to school to show her friends. They don't react the way she anticipates, though.
Cold Cuts
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Jinx has her own definition of "cold cuts".
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- Bob Montana
- Pencils
- Bob Montana
- Inks
- Bob Montana; Joe Edwards
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hi, Miss Grundy!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Leroy
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy watches educational TV. Archie and Leroy watch a parade.
- Reprints
- from ?
Indexer Notes
Judging by the style of dress and the four panel continuity, this is probably a reprint of two late fifties era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.
A Clothes Call
Veronica / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Combination maze and code puzzle with a clothing theme.
- Reprints
-
in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #15 (October 1985)
-
Konfessions of a Kook
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica confesses to Betty that she's an honest-to-goodness spell-casting witch.
The Early Bird
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler
- Synopsis
- Veronica swears off dating to devote her time to protecting endangered species.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #71 (November 1985)
-
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Eda Edwards (credited as Betty and Veronica)
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- Barry Grossman ?
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Did your ever have
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- "Betty" and "Veronica" answer reader letters.
Fashions
Betty and Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- No story; Betty and Veronica model fashion designs submitted by readers.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Annual Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1980 series) #1 (1980)
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #143 (August 1998)
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #157 (August 2005)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #194 (November 2011), #296 (October 2021)
-
Indexer Notes
One of the designs is credited to "Barry G. of East Brunswick, New Jersey". Colorist Barry Grossman, perhaps?
The Knitpicker
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- When Betty shows off her knitting skills by knitting herself a scarf and Archie a sweater, Veronica decides that she has to master knitting as well.
- 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)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Ronnie! I thought you said my blind date was dark and handsome!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Going, Going, Gone
Hostess Twinkies; Josie -
2.
All for Nothing
Betty and Veronica -
3.
Cold Cuts
Li'l Jinx -
4.
["Hi, Miss Grundy!"]
Betty and Veronica Gag Bag -
5.
A Clothes Call
Veronica -
6.
Konfessions of a Kook
Betty and Veronica -
7.
["Think Small"]
-
8.
["Here's Your Archie 3 For $1.00 Checklist"]
-
9.
The Early Bird
Betty and Veronica -
10.
["Did your ever have"]
Dear Betty and Veronica -
11.
Fashions
Betty and Veronica -
12.
The Knitpicker
Betty and Veronica
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