(April 1982)

Archie, 1950 Series
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Price
0.60 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; Archie Comics Group
Barcode
0271000696004
Editing
Richard H. Goldwater (editor-in-chief); Victor Gorelick (art director)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Veronica, look at all the girls' pants!
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Dilton Doiley; two unidentified female students
Synopsis
The fashion pants the Home Economics class is working on meets with the approval of the male students.
Reprints

Call of the Wild (Table of Contents: 1)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Veronica gives Archie a pager so she can keep tabs on him. Jughead takes the pager surreptitiously and gives Veronica something to keep tabs on.
Reprints

What a Flake (Table of Contents: 2)

Charley / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards (signed)
Pencils
Joe Edwards (signed)
Inks
Joe Edwards (signed)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards (signed)

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx
Synopsis
Charley has fun in the snow with Jinx.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Betty and Veronica Gag Bag / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Michael Gallagher ?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie, I love the snow!
Genre
teen; humor
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Archie and Reggie reminisce about pelting the girls with snowballs as kids.
Reprints
  • from ?

Indexer Notes

This is a reprint of a late-seventies era Archie syndicated newspaper strip.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Louis H. Silberkleit
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Statement of Ownership

Indexer Notes

Filed October 1, 1981; Owners Close-Up, Inc, and Archie Enterprises, Inc, both of 1116 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10021; Publisher Close-up, Inc, Editor John L. Goldwater, Managing Editor Richard Goldwater; Total Paid Circulation, avg 12 months: 90,586.

Memories (Table of Contents: 5)

Veronica / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Code-solving puzzle with a theme of reminiscing.

Royal Treatment (Table of Contents: 6)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Prince Chandu; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica refuses to believe that Betty is bringing an actual Prince to her ball.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Eda Edwards (as Betty and Veronica)
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There is a guy
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
"Betty" and "Veronica" answer reader letters.

Pride Goeth Before a Sale (Table of Contents: 8)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo Jr. ?
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Betty's pride won't let her take a hand-me-down coat from Veronica, so Mr. Lodge comes up with a plan to get the coat in Betty's hands while saving her pride.

Country Classics (Table of Contents: 9)

Betty's Fashions / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper
Synopsis
No story; Betty models fashion designs submitted by readers.

USA (Table of Contents: 10)

Veronica's Fashions / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Inks
Dan DeCarlo (signed)
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
No story; Veronica models fashion designs submitted by readers.

Indexer Notes

Bill Yoshida mistakenly credits Betty Cooper as modeling one of the designs in the credit cut line.

The Cold Facts (Table of Contents: 11)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Jim DeCarlo
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Veronica is livid that Archie didn't stand in a raging snowstorm waiting for her to be fashionably late for their date. But she's not as livid as Mr. Lodge becomes when he hears his daughter's reasoning.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Veronica, look at all the girls' pants!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Call of the Wild
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. What a Flake
    Charley
  4. 3. ["Archie, I love the snow!"]
    Betty and Veronica Gag Bag
  5. 4. ["Statement of Ownership"]
  6. 5. Memories
    Veronica
  7. 6. Royal Treatment
    Betty and Veronica
  8. 7. ["There is a guy"]
    Dear Betty and Veronica
  9. 8. Pride Goeth Before a Sale
    Betty and Veronica
  10. 9. Country Classics
    Betty's Fashions
  11. 10. USA
    Veronica's Fashions
  12. 11. The Cold Facts
    Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore