(June 1962)
Archie,
1954 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- five times yearly, January, June, September, October, and December
- On-sale Date
- 1962-03-26
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- Richard Goldwater
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- See anything you'd like to catch, Betty?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Keywords
- butterflies; butterfly net; picnic; picnic basket
Hide and Seek
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen; humor
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica tries to avoid Archie so he can't ask her to the dance before a handsome college man does.
- Reprints
-
in Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #2 (November 1965) - in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #5 (August 1983)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #3 (October 1987)
- in Archie 1000 Page Comics Bonanza (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #222 (May 2014)
-
[no title indexed]
Veronica's Fashion Page / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- fashion; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica paper doll with four dresses.
Indexer Notes
Reader-submitted fashions from Sharon Bodziak (Sew, Pa.), Mary Pat O'Hara (Rochester, N.Y.), Judy Case (Fresno, Calif.), Donna Hayes (Reno, Nev.), and Patricia Caldwell (Altoona, Pa.).
Ring-a-Ding
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie finds an abandoned engagement ring and puts it on Betty's finger. Betty hopes this will lead Veronica to think she's engaged to Archie, but Veronica isn't buying it no matter how often Betty shoves the ring in her face.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #7 (February 1984)
-
- Keywords
- bridge; diamond ring; engagement
Rocks of Ruck
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 4.67 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Swanson; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot
- Synopsis
- All the girls sign up for geology class when a handsome geology teacher arrives at the school.
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1961
statement of ownership / 0.2 page
- Script
- Louis H. Silberkleit (publisher)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1961. Average paid circulation for the previous 12 months was 257,460.
The Tab Hunter
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate; Bill Tate
- Synopsis
- After meeting Pop Tate's gorgeous nephew Bill, Veronica tricks Archie into insisting that she should go on a date with Bill.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The title has a double-meaning. Running a "tab" is slang for owing a bill. Also, singer and actor Tab Hunter was a teen idol in the 1950s.
Wee Trees!
Shrimpy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Shrimpy; Bridget
- Synopsis
- Shrimpy finds a large tree so he can carve "Shrimpy Loves Bridget" on it.
Indexer Notes
In this strip, Bridget is the blonde girl with glasses. In the Shrimpy strip in Archie Giant Series #11, she's called Daphne.
Top Me Again
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Veronica feels guilty about always topping Betty at everything, while Betty is downright angry about it.
- Keywords
- bicycle; motor scooter; telephone
Special Assignment for Archie Club Reporters
Archie Club News / letters page / 1.5 pages
Indexer Notes
Request for stories of 100 words or less on "Why My Bike is Important to Me." The 12 best will each receive a new bicycle.
Surprised Party
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
Tradition
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Gary Brown
- Synopsis
- Archie asks Veronica when she's going to follow her yearly tradition of breaking their prom date and going with another boy.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #141 (June 1996)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #241 (April 2016)
-
- Keywords
- prom
Top Kick
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- After he sees Miss Grundy talking to the girls like a drill sergeant, Mr. Weatherbee tells her to be a pal to her students.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #7 (February 1984)
-
- Keywords
- dancing; The Twist
[no title indexed]
Betty's Fashion Page / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- fashion; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Paper doll of Betty with three dresses and a slacks outfit.
Indexer Notes
Reader-submitted fashions from Kathy Woodruf (Bell, Calif.), Barbara Mandro (Chicago, Ill.), Jane Vosnir (Eugene, Ore.), Mary Janicka (Buffalo, N.Y.), and Sandra Doubleday (Silver Springs, Md.).
The Right Touch!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Jinx wants her father's advice on where to place her waste paper basket.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #38 (January 1989)
-
- Keywords
- waste paper basket
Heart of Stone
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge overhears Veronica saying that he's a pushover, so he makes up a non-existent dance and refuses to give her permission to go. As usual, the plot backfires on him.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- dance
Western Ways
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Johnson
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica go to a dude ranch, where they spend all their time doing city-slicker things.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- dude ranch; lasso; television
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica's Pin-Up Page / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You must be getting used to the bumps, Ronnie!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty is riding a motor scooter, not realizing Veronica has fallen off the back.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #26 (June 1964)
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #97 (August 1998)
-
- Keywords
- motor scooter
Indexer Notes
Idea for pin-up from Lois Tinelli (Viareggio, Italy).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["See anything you'd like to catch, Betty?"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Hide and Seek
Betty and Veronica -
2.
[no title indexed]
Veronica's Fashion Page -
3.
Ring-a-Ding
Betty and Veronica -
4.
The Secret Is Out!
Archie Annual -
5.
Rocks of Ruck
Betty and Veronica -
6.
["This might be your life"]
Life with Archie -
7.
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1961
-
8.
The Tab Hunter
Betty and Veronica -
9.
Wee Trees!
Shrimpy -
10.
Here's Fun In the Sun
Betty and Veronica -
11.
Top Me Again
Betty and Veronica -
12.
Special Assignment for Archie Club Reporters
Archie Club News -
13.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club -
14.
Surprised Party
Betty and Veronica -
15.
Tradition
Veronica -
16.
Top Kick
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica -
17.
[no title indexed]
Betty's Fashion Page -
18.
The Right Touch!
Li'l Jinx -
19.
Heart of Stone
Betty and Veronica -
20.
Western Ways
Betty and Veronica -
21.
["You must be getting used to the bumps, Ronnie!"]
Betty and Veronica's Pin-Up Page
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Jaime Weinman
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