(September 1964)

Archie, 1954 Series
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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
five times per year
On-sale Date
1964-06-29 ?
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Giant Series
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1964 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Bob White
Inks
Bob White
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Er... let's compromise! We'll call that last pitch a ball... and a strike!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Reprints
Keywords
baseball

Fly Boy (Table of Contents: 1)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
After surviving water skiing with Betty and Veronica, Archie watches Mr. Lodge teach him kite surfing.
Reprints

Complete Circle (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Veronica is more concerned with not getting her designer swimsuit wet than who she's spending time with at the beach.
Reprints

Drag Gag (Table of Contents: 3)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir ?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica study up on cars just so they'll have something to talk to the boys about.
Reprints

Seams Likely (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica endure the hazards of stretch pants.
Reprints

Hobby Models (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Article on making model cars from hobby kits.

Seer Sucker (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Gloria Gimber; Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis
Veronica sets herself up as a fortune teller as part of an elaborate plan to keep Archie away from a new girl.
Reprints
Keywords
crystal ball; fortune teller

Archie Happy (Table of Contents: 7)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 2.67 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir ?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis
Dilton claims to have invented a survey that can match a girl to her ideal boy.
Reprints

Kiss Miss (Table of Contents: 8)

Moose / comic story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir ?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Moose Mason; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Moose answers a question of the ages.
Reprints

Beach Banter (Table of Contents: 9)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir ?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Betty comes up with a dozen reasons to avoid the beach and one good one to go.
Reprints

The Lure (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Veronica schemes to lure Archie and Reggie into a picnic with her and Betty.
Reprints

Sand Storm (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie tries to attend a pool party at Veronica's house as the date of both Betty and Veronica without either one realizing it.
Reprints

Open and SSShut (Table of Contents: 12)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
Synopsis
The cure for Jinx slamming doors turns out to be worse than the slamming doors.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Betty and Veronica Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Dan DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Daddy sent us to this dude ranch
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Betty admires some cowboys at a dude ranch.
Reprints

All About Archie (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica spend the afternoon at the pool sabotaging each others chances with Archie.
Reprints

Feeding Your Bird (Table of Contents: 15)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Tips on feeding domesticated birds.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Veronica Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Dan DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie, are you getting the surf board in the picture?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie takes a pin up photo of Veronica.
Reprints

[Life Saver] (Table of Contents: 17)

Betty Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gwen Kincaid
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Dan DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Not knowing how to swim allows Betty to meet a handsome lifeguard.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Er... let's compromise! We'll call that last pitch a ball... and a strike!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Fly Boy
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. Complete Circle
    Betty and Veronica
  4. 3. Drag Gag
    Betty and Veronica
  5. 4. Seams Likely
    Betty and Veronica
  6. 5. Hobby Models
  7. 6. Seer Sucker
    Betty and Veronica
  8. 7. Archie Happy
    Betty and Veronica
  9. 8. Kiss Miss
    Moose
  10. 9. Beach Banter
    Betty and Veronica
  11. 10. The Lure
    Betty and Veronica
  12. 11. Sand Storm
    Betty and Veronica
  13. 12. Open and SSShut
    Li'l Jinx
  14. 13. ["Daddy sent us to this dude ranch"]
    Betty and Veronica Pin Up
  15. 14. All About Archie
    Betty and Veronica
  16. 15. Feeding Your Bird
  17. 16. ["Archie, are you getting the surf board in the picture?"]
    Veronica Pin Up
  18. 17. [Life Saver]
    Betty Pin Up
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Daniel Thingvold