(Fall 1960)
Archie,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 84
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1960-10-06
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie!...You're breaking our date to go dancing?...Why?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Multi-panel gag.
Redrawn from the cover of Archie's Joke Book Magazine #3
Mural Magic
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica is impressed when Reggie gives her an oversized card with a poem. Archie decides he's going to paint a mural on the Lodge's living room wall (which he thinks will be painted in a day or two, anyway.)
- Keywords
- mural; painting; poem
The Ball Players
Archie / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie is playing bare-handed catch with Reggie and isn't paying much attention to either Veronica or Betty.
- Keywords
- baseball
The Sound Barrier
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie try to be stoic while inflicting pain on each other. The girls think that's a crazy idea, but the boys do suffer in silence when Moose roughs them up.
- Keywords
- scream; stoic
Trip to Nowhere
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica is supposed to go on a trip to the country, but Betty is so happy to see her leave that Veronica decides not to go.
- Reprints
in [Betty Looking at Archie's Picture]
Betty's Coloring Page / activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews (in photo)
- Synopsis
- Betty admires a framed photo of Archie.
Indexer Notes
Black and white pin-up to color.
The Tale of the Shirt!
Archie / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie has to wear an ugly shirt because Veronica picked it out for him and all his friends tease him about it.
- Keywords
- shirt
Don't Miss It!
The World of Jughead / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Jughead Jones
Indexer Notes
Promo for The World of Jughead #9 with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, along with original artwork.
The Fight Game
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Reggie gets a date with Veronica and Archie decides to challenge him to a boxing match with the winner to get the date. Archie is a klutz at boxing, but Jughead comes up with a way to get Reggie to call off the match.
- Keywords
- boxing
Big and Small!
Shrimpy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Shrimpy; Brando
- Synopsis
- Shrimpy wants to build something bigger than the Empire State Building.
- Keywords
- sandbox
A Careful Earful!
Shrimpy / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Shrimpy
- Synopsis
- Shrimpy says a passing girl is the most careful person in the world, because she still has the first balloon she got.
- Keywords
- balloon
Defeat of the Beat-Nik
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie decide to become beatniks. The girls aren't impressed.
- Keywords
- beatniks; nonconformist; painting; poetry
The Olympics Story
text article / 2 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Overview of the history of the ancient Olympics and the modern revival.
Indexer Notes
Text with two illustrations.
A Stranger to Danger
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie wants to tell Moose to stay away from Veronica, but is afraid of getting clobbered. Jughead suggests that he write Midge a letter telling her that Moose is seeing Veronica, but that scheme doesn't work.
- Keywords
- jealousy; letter
[no title indexed]
Jughead Fun Page / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Draw me -- One - Two - Three
- Synopsis
- Various activities: Draw me, Unscramble the letters, word ladder, how many bricks are missing from this wall, etc.
Here They Are!
Archie Giant Series / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Archie Andrews (cameo)
Indexer Notes
Promo for Archie Giant Series with mail-in coupon. Issues available are Archie Annual #12, Betty and Veronica Summer Fun #8, Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #13, Katy Keene Holiday Fun #7, World of Jughead #9, Katy Keene Pin-Up Parade #11, and Archie's Christmas Stocking #10.
Chew, Chew Baby
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Veronica breaks her date with Archie so she can go with Reggie to the exclusive Blue Ribbon Ball. Reggie loses the tickets and Jughead finds them. Reggie (not realizing he's lost the tickets) and Betty buy the tickets from Jughead and tear them up to prevent Archie from attending the ball.
- Keywords
- chewing gum; dates; sidewalk grate; tickets
[no title indexed]
Betty's Fashion Page / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- fashion; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Four paper-doll outfits for Betty.
Indexer Notes
"Betty's Fashion Page was created and drawn by Sheldon Brodsky, 2113 Ave V, Brooklyn, N.Y."
The Poorer Class
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Smithers; Mr. Lodge; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Archie decides that Veronica is too rich for him. Veronica pretends that her father has lost his wealth and even the servants are in rags. The deed backfires when Mr. Lodge brings home an ambassador who lectures the servants on the evils of capitalism.
Indexer Notes
The ambassador is obviously from a communist country, probably Russia ("Ess jost like we learn in our heestory books! Wheech we inwented, naturally")
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Archie!...You're breaking our date to go dancing?...Why?"]
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals -
1.
Mural Magic
Archie -
2.
The Ball Players
Archie -
3.
The Sound Barrier
Archie -
4.
For Cake's Sake!
Li'l Jinx -
5.
Trip to Nowhere
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica -
6.
[Betty Looking at Archie's Picture]
Betty's Coloring Page -
7.
The Tale of the Shirt!
Archie -
8.
Don't Miss It!
The World of Jughead -
9.
The Fight Game
Archie -
10.
Once a Pond a Time
Archie -
11.
Big and Small!
Shrimpy -
12.
A Careful Earful!
Shrimpy -
13.
Defeat of the Beat-Nik
Archie -
14.
The Olympics Story
-
15.
A Stranger to Danger
Archie -
16.
["Draw me -- One - Two - Three"]
Jughead Fun Page -
17.
Here They Are!
Archie Giant Series -
18.
Chew, Chew Baby
Archie -
19.
[no title indexed]
Betty's Fashion Page -
20.
The Poorer Class
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica -
21.
[Veronica at the beach, wearing a tiger-striped hat]
Veronica's Pin-Up Page
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
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