(January 1972)

Archie, 1946 Series
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Price
0.15 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
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dig Betty's Roman sandals!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Ethel Muggs
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Wayne School Courses / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Seasonal Change (Table of Contents: 2)

Reggie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Malmgren ?
Pencils
Gus Lemoine
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now you all know Reggie Mantle! Notorious the world over for a personality that would curdle cream!
Feature Logo
Reggie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Reggie inexplicably finds himself acting with more charity towards others as the season inches toward Christmas.

Indexer Notes

Includes indicia at bottom of first page.

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

Topper Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Hotsy Totsy (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Malmgren
Pencils
Dick Malmgren
Inks
Dick Malmgren
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
How's business, Big Ethel?
Feature Logo
Archie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis
Archie gives Ethel some entrepreneurial advice.

The Dingo Kid Trips a Thief (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Dingo Boots / Acme Boots; The Dingo Kids / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Kenner Toys / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Eskipade (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Class, yesterday I said good skiers get close to the ground!
Feature Logo
Archie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs; Frieda; Kurt
Synopsis
Archie can't decide which part of his ski vacation is worse: The humiliating lessons he has to endure or the brawny ski instructor making time with Veronica.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Includes promotional blurb for Archie Series comic books on bottom of first page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Archie Giant Series Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Ghosting Along (Table of Contents: 9)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I wonder what Li'l Jinx...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Gigi; Greg; Charley Hawse; Hap Holliday; Li'l Jinx
Synopsis
Jinx plays a prank on all of her friends, until Hap takes a hand in it.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Li'l Jinx Pen Pals / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
'35!' '25!' '16!' That how many new friends some of our members have made since they joined our pen pal club!
Characters
Li'l Jinx

Indexer Notes

Names, addresses and ages of 44 potential pen pals.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Josie and the Pussycats / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Topper Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

N.I.D.A. / National Independent Distributors Association Vista Bicycles / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Garcelon Stamps / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Archie Club News
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Betsy Oliver (Woodland, Calif.) First prize - $5.00, Juidity McPhee (Goderich, Ontario) Second prize -$3.00, and John Paugh (Columbus, Ind.) Third prize - $2.00.
Includes membership application form for the Archie Club.

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

1000 Stickers / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

100 Little Dolls / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

No Noel? (Table of Contents: 18)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Al Hartley
Pencils
Al Hartley
Inks
?
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Get with it, Arch --- Tis the season to be jolly!
Feature Logo
Archie
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
The approaching Christmas season makes Archie begin to regret all of the stupid things he's done during his life.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Kool-Aid / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

ICS / International Correspondence Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Mattel Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Dig Betty's Roman sandals!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. ["Never finished high school?"]
    Wayne School Courses
  3. 2. Seasonal Change
    Reggie
  4. 3. ["The wonderful wacky way out world of the Ding-a-lings"]
    Topper Toys
  5. 4. Hotsy Totsy
    Archie
  6. 5. The Dingo Kid Trips a Thief
    Dingo Boots / Acme Boots; The Dingo Kids
  7. 6. ["Hey! You guys are smashing up your SSP Racers!"]
    Kenner Toys
  8. 7. Eskipade
    Archie
  9. 8. ["Deck the halls with laughs and folly ha-ha-ha-ha-ha... hee-hee hee! Hee!"]
    Archie Giant Series Magazine
  10. 9. Ghosting Along
    Li'l Jinx
  11. 10. ["'35!' '25!' '16!' That how many new friends some of our members have made since they joined our pen pal club!"]
    Li'l Jinx Pen Pals
  12. 11. ["Purr-fect"]
    Josie and the Pussycats
  13. 12. ["Thrills, glamour and excitement with your own Dawn beauty pageant!"]
    Topper Toys
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    N.I.D.A. / National Independent Distributors Association Vista Bicycles
  15. 14. ["Stamp collectors... 4 choice sets - only 10¢!"]
    Garcelon Stamps
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  17. 16. ["Amazing offer - 1000 stickers"]
    1000 Stickers
  18. 17. ["100 little dolls all for $1.00"]
    100 Little Dolls
  19. 18. No Noel?
    Archie
  20. 19. ["Get a color-changing Canned Whizzer from Kool-Aid"]
    Kool-Aid
  21. 20. ["Earn, baby, earn!"]
    ICS / International Correspondence Schools
  22. 21. ["Sizzlers cars running on Fat Track: all the excitement of real racing"]
    Mattel Toys
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Joey Sayer