Archie Americana Series #2 - Best of the Fifties
(1992)

Archie, 1991 Series
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Price
8.95 USD; 10.50 CAD
Pages
100
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
ISBN
1-879794-01-2 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781879794016 51095
Editing
Paul Castiglia (Americana Series Editor); Victor Gorelick (Managing Editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rex Lindsey (signed)
Inks
Rex Lindsey (signed)
Colors
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee
Keywords
3-D glasses; car hop; guitar; hula hoops; jukebox; leather jacket; roller skates; satellite

1950's Archie Comic Book Covers (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey; Bill Vigoda
Inks
Harry Lucey; Bill Vigoda
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Located on inside front cover.

Introduction (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Victor Gorelick
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Harry Lucey
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Winner Lose (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Mr.Lodge
Synopsis
Archie buys a boat to compete with Reggie for Veronica's attention.
Reprints

Safe at Home (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie mistakes Mr. Lodge and his Industrialist friends for safe-crackers.
Reprints

There Oughta Be a Law (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda
Inks
Bill Vigoda
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Jughead Jones (dream); Moose (dream)
Synopsis
Archie imagines what life would be like if kids ran things.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencil/Ink credit from the reprint in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #11.

A Gallery of Classic 50's Cover Gags by Bob Montana (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Montana
Inks
Bob Montana
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Pop Tate

Indexer Notes

Small, partial reprints of the covers of Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #79, Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #16, Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #82, Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #42, Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #44, and Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #90

Skip, Hop, and Thump! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica need dates to a sock hop.
Reprints

Rhyme Nor Reason (Table of Contents: 8)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 3.75 pages (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica submit entries in a soap jingle contest.
Reprints
Keywords
jingle

Indexer Notes

Writer, Inker and Letterer credits from the reprint in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #4.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Reggie / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jughead's a great Half-back!
Genre
teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Reprints

Going, Going, Gown (Table of Contents: 10)

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

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica refuses to wear a $300 dollar gown to the Soph Swing if Betty wears her $12.98 knock-off.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #4.

Call to Arms! (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda
Inks
Bill Vigoda
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
Archie bets Reggie he can get a date with Midge by planning an elaborate prank on Moose.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprinting in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #250.

Fan Clubbed! (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Purley Gates (intro)
Synopsis
When famous singer Purley Gates (Betty's mother's cousin's nephew) comes to town, Archie and Jughead pretend that they don't know who he is.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The character of Purley Gates is a parody of Elvis Presley.

Everybody's Christmas Present! (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

The Good Old Daze (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie's Dad / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Mr. Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Archie's dad longs for the days when he was a teenager.
Reprints

Pipe the Bag (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Moose; Midge
Synopsis
Archie embraces his Scottish ancestry by wearing a kilt and playing the bag pipes.
Reprints

Award to the Wise (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Tom Moore
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Moose; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Prof. Flutesnoot
Synopsis
Archie, Reggie, and Moose enter a contest for the student who shows the most helpful and co-operative attitude towards the teaching staff.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing.

Wheels of Progress (Table of Contents: 17)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica volunteer to teach Archie how to roller skate.
Reprints

A Gallery of Classic 50's Cover Gags by Bob Montana (Table of Contents: 18)

Archie / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Montana
Inks
Bob Montana
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy

Indexer Notes

Small, partial reprints of the covers of Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #44, Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #83, Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #43, Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #48, Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #78, and Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #5

Circle Sale (Table of Contents: 19)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Jughead's buying up old Hula Hoops.
Reprints
Keywords
hula hoop

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie Milestones Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2019 series) #4.

Like Real Gone (Table of Contents: 20)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis
Archie and Jughead dig the Beatnik lingo. Like, Coolsville.
Reprints

Spinner Winner (Table of Contents: 21)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Synopsis
The gang discover that Pop Tate is a master of Spin-A-Plate.
Reprints

T.N.T. Hee (Table of Contents: 22)

Jughead / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Prof. Flutesnoot; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Mr. Weatherbee thinks that Jughead has invented a new explosive.
Reprints

1950's Archie Comic Book Covers (Table of Contents: 23)

Archie / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Montana; Harry Lucey; Bill Vigoda
Inks
Bob Montana; Harry Lucey; Bill Vigoda
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Reprints
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Archie
  2. 1. 1950's Archie Comic Book Covers
    Archie
  3. 2. Introduction
  4. 3. Winner Lose
    Archie
  5. 4. Safe at Home
    Archie
  6. 5. There Oughta Be a Law
    Archie
  7. 6. A Gallery of Classic 50's Cover Gags by Bob Montana
    Archie
  8. 7. Skip, Hop, and Thump!
    Betty and Veronica
  9. 8. Rhyme Nor Reason
    Betty and Veronica
  10. 9. ["Jughead's a great Half-back!"]
    Reggie
  11. 10. Going, Going, Gown
    Betty and Veronica
  12. 11. Call to Arms!
    Archie
  13. 12. Fan Clubbed!
    Archie
  14. 13. Everybody's Christmas Present!
    Archie
  15. 14. The Good Old Daze
    Archie's Dad
  16. 15. Pipe the Bag
    Archie
  17. 16. Award to the Wise
    Archie
  18. 17. Wheels of Progress
    Archie
  19. 18. A Gallery of Classic 50's Cover Gags by Bob Montana
    Archie
  20. 19. Circle Sale
    Archie
  21. 20. Like Real Gone
    Archie
  22. 21. Spinner Winner
    Archie
  23. 22. T.N.T. Hee
    Jughead
  24. 23. 1950's Archie Comic Book Covers
    Archie
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