Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #15 [Canadian]
(Winter 1960-1961)

Archie, 1952 Series
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Price
0.35 CAD
Pages
84
Indicia Frequency
quarterly
On-sale Date
1960-12-29
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Giant Series

Issue Notes

A price variant intended for Canadian distribution. On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue is a variant of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #15.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie's Pals 'n' Gals / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey, Pop! ...Check, please!
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate

Indexer Notes

Redrawn from the cover of Pep Comics #63

Birds of a Feather (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Pop Tate (cameo)
Synopsis
Archie helps Veronica build a birdhouse, but trying to attract birds to it results in a bird invasion of Riverdale High.
Reprints
Keywords
birdhouses

Indexer Notes

According to the Archie Comics Fan Forum, two versions of this story exist with the same script. One is older and by another artist. This one is the second version with Harry Lucey art.
The previous story is Fine Feathered Friends in Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #57 (July-August 1952).

Re-Tired (Table of Contents: 2)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis
When Archie needs new tires for his car Jughead comes up with a creative way to get them, but it backfires.
Reprints
Keywords
scavenger hunts

I Love a Parade! (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge is forced to endure the embarrassment of arriving at the governor's parade in Archie's car.
Keywords
parades

Blame That Name (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge [April Dawn]; Betty Cooper [Thursday Lark]; Archie Andrews [Les Friday]; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Veronica, Betty, and Archie fantasize about having more glamorous names, to the consternation of Jughead and Reggie.

Veronica's Coloring Page (Table of Contents: 5)

Veronica / activity / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge

The Pin Spotters (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Jughead finds a pin and thinks he will have good luck for the rest of the day, but it's bad luck for everyone else when they laugh at him.
Keywords
superstitions

A Little Birdie! (Table of Contents: 7)

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

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

Genre
children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Halliday

Teamwork (Table of Contents: 8)

Dilton Doily / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Characters
Dilton Doily; Moose Mason; Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews (cameo)
Synopsis
Dilton agrees to tutor Moose if Coach Kleats lets Dilton play on the football team.
Keywords
football

The Manly Art (Table of Contents: 9)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Colors
? (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; sports
Synopsis
history of boxing
Keywords
boxing

Case History (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Coach Kleats (cameo); Mr. Weatherbee (cameo)
Synopsis
Veronica and Betty have given Archie and Reggie identical key cases but the boys have to scramble when one of the cases is lost and they have to hide it from the girls.

Confessions of a Cupid (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Cupid; Arche Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Leroy Lodge; Dilton Doily; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate; Coach Kleats;
Synopsis
Cupid finds that shooting his arrows in Riverdale only leads to trouble.
Keywords
Cupid

Scandal Stopper (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Reggie tries to cause trouble for Archie and Veronica by starting a rumor.

Letter Perfect (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Miss Grundy; Mr. Waatherbee; Veronica Lodge (cameo)
Synopsis
Miss Grundy gives a history lecture full of errors because she thinks the class is not paying attention, but then she fears that Moose will believe what she's said.

High Thoughts! (Table of Contents: 14)

Shrimpy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Harold
Pencils
Joe Harold
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
children
Characters
Shrimpy
Synopsis
Shrimpy is afraid to go down the playground slide.

Short Order (Table of Contents: 15)

Miss Grundy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Miss Grundy

Horse Laugh (Table of Contents: 16)

Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews

Frost Free (Table of Contents: 17)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Reggie makes himself look rugged (and impresses the Lodges) by not wearing a coat in the winter, but when Jughead learns that it's because Reggie is wearing electric underwear he plots to embarrass Reggie.

Add and Detract (Table of Contents: 18)

Big Moose / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

Characters
Moose Mason; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
Synopsis
Moose wins a school raffle because he doesn't know how to add.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Hey, Pop! ...Check, please!"]
    Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
  2. 1. Birds of a Feather
    Archie
  3. 2. Re-Tired
    Archie
  4. 3. I Love a Parade!
    Archie
  5. 4. Blame That Name
    Betty and Veronica
  6. 5. Veronica's Coloring Page
    Veronica
  7. 6. The Pin Spotters
    Archie
  8. 7. A Little Birdie!
    Li'l Jinx
  9. 8. Teamwork
    Dilton Doily
  10. 9. The Manly Art
  11. 10. Case History
    Archie
  12. 11. Confessions of a Cupid
    Archie
  13. 12. Scandal Stopper
    Archie
  14. 13. Letter Perfect
    Archie
  15. 14. High Thoughts!
    Shrimpy
  16. 15. Short Order
    Miss Grundy
  17. 16. Horse Laugh
    Reggie
  18. 17. Frost Free
    Archie
  19. 18. Add and Detract
    Big Moose
This issue was modified by
  • William Alexander
  • Steve Coates
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Liam Sturgess