([December] 1952)

Archie, 1950 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1952-12-22
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Brand
Archie Series [banner]
Editing
Harry Shorten (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
George Frese
Inks
George Frese
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Betty, you spelled that wrong! What we're studying is A-R-C-H-A-E-O-L-O-G-Y!
Genre
teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Reprints
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Draw Instantly (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Master Art Helper Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Brazil Nuts (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
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look Ronnie, there goes that Latin Lulu Conchita! What a character!
Feature Logo
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Conchita
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica are jealous of a student from Brazil who has attracted the attention of the boys.

Smog Fog (Table of Contents: 3)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 4.67 pages (report information)

Script
Sy Reit
Pencils
George Frese
Inks
Terry Szenics
Colors
?
Letters
Terry Szenics
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Go to a movie? Don't be silly, Archie! Betty and I are watching Melvin Smog on television, tonight!
Feature Logo
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Jenkins
Synopsis
The girls are obsessed with a singer named Melvin Smog and swoon or faint whenever he's on TV or his name is mentioned.

Indexer Notes

Pencils previously credited to Harry Lucey, but they match Frese's style for the period, not Lucey's.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Ginger / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

On the Spot (Table of Contents: 5)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi Betty, you're looking chipper as a chipmunk!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Betty tricks Archie into a date.

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

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

Stupid Cupid (Table of Contents: 7)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 4.67 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Vigoda
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why Midge honey, nothing can be as bad as that!
Feature Logo
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Moose's jealousy is making it hard for Midge to talk to anyone.

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

Super Duck / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Fall Guy! (Table of Contents: 9)

Veronica / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
Samm Schwartz
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Doggone it Veronica, you've been dating that dead beat twice as often as you have me!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Veronica thinks Archie tried to hurt himself by jumping out a window when she turned him down for a date.

Indexer Notes

Samm Schwartz sneaks his signature into the eye chart on page two.

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

Don't Let It Puzzle You! / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can you name the city in the U.S.A. this drawing represents?

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

Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Sew What! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script
Sy Reit
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
Samm Schwartz
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Golly, aren't those some clothes that Sally wears?
Feature Logo
Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Sally
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica try to make their own clothes after seeing a girl in school who always wears nice hand-made clothes.

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

Plaza Book Co. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Write Thrilling Love Letters (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Plaza Book Company / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Jimmy Proved His Point! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Every One's Talking About This Wonderful, Easy Way to Learn Music! (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

U. S. School of Music Lessons / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Get Prizes Make Money (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Betty, you spelled that wrong! What we're studying is A-R-C-H-A-E-O-L-O-G-Y!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Draw Instantly
    Master Art Helper Co.
  3. 2. Brazil Nuts
    Betty and Veronica
  4. 3. Smog Fog
    Betty and Veronica
  5. 4. ["If you knew Ginger, like we know Ginger"]
    Ginger
  6. 5. On the Spot
    Betty
  7. 6. ["Join the big parade to our brand new comic magazine, Archie's Pals 'n' Gals starring Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica, and Reggie!"]
    Archie
  8. 7. Stupid Cupid
    Betty and Veronica
  9. 8. ["Yessiree! Super Duck is better than a three-ring circus."]
    Super Duck
  10. 9. Fall Guy!
    Veronica
  11. 10. ["Can you name the city in the U.S.A. this drawing represents?"]
    Don't Let It Puzzle You!
  12. 11. ["Some figures, eh, Reggie?"]
    Archie
  13. 12. Sew What!
    Betty and Veronica
  14. 13. ["Every romance has pitfalls."]
    Plaza Book Co.
  15. 14. Write Thrilling Love Letters
    Plaza Book Company
  16. 15. Jimmy Proved His Point!
  17. 16. Every One's Talking About This Wonderful, Easy Way to Learn Music!
    U. S. School of Music Lessons
  18. 17. Get Prizes Make Money
    American Seeds
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