(May 1957)

Archie, 1950 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-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)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tell me! Do I draw any interest in this bank?
Genre
teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Fancy That (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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It's super of you to take these pics of my entry in the high school dress-making contest, Archie!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis
Veronica tries to sabotage Betty's entry in the dress-making contest by making it more plain but the simplicity of the design impresses the judges and Betty ends up winning.
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Rage Before Beauty (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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Pencils
George Frese
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie, you look bluer than an Eskimo in a bikini! What's up?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Veronica schemes to get the boys to each buy one part of an outfit Betty hates for Betty's birthday.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #233.

The Late Show (Table of Contents: 3)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
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Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Just one more show, Daddy!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday; Merry Holliday

We Love Those Cough Drops... (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Pin Points! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, Ronnie, there you are!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
When Archie gives his frat pin to Veronica, Betty comes up with a scheme to end up with it instead.
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Base-Bawl Season (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Are you going to play this year, Reg?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Coach Kleats
Synopsis
Veronica tells Archie and Reggie that she will only date boys who are on the baseball team so they both try out but Reggie sabotages Archie's efforts so that he doesn't make the team.

Veronica is thrilled that Archie didn't make the team because Betty told her that the baseball coach is so strict that he doesn't allow players to go on dates or to the movies and they have to be home by 8 pm every night.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Fun Page / activity / 0.75 page (report information)

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Indexer Notes

Puzzles and riddles.

[Statement of Ownership] (Table of Contents: 8)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

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typeset

Indexer Notes

STATEMENT REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF AUGUST 24. 1912, AS AMENDED BY THE ACTS OF MARCH 3. 1933. JULY 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code, Section 233) SHOWING THE OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND CIRCULATION OF ARCHIE'S GIRLS BETTY AND VERONICA, published Bi-Monthly at St. Louis, Mo. for October 1, 1956.

1. The names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are:
Publisher, Louis H. Silberkleit, 241 Church Street, New York 13. N.Y.
Editor, John L. Goldwater, 241 Church Street, New York 13. N.Y.
Managing editor, Richard H. Goldwater. 241 Church St., New York 13, N.Y.
Business manager, Maurice Coyne, 241 Church Street, New York 13, N.Y.

5. The average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the 12 months preceding the date shown above was: (This in-formation is required from daily, weekly, semiweekly, and triweekly newspaper only)



---No numbers were given for the circulation in this SOA.
-John

Canoe Capers (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie / text story / 2 pages (report information)

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typeset

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Betty calls Archie and asks him for a canoe ride.
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Errant Boy (Table of Contents: 10)

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

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Dan DeCarlo ?
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Rudy Lapick ?
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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Betty! What have you been doing, ransoming kings in your spare time?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Veronica gets jealous when she sees Archie giving jewelry to other girls, but he's only making deliveries to help Betty with her jewelry business.
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of Betty (Archie, 1992 series) #194.

Mickey Mantle Goes to Bat for "Billy Bikeless" (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Junior Sales Club of America / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Tell me! Do I draw any interest in this bank?"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Fancy That
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. Rage Before Beauty
    Betty and Veronica
  4. 3. The Late Show
    Li'l Jinx
  5. 4. We Love Those Cough Drops...
    Smith Brothers Cough Drops
  6. 5. Pin Points!
    Betty and Veronica
  7. 6. Base-Bawl Season
    Archie
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Fun Page
  9. 8. [Statement of Ownership]
  10. 9. Canoe Capers
    Archie
  11. 10. Errant Boy
    Betty and Veronica
  12. 11. Mickey Mantle Goes to Bat for "Billy Bikeless"
    Junior Sales Club of America
This issue was modified by, among others
  • John
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen