(January 1958)

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
Harry Shorten

Issue Notes

From indicia on the bottom of the first page: "Published bi-monthly by Close-Up Inc., 420 DeSoto Ave., St. Louis 7, Mo. Editorial office: 241 Church Street, New York 13, N. Y. Chicago office: 35 East Wacker Dr., Chicago 11, Ill. Hollywood office: 439 So. Western Ave., Los Angleles 3, Calif."
All information for this issue from Error Report #3349, by Darci.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
Samm Schwartz

First Line of Dialogue or Text
True, I have my faults, Betty! Vanity is one of them! I know I'm quite pretty!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Reprints

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

Sheaffer Pen Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Good Booking (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis
The sales training class is running a contest to see who can sell the most product. And it looks to everyone that Betty is gathering and selling incriminating evidence on the other students.
Reprints

Toys! Tricks! Surprises! Galore (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Honor House Products Corp. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Follow the Leader (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Joe Edwards (signed)
Pencils
Joe Edwards (signed)
Inks
Joe Edwards (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards (signed)

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
Synopsis
Jinx and her father play "follow the leader" on the frozen pond.

Nature's Notebook (Table of Contents: 5)

Nature's Notebook / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
children
Synopsis
Article on shellfish.

Hey Kids! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

Solo Flight (Table of Contents: 7)

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

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Veronica is suspicious when Betty claims she's going out on a date alone and sends Archie to stick as close as possible to her.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Bob White may have touched up some of the Archie faces in this story.

Downbeat! (Table of Contents: 8)

Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Veronica is too tired to go hiking with Archie, but she's not too tired to cut a rug with him.
Reprints

Brush Off! (Table of Contents: 9)

Betty / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley
Synopsis
Dilton fails as an art critic.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The Betty faces may be photostatic paste-ups from old art done by George Frese.

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

Archie's Pals 'N' Gals comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Confusion Conclusion (Table of Contents: 11)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie and Jughead compare stories of odd female behavior.
Reprints

Party of the First Part (Table of Contents: 12)

Pat the Brat / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Raymond Harold Osrin ?; Leon Winik ?
Inks
Raymond Harold Osrin ?; Leon Winik ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Pat; Oswald (Pat's father)
Synopsis
Oswald loses sight of Pat at a father/son picnic.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits are artists listed for this feature at http://lambiek.net/.

Lifetime Chronograph Stopwatch-window Calendar Watch (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Buyer's Guild, Inc. / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Everything You Need to Enjoy Stamp Collecting (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Zenith Company / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Veronica's Magic Page (Table of Contents: 15)

Veronica / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica outlines some simple sleight of hand tricks.
Reprints

Double Check (Table of Contents: 16)

Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Marmaduke "Moose" Mason
Synopsis
Moose doesn't get modern slang.
Reprints

Stretch the Truth (Table of Contents: 17)

Leroy / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Cousin Leroy; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica's Cousin Leroy has a ready excuse for the broken window.
Reprints

Free 2 Hit Parade Record Songs by Any of These Stars (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

Best Values Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Mum's the Word (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Samm Schwartz
Inks
Samm Schwartz
Colors
?
Letters
Samm Schwartz

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Suspicious that Betty has a secret formula to grow plants that will win the upcoming flower show, Veronica dispatches Archie to discover it.
Reprints
Keywords
flowers

Yogi Berra Homers in the 9th - Wins Big Game (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Wilson Chemical Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Chicago Roller Skate Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["True, I have my faults, Betty! Vanity is one of them! I know I'm quite pretty!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. ["See! No fuss about filling Sheaffer's new cartridge pen!"]
    Sheaffer Pen Company
  3. 2. Good Booking
    Betty and Veronica
  4. 3. Toys! Tricks! Surprises! Galore
    Honor House Products Corp.
  5. 4. Follow the Leader
    Li'l Jinx
  6. 5. Nature's Notebook
    Nature's Notebook
  7. 6. Hey Kids!
    Little Archie Comics
  8. 7. Solo Flight
    Betty and Veronica
  9. 8. Downbeat!
    Veronica
  10. 9. Brush Off!
    Betty
  11. 10. ["This one has everything!"]
    Archie's Pals 'N' Gals comics
  12. 11. Confusion Conclusion
    Betty and Veronica
  13. 12. Party of the First Part
    Pat the Brat
  14. 13. Lifetime Chronograph Stopwatch-window Calendar Watch
    Buyer's Guild, Inc.
  15. 14. Everything You Need to Enjoy Stamp Collecting
    Zenith Company
  16. 15. Veronica's Magic Page
    Veronica
  17. 16. Double Check
    Moose
  18. 17. Stretch the Truth
    Leroy
  19. 18. Free 2 Hit Parade Record Songs by Any of These Stars
    Best Values Co.
  20. 19. Mum's the Word
    Betty and Veronica
  21. 20. Yogi Berra Homers in the 9th - Wins Big Game
    Wilson Chemical Co.
  22. 21. ["Get in on the fun!"]
    Chicago Roller Skate Co.
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jaime Weinman