(February 1960)

Archie, 1950 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1959-12-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
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Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

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First Line of Dialogue or Text
Are you sure you know how to work it, Betty? Is it loaded?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Indexer Notes

Redrawn from the cover of Laugh Comics #38

Missing Persons (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Veronica misses a date with Archie, and concocts a story to explain herself. Archie goes along so that he won't have to explain why HE missed the date.
Reprints

Time for "Trophy" (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Block That Signal (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; sports; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; football players
Synopsis
Archie's team is losing the game, because an opposing player sneaks into the huddle.
Reprints
Keywords
Football

Indexer Notes

Betty and Me #2 carries a story of the same title, which is likely a reprint.

Go, Mascot, Go! (Table of Contents: 4)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; sports; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mr. Andrews; bulldog
Synopsis
The Riverdale team mascot has trophies from the trouser seats of opposing teams.
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Lloyd Price (Table of Contents: 5)

Recording Star of the Month / text article / 1 page (report information)

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typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Lloyd Price

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

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

"8 Record Hits" (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Liberty Belle (Table of Contents: 8)

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

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Betty is no longer enthralled by Archie, but it doesn't last.
Reprints

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

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

Home Sweet Homework (Table of Contents: 10)

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

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy
Synopsis
Betty takes advantage of an opportunity to tutor Archie, but Veronica intervenes.
Reprints
Keywords
High school

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Miss Clean (Table of Contents: 12)

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

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

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Li'l Jinx's mom
Synopsis
Li'l Jinx cleans her room, which will surprise her mother, especially when she dumps the dustpan onto mother's wash.
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Man of Action (Table of Contents: 13)

Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Big Moose Mason
Synopsis
Moose hates school vacations.
Keywords
Christmas; high school

Sure Cure (Table of Contents: 14)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Veronica's worried about her cousin Leroy biting his nails.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Paid in Full (Table of Contents: 17)

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

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Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Smithers; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis
The girls plan a party, but they wear Mr. Lodge to a frazzle handling preparations. So they make him the guest of honor, and he has a great time.
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Are you sure you know how to work it, Betty? Is it loaded?"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Missing Persons
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. Time for "Trophy"
  4. 3. Block That Signal
    Archie
  5. 4. Go, Mascot, Go!
    Archie
  6. 5. Lloyd Price
    Recording Star of the Month
  7. 6. ["40 Foreign and American Cars"]
  8. 7. "8 Record Hits"
  9. 8. Liberty Belle
    Betty and Veronica
  10. 9. ["Wake Up!"]
  11. 10. Home Sweet Homework
    Betty and Veronica
  12. 11. ["Columbia Fire-Arrow for Christmas"]
  13. 12. Miss Clean
    Li'l Jinx
  14. 13. Man of Action
    Moose
  15. 14. Sure Cure
    Jughead
  16. 15. ["Giant Movie Star Bargain"]
  17. 16. ["Record your voice at home"]
  18. 17. Paid in Full
    Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Kirk House
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen