(December 1960)

Archie, 1950 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1960-10-05 ?
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
Richard Goldwater

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Do you know a boy named Archie Andrews?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

The Unaffected (Table of Contents: 1)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 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
Betty announces that she's finally "kicked the Archie habit."
Reprints

The Big Play (Table of Contents: 2)

Jughead / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Genre
sports; teen
Characters
Jughead Jones; Coach Kleats
Synopsis
Coach gives Jughead a key assignment.

Calling All Girls (Table of Contents: 3)

Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica manages to tie up three phone booths at once.

Indexer Notes

Dan DeCarlo draws himself as one of the people waiting to use the phone.

An Interesting Fact (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
Synopsis
Jinx learns the wrong lesson.
Reprints

The Boys (Table of Contents: 5)

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

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Smithers the butler
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica trick Archie and Reggie into helping them move.
Reprints

Never Trust a Man (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
In order to assuage Veronica's groundless suspicion of Archie, Betty agrees to follow him and report back.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #262.

Wild Bill Hickox (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
biography
Synopsis
Short biography of James Butler Hickox.

On Time (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Archie may not always be ready for school, but he's always on time.
Reprints

Any More Questions? (Table of Contents: 9)

Moose / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Moose Mason; Miss Grundy
Synopsis
Miss Grundy makes the mistake of asking Moose a question.
Reprints

Who's Jealous? (Table of Contents: 10)

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

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; un-named girl
Synopsis
When a beautiful girl asks for directions to Archie's house, Veronica does everything she can to prevent her from getting there.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Betty does not appear in this story.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Do you know a boy named Archie Andrews?"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. The Unaffected
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. The Big Play
    Jughead
  4. 3. Calling All Girls
    Veronica
  5. 4. An Interesting Fact
    Li'l Jinx
  6. 5. The Boys
    Betty and Veronica
  7. 6. Never Trust a Man
    Betty and Veronica
  8. 7. Wild Bill Hickox
  9. 8. On Time
    Archie
  10. 9. Any More Questions?
    Moose
  11. 10. Who's Jealous?
    Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jaime Weinman