(May 1961)

Archie, 1950 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1961-03-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
Richard H. Goldwater (editor)

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
Bob White
Inks
Bob White
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What do you girls mean you want me to give you a weather report?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Indexer Notes

Redrawn from the cover of Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #11

Gambler's Luck (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie's Girls 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; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
The girls keep tossing a coin to see who gets Archie.
Reprints
Keywords
gambling

Art with a Purpose (Table of Contents: 2)

Betty / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle (cameo)
Synopsis
Betty paints portraits of herself, Veronica, and Archie and arranges the three paintings at the school art show to send a not-so-subtle message.
Reprints
Keywords
painting

Blonde Bombshell (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
When Archie sees Veronica giving Moose a kiss, he figures it's a trick to get him to kiss Midge and get beaten up by Moose. That wasn't Veronica's plan, but it ends up happening anyway.
Keywords
kiss

Take This Free Gift... (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

The Convincer (Table of Contents: 5)

Betty / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Veronica gets a date with another boy. Archie makes a date with Betty, but while getting ready, Betty convinces herself that Archie is only taking her in order to shadow Veronica and her date.
Reprints
Keywords
jealousy

Indexer Notes

Veronica is referenced, but does not appear.

Portuguee Phillip's Ride! (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
In 1866, John "Portuguee" Phillips rides in a blizzard from Fort Phillip Kearney in Montana to Fort Laramie to bring reinforcements to fend off an impending Sioux Indian attack.

Indexer Notes

Text with no illustration.

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1960 (Table of Contents: 7)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Louis H. Silberkleit (credited) (publisher)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1960. Average number of paid subscriptions for the previous 12 months was 307,340.

Danger Man at Work (Table of Contents: 8)

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

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

Genre
humor; teen; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis
Jinx uses a screwdriver to take all the screws out of the kitchen table.
Keywords
screwdriver

Indexer Notes

Though the title says "Man at Work," Jinx is the one doing the damage.

Follow the Crowd (Table of Contents: 9)

Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump (cameo)
Synopsis
Archie treats Betty like "one of the boys." Betty decides that she might have better luck if the other boys were dating Veronica. The scheme works, except now that Archie is available, all the other girls want a date with him.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["What do you girls mean you want me to give you a weather report?"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Gambler's Luck
    Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. Art with a Purpose
    Betty
  4. 3. Blonde Bombshell
    Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
  5. 4. Take This Free Gift...
    Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
  6. 5. The Convincer
    Betty
  7. 6. Portuguee Phillip's Ride!
  8. 7. Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1960
  9. 8. Danger Man at Work
    Li'l Jinx
  10. 9. Follow the Crowd
    Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Steve Coates
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jaime Weinman