(June 1961)

Archie, 1950 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1961-03-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
?

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)

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?
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?
Colors
?
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?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi, Betty! You all ready for the picnic?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Keywords
telephone

Indexer Notes

Redrawn from the cover of Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #23

Camouflage (Table of Contents: 1)

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; Mr. Spencer
Synopsis
Veronica tells Archie that Betty is a "peroxide blonde." When Archie tells Betty this, Betty gets a list of all the cosmetics that Veronica has bought at the drug store that month.
Reprints
Keywords
cosmetics; drug store

Indexer Notes

"Peroxide blonde" means bleached blonde, which at this time was an insult.

Target Tactics (Table of Contents: 2)

Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Archie is going to toss a dart to see who his date for tonight will be. Veronica gets to decide the design of the target.
Reprints
Keywords
dart

Calamity Call (Table of Contents: 3)

Betty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Betty waits by the phone for Archie to call. She gets so frustrated while waiting that when Archie does call, she turns down the date.
Reprints
Keywords
telephone

Triple Threat (Table of Contents: 4)

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; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Smithers (cameo)
Synopsis
Veronica wants to get a date with Reggie because Reggie is driving his cousin's sports car. She gets the date, but it doesn't turn out like she expected.
Reprints
Keywords
sports car

Make a Date (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Archie Giant Series Magazines / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Gag (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Sally
Synopsis
When Miss Grundy asks the girls to "get Archie" for her, they tell her they've been trying to "get" Archie for years. The rest of the plot flows around literal meanings of common slang terms, with Betty and Veronica being too smart for their own good and the oblivious Archie ending up with a date with a new girl.
Keywords
slang

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

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

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Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
One of the finest game trophies a hunter can possess is the full-antlered head of a prime bull moose.
Genre
animal; math & science
Synopsis
Article on the North American moose.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Text with 1/3 page illustration.

Change of Heart! (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; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Greg; Ga Ga
Synopsis
Jinx draws a heart with her name and Greg's on a tree. After seeing Greg with Ga Ga, Jinx crosses out the heart and makes a triangle with the three names.
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A Date with Archie (Table of Contents: 9)

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; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Betty turns down a date with Archie because she had made plans to go bowling with Veronica. Both girls then decide that a date with Archie would be better than bowling, so they make a mad rush to Archie's house. After a slapstick disaster at Archie's house, the girls end up bowling with Jughead.
Reprints
Keywords
bowling
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Hi, Betty! You all ready for the picnic?"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Camouflage
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. Target Tactics
    Veronica
  4. 3. Calamity Call
    Betty
  5. 4. Triple Threat
    Betty and Veronica
  6. 5. Make a Date
    Archie Giant Series Magazines
  7. 6. The Gag
    Betty and Veronica
  8. 7. ["One of the finest game trophies a hunter can possess is the full-antlered head of a prime bull moose."]
    Nature's Notebook
  9. 8. Change of Heart!
    Li'l Jinx
  10. 9. A Date with Archie
    Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Merlin Haas
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Joey Sayer