(August 1961)
Archie,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1961-05-25
- 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]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Would you like to have Archie fan you too, Betty?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Indexer Notes
Redrawn from the cover of Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #14
Take Me to Your Leader
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Betty becomes a beatnik, complete with bongo drums, progressive jazz music and an unkempt sweater. An appalled Veronica sends the boys in to talk some sense to her, but one boy after another becomes hooked on the beatnik lifestyle -- except Jughead, who thinks they're just imitating him.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- beatnik; bongos
Bob Hope Meets Jimmy and Jane
Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page
- Characters
- Bob Hope; Jimmy; Jane
- Synopsis
- Jimmy and Jane sneak on the set of Bob Hope's new movie to ask him a question about the Popsicle contest.
Indexer Notes
Ad for Popsicle Water Sports Contest, the top half in comic format. Also promotes Bob Hope movie "Bachelor in Paradise."
It Pays to Advertise
Betty / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Midge wonders why Betty is suddenly so popular.
- Keywords
- bulletin board
Indexer Notes
Betty's phone number is WA5-0424.
Who's Zoo
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- On a trip to the zoo, Veronica thinks she forgot something.
- Keywords
- hippopotamus; zoo
Station Break
Archie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to get Ronnie's attention away from the TV.
- Keywords
- television
Ladies' Choice
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Veronica shows Betty her new hope chest.
- Keywords
- hope chest; marriage
Saved by the Belle
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Viv Laverne
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to make time with the sexy new man-eater in town, Viv Laverne. When Veronica is about to catch them together, Betty hides Viv and makes it look like she's the one who is secretly dating Archie.
Make a Date
Archie Giant Series Magazines / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Promo for Betty and Veronica Spectacular #11 with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted, along with original artwork.
Brilliant Boo Boo
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- At her Gay '90s party, Veronica is the only one who neglects to wear an 1890s-style bathing suit.
- Keywords
- Gay 90s
No Holds Barred
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- In a series of silent poses with her thoughts represented by captions, Veronica contemplates the tricky things she'd do if she were Betty.
[no title indexed]
Veronica Pin Up Page / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica wears a bathing suit and hat made for the desert.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica's Pin Up / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bobby Kendall (idea)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- The girls model summer fashions suggested by a reader in Dan DeCarlo's home town of New Rochelle.
Indexer Notes
"Betty and Veronica's pin-up page suggested by Bobby Kendall, 311 Lockwood Ave, New Rochelle, N.Y."
Diamond Doings
Betty / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Mrs. Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Hoping to get a nice birthday present from Archie, Betty takes her mother's advice to become more interested in his favorite pastime.
- Keywords
- baseball
[no title indexed]
Roy & Al - The U.S. Royal Twins; U.S. Royal Bicycle Tires / advertisement / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With these new U.S. Royal Nobbys I can ride on anything!
- Characters
- U. S. Royal Twins [Roy; Al]
- Synopsis
- The twins have no problem riding through a wet cement sidewalk.
Indexer Notes
Ad for U. S. Royal bicycle tires illustrated with a cartoon. United States Rubber, Indianapolis 6, Ind.
Modeling
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Article on the business of modeling.
Indexer Notes
Text with 1/3 page illustration.
Miss Mess
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday; Merry Holliday
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx spills chocolate syrup on the kitchen floor.
- Reprints
-
in Betty and Veronica Annual Digest Magazine (Archie, 1989 series) #11 (September 1994)
-
The Disinterested
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Tom
- Synopsis
- When Betty has a date, Veronica spends the entire night stalking them to make sure that her date isn't actually with Archie.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Would you like to have Archie fan you too, Betty?"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Take Me to Your Leader
Betty and Veronica -
2.
Bob Hope Meets Jimmy and Jane
Popsicle -
3.
It Pays to Advertise
Betty -
4.
Who's Zoo
Betty and Veronica -
5.
Station Break
Archie -
6.
Ladies' Choice
Betty and Veronica -
7.
Saved by the Belle
Betty and Veronica -
8.
Make a Date
Archie Giant Series Magazines -
9.
Brilliant Boo Boo
Betty and Veronica -
10.
No Holds Barred
Veronica -
11.
[no title indexed]
Veronica Pin Up Page -
12.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica's Pin Up -
13.
Diamond Doings
Betty -
14.
["With these new U.S. Royal Nobbys I can ride on anything!"]
Roy & Al - The U.S. Royal Twins; U.S. Royal Bicycle Tires -
15.
Modeling
-
16.
Miss Mess
Li'l Jinx -
17.
The Disinterested
Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steve Coates
- Merlin Haas
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Jaime Weinman
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