(March 1962)
Archie,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1961-12-28
- 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 1962 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
Mr. Inferno
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; the Devil [Mr. Inferno]
- Synopsis
- Betty sells her soul to the Devil to gain Archie's affections, but it is revealed that Veronica did the same some time ago. The two-timing Devil releases both from their contracts and disappears.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #9 (December 1974) - in The Best of Archie Comics (Archie, 2011 series) #4 ([August] 2014)
- in Archie Comics Super Special (Archie, 2012 series) #6 (January 2015)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #245 (November 2015)
- in Archie Spotlight Digest: Archie 75th Anniversary Digest (Archie, 2016 series) #5 (February 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits from Comics Alliance article by Chris Sims, January 6, 2015.
Fickle Fella
Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Veronica thinks Archie has a new girl, but he's just talking about a hot-rod.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #10 (February 1975)
-
Art for Art's Ache
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Professor Lowe
- Synopsis
- Veronica is admiring one of the abstract paintings in a show, when the artist claims it as a rag he wipes his brushes on.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #10 (February 1975)
-
- Keywords
- abstract art; painting
Paris Fashions
Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Fashion designs by Daniel DeCarlo Jr. (Scarsdale, N.Y.), Joyce Kingsley (Allentown, Pa.), Madeline Russo (Birmingham, Ala.), and Simoneta Lang (Paris, France). Jewelry designed by Allan Tropp (New Rochelle, N.Y.)
Sticky Business
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Items stick to Veronica's hands whenever she tells a lie. She can only get rid of them by telling the truth, which leads to some sticky situations.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #6 (January 1975)
- in Archie Annual Digest (Archie, 1975 series) #46 (1985)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #73 (April 2003)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #158 (April 2008), #221 (April 2014), #289 (January 2021)
-
- Keywords
- lies
We're Giving Away Free Copies of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals!
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
The Mimic
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie is afraid to contradict Veronica and just repeats everything she says. Betty learns ventriloquism and gets an Archie dummy, so that she can make it give her compliments.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #10 (February 1975)
-
- Keywords
- ventriloquism
That Time of Beauty
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Article on "engagement etiquette." Article begins with a four-line poem by Lord Byron
- Keywords
- engagement; marriage
A-weigh He Goes
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Hap tells Jinx he is going on a diet, but that is forgotten when he gets to the dinner table.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #7 (March 1975)
-
- Keywords
- diet
Mirror, Mirror
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Veronica buys a carnival fun-house mirror at an auction. The mirror has supernatural abilities which turn Betty and Veronica into the distorted images they see in the mirror. The mirror has a different effect on Mr. Weatherbee and Miss Grundy, changing them into young and attractive adults.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #11 (April 1975)
-
- Keywords
- fun-house mirror; supernatural
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Notice how the Earth females like to isolate themselves and make strange noises!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Mr. Inferno
Betty and Veronica -
2.
Fickle Fella
Veronica -
3.
Art for Art's Ache
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Paris Fashions
Veronica -
5.
Sticky Business
Betty and Veronica -
6.
We're Giving Away Free Copies of Archie's Pals 'n' Gals!
Archie's Pals 'n' Gals -
7.
The Mimic
Betty and Veronica -
8.
That Time of Beauty
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9.
A-weigh He Goes
Li'l Jinx -
10.
Mirror, Mirror
Betty and Veronica
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