(August 1962)

Archie, 1950 Series
< Previous Issue |
| Next Issue >
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1962-05-22
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 1962 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
Personally, I think they're carrying automation a bit too far!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Keywords
cheerleader; robot

Dream Boy (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Veronica tells Betty her dream of refusing her father's money, marrying Archie, and settling down to a happy life of love and poverty. Betty tells Veronica her dream of becoming a glamorous movie star. Both start to fear that Archie will abandon his poor wife Veronica for rich and famous Betty.
Reprints
Keywords
dream; future; yearbook

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Betty's Pin-Up Page / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?; Barbara Willis (idea)
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I’m flattered that you asked me to pose for you, Archie…
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie uses Betty as the model for a painting of Veronica.
Reprints
Keywords
beach; painting; portrait

Indexer Notes

Pin-up page suggested by Barbara Willis, White Plains, N.Y.

The Perfect Spot (Table of Contents: 3)

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 Holliday; Merry Holliday
Synopsis
Jinx has to find a place where her mother will find a note after returning from a luncheon. She decides to put it on the bathroom scale.
Keywords
note; scale

Strength and Health (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica is exercising in her gym with weights. Archie makes himself a physical wreck trying to do the same exercises she does. Then Betty steps in and gets him by acting weak and helpless.
Reprints
Keywords
barbells; dumbbells; weight-lifting

Indexer Notes

An example of how Betty's character had not yet become the pure goody-two-shoes she later became: in this story, Veronica is the one who cares about getting in shape, while Betty is the one who argues that it's unfeminine.

Here's Fun in the Sun (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Betty and Veronica Summer Fun / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

It's All Relative (Table of Contents: 6)

Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica tells Archie that her father is forcing her to date her cousin Gaylord. Of course, she doesn't have a cousin Gaylord.
Reprints

Fun with the Popsicle Kids (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Popsicle Kids; Popsicle / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Alfred Bernard Nobel (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ken Hultgren
Inks
Ken Hultgren
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
non-fiction; biography; history
Synopsis
Biography of Alfred Bernard Nobel, who invented dynamite and established the Nobel Foundation.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Text with 1/3 page illustration.

Row Woe (Table of Contents: 9)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
The girls watch Jughead participate in a team rowing race.
Reprints
Keywords
rowing

Top Priority (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump
Synopsis
Veronica advises Midge and Betty to fill up a hope chest with the most important things. So Betty kidnaps Archie, ties him up and puts him in the chest.
Reprints
Keywords
hope chest; kidnapping; records

Windy Report (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica shows Betty that her yacht's wardrobe is arranged according to wind velocity.
Keywords
wind; yacht
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Personally, I think they're carrying automation a bit too far!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Dream Boy
    Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. ["I’m flattered that you asked me to pose for you, Archie…"]
    Betty's Pin-Up Page
  4. 3. The Perfect Spot
    Li'l Jinx
  5. 4. Strength and Health
    Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
  6. 5. Here's Fun in the Sun
    Betty and Veronica Summer Fun
  7. 6. It's All Relative
    Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
  8. 7. Fun with the Popsicle Kids
    Popsicle Kids; Popsicle
  9. 8. Alfred Bernard Nobel
  10. 9. Row Woe
    Betty and Veronica
  11. 10. Top Priority
    Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
  12. 11. Windy Report
    Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jaime Weinman