(September 1962)

Archie, 1950 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
?
On-sale Date
1962-06-20
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
Great idea, Pop!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate

Sisters (Table of Contents: 1)

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; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica decide to demonstrate their friendship by dressing alike.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Jughead calls the girls "The Boobsey Twins," a slightly suggestive reference to the famous children's book series "The Bobbsey Twins."

In a Manner of Speaking (Table of Contents: 2)

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

His Favorite Dish (Table of Contents: 3)

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

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Reggie sees Betty feeding the porpoises at the marine park.

Tie Score (Table of Contents: 4)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Marty Gardner
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Veronica gives Archie an ascot. He makes the best of it by changing to a whole Hollywood-style wardrobe and being insufferably pretentious.
Reprints

Boys Life (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Sheldon Brosky
Letters
Vince DeCarlo

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis
To prove that boys lead "a stupid, useless existence," the girls re-enact a typical Archie-Jughead day.
Reprints

Colt's Equalizers (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Typeset

Genre
non-fiction; history
Reprints

Marksman Mania (Table of Contents: 7)

Leroy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Leroy
Synopsis
Veronica orders Leroy to stop shooting birds with his slingshot.

Apt Pupil (Table of Contents: 8)

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 uses her brilliant manipulation techniques to get Archie to go to Betty's party, only to find that he's learned the same techniques and used them on Betty.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Great idea, Pop!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Sisters
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. In a Manner of Speaking
    Li'l Jinx
  4. 3. His Favorite Dish
    Betty and Veronica
  5. 4. Tie Score
    Betty and Veronica
  6. 5. Boys Life
    Betty and Veronica
  7. 6. Colt's Equalizers
  8. 7. Marksman Mania
    Leroy
  9. 8. Apt Pupil
    Betty and Veronica
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  • Steve Coates
  • Edgar Loftin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jaime Weinman