(January 1963)

Archie, 1950 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1962-10-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
John L. Goldwater

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Get her! What some girls won’t do to dance with Archie!
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Betty resorts to giving out premiums to get Archie to dance with her.

The Big Blowup (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
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Veronica gets her hair teased into a bouffant to be trendy and in style, then finds everybody hates it.
Reprints

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

Betty Pin Up / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jane Startz
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ronnie, it’s no fun telling Ginger a secret…
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Betty is on the phone, complaining about Ginger's sense of confidentiality.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The gag for this page was submitted by reader Jane Startz.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Veronica’s Pin-Up / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
Billy Sutherland
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Maybe if we dressed the cheerleaders like Eskimos we might win a game!
Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Coach Kleats; Archie Andrews; unnamed members of the Riverdale football team
Synopsis
The football team can't concentrate on the plays when Veronica is on the field in her cheerleader uniform.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The gag for this page was submitted by reader Billy Sutherland.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Archie; US Rubber / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

The Hard Way (Table of Contents: 5)

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

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Archie's flip remark to Betty and Veronica give them the wrong impression of what he intends to do.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Sports Lovers (Table of Contents: 7)

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

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Fed up with striking out with Archie, Betty begins flirting with every boy who'll look at her. This gets Veronica worried that Betty will out-do her in the number of boys interested in her, and suddenly Archie can't get to first base with anybody.
Reprints

The King Of Twist (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Rosenberger ?
Inks
John Rosenberger ?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
biography
Synopsis
A short biography of singer Chubby Checker.

Bed-Lam (Table of Contents: 9)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Greg; Hap Holiday
Synopsis
Greg doesn't care for his new alarm.

Rest Cure (Table of Contents: 10)

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

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Mickey Morse; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Veronica forces her family doctor to convince Archie he's sick, in order to get him out of town for a few days so she has a clear field to date new school hottie Mickey Morse.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Get her! What some girls won’t do to dance with Archie!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. The Big Blowup
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. ["Ronnie, it’s no fun telling Ginger a secret…"]
    Betty Pin Up
  4. 3. ["Maybe if we dressed the cheerleaders like Eskimos we might win a game!"]
    Veronica’s Pin-Up
  5. 4. ["Did You Know This"]
    Archie; US Rubber
  6. 5. The Hard Way
    Betty and Veronica
  7. 6. ["The Time Of The Year"]
  8. 7. Sports Lovers
    Betty and Veronica
  9. 8. The King Of Twist
  10. 9. Bed-Lam
    Li'l Jinx
  11. 10. Rest Cure
    Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jaime Weinman