(March 1963)
Archie,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1962-12-28
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1963 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
The Runaway
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo; Vincent DeCarlo
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Vincent DeCarlo
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Fed up with her father's restrictions on her freedom, Veronica decides to leave home.
- Reprints
-
in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #4 (February 1974)
-
Cheerful Choice
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- While shopping, Betty and Veronica are faced with opposite, but difficult choices.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica's Costume Party / illustration / 1 page
- Script
- ?; Dean Wills (idea)
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Vincent DeCarlo
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Vincent DeCarlo
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You gotta admit it, Ronnie, it was a good idea until Betty lost the keys to the handcuffs!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- At a costume party, Veronica objects to Archie being handcuffed to Betty.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #26 (June 1964)
-
- Keywords
- cigarette girl; costume party; cowgirl; handcuffs; prisoner
Indexer Notes
Costume party page suggested by Dean Wills, 64 Howard Ave., Tuckahoe, N.Y.
Gift Exchange
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- In order to get them out of her way to Archie, Veronica "gives" Reggie to Betty. So Betty and Reggie reciprocate and "give" Moose to Veronica.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Plus Betty & Veronica & Reggie, Too (Archie, 1974 series) #1 (March 1974)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #121 (March 2004)
- in Archie's Favorite Christmas Comics (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #218 (January 2014)
- in World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #10
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Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #218, inks are credited to Rudy Lapick.
Horror Story
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo; Vincent DeCarlo
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Vincent DeCarlo
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica's naked fury over something Archie has done convince Betty and Reggie to help her seek retribution.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Plus Betty & Veronica & Reggie, Too (Archie, 1974 series) #1 (March 1974)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #161 (July 2008)
- in Archie Giant Comics Flash (Archie, 2022 series) (2022)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #307 (November 2022)
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The Deadly Midget
Little Known Facts / text article / 0.75 page
- Genre
- math & science
- Synopsis
- Text article describing a virus.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Statement of ownership
Indexer Notes
Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1962. Average number of paid subscribers for the previous 12 months was 302,820.
Frogs To Riches!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Jinx takes her bedtime story just a little too seriously.
- Reprints
The Infernal Triangle
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo; Vincent DeCarlo
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Vincent DeCarlo
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler
- Synopsis
- Veronica tries to get rid of Betty so she can go out with Archie and ends up insulting them both.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Plus Betty & Veronica & Reggie, Too (Archie, 1974 series) #1 (March 1974)
- in Archie Comics Spectacular: It’s a Date (Archie, 2013 series) (2013)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #216 (November 2013), #287 (November 2020)
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["All's fair in love and war!!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
The Runaway
Betty and Veronica -
2.
Cheerful Choice
Betty and Veronica -
3.
["You gotta admit it, Ronnie, it was a good idea until Betty lost the keys to the handcuffs!"]
Betty and Veronica's Costume Party -
4.
Gift Exchange
Betty and Veronica -
5.
["These misses are hits!"]
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6.
Horror Story
Betty and Veronica -
7.
The Deadly Midget
Little Known Facts -
8.
["Statement of ownership"]
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9.
Frogs To Riches!
Li'l Jinx -
10.
The Infernal Triangle
Betty and Veronica
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