(August 1963)

Archie, 1950 Series
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Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Bob White
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
...And I hope to prove conclusively that this girl stole my boy friend!
Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; unidentified judge; unidentified jurors
Synopsis
Betty prosecutes Veronica for boyfriend theft.

Indexer Notes

Later redrawn for the cover of Betty and Veronica #9.
Pencils previously credited to Bob White.

Tennis Anyone? (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Smithers the butler; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica try to keep an appointment with Archie and Jughead while avoiding Reggie, fearing the inevitable conflict between Archie and Reggie.
Reprints
Keywords
tennis

Sun Tan (Table of Contents: 2)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob White
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Veronica keeps everyone waiting an extra hour while she packs for the beach.

Radar Scoop (Table of Contents: 3)

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; Gloria; Vicky; Angela
Synopsis
Betty points out that Veronica can sense when Archie is about to ask another girl out and Veronica decides to put the theory to the test.
Reprints

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

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

Dress 'n' Guess (Table of Contents: 5)

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; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Smedley the butler
Synopsis
Betty tries to out-think Veronica concerning which gown to buy for the dance, but ends up out-thinking herself.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Veronica refers to the butler in this story as "Smedley", rather than Smithers.

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

Archie; U.S. Rubber / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Johnny Crawford, The Rifleman's "Son" (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
biography
Synopsis
Short biography of television actor Johnny Crawford.

Fan Mail (Table of Contents: 8)

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; Greg
Synopsis
Greg doesn't quite grasp the concept of a fan letter.

Nuisance Value (Table of Contents: 9)

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
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica begin teasing Archie at the beach to try to get him to show some life.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["...And I hope to prove conclusively that this girl stole my boy friend!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Tennis Anyone?
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. Sun Tan
    Betty and Veronica
  4. 3. Radar Scoop
    Betty and Veronica
  5. 4. ["Riding a Wave of Popularity"]
  6. 5. Dress 'n' Guess
    Betty and Veronica
  7. 6. ["Archie Says: Nylon Means Strength"]
    Archie; U.S. Rubber
  8. 7. Johnny Crawford, The Rifleman's "Son"
  9. 8. Fan Mail
    Li'l Jinx
  10. 9. Nuisance Value
    Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Merlin Haas
  • Bob Kopman
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen