(April 1965)
Archie,
1950 Series
- 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
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Archie Series
- Editing
- ?
The Midas Mess
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty acquires the Midas Touch, and everything she touches turns to gold.
- Reprints
-
in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #20 (May 1977) - in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #17 (May 1993)
- in Archie: The Best of Dan DeCarlo (IDW, 2010 series) #1 (May 2010)
- in Best of Archie Comics Betty and Veronica (Archie, 2014 series) #2 (2018)
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- Keywords
- gold
Indexer Notes
One of the un-named children in the story (the one who says "If it's Reggie, it's solid brass") is Dan DeCarlo's caricature of himself.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica Pin Up / illustration / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Naw, Ronnie…
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty saws some ice while Archie and Veronica are skating on the frozen lake, after Archie breaks his date with her.
Swingin' Fashions
Veronica / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
Indexer Notes
Veronica dances in the latest fashions.
The Leader
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
- Synopsis
- Veronica is determined to be the lead baton twirler for the school's marching band, even if it kills everyone else.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #18 (January 1977)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #27 (March 1987)
-
- Keywords
- baton twirling; marching band
Finny Fun
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Prefoessor Benjamin Flutesnoot
- Synopsis
- Betty thinks she's accidently killed one of Professor Flutesnoot's fish when Jughead suggests that the fish misbehaves because it is lonely. He then adds a larger, predator fish into the fish tank.
- Reprints
Hat's Off!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg; Jinx's father
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx asks her dad about using a can opener to remove Greg's hat.
Prize Package
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty concocts a "Most Popular Boy In Town" contest that Archie wins hands down.
- Reprints
- in Archie: The Best of Dan DeCarlo (IDW, 2010 series) #1 (May 2010), #2 (March 2011)
- in Best of Archie Comics Betty and Veronica (Archie, 2014 series) #2 (2018)
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Indexer Notes
The second saxophonist in the final panel is another self-caricature by Dan DeCarlo.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Gosh! If our school had a teacher like Mr. Novak, the truant officer would be out of a job!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
The Midas Mess
Betty and Veronica -
2.
["Naw, Ronnie…"]
Betty and Veronica Pin Up -
3.
Swingin' Fashions
Veronica -
4.
The Leader
Betty and Veronica -
5.
Finny Fun
Betty and Veronica -
6.
Teen Hair Problems
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7.
Hat's Off!
Li'l Jinx -
8.
Prize Package
Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Max Capp
- Mark Coale
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Jaime Weinman
- Gregg Whitmore
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