(August 1965)

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); Richard Goldwater (managing editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I wonder why all the boys are avoiding me lately?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Funny how the boys all started avoiding Betty the moment she started learning judo.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

DeCarlo art credits based on signature on the reprint. We previously credited the cover to Bob White and Rudy Lapick. Signature spotted by Joe Lenius via the GCD Error Tracker.

Bullygirl (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Charlie
Synopsis
After being dismissed by Veronica, Archie stages a situation where he saves her so she'll be beholden to him. Betty, however, tumbles to the scheme.
Reprints

Betty's Bikini (Table of Contents: 2)

Betty / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Dan DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper
Synopsis
No story; Betty models different styles of bikinis.

Nailed Down (Table of Contents: 3)

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; Gigi
Synopsis
Gigi shows Jinx her new nail polish.

Veronica's Vacation Fashions (Table of Contents: 4)

Veronica / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
No story; Veronica models new fashions.

Message Center (Table of Contents: 5)

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

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler
Synopsis
Betty sees a notice on the bulletin board directing her to stay after school, on the day Archie was to walk her home. She doesn't find out until it's too late that the note was planted by Veronica.
Reprints

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

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

Triple Threat (Table of Contents: 7)

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

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie makes the mistake of telling Veronica that he's going on a date with Betty. Suddenly mysterious "accidents" begin happening to him.
Reprints

Archie Gets All the Brakes (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Archie; Bendix / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Electronic Computing (Table of Contents: 9)

Teenage Careers / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ernie Hart ? [as Hart] (signed)
Inks
Ernie Hart ? [as Hart] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Article on careers in computers.

Forget It (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Prof. Bentwhistle; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Mr. Lodge hires Prof. Bentwhistle to hypnotize him into forgetting who Archie is. But the professor's efforts go a little farther than intended.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["I wonder why all the boys are avoiding me lately?"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Bullygirl
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. Betty's Bikini
    Betty
  4. 3. Nailed Down
    Li'l Jinx
  5. 4. Veronica's Vacation Fashions
    Veronica
  6. 5. Message Center
    Betty and Veronica
  7. 6. ["Here Comes Summer Fun"]
  8. 7. Triple Threat
    Betty and Veronica
  9. 8. Archie Gets All the Brakes
    Archie; Bendix
  10. 9. Electronic Computing
    Teenage Careers
  11. 10. Forget It
    Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Jaime Weinman