(May 1967)

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Daddy, what do you think would go best with our mod outfits?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge

The Pay-Off (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
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis
Upset after hearing Archie praise Betty, Veronica promises Reggie a special reward if he'll pull a nasty trick on Betty.

Veronica Models the Latest in Shifts (Table of Contents: 2)

Bendix Corporation; Archie / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Harry Lucey
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Veronica demonstrates the Bendix Stick Shift for bicycles.

Indexer Notes

Ad in comic format for Bendix bicycle Stick-Shift with mail-in coupon for brochure. The Bendix Corporation, Dept. D, Elmira, N.Y. 14903.

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

Veronica Pin Up Page / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, what do you know? The power-sled ran out of gas!!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Reggie's snowmobile runs out of gas, but Veronica is prepared by having a pair of snowshoes.
Keywords
snowmobile; snowshoes

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

Betty and Veronica's Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, Betty!! Painted knees!!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Veronica admires Betty's fashionably painted knees. Jughead has a disparaging comment.
Keywords
body paint

Tops In Op (Table of Contents: 5)

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

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doily; Coach Kleats
Synopsis
Veronica orders mod outfits and op-art parasols for the entire cheerleading squad. The dazzling and spinning designs distract all the basketball players on both teams, except Jughead.
Keywords
basketball; cheerleaders; op art

Sneak Preview! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Indexer Notes

Promo for Betty and Veronica Spectacular #145 with mail-in coupon. Cover is depicted in full color. Slices of interior pages are depicted in monochrome color.

The Ugly Duckling (Table of Contents: 7)

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

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Percival
Synopsis
When her dad sets her up with an ugly boy she hasn't seen in years, Veronica arranges for Betty to date him instead, not realizing that the boy grew up to be gorgeous.

Classy Lassy (Table of Contents: 8)

Pepper / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Pepper; Josie; Hal
Synopsis
Pepper tries to discourage a boy by criticizing everything about him.

Indexer Notes

One of the only times Pepper from the Josie comics got star billing (in JOSIE, all stories were billed as starring "Josie" even if she didn't appear).

The Natural Look (Table of Contents: 9)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction
Synopsis
Article on new natural hair-dos.

Indexer Notes

Text with 1/3 page illustration.

Ski Skirmish (Table of Contents: 10)

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

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Eric Yodelhop
Synopsis
Veronica meets a handsome ski instructor who won't let her have any fun while he's training her.
Reprints
Keywords
skiing
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Daddy, what do you think would go best with our mod outfits?"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. The Pay-Off
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. Veronica Models the Latest in Shifts
    Bendix Corporation; Archie
  4. 3. ["Well, what do you know? The power-sled ran out of gas!!"]
    Veronica Pin Up Page
  5. 4. ["Oh, Betty!! Painted knees!!"]
    Betty and Veronica's Pin Up
  6. 5. Tops In Op
    Betty and Veronica
  7. 6. Sneak Preview!
  8. 7. The Ugly Duckling
    Betty and Veronica
  9. 8. Classy Lassy
    Pepper
  10. 9. The Natural Look
  11. 10. Ski Skirmish
    Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Merlin Haas
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Jaime Weinman