(April 1968)

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
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Veronica's Protest Songs are about the real tragedies in life!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Veronica has joined the ranks of Joan Baez, Grace Slick and Janis Joplin.

Brash Splash (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
With Betty's extensive help, Archie builds a homemade snowmobile to try to beat Reggie at snowmobile racing.
Reprints

Pretty Shifty (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

More Lessons (Table of Contents: 3)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Halliday
Synopsis
Jinx is less interested in ballet than in other subjects.
Reprints

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

Betty Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Don't just stand there, stupid... help me!!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; unidentified ski instructor
Synopsis
Betty has an accident while skiing.

Mini-Ha!-Ha! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script
Dick Malmgren
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
In order to shame the students into dressing more conservatively, Miss Grundy shows up to class wearing a miniskirt while Mr. Weatherbee shows up in bell bottoms, a paisley shirt and an afro wig.

Sneek Preview (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

It Won't Be Long Now (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Dick Malmgren
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
The gang goes to a drive-in movie, Veronica in Archie's car and Betty in Reggie's. Veronica doesn't want to stay in Archie's car because she'll freeze in the cold weather. But she doesn't want to go to Reggie's car because then Betty will move in on Archie.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Dear Betty & Veronica / letters page / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
Eda Edwards [as Betty and Veronica]
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Have you ever done something silly?
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
"Betty" and "Veronica" answer reader letters.

Indexer Notes

Letters from T.M.S. & "Distressed."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
Louis Silberkleit
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Filed October 1, 1967; Owner Close-Up, inc., Officers Louis Silberkleit, John Goldwater, Maurice Coyne, all of 1116 First Avenue, New York, NY, 10016; Publisher, Louis Silberkleit; Editor, John Goldwater; Managing Editor, Richard Goldwater; Total Paid Circulation 437,580

Critic's Choice (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
Synopsis
Archie gets a gig singing at a local club. When Betty and Veronica hear about this, they insist on giving him a mod new look to help out.

Indexer Notes

During a conversation, Jughead implies that he and Archie belong to a combo trying to become successful. A precursor to The Archie's, perhaps?

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Veronica's Protest Songs are about the real tragedies in life!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Brash Splash
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. Pretty Shifty
    Archie; Bendix
  4. 3. More Lessons
    Li'l Jinx
  5. 4. ["Don't just stand there, stupid... help me!!"]
    Betty Pin Up
  6. 5. Mini-Ha!-Ha!
    Betty and Veronica
  7. 6. Sneek Preview
  8. 7. It Won't Be Long Now
    Betty and Veronica
  9. 8. ["Have you ever done something silly?"]
    Dear Betty & Veronica
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
  11. 10. Critic's Choice
    Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jaime Weinman