(October 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
Joe Edwards ?
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Phew! A girl could die dancing in the hot sun like this!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Josie McCoy; Melody Valentine
Synopsis
The gang sings and dances in the hot summer sun on the local beach.
Keywords
swimsuits

Problems (Table of Contents: 1)

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; Angelina the maid; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Seeing Betty is depressed, Veronica gives her everything she could possibly want - - except what she really wants.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 1 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
I had a hang up
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
"Betty" and "Veronica" answer reader letters.

Roped In (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; Greg
Synopsis
Greg accuses Jinx of showing off.
Reprints

Winner Lose (Table of Contents: 4)

Veronica / comic story / 5 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; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Reggie wins a race with Archie, with the privilege of dating Veronica as the prize. Veronica thinks it's great, until her father sets her straight.
Reprints

Gone Fishing (Table of Contents: 5)

Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 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; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
The girls want to join Archie and Jughead's fishing excursion, but the boys refuse. So they drop their own lines, just to show the boys.

Brake It Up! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Archie; Bendrix Brakes / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Betty and Veronica Pin Up / illustration / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Archie, I don't mind being sent for ice cream every hour on the hour…
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Archie is sending Betty off for refreshments again so he and Veronica can snuggle in private.
Reprints

The Millionaire (Table of Contents: 8)

Betty / 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; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Betty, masquerading as an anonymous millionaire, secretly gives five dollars to Archie so he'll have the funds to take her on a date. Naturally Archie asks Veronica.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Phew! A girl could die dancing in the hot sun like this!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Problems
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. ["I had a hang up"]
    Dear Betty and Veronica
  4. 3. Roped In
    Li'l Jinx
  5. 4. Winner Lose
    Veronica
  6. 5. Gone Fishing
    Betty and Veronica
  7. 6. Brake It Up!
    Archie; Bendrix Brakes
  8. 7. ["Archie, I don't mind being sent for ice cream every hour on the hour…"]
    Betty and Veronica Pin Up
  9. 8. The Millionaire
    Betty
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Edgar Loftin
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jaime Weinman