(August 1969)

Archie, 1950 Series
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Price
0.15 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
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Shall we catch a few winks, Veronica?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; unidentified beach studs
Synopsis
While Betty seeks sleep at the beach, Veronica prefers to bask in the attention.
Keywords
beach; swimsuits

Touch Me Not (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
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Hot Dog
Synopsis
Jughead maintains he can't stand the touch of a female and that he'd even know a feminine touch blindfolded.
Reprints

Early Bird (Table of Contents: 2)

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 Holiday
Synopsis
Hap exhorts Jinx not to procrastinate.

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

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
A boy I like
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
"Betty" and "Veronica" answer reader letters.

Pre-Season Warm Up (Table of Contents: 4)

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

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler; Gloria Tiltsnoot
Synopsis
Veronica buys a very expensive, original, designer swim suit that is very revealing (for 1969, anyway). But everybody thinks that the suit has been attacked by moths.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

Excluded (Table of Contents: 6)

Veronica / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Joe Edwards ?
Colors
Barry Grossman ?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Smithers the butler; Hiram Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
After a lover's spat, Veronica's plans to keep Archie out of the Lodge estate net everyone but Archie.
Reprints

Lonely Night (Table of Contents: 7)

Veronica / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica can't understand why no one has called asking her for a date.
Reprints

String Along (Table of Contents: 8)

Veronica / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Veronica manages to get The Archies booked at Mr. Lodge's country club, then goes about remaking their images and song catalog to fit the upscale club's image.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Shall we catch a few winks, Veronica?"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Touch Me Not
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. Early Bird
    Li'l Jinx
  4. 3. ["A boy I like"]
    Dear Betty and Veronica
  5. 4. Pre-Season Warm Up
    Betty and Veronica
  6. 5. ["Make the Summer Scene"]
  7. 6. Excluded
    Veronica
  8. 7. Lonely Night
    Veronica
  9. 8. String Along
    Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Merlin Haas
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen