(January 1976)

Archie, 1950 Series
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Price
0.25 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 [vertical]
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
?
Colors
Barry Grossman (sourced)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yahoo!! What could be better than a perfect frame?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Reprints
Keywords
bowling

Box Score (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; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
Synopsis
Veronica shows off her new wardrobe to everyone at school, which she changes for each new class during the day. But how is she doing it and where is she keeping the clothes?

Indexer Notes

Script identifiable as Doyle by his distinctive style.

Stop The Fight! (Table of Contents: 2)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Charley Hawse; Greg
Synopsis
Charley helps Greg home after Greg gets clobbered in a fight.

A Court Case (Table of Contents: 3)

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
Synopsis
Veronica challenges Betty to a game of tennis. Betty is unsure because of Veronica's poor sportmanship, but Veronica vows not to be a sore loser. Plus she's been taking lessons.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits are from a 1980 reprint of this story in "Archie Giant Series." The style of script is identifiable as Malmgren, and it was credited to him in the reprint.

A Girl's World Puzzle (Table of Contents: 4)

Veronica / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge

Indexer Notes

Find the female equivilent of a male description.

The Swinger (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; Hiram Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Veronica and her family arrive from Hawaii and are greeted by the gang. Veronica shows the gang her Hula girl outfit and starts to dance. She has an extra one for Betty and they both start to hula. But Veronica speeds up the tempo and Betty hurts herself. Since Betty can't go to the dance that night injured, Archie has to take Veronica instead.
Reprints
Keywords
Hawaii; hula dance

Dear Betty & Veronica (Table of Contents: 6)

Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Swing Thing (Table of Contents: 7)

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; Hiram Lodge; Mr. Weatherbee; Mr. Weatherbee's niece (unnamed)
Synopsis
When a new girl in school swings her hips provocatively and all the boys go crazy for it, Betty and Veronica decide to fight fire with fire.
Reprints

Archie's New Girl (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Archie; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Yahoo!! What could be better than a perfect frame?"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Box Score
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. Stop The Fight!
    Li'l Jinx
  4. 3. A Court Case
    Betty and Veronica
  5. 4. A Girl's World Puzzle
    Veronica
  6. 5. The Swinger
    Betty and Veronica
  7. 6. Dear Betty & Veronica
    Dear Betty and Veronica
  8. 7. Swing Thing
    Betty and Veronica
  9. 8. Archie's New Girl
    Archie; Hostess Fruit Pies
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Mark Coale
  • Peter Croome
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Merlin Haas
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jaime Weinman
  • Gregg Whitmore