(November 1976)
Archie,
1950 Series
- Price
- 0.30 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1976-08-24
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Series [vertical]
- Barcode
- 0271000696011
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (credited as John Goldwater) (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (credited as Richard Goldwater) (managing editor)
Issue Notes
On sale date from the Comic Reader #135.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hmm! That smells good, Betty!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- On a camping trip, Veronica and Archie get close while grilling and Betty is burned up.
A Clothes Friendship
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Alice Cooper; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica break up as friends after Veronica insults Betty's outfit.
Josie Eats Her Words
Hostess Cup Cakes; Josie / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown; The Guru
- Synopsis
- Hostess ad
Disaster Master
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Gigi; Charley Hawse
- Reprints
-
in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #14 (August 1985)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Betty! If you don’t stop yakking we’ll never even get a nibble!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews
Indexer Notes
Judging by the style of dress and the four-panel continuity, this is probably a reprint of two late fifties to early sixties era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.
Comfort Control
Betty / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper
- Synopsis
- Betty gets an air conditioner in her bedroom. She becomes so addicted to it that while she's in the living room with Archie, she keeps running upstairs to get another dose of air conditioning.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #14 (August 1985)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #21 (October 1990)
-
Aid to the Enemy
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica scratches her foot on a shell on the beach. After the handsome first aid administrator bandages her foot, she keeps faking injuries so she can go back to the first aid station.
- Reprints
- in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #496 (September 1979)
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #14 (August 1985)
- in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #45 (August 1986)
- in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #33 (September 1992)
-
Indexer Notes
Credits added for the reprint in "Archie Giant Series."
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie Digest
- Characters
- Dilton Doily; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Advertisement for Archie Digest #21.
Indexer Notes
Ad art is the same as ads for Archie Digest #18-20.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pick a Winner Every Time
- Characters
- Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Advertisement for the Archie Quarter Comics offer.
Of Pain and Pleasure
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Maharooney Kupakoffey
- Synopsis
- Veronica studies under a guru who preaches the doctrine of achieving pleasure through pain.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #153 (September 1981)
- in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #34 (August 1985)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Hmm! That smells good, Betty!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
A Clothes Friendship
Betty and Veronica -
2.
Josie Eats Her Words
Hostess Cup Cakes; Josie -
3.
Disaster Master
Li'l Jinx -
4.
["Betty! If you don’t stop yakking we’ll never even get a nibble!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
5.
Comfort Control
Betty -
6.
Aid to the Enemy
Betty and Veronica -
7.
["Archie Digest"]
-
8.
["Pick a Winner Every Time"]
-
9.
Of Pain and Pleasure
Betty and Veronica
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- Igor Dybzinski
- Merlin Haas
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Keith Alan Morgan
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