(October 1977)

Archie, 1950 Series
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Price
0.35 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]
Barcode
0271000696010
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. 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
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ronnie, I really dig the personalized t-shirt Archie gave me!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; unidentified beach beauties
Synopsis
Archie has given Betty a personalized t-shirt. Apparently he's given them to a lot of other girls, too.
Reprints
Keywords
beach; swimsuits

Indexer Notes

The same basic joke later used on the cover of Betty and Me #161.

Beach Botch (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis
The boys are ignoring Veronica because they're too busy playing beach volleyball.
Reprints

So Spoiled (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Hostess Cup Cakes; Josie / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Halfies (Table of Contents: 3)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 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; Charley Hawse

The Game of Love (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
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Pop Tate
Synopsis
Betty says there's nothing she wouldn't do for Archie. Veronica advises her against telling Archie this, but Betty tells him anyway.
Reprints

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Foot Sore (Table of Contents: 7)

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

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

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
The girls buy expensive boots but refuse to go out in the rain wearing them, even after they've been waterproofed.
Reprints

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

Betty and Veronica Gag Bag / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wow! What a storm!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Reprints
  • from ?

Indexer Notes

Judging from the style of clothing and the four-panel continuity, this is probably a reprint of two late fifties to early sixties era Archie syndicated newspaper strips.

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Powder Puff (Table of Contents: 10)

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

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

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Veronica decides to create a talcum powder beach, so she can walk on the sand without hurting her feet.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Ronnie, I really dig the personalized t-shirt Archie gave me!"]
    Betty and Veronica
  2. 1. Beach Botch
    Betty and Veronica
  3. 2. So Spoiled
    Hostess Cup Cakes; Josie
  4. 3. Halfies
    Li'l Jinx
  5. 4. The Game of Love
    Betty and Veronica
  6. 5. ["Laugh Digest"]
  7. 6. ["Jughead With Archie"]
  8. 7. Foot Sore
    Betty and Veronica
  9. 8. ["Wow! What a storm!"]
    Betty and Veronica Gag Bag
  10. 9. ["Archie's 3 For $1.00 Offer"]
  11. 10. Powder Puff
    Betty and Veronica
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Jaime Weinman