(September 1970)
Archie,
1954 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- 12 times per year
- On-sale date
- 1970 ?
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications, Inc.
- Brand
- Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Silver Age US; later Standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- Perfect Bound; later Saddle-Stitched
- Publishing Format
- Was Ongoing Series
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's a spot with a perfect view, Betty!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica picks out a spot on the beach with the best view - - of them.
The Way the Ball Bounces
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Vic; Danny
- Synopsis
- Errant beach balls keep bouncing off of the heads of the gang as they try to enjoy the beach.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
The boys possessing one of the errant beach balls are named Vic and Danny, after Archie Comics production manager Victor Gorelick and artist Dan DeCarlo, though neither is drawn to resemble them.
Writer credit from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #253.
[no title indexed]
Veronica Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The latest thing in beach fashions
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica's new outfit is insufficient to lure Archie's attention away from a gauntlet of bikini babes.
A Fine Finish...
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler
- Synopsis
- Archie disrupts a Lodge pool gathering by sitting in a freshly varnished chair.
- Reprints
-
in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #60 (August 1992)
-
Is This Drip Necessary?
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren ?
- Pencils
- Al Hartley
- Inks
- Al Hartley
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead must search a crowded beach for Betty and Veronica while holding four rapidly melting ice cream cones.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #57 (September 1992)
- in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #142 (September 2008)
-
Fence Suspense
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- George Gladir ?
- Pencils
- Al Hartley
- Inks
- Al Hartley
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie spends his time at the beach trying to keep Veronica and a muscle-bound stud separate.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #57 (September 1992)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #245 (September 2016)
-
Indexer Notes
When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #245, writing is credited to Al Hartley.
[no title indexed]
Betty Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Dick Malmgren ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow! Look at that!
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- The boys flip over Betty's new beach robe, but not for the reason Betty was hoping for.
[no title indexed]
Veronica Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I just can't understand it
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Archie has a special beach umbrella made to protect them from beach wolves.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #117 (October 1992)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #126 (October 2004), #213 (August 2013)
-
Sun Down
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Edwards
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Synopsis
- Greg refuses sun screen and lives to regret it.
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Eda Edwards
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I enjoy getting phone calls
Snare Flair
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Betty explains the two methods of fresh water salmon fishing.
Shade Parade
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Veronica will only accept a spot with a particular type of shade.
- Reprints
- in Betty's Digest (Archie, 1996 series) #2 (November 1997)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #235 (September 2013)
-
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Edwards ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, look at those cute kids
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica are not performing the latest dance craze.
[no title indexed]
Archie Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Edwards ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hurry Up and Raise the Anchor
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie and the girls try to set sail before Reggie can horn in.
Everything's Ducky
Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Al Hartley
- Inks
- Al Hartley
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie gives Veronica a duck as a present, not realizing that Veronica doesn't want a duck, or that the duck was in a family way.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #57 (September 1992)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #152 (August 2004)
- in Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #261 (July 2015)
-
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Edwards ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Disgraceful!!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica react negatively to some competition at the beach.
A Little Elbow Room
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Al Hartley ?
- Pencils
- Al Hartley
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Jon D'Agostino (page 1); Bill Yoshida (pages 2-6)
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Angel Angelino; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- The son of the Lodge gardener impresses Betty and Veronica with his good looks and ability to stand up to Moose. But a tip from Dilton allows Archie to bring him back to Earth.
- Reprints
- in Archie... Archie Andrews Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #89 (October 1993)
- in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #263 (September 2018)
-
- Keywords
- gardener
Moth Proof
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Edwards
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Rory
- Synopsis
- Rory is confused about moths.
[no title indexed]
Veronica Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ronnie, these sunglasses you gave me
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica uses sunglasses with blackened lenses to get Archie past a bevvy of bathing beauties.
Splitsville
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Joe Edwards ?
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie and Betty both split the seam of their bathing suits and the only way each can avoid an embarrassing situation is just as embarrassing.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #87 (October 2004)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #234 (August 2015)
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Indexer Notes
The first page repeats the gag of the Betty and Veronica Pin Up "Disgraceful" earlier in this issue.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Here's a spot with a perfect view, Betty!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
The Way the Ball Bounces
Betty and Veronica -
2.
["The latest thing in beach fashions"]
Veronica Pin Up -
3.
A Fine Finish...
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Is This Drip Necessary?
Betty and Veronica -
5.
Fence Suspense
Veronica -
6.
["Wow! Look at that!"]
Betty Pin Up -
7.
["I just can't understand it"]
Veronica Pin Up -
8.
Sun Down
Li'l Jinx -
9.
["I enjoy getting phone calls"]
Dear Betty and Veronica -
10.
Snare Flair
Betty and Veronica -
11.
Shade Parade
Betty and Veronica -
12.
["Oh, look at those cute kids"]
Betty and Veronica Pin Up -
13.
["Hurry Up and Raise the Anchor"]
Archie Pin Up -
14.
Everything's Ducky
Veronica -
15.
["Disgraceful!!"]
Betty and Veronica Pin Up -
16.
A Little Elbow Room
Betty and Veronica -
17.
Moth Proof
Li'l Jinx -
18.
["Ronnie, these sunglasses you gave me"]
Veronica Pin Up -
19.
Splitsville
Betty and Veronica
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