(September 1974)
Archie,
1954 Series
- Price
- 0.35 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- 3 times in Jan., once in March, April, June, Nov., and twice in Aug., Sept., Oct. & Dec.
- On-sale Date
- 1974-07-02
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Richard H. Goldwater (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Pocket Checklist page of Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #108, July 1974.
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's with Denise?!? All of a sudden she's the most popular girl on the beach!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Denise; Dilton Doily; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Due to the early '70s energy crisis, all the boys flock to a fat girl whose father owns a gas station.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- energy crisis
Plan of Battle
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
Betty and Veronica- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica Lodge, a self-described spoiled rich darling of the jet set, guides the reader step by step through her latest plan to break up a date between Betty and Archie at the beach.
- Reprints
-
in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #96 (September 1991)
-
Indexer Notes
Most of this story is told using narrative captions where Veronica addresses the reader directly, including a moment where she warns us not to be spoiled and mean like her: "I'm rich and spoiled and it's expected of me!"
Sea Sure
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
Li'l Jinx- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Russ
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx and Russ contemplate the ocean.
The Believers
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
- Betty and Veronica
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Big Ethel tells Betty and Veronica that she dreamed she was kissed by a prince, and claims the dream will come true.
Chaperone Chef
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Feature Logo
- Betty and Veronica
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Hal Cooper; Alice Cooper
- Synopsis
- When Veronica hears that Archie is coming over to Betty's house to "study," she convinces Betty's mother that they shouldn't be alone without a chaperone. So Jughead is called over, and Betty uses the lure of food to get him to leave her alone with Archie.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Annual Digest Magazine (Archie, 1989 series) #1 (September 1989)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #21 (October 1996)
-
Pool Pal
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
- Betty and Veronica
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty, Veronica and another girl argue about who has the best pool.
[no title indexed]
Veronica Pin Up Page / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I hear you -- I hear you!
- Feature Logo
Veronica Pin Up- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica won't let Archie in because she's engrossed in a TV soap opera.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #92 (January 1991)
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #138 (January 1996)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #55 (March 2001)
- in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #13 (February 2012)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #289 (January 2021)
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Indexer Notes
The TV dialogue consists of the names "John" and "Marsha," a reference to the famous comedy record by Stan Freberg.
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 2 pages
- Feature Logo
Dear Betty & Veronica- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica give advice to their readers.
The Mind Jogger!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Feature Logo
Li'l Jinx- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Charley Hawse; Li'l Jinx
- Synopsis
- Li'l Jinx and Charley have put on some weight from eating ice cream pops all summer.
- Reprints
[no title indexed]
Betty Puzzlers / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- A puzzle involving things that "male chauvinists" say to Betty when she learns to drive.
Dames at Sea
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 8 pages
- Feature Logo
- Betty and Veronica
- Genre
- adventure; humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Boat thieves hijack Betty and Veronica's houseboat and take it to an island hideout, with the girls in hot pursuit thanks to Betty's ability to fix anything with a bobby pin.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #96 (September 1991)
- in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #20 (August 1996)
-
Beauty on the Beach
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
- Betty and Veronica
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- At the beach, Jughead admires the birds, while Archie watches two very special "birds," Betty and Veronica, doing exercises in their skimpy bikinis.
- Reprints
- in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #110 (October 1991)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #153 (September 2007)
- in Archie Comics Spectacular: Summer Daze (Archie, 2014 series) (2014)
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #223 (June 2014), #284 (August 2020)
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["What's with Denise?!? All of a sudden she's the most popular girl on the beach!"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
Plan of Battle
Betty and Veronica -
2.
Sea Sure
Li'l Jinx -
3.
The Believers
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Chaperone Chef
Betty and Veronica -
5.
Pool Pal
Betty and Veronica -
6.
["I hear you -- I hear you!"]
Veronica Pin Up Page -
7.
[no title indexed]
Dear Betty and Veronica -
8.
The Mind Jogger!
Li'l Jinx -
9.
[no title indexed]
Betty Puzzlers -
10.
Dames at Sea
Betty and Veronica -
11.
Beauty on the Beach
Betty and Veronica
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- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
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- Jaime Weinman
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