(Spring 1963)
Archie,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Archie Comic Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
Archie Giant Series
- Editing
- ?
Hair It Is!
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica gets mad at Archie because he doesn't recognize her when she's wearing a wig. After she agrees to forgive him, he sees Betty wearing the wig and thinks she's Veronica, putting him back in the doghouse.
Lawman
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate; Billie Blake; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee enlists Archie to help track down a chronic truant named Billie Blake. Archie doesn't realize that Billie is a girl, which leads to some confusion.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- truancy
in Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in Archie Spotlight Digest: 75th Anniversary Digest #2.
Where the Boys Are
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica and Betty agree that they hate men and decide to get revenge by inviting as many as possible on dates for that night,and standing them up. They realize that their plan has backfired when Jughead informs them that the street corner they have sent all the boys to is the site of a new school for models.
Vacation in Italy
Veronica Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- A postcard to the reader showing Veronica at the Leaning Tower of Pisa, with facts about the tower.
The Message
Big Moose / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Veronica asks Reggie to give Archie a message. But Reggie gives the message to Moose to pass on, figuring Moose will foul up the message and Archie's confusion will give Reggie time with Veronica. Naturally, Reggie's plan backfires.
All the News That Fits We Print
Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages
- Synopsis
- The twelve winners of the "Why My Bike is Important to Me" letter-writing contest are announced. A letter is reprinted from actor Wayne Adams, who is "playing the role of 'Reggie' in the Archie Pilot now being filmed at Columbia Studios (Screen Gems)."
Plane Facts
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Reggie tricks Archie into buying Veronica a gift she won't like.
A Change in Weather
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Jinx wants a new doll and won't talk about anything else.
Pass It On
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Archie goes to Veronica's house to tell her he's going to a boxing match with his dad instead of taking her to a dance, but Mr. Lodge and Reggie have a laugh at his expense.
A Case of Grace
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica don't appreciate Archie laughing at them while they try to walk more gracefully.
The Heights of Humility
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie and Reggie each try to be more modest than the other.
Manner of Speaking
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Jinx tells her dad that she learned about manners in school, but it doesn't seem to have stuck.
Mister Nice Guy
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
- Synopsis
- Archie's positive attitude irritates Reggie and Jughead; Reggie enlists Moose in an attempt to sour him, but it doesn't work.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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["All right! We promise not to mention Ben Casey anymore if you take down your pin-ups!"]
Archie -
1.
Hair It Is!
Archie -
2.
Lawman
Archie -
3.
Where the Boys Are
Betty and Veronica -
4.
Vacation in Italy
Veronica Pin Up -
5.
The Message
Big Moose -
6.
All the News That Fits We Print
Archie Club News -
7.
Plane Facts
Archie -
8.
A Change in Weather
Li'l Jinx -
9.
Pass It On
Archie -
10.
A Case of Grace
Betty and Veronica -
11.
The Heights of Humility
Archie -
12.
Manner of Speaking
Li'l Jinx -
13.
Mister Nice Guy
Archie -
14.
Talk-a-Thon
Betty -
15.
Wig Wags
Archie
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