(April 1969)

Archie, 1952 Series
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Price
0.25 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Brand
Archie Giant Series
Editing
Richard Goldwater

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie's Pals n' Gals / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
Barry Grossman
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Veronica will go to any length just to be different!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Dilton Doily
Keywords
fashion; maxiskirts; miniskirts

It's Friendship (Table of Contents: 1)

Hot Dog / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Hot Dog tries to help Betty by annoying Veronica and driving her away from Archie.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

When Veronica refers to Hot Dog as "Jughead's dog," the word "Jughead" is in different lettering from the rest of the balloon. Hot Dog was originally written as Archie's dog, and when he became Jughead's, this and several other stories were hastily re-lettered to reflect the change.

To a Point! (Table of Contents: 2)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Being a good neighbor is a very noble thing, Archie...
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews

Stage Struck (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Dick Malmgren
Pencils
Dick Malmgren
Inks
Mario Acquaviva
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis
Betty and Archie are cast as the leads in the school play, with Veronica as Betty's servant.

An Unusual Monday With Miss Grundy (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Bolling
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Bob Bolling
Colors
?
Letters
Mario Acquaviva

Genre
drama; humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis
After Miss Grundy puts Archie in detention yet again, she thinks she's caught him stealing the hubcaps off her car.
Reprints

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

Mr. Lodge Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Your dad has taken an interest in the drums?
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge

The Old Ball Game (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Bob Bolling
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Smithers; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Smithers needs to come up with some top-notch entertainment for N.U.M.B. (National Union of Master Butlers) to outdo his hated rival Jeeves. But he refuses to hire The Archies, because this would mean being indebted to the equally hated Archie.
Reprints

Archie's Theme (Table of Contents: 8)

Archie / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jeff Barry
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
The lyrics of the theme song to the Archie cartoon series.

Din Din (Table of Contents: 9)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Joe Edwards
Pencils
Joe Edwards
Inks
Joe Edwards
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Edwards

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday

How to Harpoon a Bee (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Bolling
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Bob Bolling
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
Mr. Weatherbee has written and directed the school play, based on "Moby Dick," and is driving everyone crazy with his demands.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The title of Mr. Weatherbee's play, "Forever Ambergris," is a play on the salacious '40s novel "Forever Amber."

A Committee of One (Table of Contents: 11)

Mrs. Lodge / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Bolling
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Bob Bolling
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Mrs. Lodge is spending all her time heading up various committees and do-gooder causes. Mr. Lodge takes his family to the seaside to get away from fashionable causes, but Mrs. Lodge's curiosity almost gets them blown up by an old WWII shell on the beach.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

One of Mrs. Lodge's causes in the final panel is "Prune Fungus Week." The nonexistent disease "Prune Fungus" is a running gag in Bob Bolling's stories.

The Team (Table of Contents: 12)

Archie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Malmgren ?
Pencils
Bob Bolling
Inks
Bob Bolling
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump
Synopsis
Archie suggests to Moose that they could be a great team. Moose agrees on condition that he be the "brains" of the team.

23 Skid Doo (Table of Contents: 13)

Archie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Malmgren
Pencils
Dick Malmgren
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
?
Letters
Jon D'Agostino

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis
Fred makes fun of Archie's new clothes, until Mary shows Archie what his dad used to wear.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Don't worry about a thing, Mr. Lodge!
Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge

The Receiver (Table of Contents: 15)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
Marty Epp ?
Colors
?
Letters
Bill Yoshida

Genre
humor; teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Reggie throws Archie a pass that causes him to run across a freshly cemented sidewalk.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Veronica will go to any length just to be different!"]
    Archie's Pals n' Gals
  2. 1. It's Friendship
    Hot Dog
  3. 2. To a Point!
    Li'l Jinx
  4. 3. ["Being a good neighbor is a very noble thing, Archie..."]
    Archie Pin Up
  5. 4. Stage Struck
    Betty and Veronica
  6. 5. An Unusual Monday With Miss Grundy
    Archie
  7. 6. ["Your dad has taken an interest in the drums?"]
    Mr. Lodge Pin Up
  8. 7. The Old Ball Game
    Archie
  9. 8. Archie's Theme
    Archie
  10. 9. Din Din
    Li'l Jinx
  11. 10. How to Harpoon a Bee
    Archie
  12. 11. A Committee of One
    Mrs. Lodge
  13. 12. The Team
    Archie
  14. 13. 23 Skid Doo
    Archie
  15. 14. ["Don't worry about a thing, Mr. Lodge!"]
    Archie Pin Up
  16. 15. The Receiver
    Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Peter Croome
  • Merlin Haas
  • Antonio Marques
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jaime Weinman