(August 1969)
Archie,
1952 Series
- 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
- John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)
[no title indexed]
The Archies / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, Archies! (sigh) Your music tears us apart!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle]
What's Eating You?
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah, Mr. Lodge...your usual table?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Mr. Lodge reluctantly allows accident-prone Archie to join Veronica in a family outing to an upscale restaurant.
Second Fiddle
Reggie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look, girls! It's one of the Archies!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- The Archies [Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones]; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- A swell of fan interest in him causes Reggie to quit The Archies and go solo.
Facade at Firehouse 5
Ethel / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hyuk! Betty wanted to know why I insisted we meet near Firehouse-Five for our movie date...
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Ethel Muggs; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Ethel tries to get the firemen in the local fire station to whistle at her the way they whistle at Betty.
- Reprints
-
in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #4 (December 1987)
-
Latest in Fashions
Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Snicker! Tee hee! Giggle!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump; Ethel Muggs; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- The girls decide to teach Veronica a lesson on being obsessed with the latest styles.
[no title indexed]
Archie Club News / letters page / 2 pages
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Archie, There is one thing in this world which no person can do without.
Indexer Notes
Letters from Kevin Waara (1st prize), Dorene Laffoli (2nd prize), Richard Girard (3rd prize), Kathleen Sealy (4th prize), and Marcel Goldstein (5th prize), plus instructions on joining the Archie Club.
Art Critic
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How do you like my modern painting, Li'l Jinx?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg; Hap Holliday
- Synopsis
- Greg asks Jinx's opinion of his latest work of modern art.
Bellbottom Blackout
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Groovy! Uncle John's old Navy bellbottoms put me right in style!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Officer O'Pinion; Moose Mason; Bunky
- Synopsis
- Jughead gets concussed while running from Ethel and thinks he's a sailor on a U.S. destroyer during World War II.
- Reprints
- in The Jughead Jones Comics Digest (Archie, 1977 series) #17 (June 1981)
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Goody Goody for You
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank Doyle
- Pencils
- Bob Bolling
- Inks
- Mario Acquaviva
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Mario Acquaviva
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's cooking, Betty?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- When Veronica finds Betty baking pastries for Archie, she invites Jughead over to sabotage the project.
- Reprints
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #31 (November 1987)
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Bus Fuss
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aha! Late again, Archie!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to explain why he's late for school.
[no title indexed]
Archie Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I can't help it if you misunderstood me, Jughead---
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie and Jughead are sitting on a bench watching girls go by, and one of them is bored.
Reverse Stand
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Moose, you may be stronger than I am but I'm smarter than you are!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
- Synopsis
- Archie and Moose get into an argument over who is smarter.
Okay, Everybody...Smile!
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Man! This picture looks great!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Smithers; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Midge Klump; Moose Mason; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Betty tries to convince Archie to break an opera date with Veronica by convincing him that he can't afford it.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #42 (January 1981)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #58 (April 1992)
-
Indexer Notes
Part one of a two part story.
The Opera Stoppers
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I thought we were going to be alone, Ronnie!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Unable to convince Archie to break the date, Betty gets herself and the gang invited along to sabotage it.
- Reprints
- in Jughead with Archie Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #42 (January 1981)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #58 (April 1992)
-
Indexer Notes
Part two of two.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Oh, Archies! (sigh) Your music tears us apart!"]
The Archies -
1.
What's Eating You?
Archie -
2.
Second Fiddle
Reggie -
3.
Facade at Firehouse 5
Ethel -
4.
Latest in Fashions
Veronica -
5.
["Dear Archie, There is one thing in this world which no person can do without."]
Archie Club News -
6.
Art Critic
Li'l Jinx -
7.
Bellbottom Blackout
Jughead -
8.
Goody Goody for You
Betty and Veronica -
9.
Bus Fuss
Archie -
10.
["I can't help it if you misunderstood me, Jughead---"]
Archie Pin Up -
11.
Reverse Stand
Archie -
12.
Okay, Everybody...Smile!
Betty and Veronica -
13.
The Opera Stoppers
Betty and Veronica
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- Joey Beretta
- Igor Dybzinski
- Keith Alan Morgan
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