(April 1970)

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)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Someday I'll have the biggest name in Hollywood!
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason

Indexer Notes

Later redrawn for the cover of Laugh Comics Digest #67

Race Ace (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
George Gladir
Pencils
Gus Lemoine
Inks
Jon D'Agostino
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Reggie laughs, but Archie wins a race with his homemade snowmobile.
Reprints
Keywords
snowmobiles; winter

Indexer Notes

Credits from the reprint in Archie's Funhouse Double Digest (Archie, 2014 series) #2.

Knock, Knock (Table of Contents: 2)

Moose / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis
A strange guy shows up at Reggie's door.

Hogwash (Table of Contents: 3)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Madam Cheetah
Synopsis
Archie consults a fortune teller who sells him a love potion to use on Veronica.
Reprints
Keywords
love potion

Audition in Armor (Table of Contents: 4)

Betty / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge; Smithers; Sonny Horne; Sir Lee Gaffer
Synopsis
When Mr. Lodge refuses to let Betty audition for bandleader Sonny Horne, who is coming to the Lodge estate to play for a party, Veronica convinces Betty to hide in a suit of armor and sing from there.

Borrowed Trouble (Table of Contents: 5)

Archie's Rival Reggie / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate (cameo)
Synopsis
Reggie offers to loan Archie his tuxedo so that Archie can take Veronica to a fancy event, but Reggie really gives him a magician's tuxedo with several surprises inside.
Reprints

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

Archie's Pals 'n' Gals / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie Club News / letters page / 1.75 pages (report information)

Pencils
? (illustrations)
Inks
? (illustrations)
Colors
? (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

letters submitted by Rob Buttery; Patty Fukawa; Janet Havelock; Peggy Brimmer;
page also includes membership application for the Archie Club

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1969
Average number of copies sold preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 253,206
Actual number sold for issue nearest filing date (total paid circulation): 275,243
Owners: Archie Comics Publications Inc, Louis Silberkleit, John L. Goldwater, all at 1116 First Avenue, New York, N.Y., 10021

Show and Yell! (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
children
Characters
Li'l Jinx
Synopsis
Jinx assumes that her friend Mitch will be in trouble because of his bad report card.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This is apparently not the same as the story with the same title in Archie at Riverdale High #4, though both have to do with report cards.

The Big Hit Fit (Table of Contents: 10)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Mr. Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Professor Flutesnoot (cameo); Miss Beazly (cameo)
Synopsis
Mr. Weatherbee is tired of hearing The Archies' hit song "Sugar, Sugar" being sung in the school halls, but eventually he ends up singing along himself.
Reprints
Keywords
The Archies

Medium Rare (Table of Contents: 11)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis
Archie holds a seance with Betty and Veronica, and Mr. Lodge thinks the spirits have given him a hot stock tip.
Reprints
Keywords
seance

Invite Little Archie Comics to Your House... (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Little Archie / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Way Out Wizard (Table of Contents: 13)

Dilton / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Dilton Doiley; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis
Dilton makes Reggie think he has turned Archie and Jughead into frogs.
Reprints

Car Crazy (Table of Contents: 14)

Archie / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
Synopsis
Archie proves to Moose that his old jalopy is better than a new car.

Good-Bye Dolly! (Table of Contents: 15)

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

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

Genre
children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis
Jinx's doll has worn out too fast.
Reprints

Cautious Chemistry (Table of Contents: 16)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Lucey
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Professor Flutesnoot
Synopsis
When Mr. Weatherbee learns that Archie and Jughead want to stay late to work in the chemistry lab, he orders Professor Fluresnoot to remove anything remotely explosive, but things blow up anyway.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Someday I'll have the biggest name in Hollywood!"]
    Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
  2. 1. Race Ace
    Archie
  3. 2. Knock, Knock
    Moose
  4. 3. Hogwash
    Archie
  5. 4. Audition in Armor
    Betty
  6. 5. Borrowed Trouble
    Archie's Rival Reggie
  7. 6. ["Dig this crazy offer!"]
    Archie's Pals 'n' Gals
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Archie Club News
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
  10. 9. Show and Yell!
    Li'l Jinx
  11. 10. The Big Hit Fit
    Archie
  12. 11. Medium Rare
    Archie
  13. 12. Invite Little Archie Comics to Your House...
    Little Archie
  14. 13. Way Out Wizard
    Dilton
  15. 14. Car Crazy
    Archie
  16. 15. Good-Bye Dolly!
    Li'l Jinx
  17. 16. Cautious Chemistry
    Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen