(December 1971)
Archie,
1952 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- 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)
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Golden Age US; then Standard Silver Age US; then Standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- Newsprint
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- Was Ongoing Series
[no title indexed]
Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo
- Inks
- Rudy Lapick
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bavarian Hot Pants
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- The girls' Bavarian look has all the boys looking.
It Beats a Pizza
Archie and the Gang / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Al Hartley ?
- Pencils
- Al Hartley
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Ethel Muggs; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Jughead throws the gang for a loop by embracing organic health foods. Ethel throws Jughead for a loop by joining him.
Indexer Notes
Inking credit from http://joesinnott.com. previously attributed to Jon D'Agostino.
Brain Drain
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Edwards
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg; Hap Holiday
- Synopsis
- Jinx knows every flavor at the soda shop, but can't remember her errands.
Potion Notion
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Al Hartley
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Miss Grundy; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie tries to scare Miss Grundy with a rubber monster mask.
- Reprints
-
from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #216 (April 1968)
-
Another Man's Shoes
Dilton / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren ?
- Pencils
- Gus LeMoine
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley; Chuck Clayton; Mrs. Doiley; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Dilton finds out his father is actually his step-father. Disillusioned, he attempts to run away from home. But at the bus station, he gets some sound advice from Chuck.
- Reprints
- in Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #44 (January 1983)
- in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #34 (May 1988)
-
Key Question
Archie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Edwards ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Archie invents a drag racer that doesn't run on fossil fuels.
K Is for Coach Kleats
Coach Kleats / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Al Hartley
- Inks
- Al Hartley
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Coach Kleats; Moose Mason; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Miss Beazly
- Synopsis
- Examples of words, their definitions and how those definitions apply to the everyday life of Coach Kleats.
Block Out
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Joe Edwards
- Pencils
- Joe Edwards
- Inks
- Joe Edwards
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Joe Edwards
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Greg
- Synopsis
- Jinx and Greg's argument doesn't prevent them from respecting others.
- Reprints
Mail Tale
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Betty and Veronica work in tandem to keep Mr. Lodge from seeing Veronica's latest credit card statement.
- Reprints
Romance Trance
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Al Hartley
- Inks
- Al Hartley
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Archie's bout of love-sickness over Veronica has made him more accident-prone than usual.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #216 (April 1968)
-
Wha-Cha-Ma-Call-It
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren ?
- Pencils
- Al Hartley
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- The girls are taken in by a handsome salesman and the boys won't let them forget it.
- Reprints
- in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #27 (October 1991)
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Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Bavarian Hot Pants"]
Betty and Veronica -
1.
It Beats a Pizza
Archie and the Gang -
2.
Brain Drain
Li'l Jinx -
3.
Potion Notion
Archie -
4.
Another Man's Shoes
Dilton -
5.
Key Question
Archie -
6.
K Is for Coach Kleats
Coach Kleats -
7.
Block Out
Li'l Jinx -
8.
Mail Tale
Betty and Veronica -
9.
Romance Trance
Archie -
10.
Wha-Cha-Ma-Call-It
Archie
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