(July 1961)

Archie, 1946 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1961-05-05 ?
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Close-Up Inc.
Brand
Archie Series
Editing
John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1961 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Archie / cover / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You've found a way to improve salt?
Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis
Once again Jughead demonstrates his unique world view.

Checkmate (Table of Contents: 1)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle ?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Vincent DeCarlo
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mervin
Synopsis
Another guy is making time with Veronica and Jughead convinces Archie to challenge the guy to a chess match for Veronica, rather than hit him.
Reprints

Diamond Daffy (Table of Contents: 2)

Betty / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir ?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Betty's proclamation of her fervor for baseball doesn't last two innings.

Snap Judgment (Table of Contents: 3)

Veronica / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
George Gladir ?
Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
teen
Characters
Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; Hermione Lodge
Synopsis
Veronica and her father are at odds over her study habits.

[Flapper Fashions] (Table of Contents: 4)

Betty and Veronica's Pin Up / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dan DeCarlo
Inks
Rudy Lapick
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo

Genre
fashion; teen
Characters
Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
Synopsis
Betty and Veronica model fashion designs submitted by reader Raymond Zocchi.

White Stallion "Silver" (Table of Contents: 5)

Katy Keene / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woggon (signed); Sally Wagner (plot)
Pencils
Bill Woggon (signed)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fashion; teen
Characters
Katy Keene; Sis; Curly
Synopsis
Katy has a perilous encounter with a mistreated horse being harbored on Curly's ranch.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The plot for this story was suggested by reader Sally Wagner. The design for the horse "Silver" was submitted by reader Mary Beth Hooper.

Signs of Spring (Table of Contents: 6)

Li'l Jinx / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
Synopsis
Hap's attempts to show Jinx the beauty of a dawning spring don't turn out as he plans.
Reprints

Use Your Brain (Table of Contents: 7)

Archie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Doyle ?
Pencils
?
Inks
Dan DeCarlo ?
Colors
?
Letters
Vincent DeCarlo ?

Genre
teen
Characters
Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doiley; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Miss Grundy; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis
Reggie recruits Archie and Dilton to sneak into the municipal power company so they can use the company's new computer to do their homework for them.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["You've found a way to improve salt?"]
    Archie
  2. 1. Checkmate
    Archie
  3. 2. Diamond Daffy
    Betty
  4. 3. Snap Judgment
    Veronica
  5. 4. [Flapper Fashions]
    Betty and Veronica's Pin Up
  6. 5. White Stallion "Silver"
    Katy Keene
  7. 6. Signs of Spring
    Li'l Jinx
  8. 7. Use Your Brain
    Archie
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Igor Dybzinski
  • Merlin Haas
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Mike Nielsen