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Issue Details

Issue #14
Published 1962-1963
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 68
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Archie, tell us who you think are more attractive!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Mario Acquaviva
Notes Other Archie titles of the time advertised this cover and claimed that this was the issue where "Archie makes his choice!" But, as usual, he doesn't; the cover doesn't even correspond to any story in the issue.

10 page Archie story "Image Scrimmage"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
Synopsis Archie's reflection decides to step out of the mirror and see what it's like to live Archie's real life.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Bob White
Inks Bob White

6 page Archie story "Green Thumbs"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Archie and Reggie try to plant a tree in Mr. Lodge's backyard.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

1 page Shrimpy filler "Party Wise"

Characters Shrimpy; un-named kid
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Harold
Pencils Joe Harold

7 page Little Archie story "Past n' Present"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Little Jughead Jones; Little Moose Mason; Ambrose Pipps
Synopsis While waiting for Archie and Reggie to arrive to take them out for a date, Betty and Veronica remember the first time the boys came to pick them up to take them to a dance: they stopped to play follow-the-leader with the boys, and wound up at Ronnie's house late and muddy. In the present, the same thing happens to Archie and Reggie, but for a different reason.
Genre teen; humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Bob Bolling
Letters Bob Bolling
Notes Bob Bolling's first story combining the Little Archie and "big" Archie universes. (Another story in this vein, by Dexter Taylor, had already appeared in Archie Giant Series # 18.)

Half page Shrimpy filler "Hot and Cold"

Characters Shrimpy
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Harold
Pencils Joe Harold

Half page Shrimpy filler "The Write Time"

Characters Shrimpy
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Harold
Pencils Joe Harold

5 page Archie story "Grundy On the Brain"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis Miss Grundy has cotton in her ears and keeps mis-hearing everything people say.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Letters Marty Epp

Half page Archie filler "Romantically Yours"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Letters Marty Epp

6 page Archie story "The Escort"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Dumbo; Dumbo's mom
Synopsis Moose befriends a monster named Dumbo and walks home with him.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

3 page Archie story "Moon Madness"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moon girls
Synopsis Two girls from the moon go out on dates with Archie and Reggie.
Genre teen; humor
Script George Gladir
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Letters Marty Epp

6 page Archie story "Note the Difference"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Archie passes a note to Veronica inviting her to the dance, but Betty gets it instead and thinks he's inviting her.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Letters Marty Epp

Half page Reggie filler "Dirty Pool"

Characters Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

Half page Reggie filler "A La Carte"

Characters Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

2 page Jughead story "My Puzzling Pal"

Characters Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Jughead wonders why Archie is in strenuous training.
Genre teen; humor
Script George Gladir
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick

6 page Archie story "United Notions"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis Mr. Weatherbee assigns Archie and Reggie to be study mates, hoping that they'll be forced to work together and get over their rivalry. Instead, they just turn fighting into a method of studying.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics