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Issue Details

Issue #13
Published 1961-1962
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 84
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Archie!" "Veronica!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Genre Teen; Humor
Pencils Harry Lucey

5 page Archie story "Two Little Words"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis The story of Archie and Veronica's breakup, Betty and Reggie's attempt to move in on them, and their reconciliation, all told using only two words of dialogue: "Archie" and "Veronica."
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics
Notes This story seems to be partly inspired by Stan Freberg's popular comedy record "John and Marsha," which also used the idea of a complete story told with only two first names as dialogue.

1 page Mr. Weatherbee story "Mail Male!"

Characters Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis Mr. Weatherbee goes to see the doctor about a funny taste in his mouth.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bob White
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

6 page Archie story "Apple Turnover"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Mr. Lodge offers to pay the boys to pick the apples in his orchard, but Reggie convinces them that they should turn down the offer and sneak back at night to pick the apples for themselves, in the tradition of mischievous American kids.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Hose Down!"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

1 page Moose story "The Brainy Bruiser"

Characters Moose Mason
Synopsis Moose tells us that he's not as dumb as people think he is.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

1 page Jughead filler "Jughead's Sign and Dandy"

Synopsis Examples of funny or ironic signs.
Genre teen; humor

6 page Reggie story "Something of Value!"

Characters Archie; Reggie; Jughead; Big Moose; Midge
Synopsis Reggie gets the mistaken impression that Moose has put up Midge as collateral for a loan from Jughead.
Genre Teen Humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics
Reprinted in Reggie's Revenge! (Archie, 1994 series) #2

Half page Reggie filler "Dialing is Delightful"

Characters Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Reggie brings a phone to the beach.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

Half page Moose filler "That's the Way the Ball Bounces"

Characters Moose Mason; Coach Kleats
Synopsis Moose practices dribbling using Reggie's head as a basketball.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

Half page Archie filler "The Eyes Have It!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Archie stares at Veronica even though she sits behind him.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

Half page Jughead filler "Proof Positive!"

Characters Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Reggie warns a new kid about Jughead's mooching.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

1 page Shrimpy filler "On the Beam!"

Characters Shrimpy; Daphne; Brando
Synopsis Daphne authoritatively gives Brando wrong information about the planets.
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Harold
Pencils Joe Harold
Inks Joe Harold
Notes "Shrimpy" was Archie's attempt to imitate "Peanuts," and this strip is a copy of the "Peanuts" strips where Lucy filled Linus's head with inaccurate information.

6 page Archie story "In a Class By Himself!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Archie shocks his lazy friends by saying he intends to go to summer school, but his announcement inspires them to sign up for summer school themselves.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

2 page text article "Angel of Mercy"

Synopsis Article on the nursing profession.
Genre fact
Pencils Ken Hultgren
Inks Ken Hultgren
Letters Typeset

Half page Moose filler "Boxing Boo-Boo"

Characters Moose Mason; Coach Kleats
Synopsis Moose accidentally knocks out the referee.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

Half page Jughead filler "Suspicions Confirmed"

Characters Jughead Jones; Mrs. Jones
Synopsis Jughead has been feeding vitamin pills to the canary.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

6 page Archie story "Finger Folly"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Reggie tries to put the "whammy" on Archie after being beaten out for a date with Veronica. Archie and Betty get together and try to see if the "whammy" gesture actually works.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

1 page Archie cartoon "Riddle-Dee-Diddles!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis The reader has to follow the dotted line to connect the setup to the punchline.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

1 page Reggie filler "Sporty Spender"

Characters Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis Reggie takes Betty to a very expensive restaurant.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

Half page Shrimpy filler "Something Hue!"

Characters Shrimpy
Synopsis Shrimpy watches a show in "compatible color."
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Harold
Pencils Joe Harold
Inks Joe Harold

Half page Shrimpy filler "No Place Like Home!"

Characters Shrimpy; Brando
Synopsis The boys stand in the snow.
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Harold
Pencils Joe Harold
Inks Joe Harold

8 page Archie story "Birds of a Feather"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis Archie and Jughead go up to the mountains to visit Mr. Lodge at his lodge, where they interfere with his attempts at bird-watching.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

Half page Archie filler "Alone With the Phone!"

Characters Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis Archie always wants to be alone when he talks on the telephone.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

Half page Reggie filler "Fishing Story!"

Characters Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis Reggie isn't paying attention to Betty on their date.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

Half page Reggie filler "Cautious Cutie"

Characters Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Reggie makes sure to run out of gas when he and his date are in a romantic spot.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

Half page Jughead filler "Landslide Victory"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Archie and Reggie lose an election bet to Jughead.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

6 page Reggie story "Tropical Heat Rave"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis On a hot day, Reggie annoys Archie by asking "hot enough for you?" and then gets the other kids to say the same tired old phrase to the sweltering Archie.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

6 page Reggie story "Playback"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis Veronica uses a pre-recorded tape so she can sneak out for a date with Reggie without Archie knowing about it. Reggie tries to use the same technique to get a date with Midge without Moose knowing.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

1 page Jughead activity "Secret Love"

Characters Jughead Jones
Synopsis A crossword puzzle that reveals Jughead's "secret love" (it's "hamburgers," of course).
Script Tom Moore
Pencils Tom Moore
Inks Tom Moore
Letters Tom Moore

Half page Moose filler "Words Wis-dumb!"

Characters Moose Mason
Synopsis Moose tries to give a lecture.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

Half page Moose filler "Mister Practical"

Characters Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
Synopsis Moose gets a lot of tools so he can build a box.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

1 page Reggie story "Misunderstood"

Characters Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Reggie tells us he's not the heel everybody thinks he is.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

6 page Archie story "Last Chance!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
Synopsis When Archie and Jughead each have a dollar, Reggie cons them into voluntarily using the money to pay off his tab at Pop's.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics