GCD :: Issue :: Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #175

Price: 0.25 USD

Pages: 68

On-sale Date: 1970 ?

Editing: John L. Goldwater (editor); Richard H. Goldwater (managing editor)

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Betty and Veronica / cover / 1 page

Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo
Inks:	Dan DeCarlo
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:teen; humor

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Here's a spot with a perfect view, Betty!

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge

Synopsis:: Veronica picks out a spot on the beach with the best view - - of them.

Issue Data

Publisher's Brand: Archie Giant Series
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Indicia Frequency: 12 times a year
Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Printer: ?

The Way the Ball Bounces

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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

Script:	Frank Doyle
Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo
Inks:	Rudy Lapick
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Vic; Danny

Synopsis:: Errant beach balls keep bouncing off of the heads of the gang as they try to enjoy the beach.; in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #116 (August 1992)
in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #126 (October 2004)
in Archie 1000 Page Comics Hoopla (Archie, 2017 series) (2017)
in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #253 (July 2017)

Indexer Notes

The boys possessing one of the errant beach balls are named Vic and Danny, after Archie Comics production manager Victor Gorelick and artist Dan DeCarlo, though neither is drawn to resemble them.

Writer credit from the reprint in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #253.

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Veronica Pin Up Page / cartoon / 1 page

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

Genre:teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:The latest thing in beach fashions

Characters:

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis:: Veronica's new outfit is insufficient to lure Archie's attention away from a gauntlet of bikini babes.

A Fine Finish...

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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

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

Genre:teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Smithers the butler

Synopsis:: Archie disrupts a Lodge pool gathering by sitting in a freshly varnished chair.; in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #60 (August 1992)

Is This Drip Necessary?

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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

Script:	Dick Malmgren ?
Pencils:	Al Hartley
Inks:	Al Hartley
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis:: Archie and Jughead must search a crowded beach for Betty and Veronica while holding four rapidly melting ice cream cones.; in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #57 (September 1992)
in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #96 (September 2003), #142 (September 2008)
in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #332

Fence Suspense

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Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	George Gladir ?
Pencils:	Al Hartley
Inks:	Al Hartley
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:teen

Characters:

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis:: Archie spends his time at the beach trying to keep Veronica and a muscle-bound stud separate.; in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #57 (September 1992)
in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #35 (September 1998)
in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #117 (October 2003), #245 (September 2016)

Indexer Notes

When reprinted in Betty and Veronica Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1987 series) #245, writing is credited to Al Hartley.

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Betty Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page

Script:	Dick Malmgren ?
Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo
Inks:	Jon D'Agostino
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	?

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wow! Look at that!

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews

Synopsis:: The boys flip over Betty's new beach robe, but not for the reason Betty was hoping for.

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Veronica Pin Up Page / cartoon / 1 page

Script:	?
Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo
Inks:	Dan DeCarlo
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:I just can't understand it

Characters:

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis:: Archie has a special beach umbrella made to protect them from beach wolves.; in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #117 (October 1992)
in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #126 (October 2004), #213 (August 2013)

Sun Down

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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

Script:	Joe Edwards
Pencils:	Joe Edwards
Inks:	Joe Edwards
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Joe Edwards

Genre:humor; children

Characters:

Li'l Jinx; Greg

Synopsis:: Greg refuses sun screen and lives to regret it.; in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #24 (September 1992)

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Dear Betty and Veronica / letters page / 2 pages

Script:	Eda Edwards
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Joe Edwards

First Line of Dialogue or Text:I enjoy getting phone calls

Snare Flair

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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page

Script:	George Gladir
Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo
Inks:	Rudy Lapick
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones

Synopsis:: Betty explains the two methods of fresh water salmon fishing.; in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #115 (June 1992)
in Jughead's Double Digest (Archie, 1989 series) #52 (July 1998), #122 (August 2006)

Shade Parade

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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 1 page

Script:	George Gladir
Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo
Inks:	Rudy Lapick
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs

Synopsis:: Veronica will only accept a spot with a particular type of shade.; in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #81 (July 1992)
in Betty's Digest (Archie, 1996 series) #2 (November 1997)
in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #235 (September 2013)
in World of Betty and Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest (Archie, 2021 series) #17

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Betty and Veronica's Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page

Script:	Joe Edwards ?
Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo
Inks:	Dan DeCarlo
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh, look at those cute kids

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate

Synopsis:: Betty and Veronica are not performing the latest dance craze.

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Archie Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page

Script:	Joe Edwards ?
Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo
Inks:	Rudy Lapick
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hurry Up and Raise the Anchor

Characters:

Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis:: Archie and the girls try to set sail before Reggie can horn in.; in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #172 (October 2006)
in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #321 (August 2021)

Everything's Ducky

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Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

Script:	Dick Malmgren
Pencils:	Al Hartley
Inks:	Al Hartley
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:teen

Characters:

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge; Jughead Jones

Synopsis:: Archie gives Veronica a duck as a present, not realizing that Veronica doesn't want a duck, or that the duck was in a family way.; in Betty and Veronica Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1983 series) #57 (September 1992)
in Archie's Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1984 series) #152 (August 2004)
in Archie (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 2011 series) #261 (July 2015)

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Betty and Veronica's Pin Up / cartoon / 1 page

Script:	Joe Edwards ?
Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo
Inks:	Dan DeCarlo
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Disgraceful!!

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews

Synopsis:: Betty and Veronica react negatively to some competition at the beach.; in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #34 (October 1992)

A Little Elbow Room

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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages

Script:	Al Hartley ?
Pencils:	Al Hartley
Inks:	Jon D'Agostino
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Jon D'Agostino (page 1) Bill Yoshida (pages 2-6)

Genre:teen; humor

Keywords:gardener

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Angel Angelino; Moose Mason; Dilton Doiley; Jughead Jones

Synopsis:: The son of the Lodge gardener impresses Betty and Veronica with his good looks and ability to stand up to Moose. But a tip from Dilton allows Archie to bring him back to Earth.; in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #89 (October 1993)
in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #72 (June 1998), #133 (July 2005)
in B&V Friends Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 2011 series) #263 (September 2018)

Moth Proof

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Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page

Script:	Joe Edwards
Pencils:	Joe Edwards
Inks:	Joe Edwards
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Joe Edwards

Genre:humor; children

Characters:

Li'l Jinx; Rory

Synopsis:: Rory is confused about moths.; in Archie's Story & Game Digest Magazine (Archie, 1986 series) #24 (September 1992)

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Veronica Pin Up Page / cartoon / 1 page

Script:	?
Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo
Inks:	Dan DeCarlo
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:teen

First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ronnie, these sunglasses you gave me

Characters:

Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews

Synopsis:: Veronica uses sunglasses with blackened lenses to get Archie past a bevvy of bathing beauties.; in Archie... Archie Andrews, Where Are You? Comics Digest Magazine (Archie, 1977 series) #81 (July 1992)
in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #20 (August 1996)

Splitsville

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Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages

Script:	Joe Edwards ?
Pencils:	Dan DeCarlo
Inks:	Rudy Lapick
Colors:	Barry Grossman
Letters:	Bill Yoshida

Genre:teen; humor

Characters:

Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle

Synopsis:: Archie and Betty both split the seam of their bathing suits and the only way each can avoid an embarrassing situation is just as embarrassing.; in Archie Comics Digest (Archie, 1973 series) #116 (August 1992)
in Archie's Pals 'n' Gals Double Digest Magazine (Archie, 1992 series) #43 (September 1999), #87 (October 2004)
in Betty & Veronica (Jumbo Comics) Double Digest (Archie, 1987 series) #234 (August 2015)
in Archie 1000 Page Comics Jam (Archie, 2015 series) (2015)

Indexer Notes

The first page repeats the gag of the Betty and Veronica Pin Up "Disgraceful" earlier in this issue.

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