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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published 1992
Cover Price 8.95 USD; 10.50 CAD
Pages 100
Editing Paul Castiglia (Americana Series Editor); Victor Gorelick (Managing Editor)
Notes Indicia reads: Archie Americana Series, Best of the Fifties, Volume 2, 1992. It is the second in the Archie Americana series, but first of the Best of the Fifties. ISBN: 1-879794-01-2

Cover Details

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee
Genre teen
Pencils Rex W. Lindsey (signed)
Inks Rex W. Lindsey (signed)

1 page Archie cover reprint (on interior page) "1950's Archie Comic Book Covers"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Genre teen
Pencils Harry Lucey; Bill Vigoda
Inks Harry Lucey; Bill Vigoda
Notes Located on inside front cover.
Reprinted from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #95; from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #56; from Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #10; from Archie's Girls, Betty and Veronica Annual (Archie, 1953 series) #7

2 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Introduction"

Script Victor Gorelick
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Harry Lucey
Letters typeset

7 page Archie story "Winner Lose"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Mr.Lodge
Synopsis Archie buys a boat to compete with Reggie for Veronica's attention.
Genre teen
Reprinted from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #64

5 page Archie story "Safe at Home"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Archie mistakes Mr. Lodge and his Industrialist friends for safe-crackers.
Genre teen
Reprinted from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #64

6 page Archie story "There Oughta Be a Law"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Jughead Jones (dream); Moose (dream)
Synopsis Archie imagines what life would be like if kids ran things.
Genre teen
Reprinted from Archie's Pals 'N' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #3

1 page Archie filler "A Gallery of Classic 50's Cover Gags by Bob Montana"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy; Pop Tate
Genre teen
Pencils Bob Montana
Inks Bob Montana
Notes Small, partial reprints of the covers of Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #79, Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #16, Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #82, Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #42, Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #44, and Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #90

5 page Betty and Veronica story "Skip, Hop, and Thump!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Betty and Veronica need dates to a sock hop.
Genre teen
Reprinted from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #75

3 page Betty and Veronica story "Rhyme Nor Reason"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Betty and Veronica submit entries in a soap jingle contest.
Genre teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Reprinted from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #27

Half page Reggie story "Jughead's a great Half-back!"

Characters Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Genre teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Reprinted from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #27

6 page Betty and Veronica story "Going, Going, Gown"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Veronica refuses to wear a $300 dollar gown to the Soph Swing if Betty wears her $12.98 knock-off.
Genre teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Reprinted from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #80

5 page Archie story "Call to Arms!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose; Midge; Mrs. Andrews
Synopsis Archie bets Reggie he can get a date with Midge by planning an elaborate prank on Moose.
Genre teen
Reprinted from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #86

6 page Archie story "Fan Clubbed!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Purley Gates (intro)
Synopsis When famous singer Purley Gates (Betty's mother's cousin's nephew) comes to town, Archie and Jughead pretend that they don't know who he is.
Genre teen
Pencils Harry Lucey
Notes The character of Purley Gates is a parody of Elvis Presley.
Reprinted from Archie's Pals 'N' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #6

1 page Archie promo (ad from the publisher) "Everybody's Christmas Present!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Genre teen
Notes A classic ad for Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #1, the first comic to feature Archie's Christmas Stocking.
Reprinted from ?

2 page Archie's Dad story "The Good Old Daze"

Characters Mr. Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Archie's dad longs for the days when he was a teenager.
Genre teen
Reprinted from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #38

5 page Archie story "Pipe the Bag"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Moose; Midge
Synopsis Archie embraces his Scottish ancestry by wearing a kilt and playing the bag pipes.
Genre teen
Pencils Harry Lucey
Reprinted from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #87

6 page Archie story "Award to the Wise"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Moose; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy; Prof. Flutesnoot
Synopsis Archie, Reggie, and Moose enter a contest for the student who shows the most helpful and co-operative attitude towards the teaching staff.
Genre teen
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Reprinted from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #98

6 page Archie story "Wheels of Progress"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Betty and Veronica volunteer to teach Archie how to roller skate.
Genre teen
Pencils Harry Lucey
Reprinted from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #98

1 page Archie filler "A Gallery of Classic 50's Cover Gags by Bob Montana"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Miss Grundy
Genre teen
Pencils Bob Montana
Inks Bob Montana
Notes Small, partial reprints of the covers of Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #44, Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #83, Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #43, Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #48, Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #78, and Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #5

6 page Archie story "Circle Sale"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Jughead's buying up old Hula Hoops.
Genre teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Reprinted from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #101

6 page Archie story "Like Real Gone"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis Archie and Jughead dig the Beatnik lingo. Like, Coolsville.
Genre teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Reprinted from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #104

6 page Archie story "Spinner Winner"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Synopsis The gang discover that Pop Tate is a master of Spin-A-Plate.
Genre teen
Pencils Harry Lucey
Reprinted from Archie Comics (Archie, 1942 series) #105

6 page Jughead story "T.N.T. Hee"

Characters Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Prof. Flutesnoot; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis Mr. Weatherbee thinks that Jughead has invented a new explosive.
Genre teen
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Reprinted from Archie Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #106

1 page Archie cover reprint (on interior page) "1950's Archie Comic Book Covers"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Genre teen
Pencils Bob Montana; Harry Lucey; Bill Vigoda
Inks Bob Montana; Harry Lucey; Bill Vigoda
Reprinted from Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #4; from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #96; from Archie's Pal Jughead (Archie, 1949 series) #14; from Pep Comics (Archie, 1940 series) #133