Issue Details

Issue	#51
Published	April 1969
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Veronica will go to any length just to be different!"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Dilton Doily
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

6 page Hot Dog story "It's Friendship"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	Hot Dog tries to help Betty by annoying Veronica snd driving her away from Archie.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Harry Lucey
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Bill Yoshida
Notes	When Veronica refers to Hot Dog as "Jughead's dog," the word "Jughead" is in different lettering from the rest of the balloon. Hot Dog was originally written as Archie's dog, and when he became Jughead's, this and several other stories were hastily re-lettered to reflect the change.

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "To a Point!"

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

1 page Archie Pin-Up cartoon "Being a good neighbor is a very noble thing, Archie..."

Characters	Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty and Veronica story "Stage Struck"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis	Betty and Archie are cast as the leads in the school play, with Veronica as Betty's servant.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Dick Malmgren
Pencils	Bob White ?
Letters	Bill Yoshida

6 page Archie story "An Unusual Monday With Miss Grundy"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis	After Miss Grundy puts Archie in detention yet again, she thinks she's caught him stealing the hubcaps off her car.
Genre	teen; humor; drama
Script	Bob Bolling
Pencils	Bob Bolling
Inks	Bob Bolling
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Mr. Lodge's Pin Up cartoon "Your dad has taken an interest in the drums?"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Bill Yoshida

6 page Archie story "The Old Ball Game"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Smithers; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	Smithers needs to come up with some top-notch entertainment for N.U.M.B. (National Union of Master Butlers) to outdo his hated rival Jeeves. But he refuses to hire The Archies, because this would mean being indebted to the equally hated Archie.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Bob Bolling
Inks	Bob Bolling
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Archie text story "Archie's Theme"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	The lyrics of the theme song to the Archie cartoon series.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Jeff Barry
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Letters	Joe Edwards

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Din Din"

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

3 page Archie story "How To Harpoon a Bee"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	Mr. Weatherbee has written and directed the school play, based on "Moby Dick," and is driving everyone crazy with his demands.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Bob Bolling
Pencils	Bob Bolling
Inks	Bob Bolling
Letters	Bill Yoshida
Notes	The title of Mr. Weatherbee's play, "Forever Ambergris," is a play on the salacious '40s novel "Forever Amber."

6 page Mrs. Lodge story "A Committee of One"

Characters	Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	Mrs. Lodge is spending all her time heading up various committees and do-gooder causes. Mr. Lodge takes his family to the seaside to get away from fashionable causes, but Mrs. Lodge's curiosity almost gets them blown up by an old WWII shell on the beach.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Bob Bolling
Pencils	Bob Bolling
Inks	Bob Bolling
Letters	Bill Yoshida
Notes	One of Mrs. Lodge's causes in the final panel is "Prune Fungus Week." The nonexistent disease "Prune Fungus" is a running gag in Bob Bolling's stories.

5 page Archie story "The Team"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Midge Klump
Synopsis	Archie suggests to Moose that they could be a great team. Moose agrees on condition that he be the "brains" of the team.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bob Bolling
Inks	Bob Bolling
Letters	Bill Yoshida

2 page Archie story "23 Skid Doo"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis	Fred makes fun of Archie's new clothes, until Mary shows Archie what his dad used to wear.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Dick Malmgren
Pencils	Stan Goldberg
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Archie Pin-Up cartoon "Don't worry about a thing, Mr. Lodge!"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Bill Yoshida

6 page Archie story "The Receiver"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis	Reggie throws Archie a pass that causes him to run across a freshly cemented sidewalk.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Harry Lucey
Letters	Bill Yoshida