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Issue Details

Issue #44
Published February 1968
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 68
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Please let Veronica do the baton twirling!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

6 page Archie story "Rocket Knock"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Professor Flutesnoot
Synopsis As a science project, Jughead creates a rocket with a built-in camera. One of the pictures it takes is of Archie and Betty kissing on Thrill Hill, which leads to Archie needing a rocket of his own to escape from Veronica's wrath.
Genre teen; humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Bob Bolling
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Archie story "Someday"

Characters Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews
Synopsis Fred asks Archie what he'd like to be someday.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Henry Scarpelli ?

6 page Betty and Veronica story "Hair Raising"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Ethel Muggs
Synopsis To get Archie, Betty gets a dark wig and disguises herself as Veronica.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Bob Bolling
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Snooze Who?"

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

1 page Archie story "The Pose"

Characters Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
Synopsis Archie takes a picture of the angry Moose.
Genre teen; humor

8 page Archie story "Home James"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews
Synopsis The kids go overboard to impress a man from a television talent agency.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Stan Goldberg
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty story "Air-Borne With Archie"

Characters Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; O.O. Wellenmellen, Bruce Baby
Synopsis Betty and Archie are chosen to appear in a TV commercial involving a hot-air balloon, but the balloon gets away while they're still in it.
Genre teen; humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Bob Bolling

1 page Reggie story "Beautiful"

Characters Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis Reggie loves looking into Betty's eyes.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Al Hartley

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "A Plus Fuss"

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

6 page Archie story "The Mower I See You The Mower I Haunt You"

Characters Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Fred Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis When Mr. Weatherbee has a cold, he hires Archie to rake the leaves in his front yard.
Genre teen; humor
Script Bob Bolling
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Bob Bolling
Letters Bill Yoshida

8 page The Archies story "Act 32, Scene 70092629352"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; The Web
Synopsis The Archies wreak surreal havoc on Mr. Lodge.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Bob White
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Betty and Veronica story "Sales Resistance"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Veronica buys a vacuum cleaner from a handsome salesman, and tries to get it off her hands by selling it to someone else.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Al Hartley

3 page Archie story "The Big Hello"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis Mr. Weatherbee tries to enforce the rules when Archie brings a dog into the school.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Bob Bolling
Letters Bill Yoshida