Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	May 1969
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "The Archies"

Genre	teen; humor; music
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick

6 page The Archies story "Visit To a Small Panic"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Lou Scheimer; Norm Prescott; Hal Sutherland
Synopsis	The Archies visit Filmation, the animation studio that produces their Saturday morning cartoon. The producers and director are astonished to find that the real Archies are crazier than the TV cartoon versions.
Genre	teen; humor; music
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Harry Lucey
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida
Notes	Filmation producers Lou Scheimer and Norm Prescott, and their primary director Hal Sutherland, are caricatured here; Harry Lucey uses a more realistic drawing style for the real people than he does for the regulars.

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Happy Birthday"

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

1 page Archie cartoon "Archie Pin Up"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Colors	Barry Grossman
Letters	Bill Yoshida

6 page Archie story "Instant Replay"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	Archie has a cryptic conversation with Veronica about the fact that he has "hangups," while Betty tries to figure out the best method for getting Veronica away from Archie.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Samm Schwartz
Inks	Samm Schwartz
Letters	Samm Schwartz

6 page Archie story "Disappearing Act"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis	Archie convinces Moose that the pressurized air from a spray can is actually a magical spray that can make him invisible.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Bob Bolling
Pencils	Bob Bolling
Inks	Bob Bolling
Letters	Bill Yoshida
Notes	The star featured in one of the movie posters at the end is "Flo Freely," the Betty look-alike introduced in earlier stories by Bolling.

1 page Veronica cartoon "Veronica Pin Up"

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

5 page Archie story "Stranger Things"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis	Archie imagines that he's the principal and has to deal with all Mr. Weatherbee's responsibilities.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Stan Goldberg

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Safety First"

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

1 page Archie story "What Did You Say?"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Al Hartley

1 page Archie story "Chance Trance"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Samm Schwartz

1 page Archie story "Bashful"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Al Hartley

1 page Archie story "Never"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Al Hartley

5 page Archie story "The Tiger"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis	Archie and Veronica try to foil Mr. Lodge's plan to get a big dog to scare Archie away.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Al Hartley

1 page Archie story "Pep Talk"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Al Hartley

5 page Archie story "The System"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis	Mr. Weatherbee sets up a surveillance system to keep track of everything the students are saying, so Archie convinces them to communicate in writing.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Al Hartley

3 page Mr. Weatherbee story "Strikes Out!"

Characters	Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis	When Miss Grundy tells Mr. Weatherbee that the students are loudly calling for him outside, he assumes it's a protest and goes to face their wrath.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Bob Bolling
Pencils	Bob Bolling
Inks	Bob Bolling
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Archie story "The Favor"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Al Hartley

5 page Archie story "The Meal"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis	After the boys claim that men make the best cooks, the girls challenge them to cook a meal.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Al Hartley
Letters	Bill Yoshida
Notes	An early appearance of the fur coat that Al Hartley put Jughead in in many of his stories.