Issue Details

Issue	#13
Published	1961-1962
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	84
Editing	Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Archie!" "Veronica!"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Genre	Teen; Humor
Pencils	Harry Lucey

5 page Archie story "Two Little Words"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	The story of Archie and Veronica's breakup, Betty and Reggie's attempt to move in on them, and their reconciliation, all told using only two words of dialogue: "Archie" and "Veronica."
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Harry Lucey
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics
Notes	This story seems to be partly inspired by Stan Freberg's popular comedy record "John and Marsha," which also used the idea of a complete story told with only two first names as dialogue.

1 page Mr. Weatherbee story "Mail Male!"

Characters	Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis	Mr. Weatherbee goes to see the doctor about a funny taste in his mouth.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bob White
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics

6 page Archie story "Apple Turnover"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis	Mr. Lodge offers to pay the boys to pick the apples in his orchard, but Reggie convinces them that they should turn down the offer and sneak back at night to pick the apples for themselves, in the tradition of mischievous American kids.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Hose Down!"

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

1 page Moose story "The Brainy Bruiser"

Characters	Moose Mason
Synopsis	Moose tells us that he's not as dumb as people think he is.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics

1 page Jughead filler "Jughead's Sign and Dandy"

Synopsis	Examples of funny or ironic signs.
Genre	teen; humor

6 page Reggie story "Something of Value!"

Characters	Archie; Reggie; Jughead; Big Moose; Midge
Synopsis	Reggie gets the mistaken impression that Moose has put up Midge as collateral for a loan from Jughead.
Genre	Teen Humor
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics
Reprinted	in Reggie's Revenge! (Archie, 1994 series) #2

Half page Reggie filler "Dialing is Delightful"

Characters	Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	Reggie brings a phone to the beach.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics

Half page Moose filler "That's the Way the Ball Bounces"

Characters	Moose Mason; Coach Kleats
Synopsis	Moose practices dribbling using Reggie's head as a basketball.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics

Half page Archie filler "The Eyes Have It!"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	Archie stares at Veronica even though she sits behind him.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics

Half page Jughead filler "Proof Positive!"

Characters	Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis	Reggie warns a new kid about Jughead's mooching.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics

1 page Shrimpy filler "On the Beam!"

Characters	Shrimpy; Daphne; Brando
Synopsis	Daphne authoritatively gives Brando wrong information about the planets.
Genre	children; humor
Script	Joe Harold
Pencils	Joe Harold
Inks	Joe Harold
Notes	"Shrimpy" was Archie's attempt to imitate "Peanuts," and this strip is a copy of the "Peanuts" strips where Lucy filled Linus's head with inaccurate information.

6 page Archie story "In a Class By Himself!"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	Archie shocks his lazy friends by saying he intends to go to summer school, but his announcement inspires them to sign up for summer school themselves.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics

2 page text article "Angel of Mercy"

Synopsis	Article on the nursing profession.
Genre	fact
Pencils	Ken Hultgren
Inks	Ken Hultgren
Letters	Typeset

Half page Moose filler "Boxing Boo-Boo"

Characters	Moose Mason; Coach Kleats
Synopsis	Moose accidentally knocks out the referee.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics

Half page Jughead filler "Suspicions Confirmed"

Characters	Jughead Jones; Mrs. Jones
Synopsis	Jughead has been feeding vitamin pills to the canary.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics

6 page Archie story "Finger Folly"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	Reggie tries to put the "whammy" on Archie after being beaten out for a date with Veronica. Archie and Betty get together and try to see if the "whammy" gesture actually works.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics

1 page Archie cartoon "Riddle-Dee-Diddles!"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	The reader has to follow the dotted line to connect the setup to the punchline.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics

1 page Reggie filler "Sporty Spender"

Characters	Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis	Reggie takes Betty to a very expensive restaurant.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics

Half page Shrimpy filler "Something Hue!"

Characters	Shrimpy
Synopsis	Shrimpy watches a show in "compatible color."
Genre	children; humor
Script	Joe Harold
Pencils	Joe Harold
Inks	Joe Harold

Half page Shrimpy filler "No Place Like Home!"

Characters	Shrimpy; Brando
Synopsis	The boys stand in the snow.
Genre	children; humor
Script	Joe Harold
Pencils	Joe Harold
Inks	Joe Harold

8 page Archie story "Birds of a Feather"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis	Archie and Jughead go up to the mountains to visit Mr. Lodge at his lodge, where they interfere with his attempts at bird-watching.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics

Half page Archie filler "Alone With the Phone!"

Characters	Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis	Archie always wants to be alone when he talks on the telephone.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics

Half page Reggie filler "Fishing Story!"

Characters	Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper
Synopsis	Reggie isn't paying attention to Betty on their date.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics

Half page Reggie filler "Cautious Cutie"

Characters	Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	Reggie makes sure to run out of gas when he and his date are in a romantic spot.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics

Half page Jughead filler "Landslide Victory"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	Archie and Reggie lose an election bet to Jughead.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics

6 page Reggie story "Tropical Heat Rave"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	On a hot day, Reggie annoys Archie by asking "hot enough for you?" and then gets the other kids to say the same tired old phrase to the sweltering Archie.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics

6 page Reggie story "Playback"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis	Veronica uses a pre-recorded tape so she can sneak out for a date with Reggie without Archie knowing about it. Reggie tries to use the same technique to get a date with Midge without Moose knowing.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics

1 page Jughead activity "Secret Love"

Characters	Jughead Jones
Synopsis	A crossword puzzle that reveals Jughead's "secret love" (it's "hamburgers," of course).
Script	Tom Moore
Pencils	Tom Moore
Inks	Tom Moore
Letters	Tom Moore

Half page Moose filler "Words Wis-dumb!"

Characters	Moose Mason
Synopsis	Moose tries to give a lecture.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics

Half page Moose filler "Mister Practical"

Characters	Moose Mason; Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Moose gets a lot of tools so he can build a box.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics

1 page Reggie story "Misunderstood"

Characters	Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	Reggie tells us he's not the heel everybody thinks he is.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics

6 page Archie story "Last Chance!"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
Synopsis	When Archie and Jughead each have a dollar, Reggie cons them into voluntarily using the money to pay off his tab at Pop's.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Terry Szenics
Letters	Terry Szenics