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