Issue Details

Issue	#54
Published	June 1960
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Harry Shorten

Cover Details - "I Trust Archie"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Cousin Sally (Andrews?)
Synopsis	Archie is walking a pretty girl around and Veronica isn't upset in the least.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle ?
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Vincent DeCarlo
Letters	Vincent DeCarlo ?

6 page Betty And Veronica story "I Trust Him"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Cousin Sally (Andrews?); Jughead Jones; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis	To the disbelief of everyone, Archie is escorting a beautiful young woman around Riverdale and Veronica isn't the least bit concerned.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Vincent DeCarlo
Letters	Vincent DeCarlo
Notes	Both Betty and Jughead break "the fourth wall" and address the readers directly during the story.

1 page text article "The War Of 1812"

Synopsis	A brief overview of the War of 1812 between the United States and England.
Genre	historical
Letters	typeset

Half page Archie story "Curfew Blues"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	Archie objects to Mr. Lodge's curfew demands concerning Veronica.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle ?
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Vincent DeCarlo
Letters	Vincent DeCarlo
Notes	The Archie faces in this story may be production paste-ups by a different artist.

Half page Moose story "A Woman's Intuition"

Characters	Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis	Moose can't figure out how Midge knows he's following her.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Vincent DeCarlo
Letters	Vincent DeCarlo

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Winner Take All"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge; unidentified Riverdale co-eds.
Synopsis	In order to raise funds for the United Sororities Fund, Veronica donates an evening with Archie as a prize.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Vincent DeCarlo
Letters	Vincent DeCarlo

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "They Said It Couldn't Be Done!"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Pencils	Harry Lucey
Inks	Harry Lucey
Notes	Advertisement for Archie Annual #12.

4 page Betty And Veronica story "Chris-Crossed"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews
Synopsis	Betty tries to keep Veronica away from a handsome new boy at Pop's, not knowing that the boy is Veronica's cousin Chris.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Dan DeCarlo; Vincent DeCarlo
Letters	Vincent DeCarlo

Half page Reggie story "Fite Fright"

Characters	Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
Synopsis	Reggie trains for a boxing match against Moose.
Genre	Teen

1 page Li'l Jinx story "Draw Flaw"

Characters	Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday
Synopsis	Jinx is disappointed by the picture she's painting.
Genre	Humor
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Letters	Joe Edwards

Half page Archie story "Baseballitis"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	Veronica is disappointed with Archie's dedication to baseball.
Genre	Teen
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Vincent DeCarlo
Letters	Vincent DeCarlo

Half page Archie story "Double Play"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; unidentified spectators
Synopsis	Jughead and Archie commiserate about the high school baseball team being short-handed.
Genre	Teen
Script	Bob White ?
Pencils	Bob White
Inks	Bob White

6 page Betty And Veronica story "Glad To Be Bad"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Weatherbee; Mr. Flutesnoot; Jughead Jones
Synopsis	The Riverdale faculty are at wits end over the distraction Veronica is causing among the male students.
Genre	Teen
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Vincent DeCarlo
Letters	Vincent DeCarlo
Notes	Dan DeCarlo caricatures himself as one of the students getting into a violent argument over Betty on page 5. The other "students" may be caricatures of other Archie Comics staffers.