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Issue Details

Issue #191
Published June 1969
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "I've never heard Archie play with such feeling!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Notes In this cover, the Archies still consist of only Archie, Reggie and Jughead. Even after the cartoon series added Betty and Veronica to the band, many stories and covers kept the older configuration due to the long lead time before publication.

6 page Archie story "Fleeting Fame"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge; Boots Barker
Synopsis Jughead accepts an invitation for the Archies to play at "The Riverboat," thinking it's the swanky New York club. When they realize they've been cheated, Jughead gets rid of another guy who offers a spot on "The Carson Show."
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes This story features the more familiar Archies membership with all five main characters.

6 page Archie story "Seven Day Itch"

Characters Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Archie is depressed waiting for Friday to arrive, but he's even more depressed when Friday comes and he goes to a party with Veronica's snooty friends.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes In the shower, Archie is singing "You're Gonna Hear From Me" by Andre and Dory Previn, from the film INSIDE DAISY CLOVER.

5 page Archie story "Dumb Animal"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Hot Dog; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Hot Dog gets revenge on Veronica for calling him a "dumb dog."
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Though Hot Dog acts throughout the story like he's Archie's dog, a line is added about Jughead asking Archie to watch him. This reflects the fact that Hot Dog was originally Archie's dog and became Jughead's.

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "His Thing"

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

6 page Archie story "Warning!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis Archie has been invited by Veronica to accompany her to an expensive event at the Country Club, and everyone in school runs away from him to avoid giving him a chance to ask for money.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes The boy at the bulletin board in the splash panel appears to be a caricature of Lucey's colleague Dan DeCarlo.
Reprinted in Archie's Pals 'N' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) # 106