Issue | #214 |
Published | December 1971 |
Cover Price | 0.15 USD |
Pages | 36 |
Editing | Richard Goldwater |
Characters | Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper |
Synopsis | Archie makes the case against dropping out of school. |
Genre | teen; humor |
Pencils | Dan DeCarlo |
Inks | Rudy Lapick |
Colors | Barry Grossman |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Characters | Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers; Professor Cranwell; Professor Clodfugle |
Synopsis | Mr. Lodge's company tries to come up with a new cologne, but the first try smells too manly, and the other isn't manly enough. Archie comes up with the perfect combination. |
Genre | teen; humor |
Script | Frank Doyle |
Pencils | Harry Lucey |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Characters | Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday |
Genre | children; humor |
Script | Joe Edwards |
Pencils | Joe Edwards |
Inks | Joe Edwards |
Letters | Joe Edwards |
Characters | Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Mary Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Smithers |
Synopsis | In a story punctuated by many ironic comments from the narrator, Archie and Veronica see old newspapers from the '20s and think that the world has been plunged into a new Depression. |
Genre | teen; humor |
Script | Frank Doyle |
Pencils | Harry Lucey |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Characters | Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; Josh |
Synopsis | Archie and Jughead lecture Pop about prejudice when they think he's refusing to serve their black friend Josh. Of course Josh isn't the one Pop won't serve; it's Archie and Jughead, because they haven't paid their tabs. |
Genre | teen; humor |
Script | Frank Doyle |
Pencils | Harry Lucey |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Notes | Josh never appeared again, but may be a prototype for Chuck Clayton, who appeared soon after. |
Characters | Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Smithers |
Synopsis | Archie resolves to be more decisive, but keeps vacillating over whether to ask Betty or Veronica for a date. |
Genre | teen; humor |
Script | Frank Doyle |
Pencils | Harry Lucey |
Letters | Bill Yoshida |
Notes | A panel from this story was mistakenly used as an example of Dan DeCarlo art in Vanity Fair's 65th anniversary piece on Archie comics. http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2006/12/archie200612 |