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Issue Details

Issue #214
Published December 1971
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "The trouble with school dropouts"

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

6 page Archie story "Who Scent Him?"

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

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Praise Wordy"

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

5 page Archie story "A Nose For News"

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

5 page Archie story "Color Them Red"

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.

5 page Archie story "Decisions, Decisions"

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