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Issue Details

Issue #237
Published August 1974
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "What's Archie's average?"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Archie story "Roughing It"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis As Archie prepares for a rugged nature hike with Jughead, his friends offer supplies for his backpack, including caviar and bunny slippers.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Peaceful?"

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 "The Comic"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Archie and Veronica go into hysterics at a bad old joke from Mr. Lodge ("What's a Grecian urn?"), causing Lodge to think that every joke he tells will inevitably crack people up.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Archie story "Play Switch"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
Synopsis Archie suggests that to learn to be more tolerant of each other, the gang should play "switch," where each person pretends to be someone else and tries to see the world through his or her eyes. So they draw names to find out who they're going to be, and Veronica becomes Jughead, Jughead become Reggie, Reggie becomes Betty, Betty becomes Archie and Archie becomes Veronica.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Archie story "If the Shoe Fits"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason
Synopsis Archie suffers from a mysterious pain in his foot.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida