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Issue Details

Issue #178
Published February 1977
Cover Price 0.30 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Panic Beneath the City"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
Genre teen; humor; adventure
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

11 page Life With Archie story "Panic Beneath the City"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Toby
Synopsis A little boy goes down into the sewer to find his ball. Betty goes to look for him, and Archie goes to look for both of them -- just as a rainstorm hits and turns the sewer into a death trap.
Genre teen; humor; adventure
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Archie filler "Goof Gaff"

Characters Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Archie tells Mr. Lodge that he broke a vase.
Genre teen; humor
Script George Gladir
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Life With Archie story "Tank Commander"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Archie discovers a plot to sabotage Mr. Lodge's collection of prize tropical fish.
Genre teen; humor; mystery
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Life With Archie story "The Black Bird"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doily
Synopsis Jughead has a ceramic bird that looks exactly like the Maltese Falcon -- except it's red, not black.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes The two men who threaten Archie are based on Sidney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre from "The Maltese Falcon."