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Issue Details

Issue #232
Published February 1974
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "I want to be able to break bricks right away!"

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

6 page Archie story "Temptation"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis The Christmas season doesn't seem to change Reggie's usual rottenness, but Jughead argues that even Reggie can't resist the compulsion to be nice at Christmas time.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Cleaning Up!"

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

6 page Archie story "Snow Day"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Miss Beazly; Dilton Doily; Moose Mason; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis The regular characters fail to listen to the radio on a snowy day, and wind up trapped inside the school on a day when all the schools are closed.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Archie story "Shopper Comes a Cropper"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Archie once again double-books, promising to help Veronica and Betty with their Christmas shopping at the same time.
Genre teen; humor
Script George Gladir
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Archie story "The Giving Game"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Pop Tate
Synopsis Archie is angry at Reggie for buying him a cheap Christmas gift. Betty encourages him to pretend she's Reggie and take out his hostility on her.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida