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Issue Details

Issue #260
Published March 1977
Cover Price 0.30 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "You were supposed to bring something twenty years old"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Archie is dating a twenty year-old.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Appropriately for a '50s nostalgia party, Archie is wearing his classic outfit with the bow tie and checkered pants (though they are mistakenly colored blue instead of the original orange).

6 page Archie story "The Inferior Decorators"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis The day before Veronica's living room is due to be re-decorated, Archie gets Mr. Lodge's permission to throw a "graffiti party," where everyone is free to paint messages that will be covered up by the new paint job.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Chic Stone
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes One of the messages on the wall is "Rudy Loves Mary," referring to inker Rudy Lapick and his wife. Other names include "Vic" (art director Victor Gorelick) and "Barry Baby" (colorist Barry Grossman).

5 page Archie story "It's a Ball"

Characters Archie Andrews; Coach Kleats; Slim
Synopsis Coach Kleats desperately wants a tall new student for the basketball team, but the boy is only interested in poetry.
Genre teen; humor
Script Tom DeFalco
Pencils Chic Stone
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Archie story "Bills Can Be Beautiful"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis Fred won't give Archie more money because first priority is paying the bills. But Fred is late paying the electric bill, and the lights go out just as Archie and Veronica are sitting on the couch together.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Chic Stone
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Archie story "Instant Reaction"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis Archie makes an old-fashioned silent comedy film, and the girls supply lots of custard pies for the big slapstick scene.
Genre teen; humor
Script Tom DeFalco
Pencils Chic Stone
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida