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Issue Details

Issue #139
Published November 1973
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - The Archies Introduce a New and Exciting Sound in... "One More Time"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton
Genre humor; adventure
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Notes No credits, but art identifiable as Goldberg by his style.

6 page Life With Archie story "One More Time"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton
Synopsis The Archies aren't exciting the crowd the way they used to. But when Chuck Clayton sings along with the band, the audience starts to respond enthusiastically.
Genre humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes This story suggests that Chuck will become a member of the Archies, but the idea was abandoned in subsequent stories. The art is one of the clearest examples of the new style that inker Jim DeCarlo was bringing to his father's work in the '70s (see http://www.dandecarlo.com/biography/james-jimmy.html for more). This includes more expressive use of light and shadows, and a greater attempt to give a feeling of depth in the drawing. Though the DeCarlos eventually went back to a more cartoony style, at this time they were trying to learn the techniques seen in Marvel and other competitors and bring them to Archie.

1 page Archie cartoon "Archie Pin Up"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Genre humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "It Makes a Lot of Cents"

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

14 page Life With Archie story "Jungle Justice"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Hard Al; Little Augie
Synopsis At another one of the Lodge country retreats, the gang dresses up as cave men and women. Two escaped crooks mistake them for real cave people.
Genre humor; adventure
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Bob Bolling
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Script identifiable as Frank Doyle by his distinctive style, which includes tongue-in-cheek captions that address the reader directly, and fourth-wall-breaking (Veronica: "According to that last panel, they went exploring!"). Art identifiable as Bob Bolling by his distinctive drawing style.