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Issue Details

Issue #220
Published February 1981
Cover Price 0.50 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Was Archie on his feet very long?"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doily
Genre teen; humor; adventure
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman

11 page Life With Archie story "Clown Princess"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Chuck Clayton
Synopsis A bump on the head gives Betty amnesia, and she winds up becoming a carnival clown. When Archie and Chuck look for her, they don't recognize her under the makeup.
Genre teen; humor; adventure
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

Half page Li'l Jinx filler "Updated"

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

Half page Li'l Jinx's Chum Charley filler "Red Letter Day"

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

1 page Archie filler "Big Foot's Trail"

Characters Archie Andrews

Half page Archie filler "Archie's Gag Bag"

Characters Archie Andrews
Synopsis Two newspaper strips with color added.
Genre teen; humor
Script Bob Montana
Pencils Bob Montana
Inks Bob Montana
Colors Barry Grossman

5 page Life With Archie story "Can You Top This?"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Archie and Jughead listen to a hobo's crazy stories about being a millionaire, and top him by telling even crazier stories about their own lives.
Genre teen; humor
Script Claire Doyle
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Writing originally credited to Frank Doyle; actually one of a few early '80s stories by his daughter Claire.

5 page Life With Archie story "The Real Thing"

Characters Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Archie starts providing narration to his own life, as if he's the hero of a hard-boiled detective novel.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes The splash panel shows Goldberg imitating Samm Schwartz's style by letting Archie's feet spill over into the panels below.