Issue Details

Issue	#147
Published	June 1963
Cover Price	0.12 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Bad reception area"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Samm Schwartz
Inks	Samm Schwartz
Letters	Samm Schwartz

6 page Archie story "Name Dropper"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Jinx Molloy
Synopsis	The guys discover that Jinx Molloy's bad luck aura is so powerful that he can jinx anyone just by mentioning their name, even if he's not anywhere near them. Reggie takes advantage of this by getting Jinx to mention Archie's name a few times.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Vincent DeCarlo

Half page Archie story "My Heart Burns"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate
Synopsis	Betty dumps Archie because she's in love with TV's Dr. Kildare.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Vincent DeCarlo

Half page Betty and Veronica story "Belle Telephone System"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	Ronnie resents her father's complaints about her telephone usage.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Vincent DeCarlo

1 page Betty's Pin-Up cartoon "Just drooling, thank you"

Characters	Betty Cooper
Synopsis	Betty admires a fur coat that she can't afford.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Vincent DeCarlo
Notes	Reader "Lorraine Lapick" from Yonkers, NY is credited with suggesting this pin-up. Lorraine Lapick is the daughter of Dan DeCarlo's inker Rudy Lapick.

6 page Josie story "Torrid Text"

Characters	Josie; Melody; Pepper; Alexander Cabot III
Synopsis	Alex has gotten hold of a notebook with all the reports from the girls' sorority meetings, and the girls split up and try to get it back before he reads it. Josie and Pepper's attempts just make things worse, but Melody's unsubtle approach works like a charm.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Vincent DeCarlo

1 page Betty and Veronica promo (ad from the publisher) "Riding a wave of popularity!"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	The girls don bathing suits, go water-skiing, and advertise "Betty and Veronica Summer Fun."
Pencils	Harry Lucey
Inks	Mario Acquaviva
Letters	Mario Acquaviva

5 page Li'l Jinx story "Rock and Gold"

Characters	Li'l Jinx; Greg; Hap Hollday
Synopsis	Li'l Jinx finds an old rock, which turns into a rumor that's she's struck gold.
Genre	children; humor
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Letters	Joe Edwards

5 page Archie story "Pearls of the Orient"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis	Archie tries to play a prank on Reggie, justifying all his risky actions with old Chinese proverbs.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Bill Vigoda
Inks	Bill Vigoda
Letters	Bill Vigoda