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Issue Details

Issue #161
Published February 1966
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing [none listed]

Cover Details

Characters Archie; Betty; Miss Grundy
Genre Teen Humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo

6 page Archie story "Carry On"

Characters Archie; Veronica; Mr. Lodge; Betty; Reggie; Smithers (cameo)
Synopsis Archie demonstrates Fireman's Carry.
Genre Teen Humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Mario Acquaviva
Letters Mario Acquaviva
Notes title of story from the British film series "Carry On"? contains Pop-art style POW panel.

1 page Li'l Jinx story "A Hit Miss!"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis snowballs
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

1 page illustration "Betty's Pin-up"

Characters Betty; Archie
Synopsis Betty sitting on Archie's lap and kissing in the park
Genre Teen Humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Vincent DeCarlo

6 page Archie story "Hawaiian Punch"

Characters Archie; Jughead; Reggie; Veronica; Monuaku; Kolua
Synopsis Archie gets a Hawaiian scent that he's seen advertised in a commercial, but it only makes him irresistible to Hawaiian girls.
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Mario Acquaviva
Letters Mario Acquaviva
Notes title based on a heavily advertised fruit flavored drink, Hawaiian Punch.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Archie Says... Get This Raincoat Free!"

Synopsis ad for subscriptions
Pencils Harry Lucey?
Letters ?, typeset

5 page Archie story "Play the Odds"

Characters Archie; Jughead; Betty; Veronica
Synopsis Betty and Archie go "gamboling," leading to many arguments involving the word's similarity to "gambling."
Genre Teen Humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Mario Acquaviva
Letters Mario Acquaviva

2 page letters page "Archie Club News"

Synopsis 1/2 page articles by readers, 1/2 page ad for Archie Club
Script Kathy Danford; Cheryl L. M. DeRosa; Deena Moss; Susan Brandenburg
Letters typset

5 page Archie story "Rocks In His Head"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis Mr. Lodge hides his jewels in a fish tank, which Archie removes from the house.
Genre Teen Humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey