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Issue Details

Issue #167
Published September 1966
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details - "The Speed Of Gossip!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo; Harry Lucey (figures of Archie, Betty, and Veronica at the top of the cover)

6 page Archie story "Heat Rave"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Mr. Lodge; Smithers; Ed Diamond
Synopsis The kids are playing with hoses to cool themselves off during a two month old heat wave. But when Archie grabs the hoses away from the girls, Mr. Lodge sees the water falling like rain and believes the drought is over. He then calls a neighbor to claim a bet between the two men that the drought is over.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey

1 page Li'l Jinx story "A Fast Ball"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis Greg invites Li'l Jinx to a game of baseball, but she has to clean her room first.
Genre children; humor; gags
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

Half page Archie story "The Green Scene"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Archie and Reggie exchange gardening insults.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Marty Epp
Letters Marty Epp

6 page Archie story "The Mechanic"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Patty (Archie's niece)
Synopsis Reggie demands satisfaction after Archie insults him and steals Veronica from him. So Reggie rigs Archie's car with a kit that makes the car backfire.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Harry Lucey

5 page Archie story "Board Game"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Determined to beat Reggie and win back the girls, Archie decides to teach himself how to use a surfboard. When that flops, he comes up several ideas to keep on the surfboard, but none of them work.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Harry Lucey

2 page Archie Club News letters page

Characters Archie Andrews
Pencils Bob Montana ? (Archie images on a club press card and a club button)
Notes Letters by Don Osborne, Raquel Ann Gibbs, Stephen Ciber, and Laura Zamzow.

5 page Archie story "Power Packed"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Mr. Lodge hires Archie to mow his lawn when the gardener is drafted. But Archie is distracted by Veronica a number of times and loses control of the lawn mower.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Notes At the end of the story is a mixing truck with the name "Doyle Concrete." This may be a clue as to the scripter's identity, hence the credit above.