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Issue Details

Issue #173
Published June 1967
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "I make the wildest and most colorful kites in town!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Vincent DeCarlo

6 page Archie story "Lost Weekend"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis Mr. Weatherbee doesn't want to get involved in any punishments in the hours before he goes on his vacation, and Archie and Reggie realize that this leaves them free to do whatever they want.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Vincent DeCarlo
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Archie story "Man About Town"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis Archie becomes a well-dressed, completely obnoxious "man about town."
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Vincent DeCarlo
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

6 page Archie story "Fare Enough"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Coach Kleats
Synopsis Veronica and Reggie are going on a bus trip that's exclusively for athletes and cheerleaders. Archie tries everything he can think of, including dressing in drag, to sneak on the bus too.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Vincent DeCarlo
Letters Vincent DeCarlo
Notes Archie's final line, "Leave the driving to us," is the slogan for the Greyhound Bus company.

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Using Her Head!"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis Li'l Jinx protects a butterfly from Greg's net.
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

5 page Archie story "Take a Day... Any Day!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Fred Andrews
Synopsis The narrator introduces us to a typical day in the lives of the five core members of the Archie gang.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Letters Bill Yoshida