Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license.

Issue Details

Issue #221
Published September 1972
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Archie's so romantic"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Archie story "Waste Not Want Not"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis The boys are fishing on Mr. Lodge's boat while Veronica relaxes in her bikini. After he sees Jughead throw a sandwich wrapper into the water, Mr. Lodge gives the boys a lecture on the evils of water pollution and how individual acts of pollution contribute to a big problem.
Genre teen; humor
Script Dick Malmgren
Pencils Harry Lucey
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Archie story "Shape Up Or Ship Out"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis After doing physical fitness exercises, Archie is so exhausted that he literally can't stand still without falling down.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "There's a Catch..."

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

5 page Archie story "Five Page Fooler"

Characters Archie Andrews; Perkin Warbeck
Synopsis As Archie sits on a park bench, people keep mistaking him for someone named "Clarence" and belting him one. Then Archie meets a guy who looks exactly like him and says this is his bench... but this guy's name is "Perkin Warbeck," and he also calls Archie "Clarence." As the story ends, Archie is starting to think he might really be Clarence after all.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Archie story "Saturday's Children"

Characters Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Fred encourages Archie to invite his friends over on Saturday instead of rushing off to join them, something Fred soon regrets when Archie's friends bring a whole Girl Guides troop along with them.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida