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Issue Details

Issue #247
Published September 1975
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "What's with the upside down lettering?"

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

6 page Archie story "The Money Angle"

Characters Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Archie's parents are planning to spend less because of the recession, but Archie argues that the only way to get out of a recession is for people to spend more, not less. Mr. Andrews sees through this as just a plea for a higher allowance. Later, when Archie explains his theory to Veronica, she says that the American way is to spend, spend, spend, whether there's a recession or not -- and let Daddy pay the bill.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes A topical story about the mid-'70s recession and inflation.

Half page Li'l Jinx filler "Plane Facts"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis Li'l Jinx comes over to see what Greg has done with his model plane kit.
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards
Notes In this issue and most issues that followed, Li'l Jinx is reduced from a page to half a page, with the other half taken up by "Archie's Gag Bag."

Half page Archie filler "Archie's Gag Bag"

Characters Archie Andrews
Synopsis Two newspaper comic strips with color added.
Genre teen; humor
Script Bob Montana
Pencils Bob Montana
Inks Bob Montana
Notes This was the first issue of this title to feature "Archie's Gag Bag," which (under different character names) would be a regular feature in many comics and digests for the next few years. The feature simply consists of strips from the "Archie" newspaper comic, colored in. The feature was introduced shortly after Bob Montana died and was replaced on the daily strip by Dan DeCarlo, and may have been a way of finding a use for the old Montana strips now that the look of the strip had changed -- though the DeCarlo strips would eventually replace Montana's in "Gag Bag" as well.

5 page Archie story "Green-Eyed Monster"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mabel
Synopsis Despite Jughead's warnings that the plan will be a total failure, Archie asks the new girl in school to help him make Veronica jealous.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Archie story "And Dust To Dust"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Door-to-door salesman Archie tries to sell Reggie a vacuum cleaner.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Reprinted in Reggie and Me (Archie, 1966 series) #115

5 page Archie story "Killer Lizard"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis Archie tries to get Mr. Lodge the Siberian dog known as a samoyed, but winds up getting him a salamander instead.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida