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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published August 1973
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Runner Up"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Coach Kleats
Genre teen; humor; drama
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman

6 page Archie at Riverdale story "Runner Up"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Dilton Doily; Coach Kleats
Synopsis When Reggie, the team's star athlete, is injured, Archie has to take his place in the track meet, where he gives the effort of his life and comes in second in almost every event.
Genre teen; humor; drama
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

10 page Archie at Riverdale story "The Land of the Free"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Hiram Scurville
Synopsis The kids' plans to turn an old abandoned house into a youth center are stymied by an old miser who wants to use the land to build a trailer park.
Genre teen; humor; drama
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Board Bored"

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

1 page Archie filler "Link Lunk"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Archie tries to let Mr. Lodge win at golf.
Genre teen; humor
Script George Gladir
Pencils Gus LeMoine
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Archie at Riverdale story "The Quiet Man"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Nick Barker
Synopsis Over Archie's objections, Veronica goes for a ride with the fast-living, fast-driving Nick Barker, but Archie decides against telling Mr. Lodge about what kind of company his daughter is keeping.
Genre teen; humor; drama
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes The truck on page 4 is from "DeCarlo's Landscaping," a reference to Lucey's fellow Archie artist Dan DeCarlo.