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Issue Details

Issue #38
Published June 1965
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "The Bear Hug"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Samm Schwartz

7 page Archie story "The Bear Hug!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis The gang encounters a bear in the woods; luckily for them, Veronica has spilled honey all over herself, and the bear gets to like her.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Marty Epp
Letters Marty Epp

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Miss Spell!"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

6 page Archie story "The Poet"

Characters Archie Andrews; Moose Mason; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Moose forces Archie to help him write a poem for Midge. In return, Moose writes a poem from Archie to Veronica.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Bob Bolling
Letters Victor Gorelick

10 page Archie story "The Truant"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Pop Tate
Synopsis Archie plays hooky from school to avoid making a speech, but Betty and Veronica think he's skipped school to make time with the notorious man-eater Zsa Zsa Laverne.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo