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Issue Details

Issue #148
Published August 1974
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Strictly By the Book!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Genre teen; humor; adventure
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

11 page Life With Archie story "Strictly By the Book"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis Archie checks out an old book from the library, and mysterious old man appears to him claiming to be the author and appreciating Archie's recognition of his efforts. Soon Archie is displaying the ability to see into the future. Realizing that the source of the power is in the book, Reggie takes the book for himself, but the author doesn't appreciate Reggie's dismissal of it as "junk," and so the power doesn't work for Reggie quite as well as it did for Archie.
Genre teen; humor; adventure
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Hello Dolly!"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis Li'l Jinx finds Daddy sleeping.
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

5 page Life With Archie story "Star Spangled Angle"

Characters Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis Archie thinks that Betty invited him to lunch because she's trying to trick him into working on her father's lawn.
Genre teen; humor
Script Dick Malmgren
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Life With Archie story "Wishing Well"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis A hysterical young man rushes over to Veronica's house saying that a kid has fallen in an old well. Veronica and Archie run over to help, but while Veronica slaps the guy to cure his hysterics, Archie thinks there's something fishy about his story.
Genre teen; humor; adventure
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida