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Issue Details

Issue #161
Published November 1982
Cover Price 0.60 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater
Notes The new stories in this issue return to the larger number of panels per page that Archie Comics had used back in the late '50s and early '60s.

Cover Details - "Guess who doesn't belong at Midge's slumber party"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Nancy Woods; Midge Klump; Moose Mason
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman

6 page Archie story "The Gamblers"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis Archie and Jughead drive Veronica crazy by placing million-dollar bets on everything they do.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Veronica activity "Party Lines!"

Characters Veronica Lodge

11 page Jason & Cheryl story "Snob Hill"

Characters Cheryl Blossom; Jason Blossom; Bunny; Cedric; Mary Andrews
Synopsis Cheryl Blossom and her brother Jason are warned that they face "demerits and public disgrace" if they continue their pursuit of those two low-class townies, Archie and Veronica. Jason and Cheryl try to get from Pembrooke Academy to Riverdale without being noticed by their self-appointed watchers, Bunny and Cedric.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Cheryl and Jason Blossom, who were introduced the month before, here get their first starring story.

1 page Cheryl Blossom's Fashions illustration "Strictly Stripes"

Characters Cheryl Blossom
Synopsis Cheryl models reader-submitted fashions.
Genre fashion
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Jim DeCarlo
Colors Barry Grossman

5 page Betty and Veronica story "Critic's Award"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mavis Cosmetics saleslady; Archie Andrews; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis A door-to-door Mavis Cosmetics saleslady tries to sell Veronica some products.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Reprinted from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) # 274