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Issue Details

Issue #116
Published February 1961
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "What are you doing behind your history book?"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Miss Grundy
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Terry Szenics

6 page Archie story "Hurry Up and Wait!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis Archie tries to lay down the law with Veronica and insist that she be ready on time for their next date, but then he has to go to extremes to avoid being late himself.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics
Notes Mr. Lodge's repeated line "Don't tell me, let me guess, you're waiting for a streetcar" is a reference to an old Vaudeville routine.

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Muscle Man!"

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

1 page Archie story "Call of the Wild!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Archie and Mr. Lodge go on a hunting trip.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Harry Lucey

6 page Archie story "Good For Nothing!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis The kids decide that the best way to deal with Miss Grundy is to make a special effort to be good, but she's driven crazy waiting for them to misbehave.
Genre teen; humor
Script Sy Reit ?
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

1 page Archie story "Nip and Buck!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis Archie mistakenly pours rum instead of water into his car's radiator.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Harry Lucey

5 page Archie story "Current Events"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Mr. Lodge thinks he fixed an appliance, when all that happened was that Archie plugged it in.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics

6 page Archie story "Bell Boys"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Archie and Jughead remove their wet shoes before coming into the Lodge home, but because they're walking around in their socks, Mr. Lodge never knows when they're sneaking up on him.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Terry Szenics
Letters Terry Szenics