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Issue Details

Issue #55
Published February 1978
Frequency 9 times a year
Cover Price 0.35 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater ?

Cover Details

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Dilton Doiley; Pop Tate
Genre teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo ?
Inks Rudy Lapick ?
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida ?

1 page Josie; Hostess advertisement "Strong Silent Type"

Characters Josie McCoy; Sylvester Cabot
Synopsis Josie can only get Sylvester talking when she offers him Hostess Twinkies.
Genre teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo ?
Inks Rudy Lapick ?
Notes inside front cover; advertisement for Hostess Twinkies

5 page Archie story "Car-Rumba"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
Synopsis When Mr. Lodge hears Archie complaining about being tired out, he lectures him on maintaining his body the same way he would a car.
Genre teen
Pencils Stan Goldberg ?
Inks Rudy Lapick ?
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Archie activity "Archie's Season Reasoning Greeting!"

Characters Archie Andrews
Synopsis word puzzle
Genre teen
Script Joe Edwards ?
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards

Half page Fat Charley story He "Nose" It!

Characters Charley Hawse; Greg; Gigi
Genre children
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards

Half page Archie's Gag Bag filler

Characters Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones
Genre teen
Script Bob Montana ?
Pencils Bob Montana ?
Inks Bob Montana ?
Colors Barry Grossman
Notes two strips from the Archie syndicated daily comic [dates unknown]

5 page Sabrina story "Trick or Treat"

Characters Sabrina; Aunt Hilda; Harvey
Synopsis Aunt Hilda is not happy with Sabrina and Harvey because witches do not celebrate Christmas!
Genre teen; occult
Pencils Dan DeCarlo ?
Inks Rudy Lapick ?
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page activity "Miss Grundy -- You Don't Say?"

Characters Miss Grundy
Synopsis word puzzle
Script Joe Edwards ?
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Joe Edwards

5 page Little Archie story "The Game"

Characters Little Archie Andrews; Little Veronica Lodge; Little Jughead Jones; Pop Tate
Synopsis Juggie sells two football tickets to Archie and Ronnie but the seats are terrible -- but it just happens that Jughead is renting binoculars at the stadium.
Genre children
Pencils Dexter Taylor
Inks Dexter Taylor
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Dexter Taylor ?

1 page Archie Club News letters page

Synopsis No letters; announcement of contest for submitted letters with a sci-fi theme.
Pencils ? (illustrations)
Inks ? (illustrations)
Colors Barry Grossman ?
Letters typeset
Notes Page also includes membership application for Archie Club.

5 page Josie story "A Brush With Art"

Characters Josie McCoy; Valerie Brown; Alex Cabot; Alexander Cabot II
Synopsis When Alex throws Josie's frisbee into a tree, he replaces it with a sterling silver award (in the same shape) that was given to his father, then accidentally throws it through a window where it ruins an artist's painting.
Genre teen
Pencils Dan DeCarlo ?
Inks Rudy Lapick ?
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida