Issue Details

Issue	#47
Published	August 1968
Cover Price	0.25 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Look, guys, I know we sound terrible"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Notes	The Archies here consist of Archie, Reggie, Jughead and Moose; Betty and Veronica aren't yet in the group.

8 page Archie story "It's Ornamental"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	After Mr. Lodge kicks him out, Archie sneaks back in and hides in Mr. Lodge's precious artifacts just as people from the museum are coming over to inspect them.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bob White
Inks	Mario Acquaviva
Letters	Mario Acquaviva

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Hurts Aid!"

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

6 page Mr. Weatherbee story "Re-Group and Attack!"

Characters	Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	Word gets out that Mr. Weatherbee is planning to retire. While Miss Grundy recalls his past as an air force aviator and an athlete, the kids decide to be nice to him until he retires, but they inadvertently make him angry at being treated like a "doddering old man."
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Bob Bolling
Pencils	Bob Bolling
Inks	Mario Acquaviva
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Reggie Pin Up cartoon "What are you doing in the fish pond?"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Betty story "The Flame Game"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Moose Mason; Midge Klump
Synopsis	Beetty tries to make flaming shashlik for the gang.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bob Bolling
Inks	Mario Acquaviva
Letters	Bill Yoshida

5 page Archie story "Future Bet"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Synopsis	Veronica tells Archie that he can get on her father's good side by talking about his plans for the future.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bob Bolling
Inks	Mario Acquaviva
Letters	Bill Yoshida

6 page Big Ethel story "Ethel Sees Plenty (or ESP Can Do For You What It Did For Big Ethel, So Lookout!)"

Characters	Ethel Muggs; Pop Tate; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	While working at Pop Tate's, a bump on the head gives Ethel E.S.P.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Bob Bolling
Pencils	Bob Bolling
Inks	Bob Bolling
Letters	Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "A Sticky Subject!"

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

Half page Archie story "It Doesn't Pay to Keep It To Yourself"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis	Archie announces that he has no homework today.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Stan Goldberg
Inks	Vincent DeCarlo
Letters	Vincent DeCarlo

1 page Betty and Veronica Pin Up cartoon "You're trying on bikinis now?"

Characters	Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	Veronica tests out a skimpy bikini even though it's only spring.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Dan DeCarlo
Inks	Rudy Lapick
Letters	Bill Yoshida

6 page Archie story "Man of the Year"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis	Archie shows up just as Mr. Lodge is preparing to be photographed for a men's fashion magazine.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bob Bolling
Inks	Bob Bolling

5 page Archie story "The Surprise"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis	The kids try to prepare a birthday surprise for Mr. Weatherbee.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Bob Bolling
Inks	Mario Acquaviva
Letters	Bill Yoshida

2 page Archie story "To the Rescue"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis	Archie tries to get tough with a bully on the beach.
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Stan Goldberg
Inks	Vincent DeCarlo
Letters	Vincent DeCarlo

1 page Jughead story "How Sweet It Is"

Characters	Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Violet Sweetditch
Synopsis	A new girl makes a play for Jughead.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Bob Bolling
Pencils	Bob Bolling
Letters	Bill Yoshida

6 page Archie story Gasser (or "He Got His Lumps By the Pumps")

Characters	Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Feely Pincher
Synopsis	Archie goes to pick up the object of Mr. Lodge's latest merger attempt, the wealthy miser Feely Pincher. Meanwhile, Mr. Lodge has to take Archie's place as an attendant at a Dreggs gas station.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Bob Bolling
Pencils	Bob Bolling
Inks	Bob Bolling
Letters	Bob Bolling
Notes	First appearance of "Dreggs," the chain of "low-quality gas stations" owned by Mr. Lodge. They would recur in many subsequent Bob Bolling stories.