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Issue Details

Issue #198
Published March 1970
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "What are you looking for?"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Archie story "Constant Replay"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis The Archies try to make a demo recording, but every take is ruined by extraneous noises.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Archie story "Cover Story"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Archie takes photos of Veronica for a "Teen Stuff Magazine" contest, but they inevitably get mixed up with another set of photos.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes One of the editors of Teen Stuff, "Vic," is based on Archie art director Victor Gorelick.

5 page Archie story "Eyes Right"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Coach Kleats; Jughead Jones
Synopsis The entire football team is unable to concentrate on practicing because of Betty and Veronica's skimpy new cheerleader outfits.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "That Makes Cent$"

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

6 page Archie story "The Terrible Tube"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Fred Andrews
Synopsis Archie chides his father for watching cop shows on TV all the time, and encourages him to watch something more intellectually stimulating.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes A rare reference to student protests of the era, as Archie and Fred watch a news report from a University campus where students are shouting "Kill the fuzz" and "burn, pig, burn!" Unlike the few other Archie stories where this was mentioned, Archie here expresses approval of the protests: "Demonstrations turn me on!"