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Issue Details

Issue #149
Published September 1964
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "How can anyone permit herself to be seen in a hat like that?"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo

6 page Archie story "The Great Pizza Race"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Archie and Reggie have a race to see who can reach Veronica's house first while balancing a freshly-baked pizza on his head.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey

Half page Archie story "Tame Name"

Characters Archie Andrews
Synopsis Archie can't spell a girl's last name.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Swell Shells"

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

5 page Archie story "Little Red Archiekins"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews
Synopsis Archie is on his way to Veronica's house with a basket of goodies. Patterning her behavior after the big bad wolf in the fairy tale, Betty gets Ronnie out of the house, and when Archie arrives, she pretends to be Veronica.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Marty Epp
Letters Marty Epp
Notes In this story, Veronica's house is a medium-sized townhouse that opens directly onto the sidewalk. In another story in the same issue, drawn by the same artist, it's a huge estate. At this point, her house was still changing in size and design from story to story, depending on what the plot required.

1 page Archie story "Cute Suit"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis The boys admire the girls in their jungle-patterned bathing suits.
Genre teen; humor
Script George Gladir
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Marty Epp
Letters Marty Epp

5 page Archie story "The Buddy System"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis After Archie accuses him of being too easily distracted by food, Jughead tries to prove he's literally inseparable from his buddy.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey

5 page Archie story "Batter Late"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis After a discussion of what does and does not constitute a "battering ram," Archie and Jughead go to Mr. Lodge's house to knock down an old fence.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey