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Issue Details

Issue #178
Published December 1967
Frequency nine times a year: February, March, April, June, July, August, September, November and December
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Archie, is there anything about Twiggy I should copy?"

Pencils Dan DeCarlo

6 page Archie story "Impossible Journey"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Reggie keeps sabotaging Archie to prevent him from getting to a date with Veronica.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Marty Epp
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes This story has no dialogue until the final panel.

6 page Archie story "Teenese"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis When Mr. Weatherbee gets hit on the head with a ball, he and Miss Grundy try to use "Teenese," the round-about questioning technique, to find out who was playing ball in school.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Archie story "Stick With It"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis A Reggie prank leaves Archie stuck to a fence, and to get him to school, his friends have to saw off the fence and carry him in.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Splash Down"

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

6 page Archie story "Oh Fleeting Fame"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis Archie starts a business as a press agent. His first client is Reggie, who wants Archie to make Veronica appreciate how great he is. Archie and his assistant Jughead decide to bombard Veronica's father with pro-Reggie publicity.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Mario Acquaviva
Letters Bill Yoshida