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Issue Details

Issue #251
Published March 1976
Cover Price 0.30 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Poor Archie!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Archie story "Money To Burn"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis When Archie gets a job, he spends his paycheck as fast as he can without saving anything.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Archie advertisement "Crossword Puzzlement"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Delicious Hostess Twinkies help Archie solve a crossword puzzle.
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

Half page Li'l Jinx filler "A Hard Fact"

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

Half page Archie filler "Archie's Gag Bag"

Characters Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis Two newspaper strips with color added.
Genre teen; humor
Script Bob Montana
Pencils Bob Montana
Inks Bob Montana

6 page Archie story "Hidden Ball Trick"

Characters Archie Andrews; Waldo Weatherbee; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Reggie uses a white screen to throw snowballs at Archie and Mr. Weatherbee without being seen.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Chic Stone
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes The first story drawn for this title by Chic Stone, who had previously been working as Harry Lucey's inker. He took over the penciling when Lucey retired. Fans generally did not consider his work up to Lucey's standard, and he was replaced after a year by Dan DeCarlo's son Dan Jr.

5 page Archie story "Lovey Dovey"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Geraldine Grundy; Waldo Weatherbee; Mr. Svenson
Synopsis Miss Grundy berates the students for kissing in the hallway.
Genre teen; humor
Script Dick Malmgren
Pencils Chic Stone
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Archie story "Great Day In the Morning"

Characters Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews
Synopsis Archie tries to make breakfast in the morning, but his mother is certain he's going to screw it up.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida