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Issue Details

Issue #106
Published February 1971
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Something ought to be done about our environment"

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

8 page Archie story "One Comic Picture is Worth a Thousand Words!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee
Synopsis The students at Riverdale high keep littering, ignoring the signs Mr. Weatherbee has put up. Archie decides to create a comic pamphlet starring the Archies, arguing that a comic book will get the message across better than a sign. The comic works so well that Mr. Weatherbee realizes that "you could use comic booklets for getting almost any message across to people."
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Harry Lucey
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Apart from a guide to how comics are made, this story was an attempt to stir up interest in using Archie comics for promotional and educational purposes. Archie spends much of the story arguing that people should commission Archie comics to promote their causes.

6 page Archie story "Frisco Beat"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Mr. Lodge quits his business empire and runs off to San Francisco to "do his own thing." Archie goes to Frisco to try and find Mr. Lodge and bring him back to Riverdale.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Archie story "Safe and Sorry"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis Archie writes a highly influential article about automobile safety for the school paper. Unfortunately, thanks to the influence of his article, no one will ride in his car any more, since Old Betsy is exactly the kind of unsafe car Archie was describing.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

5 page Archie story "The Heavenly Body"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Synopsis Jughead tells Archie that his horoscope says it's his lucky day, and Archie believes it.
Genre teen; humor
Script Dick Malmgren
Pencils Harry Lucey
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida