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Issue Details

Issue #171
Published March 1967
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "I'll put you in the half of the class that's using the wrong toothpaste!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Geraldine Grundy; Betty Cooper
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Notes The student sitting to the right of Betty is a caricature of Dan DeCarlo.

6 page Archie story "Remember the Daze"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason; Midge Klump; Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis A blow to the head gives Archie amnesia, which leads him to kiss Midge.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Vincent DeCarlo
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

6 page Archie story "In the Bag"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Reggie and Veronica try to open Archie's bag to see what he's got in there, despite Betty's warnings that they're violating the Constitutional protection against search and seizure.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Vincent DeCarlo
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

5 page Archie story "The Name Game"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Archie discovers that the town is haunted by the spirit of the ugly Malarky McGurk, who brings grave misfortune to anyone who utters his name. Don't say "Malarky McGurk!"
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Vincent DeCarlo
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

1 page Li'l Jinx filler "Thin Think!"

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 "Rise and Shine"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis The kids complain to the Mayor about his failure to keep the park clean, but he gets in trouble for hiring his brother-in-law to do the cleaning.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Vincent DeCarlo
Letters Vincent DeCarlo