Issue Details

Issue	#249
Published	February 1976
Cover Price	$0.25
Pages	36
Editing	?

Cover Details - "Timely and Striking!"

Characters	Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Ethel Muggs; Dilton Doiley; Moose Mason
Genre	teen; humor
Pencils	Stan Goldberg

6 page Jughead story "Tough Situation"

Characters	Jughead Jones; Ms. Beazly; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason
Synopsis	Jughead and Ms. Beazly fight over the quality of her food.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Samm Schwartz
Inks	Samm Schwartz
Letters	Samm Schwartz

1 page Archie; Jughead advertisement "Crossword Puzzlement"

Characters	Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Synopsis	"Twinkies" solves a crossword puzzle Archie is working on.
Genre	teen; humor
Notes	This is an ad for Hostess Twinkies.

Half page Li'l Jinx filler "A Package Deal"

Characters	Li'l Jinx; Fat Charley
Genre	humor; gags
Script	Joe Edwards
Pencils	Joe Edwards
Inks	Joe Edwards
Letters	Joe Edwards

Half page Jughead filler "Archie's Gag Bag"

Characters	Jughead Jones; Benjamin Flutesnoot
Synopsis	Colorized reprint of two newspaper comic strips by Bob Montana.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Bob Montana
Pencils	Bob Montana

5 page Jughead story "Rhythm And Blues"

Characters	Jughead Jones; Forsythe P. Jones; Gladys Jones
Synopsis	Jughead has a talk with parents about why he avoids girls.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Samm Schwartz
Inks	Samm Schwartz
Letters	Samm Schwartz

1 page Jughead story "Clock Yock"

Characters	Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	The boys enter a biggest timepiece contest.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	George Gladir
Pencils	Samm Schwartz
Inks	Samm Schwartz
Letters	Samm Schwartz

5 page Jughead story "Ambition Mission"

Characters	Jughead Jones; Gladys Jones; Ethel Muggs; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis	Inspired by a lazy actor, Jughead decides to become an actor as well, and spends the rest of the day being the opposite of what people expect from him.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	George Gladir
Pencils	Samm Schwartz
Inks	Samm Schwartz
Letters	Samm Schwartz

5 page Jughead story "Holey Error"

Characters	Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews; Moose Mason (cameo); Reggie Mantle; Benjamin Flutesnoot
Synopsis	Jughead declares war on a moth that has eaten holes in his favorite shirt.
Genre	teen; humor
Script	Frank Doyle
Pencils	Samm Schwartz
Inks	Samm Schwartz
Letters	Samm Schwartz
Notes	In this story, Jughead explains why he wears an "S" on his shirt: "It's a warm, friendly letter! We suit each other! We're like, y'know, compatible! 'S' stands for Sandwich, Steak, Shrimp... all kinds of goodies!"