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Issue Details

Issue #188
Published February 1969
Cover Price $0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details - "Man, I dig anything that's in leather!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Genre Teen; Humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo

6 page Archie story "Howling Success"

Characters The Archies [Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle]; Mr. Andrews; Hot Dog; Pop Tate; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
Synopsis When Hot Dog howls during a music practice, Fred Andrews tells the Archies that their music is improving. Insulted, they leave the Andrews home, only to be insulted wherever they go.
Genre Teen; Humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes Reggie is on drums in this story and Jughead is on guitars. In this story, Hot Dog is Archie's dog, not Jughead's.

1 page Li'l Jinx story "An Airy Feeling"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis Li'l Jinx is upset about the air pollution because of the mess it's making out of her snowman.
Genre children; humor; gags
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

1 page The Archies illustration "Our concert should be out of sight with this smash the instruments routine!"

Characters The Archies [Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones]; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Jughead's response: Yeah, but what do we do if they want an encore?
Genre Teen; Humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo

6 page Archie 1 story "Makes His Mark"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper (all as cavemen)
Synopsis Prehistoric Archie invents a weapon but he has no luck in figuring out the best way to use it.
Genre Teen; Humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Letters Bill Yoshida

1 page Archie's Christmas Stocking advertisement "It's Sock it to me Santa Time!"

Characters Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Archie Andrews

5 page Archie story "Childhood Daze"

Characters Archie Andrews; Mrs. Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Archie is taking his old baby blanket to the cleaners at his mother's request. He pricks his thumb on the way so Betty and Veronica see him holding his blanket and sucking his thumb. They think he's having a second childhood but Veronica wants nothing to do with him if he's regressing.
Genre Teen; Humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Letters Bill Yoshida

2 page Archie Club News letters page

Characters Archie Andrews
Pencils Bob Montana ? (Archie images on a club press card and a club button)
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from Vito Tirone, Irene Fuhrman, Mary Jane Herde, Laurie Onstad, Kirby Jay Cave, and Deirdre McKenna

5 page Archie story "Master Mind"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones
Synopsis Archie is the master of his fate and the captain of his soul. Betty is enamored of his determination and uses it to butter him up and get her way with him. Reggie and Jughead stick around to make jokes and laugh at how easily Archie is lead around.
Genre Teen; Humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Letters Bill Yoshida