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Issue Details

Issue #249
Published July 1985
Cover Price 0.65 USD
Pages 36
Editing Victor Gorelick

Cover Details - "Our Pandas Are Missing!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
Genre teen; adventure; mystery
Pencils Stan Goldberg (signed)
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman

11 page Life With Archie story "Our Pandas Are Missing"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Archie and Jughead foil a plot to steal endangered pandas from the Riverdale zoo.
Genre teen; adventure; mystery
Script George Gladir
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Rudy Lapick
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

11 page Life With Archie story "The Last Time I Saw Ambrose"

Characters Archie Andrews; Ambrose Pipps; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Moose Mason
Synopsis When Archie gets word that Ambrose, his childhood friend who moved away from Riverdale years ago, is coming back to visit, he feels guilty about the way he used to bully and ignore Ambrose. After he has a dream where Ambrose comes back to seek revenge, Archie decides not to attend Ambrose's welcome-back party at the Chok'lit Shoppe, but Ambrose goes out himself to find Archie.
Genre teen; humor; drama
Script Sam Kujava
Pencils Bob Bolling
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes The first appearance since the '60s of Ambrose, and his only appearance as a teenager (still with a cap that covers his eyes). After this story, he was re-introduced into the "Little Archie" stories.