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Issue Details

Issue #193
Published August 1969
Cover Price 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?

Cover Details - "Privacy"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo

6 page Archie story "The Big Hit"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Tony; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis Veronica brags about going to a ball with her date Tony and rubs it in that Archie and Betty can't come.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

2 page Archie Club News letters page

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee (all vignettes)
Pencils ? (vignettes); Bob Montana ? (Archie images on a club press card and a club button)
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from Patricia Tarmey, Alicia Davis, Susan Woods, Linda Woyt, Mary Hall, Margaret Matassa, and Gail Cohen

11 page Archie story "Stamp Out Archie"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; Mr. Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis When Archie gets Veronica a stamp for a letter, he grabs a rare stamp valued at a $1000. The stamp was part of Mr. Lodge's collection and was sitting on his desk.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes The first and last line of this story, "What we have here is a failure to communicate," is a quote from the then-recent movie "Cool Hand Luke."

1 page Li'l Jinx story "A Mouthful"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Greg
Synopsis Greg gives L'il Jinx a dozen packs of bubblegum. Then, when she has several pieces in her mouth and can't talk or scream, he gives her the bad news about a radio he borrowed from her.
Genre children; humor; gags
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

6 page Archie and The Gang story "Who Is The Stranger In Town"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones; Pop Tate; the stranger [The Spoiler]
Synopsis A stranger comes to Riverdale, but Archie and the gang refuse to let him introduce himself, as doing so would invalidate the story title.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida