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Issue Details

Issue #143
Published March 1974
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "A Problem of Survival!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Jughead Jones
Genre teen; humor; adventure
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Jon D'Agostino

6 page Life With Archie story "Grand Opening"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Smithers
Synopsis Archie keeps going in and out of the Lodge house during a snow storm, splattering Smithers with snow every time he opens the door.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

6 page Life With Archie story "Losers Weepers"

Characters Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge; Mrs. Lodge
Synopsis Archie learns that women tend to panic when they think they've lost something.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Chic Stone
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida

11 page Life With Archie story "A Problem of Survival"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle
Synopsis Jughead is being driven mad by the meat shortage. He decides to go out into the wilderness and hunt food for himself. His friends follow him and risk becoming food themselves to someone else who's looking for meat -- a hungry bear.
Genre teen; humor; adventure
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Stan Goldberg
Inks Jon D'Agostino
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Bill Yoshida
Notes The premise of this story is a topical reference to the real-life meat shortage of 1973.