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Issue Details

Issue #147
Published June 1963
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Bad reception area"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz
Letters Samm Schwartz

6 page Archie story "Name Dropper"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Jinx Molloy
Synopsis The guys discover that Jinx Molloy's bad luck aura is so powerful that he can jinx anyone just by mentioning their name, even if he's not anywhere near them. Reggie takes advantage of this by getting Jinx to mention Archie's name a few times.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

Half page Archie story "My Heart Burns"

Characters Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Pop Tate
Synopsis Betty dumps Archie because she's in love with TV's Dr. Kildare.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

Half page Betty and Veronica story "Belle Telephone System"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis Ronnie resents her father's complaints about her telephone usage.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

1 page Betty's Pin-Up cartoon "Just drooling, thank you"

Characters Betty Cooper
Synopsis Betty admires a fur coat that she can't afford.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo
Notes Reader "Lorraine Lapick" from Yonkers, NY is credited with suggesting this pin-up. Lorraine Lapick is the daughter of Dan DeCarlo's inker Rudy Lapick.

6 page Josie story "Torrid Text"

Characters Josie; Melody; Pepper; Alexander Cabot III
Synopsis Alex has gotten hold of a notebook with all the reports from the girls' sorority meetings, and the girls split up and try to get it back before he reads it. Josie and Pepper's attempts just make things worse, but Melody's unsubtle approach works like a charm.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

1 page Betty and Veronica promo (ad from the publisher) "Riding a wave of popularity!"

Characters Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis The girls don bathing suits, go water-skiing, and advertise "Betty and Veronica Summer Fun."
Pencils Harry Lucey
Inks Mario Acquaviva
Letters Mario Acquaviva

5 page Li'l Jinx story "Rock and Gold"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Greg; Hap Hollday
Synopsis Li'l Jinx finds an old rock, which turns into a rumor that's she's struck gold.
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

5 page Archie story "Pearls of the Orient"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Geraldine Grundy
Synopsis Archie tries to play a prank on Reggie, justifying all his risky actions with old Chinese proverbs.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Inks Bill Vigoda
Letters Bill Vigoda