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Issue Details

Issue #164
Published November 1964
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details - "Drip... drip... drip!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Pop Tate
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Samm Schwartz
Inks Samm Schwartz

6 page Archie story "The Eyes Have It!"

Characters Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Mary Andrews
Synopsis No one will believe Archie when he says that he got his black eye because he "walked into a door," since that's the corniest old excuse in the book.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Bill Vigoda

1 page Betty's Pin-Up cartoon "C'mon, Betty"

Characters Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper
Synopsis Betty does a bathing-suit pose while worrying about her weight.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

1 page Veronica's Pin-Up cartoon "But we're not picnicing"

Characters Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis A policeman tries to get Archie and Veronica off the grass.
Genre teen; humor
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo

6 page Josie story "As Others See You"

Characters Josie; Melody; Pepper; Albert
Synopsis Josie and Pepper pick Albert as the model for their outdoor art class, a big disappointment to all the boys who signed up thinking they were going to draw Melody.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Dan DeCarlo
Inks Rudy Lapick
Letters Vincent DeCarlo
Notes The shortest of the three boys on page 3 is a self-caricature of Dan DeCarlo.

5 page Li'l Jinx story "Color-Full!"

Characters Li'l Jinx; Hap Holliday
Synopsis To stop her from making noise, Daddy tells Li'l Jinx to color with crayons.
Genre children; humor
Script Joe Edwards
Pencils Joe Edwards
Inks Joe Edwards
Letters Joe Edwards

5 page Archie story "Shell Shock"

Characters Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis To get in good with Mr. Lodge, Archie brings him a basket of live crabs. The twist is that the crabs don't bite him this time.
Genre teen; humor
Script Frank Doyle
Pencils Bill Vigoda
Letters Victor Gorelick
Notes Archie's line "I got some seafood, momma!" is a reference to the Andrews Sisters song "Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood Mama)."